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Most of my swing trade prep happens inside TradingView, and post-earnings gaps are where I rely on it the most. INTC ripping after hours on the Q1 beat / Q2 guide raise is a perfect example, so I'll walk through the exact TV setup I use to decide whether a gap-up is tradeable or already crowded.

Sharing this partly to get feedback on my workflow — pretty sure other people here have better Pine setups than I do.

My TV layout for post-earnings names

Four-pane layout, all linked symbol:

• Daily — for the gap itself, prior resistance, and overall trend context
• 1H — to watch how the gap holds during regular session
• 5min — entry timing once daily and 1H both confirm
• A custom comparison pane with SMH and the relevant peers (for INTC: NVDA, AMD, AVGO) so I can see if it's running alone or with the group

The multi-timeframe sync is the main reason I haven't moved off TV. Being able to drop horizontal lines once and have them propagate is something I tried to replicate elsewhere and gave up on.

TV features I lean on for this kind of setup

• Horizontal ray + extended trendlines for the prior resistance that the gap broke
• Bar replay for studying how previous post-earnings gaps in the same name behaved (INTC has gapped multiple times the last 2 years and faded most of them — bar replay makes that pattern obvious)
• Custom alerts on "price closes below gap fill level" — this is my main risk trigger
• Volume profile on the daily to see where the heavy bid/offer zones from the prior range sit
• A simple Pine script I wrote that flags when RVOL > 2 AND price is within 1% of prior resistance — saves me from staring at the screen

INTC walkthrough

Pulling INTC up in this layout, the things I'm watching:

• Daily: did it close above the prior swing high, or just wick through
• 1H: first pullback shape after the open — controlled or immediate flush
• 5min: looking for a clean reclaim of the gap level if it pulls in
• Comparison pane: are NVDA/AMD/SMH confirming, or is INTC the only one running

Custom alert set: "INTC closes below [post-gap support level] on 1H" — if that fires, the breakout thesis is already broken and I don't need to think about it further.

Where I'm asking the community

A few things I haven't figured out clean solutions for in TV and would love input on:

1. Anyone have a Pine script that flags post-earnings gap quality (gap size vs ATR, volume vs avg, etc.) automatically across a watchlist? I've been doing this manually and it's a time sink.
2. For the 4-pane layout — is there a way to save it as a template that auto-loads when I open a new symbol, or am I stuck right-click → apply layout each time?
3. Best Pine indicator you've found for measuring post-earnings continuation vs fade probability? I've tried a few and most are either too laggy or too noisy.

Curious what other TV power users have built for similar post-earnings workflows. Especially interested if anyone has cracked the Pine alerts → external system pipeline cleanly with webhooks.

Most of my swing trade prep happens inside TradingView, and post-earnings gaps are where I rely on it the most. INTC ripping after hours on the Q1 beat / Q2 guide raise is a perfect example, so I'll walk through the exact TV setup I use to decide whether a gap-up is tradeable or already crowded.

Sharing this partly to get feedback on my workflow — pretty sure other people here have better Pine setups than I do.

My TV layout for post-earnings names

Four-pane layout, all linked symbol:

• Daily — for the gap itself, prior resistance, and overall trend context
• 1H — to watch how the gap holds during regular session
• 5min — entry timing once daily and 1H both confirm
• A custom comparison pane with SMH and the relevant peers (for INTC: NVDA, AMD, AVGO) so I can see if it's running alone or with the group

The multi-timeframe sync is the main reason I haven't moved off TV. Being able to drop horizontal lines once and have them propagate is something I tried to replicate elsewhere and gave up on.

TV features I lean on for this kind of setup

• Horizontal ray + extended trendlines for the prior resistance that the gap broke
• Bar replay for studying how previous post-earnings gaps in the same name behaved (INTC has gapped multiple times the last 2 years and faded most of them — bar replay makes that pattern obvious)
• Custom alerts on "price closes below gap fill level" — this is my main risk trigger
• Volume profile on the daily to see where the heavy bid/offer zones from the prior range sit
• A simple Pine script I wrote that flags when RVOL > 2 AND price is within 1% of prior resistance — saves me from staring at the screen

INTC walkthrough

Pulling INTC up in this layout, the things I'm watching:

• Daily: did it close above the prior swing high, or just wick through
• 1H: first pullback shape after the open — controlled or immediate flush
• 5min: looking for a clean reclaim of the gap level if it pulls in
• Comparison pane: are NVDA/AMD/SMH confirming, or is INTC the only one running

Custom alert set: "INTC closes below [post-gap support level] on 1H" — if that fires, the breakout thesis is already broken and I don't need to think about it further.

