Traders Pod

As a visual learner, I love the idea that a picture is worth a thousand words—so I turned @OliverKell_’s market-cycle visual into a one-page market map. I layered in the overlapping Stock Market Wizards / USIC concepts I see from @markminervini + @dryan310, and anchored it with @StanWeinstein13 Stage Analysis, with the base/breakout DNA rooted in O’Neil-style patterns (@williamoneilco).

@CFlanders7 @CFlanders7 do you also analyze the general market using the COT report. Like NQ is getting crowded by retailers on the short side and could mean a reversal might be near.

Might be tempted to buy this but if you’ve studied history, crashes typically happen from very oversold levels.

Do not waste time on things you cannot change or influence. Just keep moving.

Your mind is the starting point of all war and all strategy. A mind that is easily overwhelmed by emotion, that is rooted in the past instead of the present, that cannot see the world with clarity and urgency, will create strategies that will always miss the mark.

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The upcoming Market Wizards book is approaching completion. As such, @jackschwager and I have decided to release the names of the traders included in the book and their associated X handles. Here they are: Kristjan Kullamägi @Qullamaggie Lance Breitstein @TheOneLanceB Simon Russo @simonrusso__ Lukas Fröhlich @TheShortBear Phil Goedeker @Tradestl Kelvin Chiu @KC_SilverCape Jason Berry @Positive_Equity Kenny Sharkness of @smbcapital (Kenny has no public X account) Rick Bandazian Jr. @Off_The_Tape Looking forward to sharing the book with the world! If you'd like to pre-order the book, you can do so here: lnk.to/marketwizardsn… For discounted bulk orders (US only) go here: bulkbooks.com/products/marke…

As usual Aksel hits it out of the ballpark with no nonsense truth about market speculation Most of what you read on X is garbage. Aksel is for real

Love this book!

I’m excited to announce that I’ve teamed up with @IntlSpeculator to build one of the most comprehensive historical US stock market databases ever attempted. We’re collecting daily equity data from all major US stock exchanges back to 1815, well before the CRSP era. Most existing datasets before 1926 are weekly or monthly (often without full OHLC). Daily data prior to the mid-20th century is extremely sparse. Our goal is to reconstruct that missing history as rigorously as possible, and to do so with full OHLC candles where possible. We'll be working with professors at leading US universities to ensure our methodology meets a high standard of academic scrutiny and historical accuracy. We’ve already catalogued 1815–1829, with OHLC reconstruction becoming possible from ~1828 onward (earlier years rely primarily on bid/ask quotations). Below is a weekly chart of the New York Gas Light Company from its IPO. NYGL has the distinction of being the longest continuously listed stock on the exchange. Today it's known as Consolidated Edison $ED. It was the first gas company to list on the exchanges and was immediately one of the most popular issues traded at the time of its listing in 1824. As the database develops, I’ll be sharing charts, anomalies, and insights from early US markets here. For deeper historical dives, I write more on my Substack: @barrybivingston1" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">substack.com/@barrybivingst…

AVWAP from the 6/24/2025 gap up coming into play once a gain... $QQQ $NDX

Earnings, economic numbers and IPOs for the week of 2/2/26

@AnkurPatel59 Set-up A

Quiz time Assume broader market conditions are fairly good. Not a raging bull market, but a phase where breakouts are working. You have only one slot left to add a new position. Here are Setup A and Setup B ( both on the daily chart). Which one would you buy: Setup A or Setup B? & why ? Don’t just answer A or B. Your reason for choosing A or B will give you more clarity than the choice itself.

