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Buying Bull Flags

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Financials have gone nowhere since May 12..

Under the surface, many of these names are coiling in tight ranges—building energy for their next move.

That includes the banks.

I’ve got my eye on Citigroup $C, which stands out as one of the cleanest setups in the group right now.

Price is consolidating at a key resistance zone, and with volatility compressing, I think this coil could pop and deliver quick gains.

This is an extra-short term setup, similar to PLTR off the April lows. We’re just betting on a bull flag resolution being underway now- and that gives us high odds of a swift double. 

Here’s the play:

I’m buying the $C 7/18 $82.5 calls for approximately $1.00 per contract.

Next up, we’re doing something similar, but in the large-cap tech space. We’re betting this flag in Micron $MU resolves higher and kicks off a big reaction leg at this key polarity zone.

Just look at what a major level MU is taking out here around 100.

It’s the prior-cycle highs, and it's the VWAP from all-time highs. And if we were to zoom out, you’d see that it is also the dot-com bubble highs.

The bottom line is there is a boatload of price memory here, making it the perfect place to enter and bet on this flag resolving higher.

We’re buying the $MU 7/18 $120 calls for about $2.40.

If you don’t have enough time to get into these by the close, don’t worry. You should be able to get them in the morning no problem.

Steve

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