Why 30 Years of Passive Investing Has Failed
Let’s get one thing straight—most people have not made real money in the market over the last 30 years. Yeah, sure, the S&P is up 575%. But compared to what? Gold? The dollar? Your groceries? You haven’t made real gains. You’ve ridden a mirage. We’ve been sold a bill of goods for decades—diversify, buy the…
The Hidden Cost of Poor Capital Flow
I had a guy come to me the other day, a sharp guy—engineer type. He tells me, “Brandon, I’m trading a million-dollar account. I’m doing swing trades. Five-day holding period. Everything’s clean. High probability.” I said, “Alright, sounds good. What’s the problem?” He says, “The market’s up 8% this month. I’m up 1%.…
The $0.09 Lottery Ticket That Made Me 222%
21,000 call options. Four massive prints. Someone bet serious money that an 80-cent stock was going to $1. Most traders see a $1 call option trading for 9 cents and think "lottery ticket nonsense." I see something different. On April 22nd, that someone bought 21,000 calls on PLUG at the $1 strike for December expiration. …
Squeeze Quakes Ahead: Why This Rally Could Explode Before Long
The S&P 500 keeps grinding higher, sitting around 6014 as of late Monday. The big question I’m getting in my TheoChat sessions: Can anything stop this market? Maybe. Maybe not. But right now, I’m watching something a bit more subtle but potentially explosive—what I call a “squeezequake.” A squeezequake is a market phenomenon that blends…
How to Spot a “Squeezequake” Before it Erupts
These events have strange names, but the profit potential is no laughing matter. In fact, “squeezequakes,” when they happen and you spot them correctly, can be a game-changer! See, in my MasterMind class, I help traders identify what I call “Ghost Prints,” the telltale signs whales and other big market players leave behind that can…
A Market Love Story: Heading for a Fall
The economy moves in cycles whether short, intermediate or long-term. It’s a form of original thinking to assume that these cycles can be suspended or eliminated. The Federal Reserve and Fiscal policy have hypothecated that they can eliminate the business cycle, and we know how that has worked from an inflation and debt perspective. Their…
Speculation Isn’t a Strategy… Unless You Know the Rules
Just because the market’s ripping doesn’t mean it’s time to throw caution to the wind. I’m not here to wave pom-poms when silver miners spike or when meme stocks catch a bid. I trade with a plan, and I trade with purpose. If you’re just chasing green candles, you’re not trading—you’re gambling. Now, I’ve been…
How to Trade the Market We’ve Got Right Now
The market is a funhouse hall of mirrors these days. On the surface, you’ve got the S&P 500 tagging all-time highs and the Nasdaq just powering higher like it’s the only game in town. But under the hood it’s a different story. Less than 50% of S&P stocks are even above their five-day moving average,…
Gold’s Warning Sign Is Back… And Flashing
It was just two weeks ago that the markets’ bullish fervor came into question. The May 15, 2025 trading session saw gold (again) lead the S&P 500 in the performance stakes - in a big way. At that point, it was an indication that the rally was about to run out of gas. Today we’re…
After the Lovin’: A Quantum Stock Story
After the Lovin’: A Quantum Stock Story by Brandon Chapman, CMT Like most things in life, markets move in cycles. Sometimes calm and sometimes vicious. The state of our relationship with the market is measured in P/L and at times the market giveth freely and at other times, the knives come out and our P/L…