Released my Theme Tracker for @tradingview this morning! I have it set up on my chart like this, sorted by 1 day performance. tradingview.com/script/ovnn2Z4…

$GLD $SLV Almost there

Qullamaggie on The Problem with Pradeep's Methods “That’s the problem with Pradeep’s method. Like, not every stock is created equal, okay? This is why I use ADR. Like something like NET would be considered a breakout. It’s up more than 4%. Its ADR is 5%, so this would be less than its ADR. But you buy something like Citibank. Citigroup, when this thing is up 4%. A 4% move for something like this would be very rare. It’s almost two times ADR. Okay, like you can’t put a hard rule like oh, 4%, because it’s gonna be very different. You’re gonna have very different outcomes on different types of stocks. Like on a slow-moving stock, which you should never trade to begin with. You buy a 4% breakout, you’re chasing big time. I don’t like the 4% rule. And EP too, like EP doesn’t necessarily have to be 10% all the time. Sometimes it can be less. But again, it depends on the stock. If it’s a slower-moving like large or mega cap stock, an EP can be less than 10% gap up, like something like JD. This was like a hybrid of EP and breakout back in August, which I bought size. Like this thing only gapped up like 4 or 5%, but it was still an earning EP / breakout. Because it was a slower moving mega cap stock. Yes exactly, it’s all relative.”

@RichardMoglen the modern @jackschwager

Qullamaggie's 3 Timeless Setups Simplified Kristjan Qullamaggie has made tens of millions trading 3 simple setups. These setups occurred last year, 10 years ago, 50 years ago, and 100+ years ago. They occur over and over again. 1. Breakouts Big move higher in the past 1-3 months. Orderly pullback with higher lows. Range expansion out of that consolidation. How to trade it: Enter on opening range highs when the stock breaks out Stop at lows of the day (not wider than ATR/ADR) Sell 1/3 to 1/2 after 3-5 days, move stop to breakeven Trail the rest with 10-day or 20-day moving average In bullish markets, these can give you 10-20x+ your initial risk if you're good at setup selection. 2. Parabolic Short (or Long) Stocks are like rubber bands. When they get stretched short-term, they snap back hard. How to trade it: Stock up 50-100%+ in days/weeks (larger cap) or 300-1000%+ (smaller cap) Up 3-5+ days in a row Short on opening range lows or wait for first crack and fail at VWAP Target is 10-day and 20-day moving averages 5-10x risk/reward, but higher win rate than other setups 3. Episodic Pivot (EP) When unexpected good news hits a neglected stock, it can trigger multi-month or multi-year moves. Usually earnings or guidance that surprises the market. How to trade it: Big move (or gap up) in price 10%+ Big volume (preferably average daily volume traded in first 15-30 minutes) Big growth numbers with significant beat to analyst expectations Best if the stock hasn't rallied in the past 3-6 months Enter on opening range highs. Stop at lows of the day. Trail with 10-day or 20-day moving average. The Key All of these setups are about finding low-risk entries on fast-moving stocks. Tight, high-probability areas to enter. High risk/reward on trades. You can be profitable with just a 25-30% win rate if you have small losses and big winners. Qullamaggie built an Evernote database over 7-8 years tracking thousands of these setups. He went back decades on thousands of stocks to find recurring patterns. That's the work. That's what it takes.

People obsess over @Qullamaggie’s setups and buy tactics. But those weren’t his real message. Last year, I shared my top 7 lessons from Kristjan: 1⃣ Verify information 2⃣ Find people ahead of you 3⃣ Adaptability is a superpower 4⃣ Get into the momentum leaders 5⃣ You’ll be wrong most of the time 6⃣ Do more of what works and less of what doesn’t 7⃣ Exceptional results require exceptional dedication I’d now express them differently, but it still comes down to these 7. Because they all focus on a master THINKS. I’m no longer interested in his output (I want to develop/refine my own techniques), but do want to know how he arrived at that output. What are his processes? What are essential questions to ask, exercises to do? We’re programmed to value the tangible, which is why every beginner is drawn towards concrete tickers and hard rules. But the TRUE value lies beneath the surface. *** What Was Qullamaggie’s Real Message? 7 top lessons from Kristjan Kullamägi 🔗 tinyurl.com/mt6rdc7d