At 6:00 PM, the next day's trade is already mapped out. Entry. Stop. Target. Done. By the time the market opens, there's nothing to figure out. No scrambling. No second-guessing. Just wait for price to hit your zone and execute. → See how traders are preparing trades the night before instead of reacting in real time.

Should Traders Fear 0 Day Expiration Risk?

-SP500 finished the week massively UNCHED!

-reviewing sectors -0 DTE risk becomes the talk of the trading town!

-SPX, SPY, and the /ES

-suppression of volatility

What if you didn’t have to predict whether a stock was going up or down? Discover how Don Kaufman’s SuperFly strategy targets where price may gravitate → See How SuperFly Works

-dynamics of the hedge

Get your trade on – This week’s Profits and Losses

-closed short calls for 50% gains x 3!!

-opened new catapult /ES vs SBUX

SPX Expected Move–

-last week – 104.08 (expected move 5 day week)

-next week – 73.35 (expected move 4 day week)

Don Kaufman

Don Kaufman is options trader and educator. Former CBOE market maker, former Chief Derivatives Instructor at thinkorswim, and former Director of the Trader Group at TD Ameritrade. In 2015 he co-founded TheoTrade to teach traders how volatility, probability, and risk really work.

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Tuesday, October 20, 2026 – Tony’s Pre-Market Playbook

What $100 Oil Decides This Week

	Today
09.00	Don Kaufman \| Pre-Market Prep \| FREE SESSION 09.20 09.30 Don Kaufman \| Early volatility 09.20 10.30
09.30
10.00
10.30	Jeff Bierman \| Market structure 10.30 11.30
11.00	Jeff Bierman \| Market structure 10.30 11.30
11.30	Brandon Chapman \| Ghost Hour 11.30 12.30
12.00	Brandon Chapman \| Ghost Hour 11.30 12.30
12.30	Gianni Di Poce \| Macro overview 12.30 13.15 Elizabeth \| Price Action 13.15 14.00
13.00
13.30
14.00	Corey Rosenbloom \| Options tactics 14.00 15.00
14.30	Corey Rosenbloom \| Options tactics 14.00 15.00
15.00	Blake Young \| Market wrap 15.00 16.00
15.30	Blake Young \| Market wrap 15.00 16.00