Tech Surge & Earnings After the Bell: Where to Short the S&P 500

Head Trader Benjamin Pool breaks down today’s best trade setups across seven charts — including the S&P 500, Micron, Intel, and more — with exact entry levels, shortable targets, and the technical reasoning behind every call.

In this episode of Today’s Best Trade Setups: S&P 500 — bounce off the $715.21 gap level with resistance at $724.87. Swing short entry on a pierce of the upsloping trend line near $731.33, with a stop out on a 15-minute close above that level and downside targets at $708 and $700 LITE (II-VI / Coherent) — day trade short at $1,050 with earnings after the bell. Anticipating a pullback to $1,000 or $910 post-earnings; not entering a swing short ahead of the report AMD — day trade short at $360.55 off a prior gap and opening candle. Earnings after the bell; swing short target at $305.33 with a longer-term retest of the upsloping trend line near $290 if the trend line breaks post-earnings SMCI — wedge pattern forming on the upsloping trend line with earnings after the bell. Day trade short scalp at $33.98 on a breakout; long support at $24.05 and gap fill at $23.22 on a breakdown Micron — 26% surge off May lows with a third consecutive up candle. Day trade short at $650.05 off prior rejection level, with pullback targets at $607 and $588.51 SanDisk — 33% move off earnings lows approaching $1,400. Day trade short on a pierce of $1,400.45, with a long entry at the $1,255.86 gap fill if price pulls back Intel — 14% surge with a swing short entry on a pierce of $110.07. Dollar-cost averaging higher if needed, with a downside target back to the $100 level Google (Alphabet) — hidden upsloping trend line connecting four pivot lows with a rejection near $390. Swing short entry near current levels, with potential extension to $400 before rollover and a downside target at $348.07 Shopify — down on earnings with a day trade long at $109.32. More conservative entry at the $104.90 double bottom, with dollar-cost averaging every 1–1.5% lower Palantir — post-earnings pullback with a day trade long at $132.37 on a pierce of $136.59. Stop out on a 15-minute close below $132.37; secondary gap target at $128.04 with a swing long still favored at $125.05

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