The Bold, the Beautiful, and the Blind: This Market Is Headed for a Wake-Up Call
I’ve been saying this for weeks now: this market is not “healthy.” It’s not efficient, it’s not rational, and it’s certainly not sustainable. I’ve been in this game for decades, and when I tell you what we’re seeing right now reeks of bubble behavior, I’m not being dramatic, just honest. We are living in what…
How to Avoid Wall Street's Darling Disasters
This market is rigged; as crooked as a dog’s hind leg… but that doesn’t mean it’s not profitable. Two of our Genesis Cog positions - a pharma play and an energy stock, a long and a short - are making big moves today. But these stocks are by no means the most popular ones…
Why This Market’s Going Up (It’s the Madness Beneath)
If you’ve been around TheoTrade for a while, you know I don’t mince words, and I’m not here to spoon-feed you the Wall Street fairy tales. I’m here to tell you what’s really happening underneath this so-called “bullish” surface - and what’s brewing is no fairytale, it’s a financial horror story just waiting for its…
How to See Through the Illusions of a Headline-Driven Market
Another day, another session of markets behaving irrationally. So let’s talk money flow. You see, the market has become a three-ring circus of tweets, delayed tariff threats, and a reality show presidency where economic policy seems to be written in Sharpie on the back of a cocktail napkin. Traders wake up every day trying to…
What to Do with This “High Plains Drifter” Market
What to Do with This “High Plains Drifter” Market By Professor Jeffrey Bierman, CMT The market today reminds me of High Plains Drifter - a long, eerie calm stretched across a barren horizon. Everything looks deceptively stable: indexes hovering near highs, spreads tightening, VIX snoozing like a sedated dog. But don’t mistake this eerie stillness…
Building Great Watchlists in an Algo-Dominated Market
Let’s get one thing straight out of the gate: in this market, you're either playing offense with a scalpel, or you're getting steamrolled by machines trading nanoseconds ahead of your mouse click. If you want to survive—and better yet, thrive—in this algo-dominated landscape, you need to build stock watchlists with intention, with rules, and with…
A Streetwise Strategy for a Tough Market
A Streetwise Strategy for a Tough Market by Professor Jeffrey Bierman Welcome to the chopper, folks. This isn’t your grandfather’s market, and it sure as hell isn’t one that rewards blind optimism. We’re not in a fairytale bull run anymore, we're in what I like to call the “Monty Hall Market” - you pick Door…
What You Need to Know About Dividends (Plus Two Stocks to Get You Started)
I’m fresh from hosting an entire week of dividend and income investing coverage over at Three Trades a Week - a $7 service that gets you the best trading and investing research and actionable trade recommendations we publish. It’s especially important in a market that’s virtually under attack. (You can learn more over here.) Now,…
TheoTrade’s Tale of the Tape: Making Bets on the Money
The market’s turbulence continued last week, although we wrapped up the week with a split tape. Only the Dow finished higher, while the S&P 500 and Nasdaq were down. That isn’t exactly my definition of a “risk-on” market environment. Nonetheless, bulls made some modest strides last week, which I’ll share in just a moment. The…
The DOGE Effect: Five Stocks Set for Big Moves Courtesy of Musk and Trump
By now, the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) is a household name; however you feel about it, it’s an undeniable force shaping government right now. This week in TheoChat we cut through the noise and got straight to what really moves markets. Let’s get one thing straight: DOGE is not just another bureaucratic reshuffle—it’s a…