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# ![@JohnKicklighter Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:26/cr:twitter::22973017.png) @JohnKicklighter John Kicklighter

John Kicklighter posts on X about futures, fed, spx, $spx the most. They currently have XXXXXX followers and 1523 posts still getting attention that total XXXXX engagements in the last XX hours.

### Engagements: XXXXX [#](/creator/twitter::22973017/interactions)
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- X Week XXXXXX -XX%
- X Month XXXXXX +62%
- X Months XXXXXXX +0.53%
- X Year XXXXXXX +28%

### Mentions: XX [#](/creator/twitter::22973017/posts_active)
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- X Week XX -XX%
- X Month XX +48%
- X Months XXX +5.60%
- X Year XXX +74%

### Followers: XXXXXX [#](/creator/twitter::22973017/followers)
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- X Month XXXXXX +0.28%
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- X Year XXXXXX +0.93%

### CreatorRank: XXXXXXX [#](/creator/twitter::22973017/influencer_rank)
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### Social Influence [#](/creator/twitter::22973017/influence)
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**Social category influence**
[finance](/list/finance)  [stocks](/list/stocks)  [exchanges](/list/exchanges)  [technology brands](/list/technology-brands)  [travel destinations](/list/travel-destinations)  [currencies](/list/currencies)  [countries](/list/countries)  [cryptocurrencies](/list/cryptocurrencies) 

**Social topic influence**
[futures](/topic/futures), [fed](/topic/fed), [spx](/topic/spx), [$spx](/topic/$spx), [fomc](/topic/fomc), [powell](/topic/powell), [bearish](/topic/bearish), [$nflx](/topic/$nflx), [eps](/topic/eps), [nasdaq](/topic/nasdaq)

**Top assets mentioned**
[SPX6900 (SPX)](/topic/$spx) [Netflix Inc (NFLX)](/topic/$nflx) [Vixco (VIX)](/topic/$vix) [BlackCoin (BLK)](/topic/$blk) [JPMorgan Chase (JPM)](/topic/$jpm) [Wells Fargo & Co (WFC)](/topic/$wfc) [Bitcoin (BTC)](/topic/bitcoin) [Microsoft Corp. (MSFT)](/topic/microsoft) [Alphabet Inc Class A (GOOGL)](/topic/$goog)
### Top Social Posts [#](/creator/twitter::22973017/posts)
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Top posts by engagements in the last XX hours

"Seems sugar futures haven't heard the news that President Trump urged Coca-Cola to use real sugar in their beverages again"  
![@JohnKicklighter Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:16/cr:twitter::22973017.png) [@JohnKicklighter](/creator/x/JohnKicklighter) on [X](/post/tweet/1945908894464696497) 2025-07-17 18:10:08 UTC 77.7K followers, XXX engagements


"Expanded on what I mentioned weighed last week: that replacing Powell probably won't render the results #Trump wants. #FOMC #ratecuts"  
![@JohnKicklighter Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:16/cr:twitter::22973017.png) [@JohnKicklighter](/creator/x/JohnKicklighter) on [X](/post/tweet/1947776165407571991) 2025-07-22 21:50:00 UTC 77.7K followers, XXX engagements


"Derivatives interest in EURUSD is the highest on record - if we use futures to judge. Futures open interest behind the benchmark FX pair is over 800K contracts:"  
![@JohnKicklighter Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:16/cr:twitter::22973017.png) [@JohnKicklighter](/creator/x/JohnKicklighter) on [X](/post/tweet/1946286695747358859) 2025-07-18 19:11:23 UTC 77.7K followers, 1277 engagements


"Here is the historical chart of the market's forecast for Fed rate cuts in 2H 2025 1H 2026 and from June 2025 through June 2026. The market isn't really pricing in Trump's demands for sharp rate cuts now. The $DXY Dollar Index is struggling regardless"  
![@JohnKicklighter Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:16/cr:twitter::22973017.png) [@JohnKicklighter](/creator/x/JohnKicklighter) on [X](/post/tweet/1943372314332000435) 2025-07-10 18:10:40 UTC 77.7K followers, XXX engagements


