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[LIVE] NASDAQ London Session w/ Leo – OIL, GOLD, SPY, QQQ, ES | Real-Time Day Trading Strategy

Channel: Pasha IRL Published: 2026-05-13 08:08
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A live London-session day-trading stream focused on NASDAQ/NQ, SPY/S&P, oil, and gold. The speaker leaned bullish on the higher-timeframe trend but was tactically bearish intraday before and around a hot PPI release, then shifted to expecting a dip-buying recovery if structure improved.

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Detailed summary

This was a real-time trading livestream with a heavy emphasis on tape reading, EMA/VWAP-based structure, and reacting to macro data. The speaker opened by saying the prior selloff had already inverted and that the market was making new highs again, with an upside target around 30,770 on NQ derived from a pullback/fib mirror. He repeatedly framed the day as a balance between a broader bullish trend and a short-term bearish intraday setup, especially as price action remained below key moving averages and formed lower highs/lower lows. A major theme was the speaker reviewing his own trades from the prior day. He admitted he had entered longs and shorts too early, got chopped up, then recovered by waiting for better confirmation such as lower highs, trendline breaks, EMA alignment, and change-of-character candles. …

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Main takeaways

  1. Speaker’s higher-timeframe bias stayed bullish, but the intraday setup was bearish into a hot PPI release.
  2. He used EMA/VWAP structure, trendlines, and change-of-character candles as the main decision framework.
  3. He repeatedly warned that the session was slow, low-volatility, and poor for clean scalps.
  4. He believed yesterday’s selloff trapped shorts and set up possible squeeze risk.
  5. He viewed oil as relatively stronger short-term, gold as sideways, and NQ as the cleanest focus.
  6. He admitted to overtrading and entering too early on both sides the prior day.
  7. PPI was the main catalyst and came in materially hotter than expected, pressuring equities and lifting yields.
  8. He ended by shifting to waiting for structure confirmation before taking more longs.

Market read by horizon

Short term

Hot PPI makes the tape tactically bearish at first, with downside continuation risk if NQ fails to reclaim intraday structure. The immediate trade is to wait for either a deeper pullback or a clear reversal signal before leaning long.

  • PPI was the immediate catalyst; the print came in far above expectations and pushed yields higher and equities weaker.
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  • Before PPI, he thought shorts were crowded and a squeeze higher was possible if buyers stepped in.
  • After the release, he preferred waiting for a pullback and a clear market-structure shift before buying again.
Mid term

If the market absorbs the inflation shock and keeps building higher lows above key averages, the base case is a renewed grind toward highs in the coming weeks. That view weakens if rate-sensitive assets keep selling and the post-PPI weakness turns into persistent lower-high structure.

  • Over the next several weeks, his base case remained that NQ/tech could still work back toward new highs if pullbacks keep getting bought.
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  • Validation would come from a shift back above the key EMAs/VWAP and sustained higher-low formation after the PPI shock.
  • If the hotter inflation data persists into follow-through pricing, the market could rotate into a more durable risk-off/downtrend phase for the session or longer.
Long term

The speaker still sees the larger regime as bullish for NASDAQ/tech, with dips likely to be bought unless inflation/rates force a more durable repricing. The lasting implication is that trend-following plus liquidity awareness remains the dominant framework.

  • The speaker’s long-run frame remained bullish on NASDAQ/tech despite intraday bearishness.
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  • His broader regime view is that trend, structure, and liquidity matter more than isolated headlines; the market can invert quickly, but higher-timeframe bias can remain intact.
  • He implicitly framed inflation prints as regime-shifting inputs for rates and risk assets, with PPI viewed as an important macro signal rather than just a scalp catalyst.
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Key claims (8)

BULLISH NASDAQ/NQ

Yesterday’s selloff already inverted and the market was pushing back toward all-time highs.

He said the prior push down had already reversed and that the market was going for all-time highs again.

BULLISH NQ

The next upside target on the micro level was around 30,770 on NQ.

He explicitly named that level as the next target.

NEUTRAL

The cleanest intraday edge was to wait for pullback rejection rather than anticipating entries.

He repeatedly said he entered too early and would have done better waiting for lower highs and confirmation.

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Assets discussed (9)

NASDAQ
MIXED index

He viewed the higher timeframe as bullish and expected new highs, but the intraday tape was weak and choppy.

NQ — NQ
MIXED index

Bullish on the daily/higher timeframe, but bearish intraday after failed pullbacks and a hot PPI print.

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Speakers

GUEST Leo

Interview (4 Q&A)

catalyst check

Is there news causing this drop?

He checked the calendar and identified US PPI as the main scheduled catalyst, plus crude and a Trump/Xi meeting headline later in the stream.

prop firms / account sizing

What is the benefit of having a 150k account versus a 50k account?

He said the 150k account offers more drawdown room, while the 50k can be cheaper and easier for some traders to pass if they can manage the smaller drawdown.

chart setup

What time frame is my screen at the moment?

He answered that his main chart was the five-minute timeframe.

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Where this transcript pushes against consensus

  • The speaker often asserted a bullish higher-timeframe view while simultaneously leaning short intraday; the reconciliation was mostly assertion, not a fully developed thesis.
  • He suggested NQ was likely to make new highs because shorts were trapped, but offered limited evidence beyond positioning intuition and recent price action.
  • Some trade calls were explicitly described as gut-based or low-conviction, especially around the volume node and slow tape.
  • He dismissed NFP-style levels as irrelevant without fully explaining why those reference points should be ignored in this context.
  • The macro interpretation of PPI was somewhat inconsistent: he called it potentially day-defining and also said he was not expecting much from it until the number hit.
  • A few comments on prop-firm commissions, payout mechanics, and account sizing were casual and not fully verified in the stream.

Topics

NASDAQ/NQ intraday tradingPPI inflation datamarket structure and EMAsVWAP and trendlinesoil short-term trendgold sideways actionS&P/SPY relative strengthprop firms and account sizingtrader psychologychat/Q&A

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