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Just crossed 100%+ return in the last 12 months. This didn’t come from staring at charts all day. It came from: • Human intelligence + LLMs for sharp macro analysis • My hybrid CNN-LSTM models surfacing high-probability setups (instead of me hunting) • Strict discipline — living my trading strategy (look for my article) • And yeah… a healthy dose of luck Grateful for the journey. More to come. [Attach the screenshot]

@FortuneMMXM I did that for 15 years. Never told anyone I trade until I became a full time trader.

I stopped letting people know I’m a trader 3 years ago. Here’s why

Don't forget what's right in front of you in search of the holy grail that's far away from you -- Prashant Rao

It's better to act broke than to be broke. -- Prashant Rao

@TraderLion I don't ever draw a single line on my chart. OHLC is good enough to tell you everything. Simplicity beats brilliance.

Moving averages are not support. They are math. Scot1and, a trader and educator who builds his entire framework around price and auction activity, breaks down why this distinction is critical. A moving average has no participants behind it. A price congestion zone does — real volume, real transactions, real memory baked into the chart. When those two things coincide and the moving average holds, traders credit the indicator when they should credit the zone. When they diverge, traders get hurt holding a level that was never real to begin with. Real support is where the market has already done business. That is the only line worth watching.

Look beyond the hyperscalers and hot AI stocks for the best AI trades like a sophisticated investor. blog.retailtrader.ai/posts/ai-mafia…

“As soon as you realize you can afford to wait out any correction, the calamity also becomes an opportunity to pick up bargains.” – Peter Lynch

@alifarhat79 At this rate, this is looking better than a $1 bill

BREAKING: The Fed introduces new $1 bill

@SJosephBurns Lifestyle creep is how you stay poor regardless of how much you make.

From Working Class To Wealthy: 10 Life-Changing Money Habits newtraderu.com/2026/05/09/fro…

General advice applicable to trading as well .. --- What you have is always worth more than what you want to have. -- Prashant Rao

@RibSteaks2022 Lol

$TQQQ

@SJosephBurns The tale of two cities.

Consumer sentiment falls to fresh record low in May as surging gas prices hit outlook: CNBC

Even sophisticated investors are missing the reasons behind the non stop rally. Here's why I don't expect it stop so easily. This rally is led by multiple massive tailwinds: 1. The AI demand + hype 2. A fed that is going to cut rates soon or at some point. 3. The PDT rule changes bringing in the gamblers. 4. The Nasdaq rule changes in 2026 allowing new qualified companies to enter the nasdaq 100 in 15 days (think trillion dollar companies like SpaceX, Anthropic, OpenAI) 5. Midterms - no president wants a market crash before an election. It's a no-brainer that these indexes will continue higher unless we see a huge fundamental shift.

Stanley Druckenmiller on what it takes to become a great investor: “They have to have an extreme passion for the business…you can’t compete against people that love the business if you don’t love it. They’re going to outwork you. They’re going to out-think you.” “They also have to be extremely competitive. They have to be sore losers. They have to want to win… Notice I haven’t even gotten to IQ yet. Anything over 125, 130…it doesn’t hurt you but it’s largely superfluous.” “They can have an ego but they have to know how to check it at the door. You have to be open-minded…you can’t be stuck and start making up reasons why you have a position. You will just lose a lot of money.” Finally, Druckenmiller emphasized the importance of independent thinking & emotional discipline: “They’ve got to be able to think [outside] of the box and not with the crowd…it’s not easy to fight your emotions in the crowd but that’s a big piece of it.”

Read the full thesis here: blog.retailtrader.ai/posts/ai-mafia…

🚨 Why the “smart money” is completely missing the AI Mafia Everyone’s waiting for the AI bubble to pop. Nvidia multiples too scary? They run. Big mistake. They think AI is only chips & software — the “Brains.” They look at Caterpillar ($CAT) and see a boring cyclical bulldozer stock. They look at EMCOR ($EME) and see a mechanical contractor. They couldn’t be more wrong. The real winners are the “Bricks” — the AI Mafia quietly running the neighborhood. Here’s what they’re missing: 1️⃣ **Power Bottleneck** The grid is broken. Data centers are becoming private utilities. $CAT isn’t selling tractors — they’re selling the **lungs of AI**: gigawatts of on-site power generation. 2️⃣ **Lien Leverage** Through Cat Financial, they hold the title to the most critical assets. Default? They repo the power plants. In the gold rush, they own the road. 3️⃣ **Political Shield** Cancel a chip order with one click. Try canceling a half-built data center shell with thousands of union workers and politicians involved. Good luck. These guys don’t send a single person until they’re **paid in advance**. Legal mafia energy — and both parties love them. If it wasn’t for Caterpillar’s record-breaking run, the Dow would be in the toilet right now. Still thinking $CAT is just a “construction stock”? You’re trading in the wrong decade. Bricks beat Brains. Every. Single. Time. Full thesis 👇 #AI #Investing #Infrastructure #DataCenters