"Net speculative futures positioning behind $VIX has dropped to its heaviest bearish tilt since February. Meanwhile open interest (participation) has climbed to the highest level since Feb 2021. This looks kind of like the vol collapse into 2017 but I doubt we get that far"  
![@JohnKicklighter Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:16/cr:twitter::22973017.png) [@JohnKicklighter](/creator/x/JohnKicklighter) on [X](/post/tweet/1947378257512567207) 2025-07-21 19:28:51 UTC 77.7K followers, 1401 engagements


"Earnings season kicks off next week. It starts with the banks - ( $JPM $C $WFC $BLK) - and it tends with a little tech ( $NFLX ) Here's the implied moves from the derivative markets shown on @spotgamma's handy tool"  
![@JohnKicklighter Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:16/cr:twitter::22973017.png) [@JohnKicklighter](/creator/x/JohnKicklighter) on [X](/post/tweet/1943684202551001357) 2025-07-11 14:50:00 UTC 77.7K followers, 10.8K engagements


"The Nikkei XXX had an impressive pop during the Tokyo session. More than the proximity to its record high the rally is notable between the positive implications of a US-Japan trade deal versus questions over PM Ishiba's government stability post-election persist"  
![@JohnKicklighter Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:16/cr:twitter::22973017.png) [@JohnKicklighter](/creator/x/JohnKicklighter) on [X](/post/tweet/1948031247403688277) 2025-07-23 14:43:36 UTC 77.7K followers, XXX engagements


"Didn't know they were supposed to be a for-profit entity. ".a review of the decision to undertake such a project by an institution reporting operating losses of more than $XXX billion per year should be conducted.""  
![@JohnKicklighter Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:16/cr:twitter::22973017.png) [@JohnKicklighter](/creator/x/JohnKicklighter) on [X](/post/tweet/1947419807223321039) 2025-07-21 22:13:58 UTC 77.7K followers, 1025 engagements


"The Argentine Peso is threatening to dip to a new record low versus the Dollar again. The peso is sliding following news a U.S. judge ordered Argentina to give up its XX% stake in YPF an oil and gas company to partially cover a $XXXX billion judgment"  
![@JohnKicklighter Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:16/cr:twitter::22973017.png) [@JohnKicklighter](/creator/x/JohnKicklighter) on [X](/post/tweet/1939769658183491698) 2025-06-30 19:35:00 UTC 77.7K followers, XXX engagements


"An interesting daily candle for the $SPX. Almost a bearish engulfing - though not quite. Covers the past week's range. In fact the past 5-day's range is only XXX% of spot - smallest since Dec 17th (day before FOMC):"  
![@JohnKicklighter Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:16/cr:twitter::22973017.png) [@JohnKicklighter](/creator/x/JohnKicklighter) on [X](/post/tweet/1945216293818208667) 2025-07-15 20:17:59 UTC 77.7K followers, 1009 engagements


"Netflix earnings beat expectations. - EPS: $XXXX vs $XXXX expected - Rev: $11.08Bln vs $11.06Bln expected - Forecasts higher than anticipated. $NFLX doesn't seem to be impressed. Jumped as much as XXX% and dropped as much as -XXX% in minutes after release:"  
![@JohnKicklighter Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:16/cr:twitter::22973017.png) [@JohnKicklighter](/creator/x/JohnKicklighter) on [X](/post/tweet/1945938393986175398) 2025-07-17 20:07:21 UTC 77.7K followers, 1189 engagements


"I talked about market conditions prevailing themes and top event risk for the week ahead in this weekend video: Though the macro fundamental backdrop isn't particularly robust the resilience of speculative appetite is hard to dispute"  
![@JohnKicklighter Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:16/cr:twitter::22973017.png) [@JohnKicklighter](/creator/x/JohnKicklighter) on [X](/post/tweet/1946319275158917289) 2025-07-18 21:20:50 UTC 77.7K followers, 3013 engagements


"I didn't know they had this data so readily available. Here is the crypto market's mkt cap w/ key segments. Total market is just below $X trillion. Ex Bitcoin it drops to $XXXX tln. Stable coins which are picking up is $266bln. DeFi market is $114bln. Meme coins $75bln"  
![@JohnKicklighter Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:16/cr:twitter::22973017.png) [@JohnKicklighter](/creator/x/JohnKicklighter) on [X](/post/tweet/1946279765536571418) 2025-07-18 18:43:50 UTC 77.7K followers, XXX engagements


