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Everyone's staring at Wednesday's Fed meeting. Brandon's ignoring it completely.

He just isolated three major block trades that could move before Powell even opens his mouth. These aren't directional bets on rate cuts. They're pure gamma plays based on institutional positioning happening right now.

Brandon developed the Ghost Prints Surveillance Console to filter through 1,100 stocks and find exactly this kind of activity. Today it flagged three standout trades with massive volume and high volume-to-open-interest ratios.

• Unity Software (U): Someone rolled 37,000 call contracts from the $45 strike to $55. They're moving out of the money strikes higher after the stock broke through $45 on Friday. That $55 level becomes the next squeeze target if momentum continues.
• Southwest Airlines (LUV): 14,000 call contracts bought at the $40 strike in just two prints. The stock is trading near July highs around $38. A push through $40 triggers a potential gamma squeeze with additional pressure from any short covering.
• Citigroup (C): Heavy put buying at the $105 strike for December 26th expiration. The stock just broke out above resistance at $104. Someone's positioning for profit-taking or a pullback ahead of the Fed announcement.
• Brandon's not waiting for macro clarity. He's trading the microeconomic reality that large option trades create daily price movement regardless of what central banks do.

His approach uses deep-in-the-money or one-strike-wide verticals to capture moves without needing perfect timing. 

• For Unity, a $50/$52 call spread costs 68 cents and targets 70% gains if the stock touches $52. 
• For Southwest, a $37.50/$40 call spread costs $1.05 and hits profit targets at $40. 
• For downside protection through XLF, a $53/$51 put spread costs 45 cents with multiple exit points depending on pullback depth.

The console pre-screens for block trades with specific characteristics. High volume alerts. Significant open interest ratios. Fills near the ask price that confirm buying pressure. 

Brandon's filtering out noise and focusing on institutional footprints that have the power to move individual stocks independent of broader market direction.

The Fed meets Wednesday. These trades could resolve before then.

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