Today I closed a winning trade. Booked a gain. The kind of thing I tell others (and myself) to celebrate.

So why do I feel bad about it?

Maybe “bad” isn’t the right word. More like unsettled.

Here’s the situation:

The stock had started to break down a bit on the daily chart, so I followed my process and exited. Textbook move, right?

But here’s what’s bothering me…

The stock is still above its 50-day moving average.

It’s still in a hot sector.

And I had January 2027 calls. That’s over 18 months until expiration!

With that much time, why did I feel the need to micromanage?

This is one of those moments where the trade was technically breaking support, yes — but the bigger question I’m sitting with is: Did I kneecap this trade too early? Did I cut off a potential monster winner because I was too zoomed in?

My risk was defined. I could’ve ridden it longer.

Maybe smaller sizing would’ve helped me let it breathe?

Maybe I’m just overthinking? (I do that.)

But one reminder that helps bring me back to center:

I can always get back in.

Just...

In today’s Daily Digest, we’ll review the following:

1. New position in XLP.
2. No adjustments are needed today.
3. No exits since the last report.
4. Current status of open campaigns.
5. Volatility Snapshot.

Let’s dig in!

The team and I have been digging through our currency charts today, trying to figure out if we should trust these new lows in the Dollar Index.

And the truth is, there is plenty we could say about dollars right now, but I don’t think it would help.

The Dollar Index is going to go in the opposite direction of these bull flags in EUR and GBP.

It’s really that simple. 

And as far as other currencies go, I think we can expect them to follow the majors. Some of them are already breaking out. 

Remember, the major developed currencies started trending well against the dollar first, and then emerging currencies gradually followed. 

I expect that intermarket cadence will continue during the next wave of dollar weakness.

And it looks like it already is. Here’s the Euro and Pound resolving their coils higher against USD:

Both of these currencies ramped to fresh multi-year highs in April and have been consolidating in continuation patterns ever since.

This action reminds me of some of the ...

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Lately, I’m noticing more people talking about how the market has “come too far too fast.” Some are even licking their chops, ready to jump in short and try to catch what they’re sure will be an “epic reversal.”

This kind of talk makes me uncomfortable.

Not because I disagree that a pullback could happen — anything can happen. But because I know the psychology behind this kind of positioning. It’s not usually about...

Today's trade goes into the "Hard Trade" bucket. 

I'm buying a stock that has rocketed up 30%+ in just 7 trading days.

But... it has only just cleared overhead resistance which might be the "all-clear" signal from the control tower to ignite the rocket boosters.

From the desk of Steve Strazza @Sstrazza

Welcome to The 2 to 100 Club.

In this scan, we look to identify the strongest growth stocks as they climb the market-cap ladder from small- to mid- to large- and, ultimately, to mega cap status (over $200B).

Once they graduate from small-cap to mid-cap status (over $2B), they come on our radar. Likewise, when they surpass the roughly $30B mark, they roll off our list.

But the scan doesn't just end there.

We only want to look at the strongest growth industries in the market, as that is typically where these potential 50-baggers come from.

Some of the best performers in recent decades – stocks like Priceline, Amazon, Netflix, Salesforce, and myriad others – would have been on this list at some point during their journey to becoming the market behemoths they are today.

When you look at the stocks in our table, you'll notice we're only focused on Technology and Growth industry groups such as Software, Semiconductors, Online...

In today’s Daily Digest, we’ll review the following:

1. New position in XLB.
2. No adjustments are needed today.
3. Closed XLV (small win), IBB  (profit target), and XRT (small loss)
4. Current status of open campaigns.
5. Volatility Snapshot.

Let’s dig in!

There comes a time in every bull market cycle when the worst companies are the best stocks.

And this is a feature as far as I’m concerned… not a bug. 

It speaks to the offensive nature of the market. 

We call it bullish risk appetite, and it’s happening now.

If you know what to do with this kind of market, you can make a killing renting the right stocks at the right time. 

I did a livestream with my friend Herb Greenberg today, and we caught up afterward. I always love hearing his perspective on the stocks we’re trading.

It’s tough to be bearish on some of these speculative growth names in an environment where shorts are getting squeezed, but Herb is the best in the business when it comes to flagging bad actors, so I had to ask him...

“What do you know about this...

As a trader, I live by boundaries.

Stop losses. Profit targets. They’re there for a reason. They say, “This is as far as I’m willing to go.” They define my comfort zone — both for risk and for reward.

If a trade moves beyond my stop, I start losing more than I’m okay with.

If a stock races beyond my upper price target, I start to worry it’s overextended and due for a sharp correction.

These aren’t just technical lines on a chart — they’re psychological lines in the sand. And as much as I know they’re important, I’ll admit: boundaries are hard for me.

Sometimes I break them.

Sometimes I blur them.

Sometimes I forget why I set them in the first place.

And the more time I spend in the markets, the more I realize:

Trading teaches me about far more than markets — it teaches me about me.

Every time I ignore a stop loss or stretch a target, I’m not just failing as a trader — I’m revealing something deeper about how I operate. Because when I struggle to hold boundaries in my trading, it’s usually because I’m struggling to hold boundaries in other parts of my life, too.

In...

In today’s Daily Digest, we’ll review the following:

1. New position in GDXJ.
2. No adjustments are needed today.
3. Closed IGV at Profit Target.
4. Current status of open campaigns.
5. Volatility Snapshot.

Let’s dig in!

Middle East tensions flared up yesterday, and like clockwork, the doom headlines followed.

WWIII. Collapse. Panic. You know the drill.

But while the noise got louder, the market quietly told a different story.

Homebuilders led. 

Silver outperformed gold.

Crude oil dropped 8%. 

Staples lagged.

And Bitcoin? Back above 105K like it never even left.

That was yesterday’s tape. And it was undeniably bullish.

If this is what the end of the world looks like… we’ll take it.

Strazza just came up with a killer chart that’s...