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Educational material, not financial advice. Nothing here is a recommendation to buy or sell any security. Options involve significant risk and are not suitable for every investor. These are past examples chosen to illustrate a reading; they are not typical results, and past behavior of any setup does not guarantee future results.

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TSLA deflection off the king node, October 2nd, 2025:

  • Deflections off gatekeeper and king nodes are one of the setups traders watch most closely, because the level that defines the risk is clear. In the case of TSLA at the open, a few things happened:
    • TSLA gapped up at the open.
    • TSLA hit the 470 king node.
    • There was no upside accumulation on the deflection.
    • Downside nodes began accumulating at 467 and 462, as well as 450.
  • Q: Where does the map point after a deflection like this?
    • A: Watching the rate of change of nodes during a map reshuffle shows where dealers are repositioning. In this case, floors were growing at 460 and 450.
TSLA had a large run-up before the October 2nd flush. In that context, the map suggested waiting for a key pivot to be tested rather than reading every pullback as a turn. Reversal readings depend on the deflection actually happening at the level.

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SPX rejection at the 6750 ceiling, October 9th, 2025:

  • SPX showed major nodes to the downside very early in the day, marking a significant area of interest. The first warning sign of a rug came when those downside nodes appeared and grew significantly. 6750 was tested and rejected, which also lined up with a bearish golden pocket.
  • SPY rejected its king node at 673, the second warning sign for downside (the SPX downside nodes were the first), while floors were beginning to grow at 670. The map pointed to two areas of interest: the rejection at 673 and the growing floor at 670.
  • QQQ told a similar story: the 611 gatekeeper node was tapped and rejected while 607 and 605 grew, and the king node sat to the downside.
SPX reached 6715, SPY reached 670 and QQQ came within 50 cents of 607.
  • SPY then bounced off the 670 floor almost to the cent.

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NFLX at the 1090 floor, Thursday, October 30th, 2025

On Wednesday at the close, NFLX was approaching a strong floor at 1090, in line with a key support level.
  • There were few downside nodes below that level, so the floor was the clear level to watch.
  • VEX showed a stair step up, with upside accumulation in the weeks ahead.
The reading depended on 1090 holding and on continued upside growth. If the floor broke, the reading was invalid.
  • On Friday, NFLX opened with a gap up after announcing a 10:1 stock split. News like this is outside what the map can show.