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How graded SPY 0DTE alerts work
Most 0DTE Discord alerts are unstructured: “looking weak here” or a screenshot with no stop. This page documents how 0DTE Confluence grades setups so you can decide if the product fits your process — or replicate the discipline manually.
Two gates that always come first
Nothing alerts unless both are true:
- Level — SPY is at a live rail (gamma wall, flip, expected-move edge, OR high/low, etc.).
- Confirmed candle — a closed 1-minute bar shows rejection, reclaim, or break (not anticipation).
Mid-range chop — price between rails with no structure — produces zero alerts by design. That is the main filter versus noisy signal feeds.
Letter grades: A+ vs B
After level + candle, the scanner tallies confluence items (stretch vs 9 EMA, VWAP side, flow, pin/OI, etc.) into a score and assigns:
- A+ — highest conviction; primary window 9:45–11:10 AM ET on the product tier.
- B — confirmed setup with slightly lower confluence; broader window to 2:00 PM ET.
Grades are quality labels, not guarantees. Options decay fast; even A+ setups fail. See public scanner stats for how often A+ alerts fire and when.
What each Discord alert includes
- Direction — typically put fade at call wall, call off put wall, reclaim, or momentum break
- Grade — A+ or B
- Spot and the rail involved
- Flow read — confirming or against (when data is live)
- Invalidation — the SPY price level that kills the thesis on a 1m close
Robinhood Pro adds exec context on A+ cards (delta band, spread gate, playbook links) — still advisory only; you place orders.
Session rhythm (ET)
- ~9:00 — morning desk posts Tier-0 level ladder in Discord
- 9:30–9:45 — opening range forms; scanner watches, default entries from 9:45
- 9:45–11:10 — primary A+ window (European overlap liquidity)
- After close — EOD replay channel shows what the scanner would have graded
What we intentionally do not do
- Auto-trading or copying trades into your account
- Single-name stock picks or “lotto” scans
- Alerts without a structural level
- Win-rate promises or “ guaranteed ” language