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Trading Strategy March 5th, 2026 21min to read

Volatility Is Rising. Here’s How Traders Turn It Into Income

Right now, traders are navigating a landscape filled with uncertainty. The war in the Middle East has added another layer of geopolitical risk to already fragile markets. At the same time, the broader economic backdrop is hardly comforting. Rising government debt continues to expand at a pace that concerns policymakers and investors alike. Inflation, while no longer at peak levels, remains sticky enough to keep interest rates higher than many expected.

Trading Strategy February 26th, 2026 10min to read

The Bull Market In Risk Multipliers

Markets do not price morality. They price risk. When institutional credibility weakens, capital does not disappear. It adapts. It demands higher premiums. It rotates. It seeks insulation. The institutional backdrop has shifted, and that shift carries consequences.

Trading Strategy February 19th, 2026 17min to read

The Crowd Is Still in Last Year’s Winners… That’s A Problem.

If you have been around markets for any length of time, you have seen this pattern before. A group of stocks dominates the headlines and outperforms decisively. They feel unstoppable, and every pullback gets bought while every earnings report is dissected like scripture. By year end, they become the ‘must-own’ names. Confidence builds because recent performance reinforces belief.

Trading Strategy February 12th, 2026 26min to read

What The Wizard of Oz Teaches Traders About Market Selection, Purchasing Power and Control

In this article, we are going to look at The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, written by L. Frank Baum, not as a simple bedtime story, but as a revealing chapter in American monetary history during the late 19th century. It remains a children’s favorite, and the film adaptation is a timeless classic. Yet beneath the songs, color, and spectacle lies a serious debate about gold, silver, power, and who the monetary system is meant to serve. My hope is that by revisiting Baum’s story through this fresh perspective, you will not only better understand the economic tensions of his time but also recognize how remarkably relevant those themes remain today.

Trading Strategy February 5th, 2026 16min to read

Why Your Opinion Is the Most Expensive Indicator

Everyone has that trade. The one that still pops into your head uninvited, usually while brushing your teeth or staring at a perfectly innocent chart that did nothing wrong. It was not a lack of information. The data was there, waving its arms like a person on fire. The problem was that you had an opinion, and once a trader has an opinion, reality becomes a hostile witness.

Trading Strategy January 29th, 2026 21min to read

Deflation Is Natural. Inflation Is Policy. And That’s Why Sector Rotation Matters

The CPI tells a story. The problem is that it is not the story people are really living. Imagine you had no idea this chart was CPI. No label. No explanation. You would look at it and say, without hesitation, “That’s the mother of all growth charts!” Smooth. Relentless. Up and to the right for decades. Barely a pullback. A trend any momentum trader would kill to own. And yet we are told, straight-faced, that inflation is “under control.”

Trading Strategy January 23rd, 2026 20min to read

2026: Bullish, Bearish or Both?

Since 1990, the S&P 500 Index has told a very consistent story, even though the ride along the way has often felt anything but consistent. First, the big picture. Roughly 8 out of every 10 years have been positive. That matters. It tells us that the long-term bias of the U.S. stock market is upward, even though the path is uneven and occasionally painful. Across all the years in the dataset, the average annual return is about 12%. That number alone explains why equities remain such a powerful wealth-building tool over time. But averages hide important details, so let’s look under the hood. The biggest up year in this period was 1995, when the market surged more than 37%. When the market goes up, it tends to go up decisively. In fact, the average gain in up years is roughly 19%, which tells us that strength, when it appears, usually persists. On the downside, the worst year was 2008, when the market fell about 36%. Down years are fewer, but they can be sharp. The average loss in down years is about 15%. That asymmetry is important. Losses are less frequent than gains, but they demand respect when they occur.

Trading Strategy January 15th, 2026 17min to read

Why The Brady Bunch Makes Modern Economics Look Ridiculous

Housing used to be the byproduct of a functioning economy. Now it’s a luxury good, priced like one, financed like one, and defended as one. And yet we’re told to celebrate growth as if rising output automatically translates into rising lives. It doesn’t. It just means more money is changing hands, often to solve problems that didn’t exist when money still knew how to behave.

Trading Strategy January 8th, 2026 13min to read

Narratives Are Cheap. Trends Are Profitable. Know The Difference.

Benchmarks provided the answer. Without them, even strong returns risked becoming optical illusions. A stock that rose 10% in 2025 could appear successful in isolation yet still represent a missed opportunity if its sector or the broader market advanced twice as much. The S&P 500 and major sector indexes served as the market’s scorecard, revealing where capital was truly being rewarded. Traders who anchored their decisions to relative performance gained an objective lens through which to assess strength, avoid laggards, and stay aligned with institutional behavior. Those who did not were left navigating the year without a map.

Trading Strategy December 19th, 2025 16min to read

Benchmarks or Blindness? How Awareness Separated Winners from Losers in 2025

Benchmarks provided the answer. Without them, even strong returns risked becoming optical illusions. A stock that rose 10% in 2025 could appear successful in isolation yet still represent a missed opportunity if its sector or the broader market advanced twice as much. The S&P 500 and major sector indexes served as the market’s scorecard, revealing where capital was truly being rewarded. Traders who anchored their decisions to relative performance gained an objective lens through which to assess strength, avoid laggards, and stay aligned with institutional behavior. Those who did not were left navigating the year without a map.