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I’ve been getting DMs asking why there have been fewer alerts than usual. The answer is simple: I’ll never send out an alert just to send one. My focus is quality over quantity. I’d rather do nothing half of the week and wait for a day that presents A+ setups than force mediocre trades just […]

Markets enter November riding a powerful 2.3% October gain as the S&P 500 approaches 40% appreciation from April lows, supported by historic earnings beats where 64% of reporting companies exceeded consensus estimates by at least one standard deviation—the highest frequency outside the COVID reopening period. The week unfolds against a complex backdrop where the Fed’s

Markets enter a critical inflation and earnings week with the S&P 500 rebounding 1.7% as President Trump’s dramatic pivot calling proposed 100% Chinese tariffs “not sustainable” reversed the previous week’s $1.5 trillion selloff, though hedge funds accelerated selling at the fastest pace since early April while US ETF shorts saw the largest percentage increase in

Markets enter a pivotal earnings week reeling from Friday’s worst single-day selloff since April that erased $1.5 trillion in market capitalization, driven by escalating US-China tensions as Trump announced 100% tariffs on Chinese goods effective November 1 following Beijing’s expansion of rare-earth export controls to 12 elements. The S&P 500’s 2.4% weekly decline coincided with

The federal government has been shut down for six days now, and here’s what’s fascinating: the stock market doesn’t seem to care. In fact, markets have hit multiple record highs since the shutdown began on October 1st. As options traders, let’s cut through the political noise and focus on what actually matters for our positions.

Markets enter a critical week with the S&P 500 achieving fresh all-time highs despite a six-day government shutdown that has delayed critical economic data including September’s jobs report, CPI, and retail sales, forcing traders to navigate with limited visibility while relying on private surveys and sentiment indicators. The 1.1% weekly gain extending the longest winning

Markets enter a critical inflection week as three consecutive days of losses threaten to become the longest losing streak since January, occurring against Bank of America strategist Savita Subramanian’s stark warning that the S&P 500 trades at expensive levels across 19 of 20 key metrics—with four hitting records—creating what she describes as the market “trading

The Federal Reserve’s 25 basis point rate cut last week has unleashed a powerful bullish wave across equity markets, delivering exactly what traders have been anticipating. The Fed lowered its benchmark rate to 4.00%-4.25% on September 17th, and the market response has been historic. Historic Market Achievement Thursday delivered an extraordinary milestone as all major

Markets enter a critical validation week following historic achievements as all major indices—S&P 500, Nasdaq 100, Dow, and Russell 2000—simultaneously hit record closing highs Thursday for the first time since 2021, a rare occurrence seen on just 25 other days this century. The Fed’s 25 basis point cut delivered on an 11-1 vote has sparked

Markets enter the Federal Reserve’s most anticipated meeting week with the S&P 500 achieving fresh records on a powerful 1.6% weekly gain, driven by a “double-dovish” combination of benign inflation data and surprising labor market weakness that has pushed rate cut expectations to near certainty. Wednesday’s FOMC decision carries extraordinary historical significance as only the