Chain Required
If you live in a climate with real winters, you have probably seen a sign like this: "Chains Required, 4WD with Snow Tires OK." This signage exists for the safety of travelers during winter driving conditions. For those unfamiliar with chains, here is a quick explanation. Chains can be metal links, mesh, or textured cables…
Transports Are Breaking Down
Blake Young just identified a crack forming inside the industrial sector that most traders are completely overlooking. Global shipping and logistics stocks are collapsing while the S&P 500 sits in a double top formation. Expeditors International and CH Robinson Worldwide both erased six months of gains on volume that dwarfs everything we've seen all year.…
How I Turn $100 Risk Into $393 And Cut My Exposure
Hey trader, I paid 36 cents for an option yesterday. Three contracts. Total risk of $108. The ES dropped 20 points. I sold the next strike for 67 cents and collected $201. Now I have $93 locked in as profit. Zero risk remaining. And if this closes where I think it will, that $93 becomes…
The 2.5x rule most traders miss
I'm gonna share something with you that most traders completely overlook. And once you understand this relationship, you'll never look at market moves the same way again. Here's what I've discovered after years of sifting through the data: When the dollar loses 1%, you should expect equity indexes to go up 2.5 times that…
You Can't Outsmart Your Own Rules
Hey trader, Throughout history, philosophers have debated paradoxes about everything in Heaven and on Earth. Consider: if you have a mountain of sand and remove one grain at a time, at what point is it no longer a "mountain"? Or if God is omnipotent, can He create a rock so large that even He cannot…
S&P 500 Double Top Confirmed
Blake Young just confirmed a double top on the S&P 500. The pattern broke today, and the first downside target is 6,057. The index closed almost perfectly at the breakdown level. If it gets a small push lower tomorrow morning, the move accelerates. Blake's minimum target erases all gains back to the November lows. If…
The Sector Reversal Hiding in Plain Sight
Breakout traders are getting destroyed right now. They see price push to a new high, they jump in, and then the market reverses and stops them out. They flip short. Another reversal. Another stop. The S&P 500 just confirmed a double top and cleared the lows that had held since October. Consumer staples gapped up…
The Widening Pattern That Trapped Traders This Week
Everyone loves a breakout. Price pushes through resistance, momentum kicks in, and you jump on board expecting the move to continue. Then it reverses. Hard. You get stopped out. The market bounces. You flip long again. It reverses again. This is the pattern that chews up accounts. It has a name. I call it the…
How to Remain Calm in Turbulence
I had a different plan for what I would discuss this weekend. However, given the wild market action we saw today, it seemed appropriate to talk about turbulence. I've traveled extensively throughout my career, visiting more than 200 cities over a 15-year period. While I don't miss required travel, I do enjoy recreational trips, though…
The Defensive Playbook for 2026
The S&P 500 needs to drop 10% just to reach fair price for 2026. That could be coming sooner than we think. Meanwhile, one defensive sector is sitting in oversold territory offering a 3% dividend, 18% annualized premium income, and another 10% in potential appreciation. That's a possible 31% return while the broad market figures…