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Santa Claus Rally & Year-End Trading Cheat Sheet
Santa Claus Rally & Year-End Trading Cheat Sheet What the Santa Claus Rally Is How to Think About December Markets What Tends to Work Best Industry & Theme Checklist for Year-End Trading Retail Semiconductors Artificial Intelligence Year-to-Date Leaders Small Caps Industrials What Often Underperforms Technical Characteristics to Look For Options…
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The Market Speculator High-Performance Trading Psychology Handbook
Master Your Mind. Control Your Risk. Build Elite-Level Consistency. Most traders enter the market thinking it’s a puzzle of indicators, patterns, and “hot” stock ideas. They obsess over finding the perfect setup, the perfect time frame, the perfect options strategy. They tweak parameters, jump from breakout trading to mean reversion…
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Are We in a Bubble? Not Yet, But the Air Is Getting Thin
The AI-driven bull market feels frothy, but fundamentals, earnings, and history all suggest this isn’t 1999 or 2008, just yet. Traders should ride the trend but keep one finger on the eject button.
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Why Float Size Might Be the Most Overlooked Force in Swing Trading
There’s a quiet force in the stock market that most traders ignore. You won’t find it flashing on a chart. It doesn’t show up in RSI, MACD, or Fibonacci lines. It sits in the background, quietly shaping price action—until one day, it explodes. It’s called float. And if you’re a…
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Adapt or Die: How Successful Traders Evolve When Markets Shift
Recognize When Markets Shift: The Key to Longevity in Trading One of the most dangerous traps in trading is clinging too tightly to strategies that no longer work. This is especially true for those who have been around long enough to experience a few winning streaks. Markets change. They evolve,…
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The AI Playbook: 7 Must-Read Books Every Investor Needs to Profit and Build Wealth in the Next Tech Boom
The AI revolution is here. Discover the 7 essential books investors and traders must read to navigate the economic shift and uncover winning strategies.
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Trading Psychology 101: How to Handle Losses, Build Discipline, and Stay in the Game
Trading Psychology 101: How to Handle Losses, Build Discipline, and Stay in the Game Introduction: The Sting of a Few Bad Trades Picture this: You line up a few stock trades, confident and sharp, only to watch them unravel one by one. Red. Red. Red again. Your stomach knots. You…
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The Ultimate Guide to Trading High-Quality Setups: Stop Wasting Time on Weak Stocks
“Don’t be afraid to give up the good to go for the great.” — John D. Rockefeller Only trade high quality stocks One of the most critical decisions a trader makes daily is stock selection. It’s the foundation of every trade. While I’ve often said that stock picking is only…
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Is SPY Signaling a Repeat of the 2022 Bear Market Top? A Technical Analysis
Is SPY Setting Up Like 2022’s Big Drop? Here’s What I’m Seeing I’ve been staring at SPY’s chart lately—the S&P 500 ETF—and the last 2-3 months are giving me 2022 flashbacks. That year, we hit a top before everything went south fast. I’m not calling a bear market yet—markets don’t…
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The Illusion of Certainty in Trading: Why Risk Management is the Only Sure Thing
The Illusion of Certainty in Trading Most traders start out believing they can predict the market, only to quickly realize how unpredictable it truly is. That simple truth is one that every winning trader understands at a deep level. It’s easy to get caught up in the illusion of control.…
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21 Profitable Stock Trading Setups That Worked in 2024: From Google’s Rebound to AI Rallies
21 Profitable Stock Trading Setups That Worked in 2024: From Google’s Rebound to AI Rallies As we reflect on 2024, a year that tested traders with volatile swings and surprising sector rotations, one thing remains clear: the best traders thrive by adapting. Most full-time traders rely on a curated set…
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Wait for the Fat Pitch: How Barry Bonds’ Patience Can Transform Your Trading
How to Develop Bonds-Level Patience Create a Strike Zone: Know exactly what your ideal trade looks like. Write it down and stick to it. Log Every Trade: Keep track of your trades and analyze whether they were fat pitches or marginal setups. Be Okay with Walking: Sometimes the best trade…
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Last Six U.S. Elections: A Trader’s Breakdown + Swing Trade Setups
Presidential elections are notorious for stirring up market volatility—offering both challenges and opportunities. In this breakdown, we’ll dive into the post-election performance of SPY (S&P 500 ETF) and QQQ (Nasdaq-100 ETF) across the last six U.S. elections. Plus, I’ll walk you through five actionable swing trade setups. This includes how…
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Why did you enter the trade?
It’s the first thing ask when I review a trader’s trades. Why did you enter the trade? It’s a simple question that only takes one sentence. Something like, “the market is in an uptrend and the stock made a breakout-pullback setup that offers 3:1 risk-reward.” This is not the type…
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Trading and the Psychology of Hesitation
Trading is mental warfare. It’s not necessary a mental game with an adversary. Rather, it’s war with one’s self. If you have any doubt about this, speak with any trader about their trades for 15 minutes. You’ll immediately sense the agony they feel over some of their trades. In this…
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Take Politics Out of Your Trading
Whether you like it or not, politics puts you on a team. You are likely to put the team first and therefore think with the team. You become a part of your team’s groupthink, which is a space no trader willingly enters. Even if your logical brain tells you what…
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Seven Trading Sins
Here are seven trading sins that are hurting you: FOMO. You enter trades you shouldn’t, because you fear being apart from the group. This usually doesn’t end well because you enter at the worst time. Loss aversion. It’s fear of taking losses, otherwise knows as loss aversion. This manifests itself…
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The Entry Checklist (20 Things To Ask Yourself Before Entering A Trade)
Before you ever hit the button to execute a trade, answer this checklist of questions to make sure you really want to take the trade: What is the setup? Are the parameters of the setup are met? Are you getting at least 2:1 on your reward-to-risk? Is your stop price…
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We Don’t Know As Much As We Think We Do and The Importance of Risk Management
We don’t know as much as we think we do. Winning traders understand that there are too many variable that can impact a trade to make a 100% accurate prediction. As Confucius famously said, “real knowledge is to know the extend of one’s ignorance.” Even today, with all the software, years…
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I Did Not Watch The Big 4 CEOs, But I Am Watching the Reaction
Yesterday I was asked if I was watching the Big 4 CEOs congressional anti-trust testimony. My answer was an emphatic “no” and that I’d rather stick a fork in my eye. Maybe not literally, but that’s how little I care about this kind of stuff. It’s mind numbingly boring to…
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Every Great Momentum Stock Sells A Captivating Story
Everyone loves a captivating story. Stories activate our synapses, allow us to more easily process and store information, and stir our imaginations. It gives us a hook for us to sink ourselves into. Facts alone don’t do that kind of power. We remember facts like we do any type of…
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Paul J Singh 