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Scott Pulcini discusses the factors driving market movements, emphasizing the importance of options flow and gamma levels over traditional indicators.

Scott Pulcini breaks down why CVD divergences are unreliable and reveals what's actually driving the market: options flow, gamma levels, and price-change algos. After 9 years of trading stop-runs and icebergs as his main edge, he's shifted focus to zero-DTE options hedging by dealers—which moves 90% of intraday action most days. The key insight: stop/iceberg events validate where the market will react, but options flow (gamma, pace of tape, relative volume) tells you when and how. He demonstrates real trades including why his 3-minute VWAP trade worked and how price-change reversions can be scalped or held based on confluence. Sponsor: Prop Firm Match. Compare 40+ firms side-by-side. Code MATCH → https://www.propfirmmatch.com/?a_aid=asfx Try Bookmap and Save - https://www.asfx.biz/bookmap Connect with Scott - https://www.scottpulcinitrader.com/ 0:00 — Headline risk destroying setups; options flow now dominates 3:00 — Stop runs & icebergs → options gamma edge shift (9 years vs new game) 8:03 — Real-time options flow example: dealers hedging move market, visible in charts 13:14 — Why CVD divergences fail: it only shows aggressor, not intention 16:48 — Six stop/iceberg setups…

People in this episode

Host: Austin Silver

Guest: Scott Pulcini

Topics covered

• market dynamics
• options trading
• CVD divergences
• gamma levels
• intraday trading
• zero-DTE options

Keywords

• CVD divergences
• options flow
• gamma levels
• stop runs
• icebergs
• zero-DTE options
• VWAP trade
• price-change algos

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Organizations: Bookmap

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