I'll admit, it has been a very choppy and frustrating week for me. Through the past I have learned the hard way (read, by losing money) to be very cautious trading during the week of Options Expiration. One or two days out of that week can present some good opportunities while one or two days, or even three, during that week can be very choppy (doji days). So, during these weeks I scale down and try not to get caught up over-trading.
You still have to squint to see the 3/10-macd on the hourly chart, not something that indicates volatility (or much opportunity for that matter).
The up-arrows in the 15-min chart below were long considerations (based on anticipating the higher time frame 65-min chart having the fast line correct into the slow line and continuing with previous momentum, (1b-1a or 2b-1a criteria), all of which produced a very poor Risk:Reward.
Two entries may have resulted in a stop-out, if not a partial-out scenario (greatest MAE's being the second up-arrow at $0.40, and the the first up-arrow at $0.34). In this particular time-frame layout with the SPY my stop-consideration range is between $0.30-$0.50 (maybe $0.60 depending upon volatility).
So, the chop remains
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