Your Timing Always Sucks in Volatility
Don Kaufman here. My phone was ringing all week. People calling me, freaking out. "Don, what's happening? NVIDIA crashed! What do we do?" Then Friday hits and suddenly it's "Don, we're up 700 points! Should I buy the rally?" I'm sitting there looking at my screens thinking: Are you kidding me? The Dow swung 1,400…
The AI Trade Is Imploding
Don Kaufman here. So this morning the Dow was ripping 700 points. Nvidia beat earnings, Jensen Huang said Blackwell demand is "off the charts," and you know what I'm hearing all over Twitter? "The bear thesis is falling apart." Everyone's partying. Tech stocks flying. Meta up 10%. Tesla up 4%. Dogs and cats living together…
3 Trades I Just Revealed on Schwab TV
Don Kaufman here. I just wrapped up Schwab's Trading 360 show. Marley and Kayden had me break down three trades live on air. Roblox. Bitcoin ETF. Netflix. Three completely different setups. Three different strategies. But here's the thing... Each one is based on the same core principle I've been hammering: we're not in a "buy…
Why I'm Short Everything and Loving It - A 27-Year Bear's Playbook
Don Kaufman here. What do you do for a living? I'm short crap. For 27 years. And I'm loving it. That's my response when strangers ask about my career. While most traders are getting chopped up in today's fourth straight losing session, I'm sitting pretty - having closed my XLE position for a 30% gain…
The Warning Signal Nobody's Talking About
Don Kaufman here. So I'm watching everyone obsess over NVIDIA earnings this week, and honestly, I get it. But there's something else happening that's got my attention. I heard the term "CDS" more in the last two months than I've heard in the previous 15 years. CDS stands for credit default swaps - basically insurance…
Confession: I Have Zero Long-Term Stock Positions
While everyone's rushing into beaten-down AI stocks, nuclear plays, and quantum names after they got trampled the last few weeks, I'm doing something that shocked my own team in a closed-door meeting: I have zero long-term stock positions. The market rallied hard today after this morning's selloff. People are calling it "buying the dip." But…
We're Down to Three Products That ARE the Market
Don Kaufman here. Here's a truth nobody wants to face. The entire financial sector - every bank in America combined - doesn't equal the market cap of two tech stocks. Let me break this down with actual numbers that'll make you question everything you think you know about diversification. The Shocking Math JP Morgan is…
3 new trades I just revealed on Schwab
Don Kaufman here. I Just wrapped up Schwab's Trading 360 show. Marley and Kayden had me break down three trades live on air. Apple. Silver. ExxonMobil. Three completely different setups. Three different strategies. But here's the thing... Each one is based on the same core principle I've been hammering home: retail options order flow is…
The Government Reopening Rally That Isn't
Don Kaufman here. And welcome to another episode of "The Media Gets Everything Wrong." This morning everyone's talking about the big rally on government reopening news. Futures were up 62 handles when I woke up. Every major channel is running the same story - markets celebrate as Senate passes deal to end shutdown. Here's the…
Why I Shorted the "Safest" Tech Stock This Morning
Don Kaufman here. My computer literally crashed the moment I started talking sh*t about Apple. I'm not kidding. Mid-sentence, explaining why AAPL was about to get destroyed, my entire setup went dark. Had to restart everything. "I was talking crap about Apple. Apple, yeah. By the way, if it happens again, it's like, you know,…