🦡 What Is a Honey Badger Day (HBD)?
A Honey Badger Day is a unique signal you get from BigShort that you can't get anywhere else. It tells you when the market makers are out of position and will be buying SPY aggressively to correct their mistake.
🧠 Why It Matters
Honey Badger Days (HBDs) have a 90% success rate and happen 6-10 times a year. Many users more than pay for their annual BigShort subscription on every HBD. Click here for Honey Badger Success Stories. You should trade every single Honey Badger Day that you can.
📈 Typical HBD Pattern
Morning: Weakness or dip.
Late morning/Afternoon: Recovery begins.
Late Day: Rally, with price going above either today’s open price or yesterday’s close price (whichever is lower) within the last 2 hours of trading.
The SPY price action of a Honey Badger Day often follows one of these shapes:
✅ How to Trade a HBD
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Watch the signals: use the BigShort indicators to watch the morning for exact timings.
Most common scenario - If the day has morning weakness, consider buying long positions on the way down.
Occasionally - If the day begins and remains bullish throughout the morning, consider buying long positions on the way up.
Major Entry: If prices dips during the morning, start scaling into your position. Especially if the three flows align in a bullish direction.
Hold: Continue holding as long as bullish signals persist.
Exit: The normally optimal exit is sometime between 2pm and 4pm ET (11am-1pm PT).
Most common scenario - Begin exiting when the price goes above today’s open or yesterday’s close (whichever is lower) and when signals turn bearish. Manage the rest of your exit as your risk tolerance allows.
Occasionally - In days that began bullish, exit your position when flows turn bearish in line with your risk tolerance.
📖 Learn More: To learn more about what causes a Honey Badger Day and how to know one is coming, go here.
🗝️ Key Takeaways
HBDs are SPY-specific. Only SPY and SPY derivatives should be used for this trade
Expect a U-shaped intraday pattern (most common). Occasionally, the trend will be up all day.
Late-day rallies often occur due to short covering and provide great exit liquidity.
Use Net Option Flow, Dark Pools, Momo and SmartFlow indicators to guide exact entries and exits.
Avoid shorting on HBD - very dangerous.
📈 A Recent Honey Badger Day
Here's a look at a recent HBD so you can see what it looks like in the real world:
🎥 Here's a video of Tae live trading a Honey Badger Day.
🦡 What about "Badgerish" Days?
There are days that are ALMOST official Honey Badger Days that we call "Badgerish Days". They trade the same way, but are less of a sure thing. Expect buying and bullish opportunities, but be more cautious and quicker to cover if the position moves against you.
