Still Pool

$LITE Is it your turn today?!

Week of 27 Apr 2026: Weekly Watchlist & Plan Big tech and semis almost singlehandedly leading this rally with most other sectors showing little to no strength. Overall Market: Healthy 🟢

Only $MU & $SNDK remain in the portfolio. Sold my remaining shares of $STX & $GOOGL today with earnings coming up. Also closed my position in $TER yesterday for the same reason. Opting to keep my profits rather than gamble on earnings reactions.

$SNDK 1,000 today?!

Current portfolio. All stocks have been de-risked. $FIX was sold yesterday from my 4/8/2026 entry for a 3R gain. Sitting on more cash than I would like to be given how strong the market is but always looking for new opportunities to deploy capital. $TER $GOOGL $STX $MU $SNDK

Low-risk entry on $SNDK this morning. Bought @ 921.00 on the 30-min pivot as it was also getting back above VWAP. Initial stop was @ 2.8%. Will de-risk today and move stop to break even. The trade is now free.

@TomLambos @stamatoudism Oh nice, Marios is great. That makes sense, although I base my position size on ADR (stop is typically 0.5 to 1.0x ADR below entry) so I am taking the stock's volatility into account in that sense, but I will look into it. Going to go back and rewatch his TraderLion interview.

@StillPoolTrades I switched to ATR multiples a while back after watching an interview with @stamatoudism and he explained how by doing so you are taking into account the volatility behaviour of the individual stock rather than a straightforward risk multiple or percent across the board.

Trading doesn’t need to be complicated. Here’s a simple 5 step framework built around one core idea: the bigger the base, the bigger the move. 1 Track leaders in strong groups breaking out of large weekly (or monthly) bases or setting up to break out. Build a watchlist. 2 Wait for pullbacks to the KMAs on the daily (undercut and reclaim, RDR, “oops” reversal, or 30m pivot add confluence). Enter on the bounce using the smaller timeframes (5, 10, 15, 30 min) to refine entries. 3 Set stop below low of day. 4 Trim into strength into ADR extensions from the 50 SMA or into overhead resistance levels. 5 Let winners work. Keep a runner using a KMA as a stop (as a shorter-term momentum trader, it’s the 10 EMA for me). Repeat while conditions remain constructive. Nothing new or complicated here, just a simple framework widely used by many traders, sometimes with slight variations.

@TomLambos Thanks for the reply! I've been working on a strategy of selling in thirds and I have similar rules for taking partials at different R-multiples and/or ATR extensions. I like the idea of trimming at those 2x & 3x ATR levels (usually equates to 4-6R for me). This was very helpful.

Thanks, first a small correction I actually use ATR (typo I wrote ADR but very close anyway). Here’s the basic framework on how/when I trim profits using ATR multiples from the 50 SMA: 1 x ATR above my entry-reduce my hard stop to half the loss (cut it in half). 2 x ATR above my entry-trim 25% of position and move stop to breakeven 3x ATR above my entry-trim another 25% Leave the last 25% position on (runner) until price closes decisively below the 10 EMA (allows you to ride a winner). *I’ll trim half of that remaining 25% position if we hit 7 x ATR extension from the 50 SMA even though we are still above the 10 EMA. Finally, I pay close attention to nearby resistance levels-if they sit close to my ATR target and price starts stalling there, I’ll take the trim at that resistance level rather than waiting for the ATR level to be reached.

Week of 20 Apr 2026: Weekly Watchlist & Plan An impressive lockout rally. Secondary indicators like % of stocks above their 5 & 20 day MAs are flashing that indexes are getting overheated, elevating odds of a short-term pullback. Overall Market: Healthy 🟢

Current positions: $FIX $TER Bought $LITE today but sold it for break even at the close as I didn't have any cushion in it to hold overnight. Sucks because I really liked my entry but rules are rules. Will look to re-enter tomorrow if possible.

Week of 13 Apr 2026: Weekly Watchlist & Plan Conditions improving and we got a follow-through day last Wed. First time since Jan 29th that $QQQ 10 SMA is above 20 SMA, 10 & 20 SMA are both rising, and it's above a rising 5 SMA. Overall Market Health: Healthy 🟢

Sold 1/3 of $TER & $FIX into strength. Sold all $TQQQ at b/e. Didn't want to hold it with $NCFD hitting >85% yesterday, indicating extreme buying pressure, which can often lead to poorly timed trades. I'll wait for $QQQ to build out a bit and offer a better swing trade entry.

$TER $FIX $TQQQ New buys today for the first time in 3 weeks. Thankful for VWAP reclaim entry tactics from @alphatrends & @RealSimpleAriel that remove emotion from the equation and focus on price action. They may not all work out but positions were kept small and risk is managed.

Week of 23 Mar 2026: Bottom three groups showing underperformance compared to the broader market (S&P 500). $GDXJ Junior Gold Miners $ITB U.S. Home Construction $PPH Pharmaceutical

Week of 23 Mar 2026: Top three groups in the market showing outperformance compared to the broader market (S&P 500). $XLE Energy $OIH Oil Services $XOP S&P Oil & Gas Exploration & Production

Week of 23 Mar 2026: Weekly Watchlist & Plan Not a market environment that is conducive to swing trading. Continuing to watch and track the best names. Staying patient for a follow-through day! Overall Market Health: Weak 🔴

$LASR Cleanest chart in the market?

@RealSimpleAriel Only the Cathie shirt and Dow 50k hat can save this market!

3/18/2026 Daily Recap: Time to rip the band aid off? - PPI came in above expectations .7% v .3% and that sent the market tumbling before the opening bell. - Jerome Powell than spoke in the afternoon and the market proceeds to roll over some more into the close. - $QQQ -1.4% aided by $AAPL $MSFT $TSLA $NVDA $AMZN all closing lower. - $ARKK looks like a bear flag about ready to breakdown. Cathy's holdings are just acting like absolute garbage. - $USO $XLE $XOP continue its tear higher. $COP $FANG $DVN $OXY $VLO $MPC $APA all higher - $MU reported incredible earnings after the close today and down a modest 1%. Not a group we want to lose here or we start running out of bull cases on this market. $SNDK $WDC - $RKLB $ASTS $KTOS all rejected their 50sma today just after it looked like a renewed trend was possible - $BTC $ETH lead the markets on the down move today but is this just some digestion before trying to resume higher? - $XLV already losing ground quickly on the back $LLY - $XLP a defensive sector also taken down quickly. - $XLF also no real signs of life which is hard to imagine we kick into a real bullish trend without financials. - $MAGS look like they need life support soon starting to establish themselves below the 200sma. - Traction remains hard to come by and for me it's been a better environment shorting into supply

New buy today $GEV @ 858.00. Only current position. Already took off 1/3 into strength given the overall market volatility. Will try to hold the rest for a swing if it closes above 1R. Otherwise, will sell at the close. Not holding positions overnight unless I have some cushion.