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Trying new things is hard.

It doesn’t matter if it’s a new trading strategy, a new instrument—like moving from stocks to options or options to futures—or a new way of doing research… newness brings discomfort. It’s awkward. You don’t know what...

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I’ve said this before, and I’ll say it again: I never really know which trades are going to be my biggest winners.

Sure, sometimes I get a setup that checks all the boxes:

  • Price action looks great
  • volume confirms
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I've been loving how this boring utility space name has been consolidating near all-time highs since February. Most people have probably been bored to tears if they've been in it. Longs are comfortable, shorts are asleep. Great.

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I took profits today in a Bull Call Spread on Robinhood ($HOOD). The trade was working, the options didn’t expire until January, and price action was moving in my favor… so why close it now?

Let me walk you through it.

I put the trade on...

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Shooting for the moon is cool. You know what's cooler? Shooting for the Galaxy!

With Bitcoin printing a $118k handle, the crypto space is reawakening. This has me on the hunt for opportunities in stocks that will likely ride this...

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I have to be honest, when I looked at my Analyst's price target for this short squeeze candidate, I did a spittake of my coffee.

After wiping off my keyboard, I had a second thought: why not?

These types of trades...

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I talk a lot around here about the “Hundred-Dolla-Roll.

For those unfamiliar, it’s a phenomenon I’ve observed many times in trading: When a stock approaches a big, round number—$100, $200, $300—for the first time, it often...

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I started a local trading meetup group back in 2013. At the time, I just wanted to create a space for people like me—people obsessed with markets, charts, setups, psychology—to gather in person and talk shop.

What I didn’t fully realize at the...

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I've got another base on my radar that, if resolved, would likely result in another Hundred-Dollar-Roll candidate. These trades have been working lately.

And with earnings on deck in a couple weeks, it might just be the...

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Due to the shortened trading day, we're going to cancel the Live Options Jam Session for this week.But I didn't want to leave you without a quick update on positions that exited this week, as well as updated stops.

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This Independence Day weekend, let's seek freedom from guilt.

 

As a trader, I carry around a lot of guilt.

Guilt for missing a huge winner.

Guilt for not getting out sooner.

Guilt for not holding long enough.

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Today's trade follows a similar pattern of late --  High, tight consolidations continue to break out.

I've got another one here that is setting up for a breakout and I'm taking advantage of a recent pullback to get positioned...

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I had a thought this morning while considering a few trades:

Maybe part of why I still struggle at trading sometimes is because there’s a part of me that really, really wants to follow an instruction manual to be successful.

In other areas...

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I'm traveling to Toronto with JC, Steve, and the rest of the team in September. It only makes sense that I should continue adding Canadian exposure to my portfolio. I wouldn't want to be an impolite guest, would I?Today's trade is in...

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You remember Vanilla Ice. Don't pretend you don't.

He has nothing to do with today's trade, but the name of the stock reminded me of him.

Broker-Dealers are showing incredible strength right now, I want to get long the chart that...

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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...

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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...

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Today's trade is in a name that specializes in 3D geolocation technology, offering positioning, navigation, and timing (PNT) solutions—especially in situations where traditional GPS fails.

And I think it's got all-time highs in it's sights.

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