"Like the loud sound when the ball hits the cross bar on the goal or bounces off the uprights the Nasdaq XXX - Dow ratio tagged its record high (set a year ago) and is tentatively retreating today. Nvidia Apple Microsoft they need to step up their game"  
![@JohnKicklighter Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:16/cr:twitter::22973017.png) [@JohnKicklighter](/creator/x/JohnKicklighter) on [X](/post/tweet/1947743799096058280) 2025-07-22 19:41:23 UTC 77.7K followers, XXX engagements


"A comparison of the $SPX (log scale) relative to the SPX priced in Gold. What to make of the comparison to current record highs on index versus the 2000 Dot-com peak where it was sharply higher priced in gold"  
![@JohnKicklighter Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:16/cr:twitter::22973017.png) [@JohnKicklighter](/creator/x/JohnKicklighter) on [X](/post/tweet/1947733040433688968) 2025-07-22 18:58:38 UTC 77.7K followers, XXX engagements


"This is a good example of technicals signaling relevant staging - like this trendline break -but next steps can require more and often from fundamentals for motivation. $EURUSD *broke* that trendline and 20-day SMA Tuesday around XXXXXX but no dollar wave to carry it:"  
![@JohnKicklighter Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:16/cr:twitter::22973017.png) [@JohnKicklighter](/creator/x/JohnKicklighter) on [X](/post/tweet/1946224541178511720) 2025-07-18 15:04:24 UTC 77.7K followers, 1036 engagements


"The Nasdaq 100's climb from its April low to its recent record intraday high has spanned over 40%. Impressive wedge formation as well. Meanwhile the 20-day ATR (realized volatility) is the lowest XXX% since Jan XX 2020. .yeah a little too quiet"  
![@JohnKicklighter Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:16/cr:twitter::22973017.png) [@JohnKicklighter](/creator/x/JohnKicklighter) on [X](/post/tweet/1947679843031912702) 2025-07-22 15:27:15 UTC 77.7K followers, XXX engagements


"Hard not to see President Trump behind this urging"  
![@JohnKicklighter Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:16/cr:twitter::22973017.png) [@JohnKicklighter](/creator/x/JohnKicklighter) on [X](/post/tweet/1947334081546453024) 2025-07-21 16:33:19 UTC 77.7K followers, 1043 engagements


"59. The $SPX has traded above its 20-day SMA for XX straight trading days. That's the longest stretch since April 1998. Only a few dozen of times in history have we seen bull runs like this last this long. None of them ended with strong reversals nor tip new bear trends"  
![@JohnKicklighter Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:16/cr:twitter::22973017.png) [@JohnKicklighter](/creator/x/JohnKicklighter) on [X](/post/tweet/1946302639299342555) 2025-07-18 20:14:44 UTC 77.7K followers, 2343 engagements


"Speaking of the Fed implied rate cuts through 2026 (via Fed Fund futures) have hit a new dovish low of -74bps. We seem to have leveled out on expectations through end of year for 2026. Question is: how forward looking will the market be with the #Dollar"  
![@JohnKicklighter Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:16/cr:twitter::22973017.png) [@JohnKicklighter](/creator/x/JohnKicklighter) on [X](/post/tweet/1947420124681478457) 2025-07-21 22:15:13 UTC 77.7K followers, 1013 engagements


"Google earnings (which I didn't have moved up on my calendar) print with top-line beat: - Adjusted EPS: $XXXX versus $XXXX expected - Total Revenue $96.4Bln versus $94Bln expected - Remarks AI is a 'positive impact' for every part of the business. $GOOG lower afterhours:"  
![@JohnKicklighter Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:16/cr:twitter::22973017.png) [@JohnKicklighter](/creator/x/JohnKicklighter) on [X](/post/tweet/1948116598947983609) 2025-07-23 20:22:46 UTC 77.7K followers, XXX engagements

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@JohnKicklighter Avatar @JohnKicklighter John Kicklighter

John Kicklighter posts on X about futures, fed, spx, $spx the most. They currently have XXXXXX followers and 1523 posts still getting attention that total XXXXX engagements in the last XX hours.

