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🎯 Price Targets

Price Targets are one of the most powerful features in Gextron. They provide forward-looking ranges based on option premium flow and implied volatility.

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Opening Price Targets in the Dashboard

  • Hero / Normal Dashboard
  • Pro Dashboard
  • Click on a ticker to open its panel.
  • Look for the Price Targets module under the analysis section.
  • These are the daily and weekly targets available on Hero and Free dashboards.
Hero Dashboard Price Targets

Free/Hero plan price target by expiration

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Why Price Targets Matter

Price Targets provide clear exit zones and help set realistic profit goals by expiration date.
  • They are forward-looking, not lagging.
  • Derived from option premium flow + implied volatility.
  • Help avoid chasing far OTM contracts with low probability of success.
  • Allow traders to plan entries, exits, spreads, and hedges with precision.

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Types of Price Targets

• Best for intraday and ETF trading (SPY, QQQ, IWM).
• Recalculate daily as IV shifts and theta contracts.
• Mark them every morning during your pre-market prep.
Daily targets are the bread and butter for SPX/ETF traders.
• Every Friday expiration is shown as (W) in Gextron.
• If it’s a short week (holiday), the Friday expiration adjusts.
• Great for swing trades or weekly income strategies.
• Gextron groups expirations by month accordion.
• Open a month → see all available expirations.
• Choose the last Friday expiration of the month as your monthly target.
• Acts as the top/bottom range for that month.
• For ETFs/indices → shown as (Q) in Gextron.
• For equities → use the expiration closest to the next earnings date (after earnings digests).
• Mark as QEM on your chart.
• Provides a larger timeframe expected move around quarterly catalysts.
• Use the last week of December or the first week of January after year end.
• Mark these levels once the year begins.
• Provides a long-term anchor to track annual ranges.

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How Gextron Builds Price Targets

  • Always forward-looking
  • Based on option premium flows
  • Calculated ranges include:
    • Top range → bullish target
    • Bottom range → bearish target
  • Useful for:
    • Going long = top range target
    • Going short = bottom range target
    • Spreads = full range defines your boundaries
Price Targets update as theta decays and as sides are hit. Always re-check mid-session or after a target is reached.
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Mark Daily Targets

Especially important for SPY, QQQ, IWM. These guide your intraday trades.
2

Add Weekly Targets

Every Friday expiration. Use (W) markers in Gextron.
3

Set Monthly Targets

Open the month accordion and mark the last expiration of the month.
4

Track Quarterly Expected Moves (Q / QEM)

For ETFs = (Q) target.
For equities = expiration closest to next earnings date.
5

End-of-Year Target

Mark the last week of December or first week of January to anchor the yearly range.

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Example Workflow

  1. Pre-market → open ticker, mark daily targets.
  2. Swing setups → add weekly (W) and monthly levels.
  3. Quarterly catalyst → mark QEM or (Q) level.
  4. Yearly anchor → mark end-of-year level.
  5. Update targets mid-session if theta contracts or if one side is already hit.

Option Flow

Confirm trades by checking whether big players are buying or selling aggressively.

Risk & Reward

Structure your exits using targets for at least 1:2 or 1:3 R:R.