This Simple VWAP Trick Handed Me 100% Intraday Gains

Good morning, traders…

Markets spend the morning figuring out direction.

Lunch hour brings consolidation.

The afternoon delivers follow-through.

And Wednesday afternoons are special.

I’ve been joining the Options Income Trader room around 11 am on Wednesdays, specifically hunting these patterns.

The goal is simple:

Find stocks setting up for the midday pullback.
Get positioned with clear price targets and stop-loss levels.
Let the afternoon momentum do the heavy lifting.

This past Wednesday, we found one that checked every box.

Tempus AI Inc. (NASDAQ: TEM) October 3 $85 calls.

Entry at $2.00.

Price targets at $2.40, $2.80, with the final target at $4.00.

Every one of our price targets hit by the close for a perfect 100% gain on the final exit.*

The traders who joined me live got the full plan before risking a dime. They watched TEM hold VWAP for hours, coiling tighter and tighter, until it finally broke with conviction exactly as we anticipated.

If you’re not showing up for these Wednesday sessions, you’re missing structured trades with defined risk and multiple targets to make gains every single week.

Let Me Show You How A $2.00 Entry On TEM Turned Into A Clean Sweep Of 3 Profit Targets…

The Setup: Patience At The VWAP

The volume-weighted average price (VWAP) is one of the most meaningful indicators for day trading.

It’s essentially the “fair value” line for the day.

When the share price hangs around VWAP without breaking, it tells you two things:

Buyers and sellers are balanced.
Whichever side tips the scale first will likely cause an explosive momentum move.

TEM was doing exactly that on Wednesday morning…

We reviewed the scanners in the Options Income Trader room around 11 am, looking for stocks showing relative strength but still offering an entry. TEM stood out immediately.

The chart showed consolidation right at VWAP.
Daily trading volume was picking up.
The options chain showed strong liquidity on the October 3 $85 calls.
Tight spreads, decent open interest, clean pricing.

So we set the plan:

Entry: $2.00 on the October 3 $85 calls
Stop: $1.60 (a 20% risk, standard for swing trade setups)
Targets: $2.40, $2.80, and $4.00

That’s a 1:1, 1:2, and 1:5 risk-reward structure.

If we’re wrong, we lose 20%.

If we’re right, we’ve got three targets to scale out of gains as the move develops.

Then we waited.

The Trade: 100% Gains in Less Than 4 Hours

TEM hung on that VWAP for hours…

TEM chart: October 1, 5-minute candles (VWAP: pink line) — courtesy of TC2000

Every time it looked ready to break higher, it pulled back. Every time it looked ready to break lower, buyers stepped in.

But remember: The best breakouts happen after the price compresses. And compression takes time.

Around 2 pm, TEM finally made its move.

It broke above VWAP with conviction. Volume spiked. The $85 calls we bought at $2.00 started climbing immediately.

First target hit: $2.40. That’s a 20% gain.*

Second target hit: $2.80. Now we’re up 40%.*

Then came the big one.

Third target hit: $4.00. A clean double from our $2.00 entry.*

All three targets. Full sweep. Exactly as planned.

The Reason: Why Wednesday Afternoon Setups Work

There’s a reason I focus on Wednesdays.

Midweek consolidation is predictable. Monday and Tuesday set the tone. Wednesday brings hesitation. Thursday and Friday deliver resolution.

That hesitation on Wednesday creates compression.

Compression creates opportunity.

When you combine that with VWAP as your anchor level, you’ve got a repeatable edge.

Instead of chasing breakouts or guessing direction, you wait for the price to go where the momentum is, then position yourself to capitalize when it confirms.

The TEM trade worked because we stuck to a pre-determined process.

We identified a stock showing relative strength. We waited for consolidation at a key level. We set our entry, stop, and targets before risking a dime. Then we let the market do what it was already trying to do.

That’s how you trade with an edge.