Engagements: XXXXX #

Engagements Line Chart

  • X Week XXXXXX -XX%
  • X Month XXXXXX +62%
  • X Months XXXXXXX +0.53%
  • X Year XXXXXXX +28%

Mentions: XX #

Mentions Line Chart

  • X Week XX -XX%
  • X Month XX +48%
  • X Months XXX +5.60%
  • X Year XXX +74%

Followers: XXXXXX #

Followers Line Chart

  • X Week XXXXXX +0.10%
  • X Month XXXXXX +0.28%
  • X Months XXXXXX +0.55%
  • X Year XXXXXX +0.93%

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Social category influence finance stocks exchanges technology brands travel destinations currencies countries cryptocurrencies

Social topic influence futures, fed, spx, $spx, fomc, powell, bearish, $nflx, eps, nasdaq

Top assets mentioned SPX6900 (SPX) Netflix Inc (NFLX) Vixco (VIX) BlackCoin (BLK) JPMorgan Chase (JPM) Wells Fargo & Co (WFC) Bitcoin (BTC) Microsoft Corp. (MSFT) Alphabet Inc Class A (GOOGL)

Top Social Posts #


Top posts by engagements in the last XX hours

"Seems sugar futures haven't heard the news that President Trump urged Coca-Cola to use real sugar in their beverages again"
@JohnKicklighter Avatar @JohnKicklighter on X 2025-07-17 18:10:08 UTC 77.7K followers, XXX engagements

"Expanded on what I mentioned weighed last week: that replacing Powell probably won't render the results #Trump wants. #FOMC #ratecuts"
@JohnKicklighter Avatar @JohnKicklighter on X 2025-07-22 21:50:00 UTC 77.7K followers, XXX engagements

"Derivatives interest in EURUSD is the highest on record - if we use futures to judge. Futures open interest behind the benchmark FX pair is over 800K contracts:"
@JohnKicklighter Avatar @JohnKicklighter on X 2025-07-18 19:11:23 UTC 77.7K followers, 1277 engagements

"Here is the historical chart of the market's forecast for Fed rate cuts in 2H 2025 1H 2026 and from June 2025 through June 2026. The market isn't really pricing in Trump's demands for sharp rate cuts now. The $DXY Dollar Index is struggling regardless"
@JohnKicklighter Avatar @JohnKicklighter on X 2025-07-10 18:10:40 UTC 77.7K followers, XXX engagements

"Net speculative futures positioning behind $VIX has dropped to its heaviest bearish tilt since February. Meanwhile open interest (participation) has climbed to the highest level since Feb 2021. This looks kind of like the vol collapse into 2017 but I doubt we get that far"
@JohnKicklighter Avatar @JohnKicklighter on X 2025-07-21 19:28:51 UTC 77.7K followers, 1401 engagements

"Earnings season kicks off next week. It starts with the banks - ( $JPM $C $WFC $BLK) - and it tends with a little tech ( $NFLX ) Here's the implied moves from the derivative markets shown on @spotgamma's handy tool"
@JohnKicklighter Avatar @JohnKicklighter on X 2025-07-11 14:50:00 UTC 77.7K followers, 10.8K engagements

"The Nikkei XXX had an impressive pop during the Tokyo session. More than the proximity to its record high the rally is notable between the positive implications of a US-Japan trade deal versus questions over PM Ishiba's government stability post-election persist"
@JohnKicklighter Avatar @JohnKicklighter on X 2025-07-23 14:43:36 UTC 77.7K followers, XXX engagements

"Didn't know they were supposed to be a for-profit entity. ".a review of the decision to undertake such a project by an institution reporting operating losses of more than $XXX billion per year should be conducted.""
@JohnKicklighter Avatar @JohnKicklighter on X 2025-07-21 22:13:58 UTC 77.7K followers, 1025 engagements

"The Argentine Peso is threatening to dip to a new record low versus the Dollar again. The peso is sliding following news a U.S. judge ordered Argentina to give up its XX% stake in YPF an oil and gas company to partially cover a $XXXX billion judgment"
@JohnKicklighter Avatar @JohnKicklighter on X 2025-06-30 19:35:00 UTC 77.7K followers, XXX engagements

