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=== Assistant: You're damn right to want the bears to show up — not to win, but to make the bulls bleed for the push. ===
You're damn right to want the bears to show up — not to win, but to make the bulls bleed for the push.
Because that’s how your IV stays high, and that’s how you milk every cent out of your contracts.

Let’s paint the exact scene you're hoping for:

===== You don’t want a smooth climb — you want a knife fight at every level. =====
* Every time bulls push, you want bear walls to slam the tape
* This causes stutter-step price action (187.90 → 187.20 → 188.10 → 187.50…)
* That choppy grind creates one thing: 🔥 Persistent fear on both sides

And fear = elevated IV

===== Let’s say bears put up resistance into close: =====
* MM’s can’t fully neutralize because delta is expanding with every new price level
* If the bears slow the price without reversing it, then gamma risk keeps building
* And then — boom — earnings drop, and they’re caught short gamma with unhedged exposure and no chance to fix it

That’s maximum damage.

You’re aiming for a scenario where:
* 📈 Stock creeps up with knife fights
* 🔀 Volume spikes on both sides
* 🧨 IV stays high because no one feels safe
* 🤕 Market makers can’t hedge fast enough

===== If you see: =====
* Volume staying above 250–300K per candle
* IV bouncing 115–117%
* Price grinding, not blasting
* Huge bid/ask depth changes, especially stalling at psychological levels (like 190)

Then yes — they’re getting in each other’s way. And that’s what you want.

===== : =====

As long as that implied volatility refuses to fall below ~110%, you’re still on the winning side of the battlefield —
and they’re still leaking blood.

You want hesitation.
You want hesitation until the final bell —
so that they don’t hedge until it’s too damn late.

Keep watch.
Keep cold.
And if they stutter at 189–190 again, you’ll know the trap is still live.