Your Challenges Aren't Unique; Be Patient and Grow
We all experience the same emotions; your challeges are not unique. Stop beating yourself up. Be patient and give yourself time to grow and develop. https://t.co/mMcB01yA6w
S&P's 11‑Day V‑Recovery Shows Power of Price Action
While skeptics focus on Trump, the Middle East, and oil prices, the S&P 500 just staged a V-shaped recovery to new highs in only 11 days. After more than 40 years of successful trading, I still don’t rely on gut instinct...
Never Fully Enlightened: Keep Refilling Your Knowledge Cup
I see myself as a cup that constantly leaks knowledge—so I keep refilling it through continuous learning. The key to enlightenment, is to never feel completely enlightened.
Success Starts With Learning From Those Who Know
The secret to success is simple.... learn what you don't know from those who know more than you. For me, it started with a library card and weekly trips to my local library. The picture below is where I went...
Seek Breakout Stocks Amid Ongoing Market Volatility
Oil bulls and doomsday prognosticators getting crushed this morning. Volatility is not likely to subside in the near term. However, your focus should be on individual stocks. Namely, the ones that help up best during the decline. Remember, leaders...
Prioritize Risk‑Reward Over Being Right in Trading
Some people have commented on my oil short last and maybe forget that I said I would not carry overnight risk unless I was at a good size profit and oil had a bad close. The trade already paid for...
Stan's Classic Book: Essential Guide to Trend Analysis
Good rules from my good friend Stan the Man. I just spoke with him the other day. Stan is a national treasure. He calls me his "brother from another mother." If you haven't read his book, it's a classic...
Finding Inspiration and Growth at My Creative Retreat
I've been here all week. This place inspires me to be the best version of myself. It opens my mind to possibility and fosters creativity. That's in addipn to all that I learm about mind, body, nutrition and healthy living....
Crude Overbought Signals Rising Downside Vulnerability
Prior to the President’s address, the NDR Hormuz Stress Index began showing early signs of easing. Crude markets are tight, overbought and sentiment is excessively optimistic. Overbought conditions have historically seen low or below average returns but not necessarily outright...
Invest in Yourself: Learn From a Champion Trader
How much pain does it take? How many years of underperformance before you finally say, enough is enough—I’m going to do this right? Why stay stuck when there's a time-tested solution available? The fastest way to become a champion trader is to learn...
Embrace Crazy Ideas to Unlock Growth and Innovation
Many of the important and highly beneficial things we have in the world started has crazy ideas. Open your mind to "craziness." Open your mind to the impossible. Open your mind to things you don't agree with. Those are the...
Oil Shocks Fade; Markets Typically Rebound Within Months
Military conflicts and oil shocks are nothing new. We’ve been through this many times. Yes, they create uncertainty and shake things up, but historically oil has come back down within a few months, and stocks often start moving higher not...
Oil Surge Fuels Bearish Shift Amid Fed Uncertainty
Back to the market. Oil is surging, volatility is expanding, and sentiment is quickly turning bearish—that’s your first clue. When fear spreads wildly, you have to start thinking contrary. But let’s be clear: Powell has signaled he’s on hold until...
Market Still Bearish; Bottom Uncertain Without Strong Volume
The market's character is still one of a bear market or cyclical correction; strong open, fade into close and major average living below the 200-day line. Before a reliable bottom can be established, we need to see better price and...
Build a Winning Playbook with Rules and Analysis
You are not only engaging in a number of self-defeating behaviors, some of them are outright addictions. The antidote: post-analysis for clarity and objectivity—and rules to enforce discipline and foster structure. This is how you build a winning playbook. I can’t...
Choose Change: Decide to Embrace New Possibilities
You have the power to choose. It's one of the wonderful gifts of being human. What will you decide? To keep doing what hasn't worked? Or embrace new ideas, move out of your comfort zone, and explore your true potential? The...
Rising Oil, Falling Stocks Pressure New‑home Sales
Recent drop in U.S. new home sales and abundant inventory could weigh on new construction ahead. Elevated oil and falling stock prices are likely to weigh on home sales. https://t.co/XpvBbc9mwe
Choosing Love Over Ego Unlocks Inner Harmony
When we choose love over ego, the heart softens, the world opens— and suddenly, the divine is everywhere, whispering through ordinary things. We begin to live the life that was waiting for us all along, not grasping, not proving, nor worrying— just being. The need to be right...
Bearish SLV Call Proven Right as Prices Plunge 44%
Back in January, when I was heckled for this tweet on selling $SLV, it only convinced me more that my analysis—and bearish view—was right. Today, bottom fishers are getting slammed as we hit fresh new lows down over 11% this...
Geopolitical Shock Spikes Oil, Not a Secular Bear
Oil just saw one of its biggest surges in 45+ years—driven by geopolitical shock, NOT structural change. Higher prices risk fueling inflation and weighing on GDP mildly. Not likely to fuel a SECULAR bear market in stocks, but with sentiment...
Discipline Over FOMO: Transforming Trading Through
It was more than 33 years ago when I reached the point you are at right now. I made my own declaration to end self-defeating behavior once and for all, and to never break discipline ever again. I never did,...
Learn From a Champion, Join Master Trader Program
What better way to unlock the champion in you than to learn from one? -- https://t.co/RSt7Xv5Vbt
Stop the Bad‑Luck Competition, Appreciate Your Blessings
This is my last comment today on choice and ownership: The whole premise of “bad luck” is absurd—and frankly ungrateful. Do you really think anyone goes through life with only good luck? Do you think there’s a single person on earth...
Curiosity Turns Suffering Into Insightful Ownership
The person who faces illness and asks, “Is there something I can learn from this? Is there something I could have done to avoid this?” opens the door to discovery. That mindset has the power to teach the world something...
Doubt Limits; Choice Shapes Our Destiny
The smallest mind is not the one that knows the least, but the one that doubts human will and fails to see that choice is the architect of destiny.
Prioritize Risk‑Reward Management Over Market Timing
If you want to make real money in the market consistently, stop trying to call tops and bottoms and Monday-morning quarterbacking what you could have done. Focus on managing risk relative to reward and turning over your edge. Then, your...
Patience Required as Volatility Clouds Bullish Market
There are still a good number of stocks forming bases following strong prior uptrends, and so far market pressure has not caused widespread technical damage. However, after running my stock screens, the dominant theme is right-side volatility — which often...
Bitcoin Bottom Likely Months Away, Watch MSTR and ETF Flows
On balance, Bitcoin can take a couple of months to bottom even after a sharp decline. A couple of things to watch: MSTR has tended to lead Bitcoin at key turning points. IBIT — the largest Bitcoin ETF with roughly...
Preserve Capital, Tighten Stops Until Post‑conflict Rally
As always, risk management is paramount. In a market under distribution, tightening stops and prioritizing capital preservation isn’t just prudent — it’s essential. When the tape refuses to reward low-risk setups and breakouts fail to follow through, discipline becomes your greatest...
Caution Needed: Breakouts Failing, Hold Cash
We have been advising caution. Tape action beneath the surface is worse than the indexes appear. For the most part, breakouts are not following through and too many reversals to justify aggressive trading. Patience is a virtue and cash is...