"An interesting daily candle for the $SPX. Almost a bearish engulfing - though not quite. Covers the past week's range. In fact the past 5-day's range is only XXX% of spot - smallest since Dec 17th (day before FOMC):"
@JohnKicklighter Avatar @JohnKicklighter on X 2025-07-15 20:17:59 UTC 77.7K followers, 1009 engagements

"Netflix earnings beat expectations. - EPS: $XXXX vs $XXXX expected - Rev: $11.08Bln vs $11.06Bln expected - Forecasts higher than anticipated. $NFLX doesn't seem to be impressed. Jumped as much as XXX% and dropped as much as -XXX% in minutes after release:"
@JohnKicklighter Avatar @JohnKicklighter on X 2025-07-17 20:07:21 UTC 77.7K followers, 1189 engagements

"I talked about market conditions prevailing themes and top event risk for the week ahead in this weekend video: Though the macro fundamental backdrop isn't particularly robust the resilience of speculative appetite is hard to dispute"
@JohnKicklighter Avatar @JohnKicklighter on X 2025-07-18 21:20:50 UTC 77.7K followers, 3013 engagements

"I didn't know they had this data so readily available. Here is the crypto market's mkt cap w/ key segments. Total market is just below $X trillion. Ex Bitcoin it drops to $XXXX tln. Stable coins which are picking up is $266bln. DeFi market is $114bln. Meme coins $75bln"
@JohnKicklighter Avatar @JohnKicklighter on X 2025-07-18 18:43:50 UTC 77.7K followers, XXX engagements

"Like the loud sound when the ball hits the cross bar on the goal or bounces off the uprights the Nasdaq XXX - Dow ratio tagged its record high (set a year ago) and is tentatively retreating today. Nvidia Apple Microsoft they need to step up their game"
@JohnKicklighter Avatar @JohnKicklighter on X 2025-07-22 19:41:23 UTC 77.7K followers, XXX engagements

"A comparison of the $SPX (log scale) relative to the SPX priced in Gold. What to make of the comparison to current record highs on index versus the 2000 Dot-com peak where it was sharply higher priced in gold"
@JohnKicklighter Avatar @JohnKicklighter on X 2025-07-22 18:58:38 UTC 77.7K followers, XXX engagements

"This is a good example of technicals signaling relevant staging - like this trendline break -but next steps can require more and often from fundamentals for motivation. $EURUSD broke that trendline and 20-day SMA Tuesday around XXXXXX but no dollar wave to carry it:"
@JohnKicklighter Avatar @JohnKicklighter on X 2025-07-18 15:04:24 UTC 77.7K followers, 1036 engagements

"The Nasdaq 100's climb from its April low to its recent record intraday high has spanned over 40%. Impressive wedge formation as well. Meanwhile the 20-day ATR (realized volatility) is the lowest XXX% since Jan XX 2020. .yeah a little too quiet"
@JohnKicklighter Avatar @JohnKicklighter on X 2025-07-22 15:27:15 UTC 77.7K followers, XXX engagements

"Hard not to see President Trump behind this urging"
@JohnKicklighter Avatar @JohnKicklighter on X 2025-07-21 16:33:19 UTC 77.7K followers, 1043 engagements

"59. The $SPX has traded above its 20-day SMA for XX straight trading days. That's the longest stretch since April 1998. Only a few dozen of times in history have we seen bull runs like this last this long. None of them ended with strong reversals nor tip new bear trends"
@JohnKicklighter Avatar @JohnKicklighter on X 2025-07-18 20:14:44 UTC 77.7K followers, 2343 engagements

"Speaking of the Fed implied rate cuts through 2026 (via Fed Fund futures) have hit a new dovish low of -74bps. We seem to have leveled out on expectations through end of year for 2026. Question is: how forward looking will the market be with the #Dollar"
@JohnKicklighter Avatar @JohnKicklighter on X 2025-07-21 22:15:13 UTC 77.7K followers, 1013 engagements

"Google earnings (which I didn't have moved up on my calendar) print with top-line beat: - Adjusted EPS: $XXXX versus $XXXX expected - Total Revenue $96.4Bln versus $94Bln expected - Remarks AI is a 'positive impact' for every part of the business. $GOOG lower afterhours:"
@JohnKicklighter Avatar @JohnKicklighter on X 2025-07-23 20:22:46 UTC 77.7K followers, XXX engagements

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