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It's been a good year. How good?

Well, I'd like to hear from you to tell me how good.

I've spent the past few weeks reflecting on my own trading transformation in 2025—the wins, the lessons, the shifts in confidence and approach. But I'm...

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I've gotten a lot of feedback from yesterday's note. Turns out, there's a lot of Steve Poltz fans amongst you. I had no idea! If you missed yesterday's note, you can read it ...

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In today’s Daily Digest, we’ll review the following:

  1. New position in XLE.
  2. No adjustments are needed today.
  3. No exits since the last report.
  4. Current status of open campaigns...
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There weren't any S&P 500 earnings reactions on Monday, but one of the world's largest Gold mining stocks had a reaction that caught our attention.

When it comes to mining stocks, the math is simple - rising commodity prices plus flat costs...

Daily Beat
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It’s in our nature to scan for risks.

On the African plains, the man who noticed the rustling in the bushes and got his family to safety was the one whose bloodline survived.

Over thousands of...

ETF Power Rankings
AMZN is tricky here ...
AMZN is showing two distinct possibilities

Amazon is at an interesting juncture. On one hand, the big projection target is higher.  For AMZN to go another 27% higher to tag that target, in this environment seems pretty unlikely.  Yet, on the other hand, we have a correction ongoing...

Bart's Charts
Amazon
$AMZN
The parabolic move of MO
From parabolic to another sell pattern - will this one work also?

It's been years since I blogged about Altria. (MO) To this day, really don't know what they do ... I was shown the chart and was asked how to come up w/ targets when a security has gone parabolic.  MO just happened to be the stock. Here's the...

Bart's Charts
Altria
$MO
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Global markets are on the move—and for the first time in years, investors are giving international stocks a second look.

The MSCI EAFE fund—which tracks companies outside the Americas—has finally broken...

ETF Power Rankings

In trading, we prize rational, mechanical thinking. We try to minimize emotion wherever possible — following systems and rules with robotic discipline to reduce errors and maximize returns.

That works for some.

But is it the ideal?

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All Star Options Daily

Whenever there is action in the equal weight vs cap weight relationship, my inbox gets flooded with bad takes.

The truth is, whatever it is– it’s not that important, and it’s definitely not bearish.

All it...

The Strazza Letter
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TKO Rakes in huge cash for UFC. What I'm doing now.
 

TKO Scores a Knock-Out! 

TKO signed a $7.7 billion, 7 year deal with Paramount+ to air UFC content, including PPVs. TKO is getting a full price for the asset. Just on the surface, Paramount+ is paying a...

The Macke Letter
Jeff Macke
The Macke Letter
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Today's trade is in a consumer staple that has made fresh 52-week highs recently, is on the cusp of a breakout from a multi-year base, and has dirt cheap implied volatility in the options. 

With new all-time highs in sight,...

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In today’s Daily Digest, we’ll review the following:

  1. New position in EFA.
  2. No adjustments are needed today.
  3. No exits since the last report.
  4. Current status of open campaigns...
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From the Desk of Steve Strazza @Sstrazza

Welcome to The Minor Leaguers.

We've had some great trades come out of this small-cap-focused column since we launched it back in 2020 and...

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