These are the signals I'm watching today.

Two trades worth knowing about right now.

Someone dropped 110,000 contracts on a massive gold bet targeting a retest of the highs. And yesterday someone bought 95,000 puts on XLF in a single trade out of 144,000 total contracts.

As Iran takes center stage, a financial crisis may be brewing.

These are the signals that tell you what institutions are doing before price confirms it.

Today at 2PM ET I'm going live to break both down. Along with the volatility regime that's persisted since November 28th. Why it's held through the Iran conflict despite 20% of global oil supply at risk. And where it finally breaks.

Institutions are more hedged than they've been in months. Skew at 152. I read this pressure so I'm not reacting to price after the fact.

This is a free encore session. Today. 2PM ET.

HERE'S A REMINDER — YOUR LINK TO JOIN IS INSIDE

Brandon Chapman CMT

P.S. 6,780 on the downside. 7,000 on the upside. At 2PM ET I'll walk you through how I'm positioned for either direction.

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