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Invesco shares down 9% in a flash. The vote on $QQQ was happening right about now. I guess it did not pass? Not sure tho. No official release on it yet. ht @Todd_Sohn
We've got some more 5X ETF filings. These are for S&P 500, Nasdaq 100, and Russell 2000.
BREAKING: The SEC and FINRA are investigating trading by companies who added crypto treasuries.
I want you to know this happens regularly.
Unusual Whales has showcased some of these trades.
There are countless examples in the market, all the time.
Remember, someone always knows.
Here are some examples from tariff related news, for example:
$IVZ getting a dose of positive investor sentiment (stock up >20%) since planned conversion of $QQQ -- here's why. @kgreifeld
I might’ve found the next 1,000x.
@Nascraqqq has SPX vibes: real narrative, clean chart, no rug, strong community, slow-cooking to perfection. This is the one you’ll regret fading.
How long until legacy traders are quoting $QQQ?
C.A: BediSYEPUiuye8W5bFJueqwpLpry9CckehLEv1tBmoon
📌 Crypto Market Update (July 14, 2025):
BTC reaches ATH at $123K, consolidating near $120K (+10% in 7 days). ETH dominance at 9.7%. CMC Fear & Greed Index at 70 (Greed), Altcoin Season Index at 32. Memecore (+185%) and Pudgy Penguins (+88%) top weekly gains.
Altcoin momentum surges: Stellar (+88%), Mog (+81%), Algorand (+61%), Hedera (+53%). Pump(.)Fun’s $600M ICO revives meme interest; Binance’s bonding curve launch boosts altcoin buzz.
Institutional demand continues to power BTC:
🔹 MetaPlanet adds 797 BTC ($93.6M)
🔹 MicroStrategy adds 4,225 BTC ($472.5M)
🔹 $IBIT is the 3rd most traded ETF today after $SPY and $QQQ
🔹 ETH ETFs sees +$900M inflows last week
BTC consolidates at $121K, support at $115K–$118K, and targets $130K. Dominance at 63.7% hints at an altcoin season by Oct–Nov. Analysts differ on regular vs. super cycle.
Memecoin momentum may be peaking as stablecoins and RWAs gain attention. 65% of users expect a regular cycle; 35% are betting on a super cycle.
🎧 Watch the full weekly crypto forecast below for deeper insights into these trends ⬇️
Bulls reclaimed the 200-day SMA with authority today.
$SPY | $QQQ
Take another example.
Before Trump announced a pause on 04/09, there was HUGE $QQQ volume on a 460C expiring 04/17.
They were bought for $0.85 and ran to as high as $31 per contract!!! This was before any news.
Later in the day, it rallied 2000% in ten minutes.
The trader made millions.
Why was this unusual? For a few reasons:
- Firstly new opening volume on chain, minutes after market open
- IVR of +80 on $QQQ, with iv percentile of medium. So vol wasn’t anticipating a move this big
- All execution happened at once, at ask
- This was wildly out of the money at the time
- Market was bearish, across the board
On April 9th, you can see before Trump posted "buy" on Truth Social, traders opened $QQQ $TQQQ and $SPY calls.
RIGHT BEFORE THE NEWS, someone opened $SPY 509 calls, expiring that day!
Those calls were up 2100% in one hour.
You can see all volume was literally opened that day. You can see all volume was new opening volume (not only on the Zero days, but also on the weekly $QQQ and $TQQQ calls).
Can’t believe someone closed out millions in $QQQ covered calls just minutes before US/China news broke…..
If only there was a way to track these big moves before they happened….
@unusual_whales 🐳🎯
Look at this.
Just before news of China and US talks being leaked, there were huge unusual buys of $QQQ $485C expiring 05/09/2025 contracts being closed.
This has happened again and again before China tariff news, with our traders like @TheBronxViking noticing.
The market rallied after it was leaked.
The contracts made large gains.
Unusual.
I want you to understand how unusual the moves were this month.
Before Trump announced a pause, there was HUGE $QQQ volume on a 460C expiring 04/17.
They were bought for $0.85 and ran to as high as $31 per contract!!! This was before any news.
Later in the day, it rallied 2000% in ten minutes.
The trader made millions.
Why was this unusual?
For a few reasons:
- Firstly new opening volume on chain, minutes after market open
- IVR of +80 on $QQQ, with iv percentile of medium. So vol wasn’t anticipating a move this big
- All execution happened at once, at ask
- This was wildly out of the money at the time
- Market was bearish, across the board
Unusual.
