🎯 $1,300 per account trading $NQ futures for CPI.
Full trade explanation discussing my strategy also included 👇🏼
Trading in front of thousands while explaining what I'm doing and why is a task I don't take lightly.
Israel has now made a mockery of the United States. President Trump today said he did not want strikes ahead of negotiations scheduled for tomorrow and they did it anyways
Their attack today is deliberate sabotage and a blatant attempt to force us into war. We must resist
This is the move I was looking for during market hours.
It happened during Asia instead (oh well).
Dummies running big accounts will tell you it’s Israel attacking Iran.
News is just a driver for technicals to play out.
If you've been trading for a while and you're stuck at the break even stage you need to be more honest with yourself:
You know deep down inside the difference between seeing an A+ setup and when you're just trying a half ass trade in hopes that it works out.
Limiting the latter
"Why is the market going up? What's happening?"
Too many people think the market should automatically respond, like a computer abstracted from human involvement.
Just think about this: do you feel bearish enough to sell your $NVDA stock for e.g. because a foreign country
Missed an A+ futures trade earlier.
🔫 Spotted an A+ options trade on $TSLA.
✅ Bought in $10,000, 10 ATM calls, 1 week exp.
🔥 30% on the day, Closed.
📞 I also have longer dated calls as I believe we see a runup to $400 in the next month.
📝 Explanation of trade:
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WAR or not the S&P 500 has a routine of pulling back just before all time highs (check my previous post below).
Why?
Simply because the market always targets liquidity. Let me explain:
Buyers get trapped assuming all time highs are inevitable, since we’re only inches away. But
🚨 $AMD +10% in one day! Holy!
📕 Textbook break & retest setup presented last Friday.
📰 News: MI355 chips surpassed $NVDA's B200/GB200 in inferencing. AMD sees $500B TAM.
"But, but...you got lucky with news!"
News is just a price accelerator when the technical setup is
$NQ +$1500 today 💪🏽
Also copied on a bunch of prop accounts but I prefer to show real money.
Only trade taken. Simple retracement down of major bullish trend during NY lunch.