Where I'm asking the community

A few things I haven't figured out clean solutions for in TV and would love input on:

1. Anyone have a Pine script that flags post-earnings gap quality (gap size vs ATR, volume vs avg, etc.) automatically across a watchlist? I've been doing this manually and it's a time sink.
2. For the 4-pane layout — is there a way to save it as a template that auto-loads when I open a new symbol, or am I stuck right-click → apply layout each time?
3. Best Pine indicator you've found for measuring post-earnings continuation vs fade probability? I've tried a few and most are either too laggy or too noisy.

Curious what other TV power users have built for similar post-earnings workflows. Especially interested if anyone has cracked the Pine alerts → external system pipeline cleanly with webhooks.

Intel finally got the kind of headline it has been missing for years.

Q1 came in stronger than expected, Q2 guidance was above consensus, and the stock ripped after hours. The bull case is pretty obvious: AI workloads are moving from just “GPU training” into inference, agents, data center CPUs, packaging, and custom silicon.

But after a move like this, I’m trying not to confuse a better story with a clean entry.

I monitor INTC with Claude & TradeOS AI for auto-tasks — not for a buy/sell signal, but to force myself to separate the actual setup from the post-earnings hype.

Here’s the way I’m looking at it:

1. The beat is real

This wasn’t just vague “AI optimism.” Intel reported $13.6B in Q1 revenue, up 7% YoY, and guided Q2 revenue to $13.8B–$14.8B.

That matters because the old Intel bear case was basically: legacy business, weak execution, no AI relevance, foundry dreams too far away.

This quarter at least pushes back on part of that.

1. The AI CPU angle has legs

The interesting part is that the market is not only looking at GPUs anymore. If AI agents/inference/data center workloads keep expanding, CPUs and advanced packaging become part of the bottleneck too.

Intel’s Data Center and AI segment looked much better than expected, which is probably why the stock reacted so violently.

This is the part of the move I don’t want to dismiss too quickly.

1. Foundry is still the hard part

The bullish story sounds great, but the actual execution risk is still huge.

Intel can talk about foundry, advanced packaging, and external customers, but investors still need proof that this can become a real business at scale — not just a turnaround narrative.

The market is basically starting to price Intel as if the comeback is working. That creates a higher bar from here.

1. The competition is not asleep

NVDA, AMD, ARM, TSM, Broadcom, and hyperscalers are all somewhere in this AI infrastructure stack.

So the question is not just “does Intel benefit from AI?”

The better question is:

How much of the AI infrastructure value chain can Intel actually capture, and how much margin does it keep after competing with everyone else?

1. The swing setup is tricky

This is where I’m most cautious.

A big post-earnings gap can be the start of a real trend continuation, but it can also be the moment late buyers get trapped.

For me, I’m not chasing the first candle.

What I’d want to see:

• price holds the post-earnings gap instead of fading immediately
• first pullback stays controlled
• volume confirms buyers are still there after the headline
• semis broadly stay strong, not just INTC alone
• old resistance becomes support
• no immediate reversal back into the prior range

If it gaps up and then loses the breakout area quickly, I’d treat that as a warning that the news was already priced in short-term.

My current read:

This is not just a random pump. The earnings/guidance reaction has real substance behind it.

But it’s also not a clean “buy anything AI” moment. INTC has already moved hard, and the turnaround still depends on execution, foundry proof, and continued data center demand.

For me, the trade is less about predicting whether Intel is “back.”

It’s about watching whether the market defends the post-earnings breakout after the first wave of excitement.

Not financial advice. Just sharing my framework. Curious how others are reading INTC here — real breakout, or too crowded after the gap?