Expert Trading Insights

Why Intel’s Stock Surged as the AI Trade Broadened — and What Traders Should Watch Next Intel surprised the market by jumping to the top of the S&P 500 leaderboard as the AI narrative broadened beyond the usual “GPU-only” winners. For traders, this wasn’t just a...

Boredom in Trading: Why Doing Nothing Is One of the Hardest (and Most Profitable) Skills One of the least discussed — yet most destructive — forces in active trading is boredom in trading psychology. Not fear. Not greed. Boredom. Sitting in front of a screen, watching...

Nvidia’s “Tremendous” AI Demand Message: What Traders Should Watch as Vera Rubin Heads Toward Launch Nvidia didn’t need an earnings surprise to move the conversation this week. At CES, the company reinforced a simple narrative: Demand for AI and accelerated computing...

Plan the Trade. Trade the Plan. Why Discipline Is the Real Edge (ATI Case Study) One of the biggest advantages in markets isn’t a new indicator, a faster feed, or a better opinion. It’s trading discipline and execution—the ability to follow your plan to the letter...

How to Stop FOMO in Trading: When a “Right Trade” Becomes a Losing Trade Sometimes the trade idea is right… and the trader still loses. The culprit is often simple: entry discipline gets replaced by urgency. How to Stop FOMO in Trading Starts With One Truth: The Entry...

The Impact of Venezuela Sanctions on Traders: What Markets May React to This Week Geopolitical headlines don’t need to trigger a crisis to matter. Often, the real impact of Venezuela sanctions on traders comes from how uncertainty alters expectations, volatility, and...

Trader Psychology for the Week Ahead: A Weekend Reset for Clarity, Energy, and Expectation Control The best trading weeks don’t start on Monday — they start with how you recover on the weekend. Trader psychology for the week ahead is about arriving at the opening bell...

Tesla Loses Its Crown: What BYD’s Rise Means for TSLA Traders Focus keyphrase: Tesla sales decline trading impact Tesla is no longer the top global EV seller. After posting a second consecutive annual decline in deliveries, Tesla has been surpassed in EV sales by...

Over the last couple weeks I’ve been talking with several traders who all said the same thing in different ways: patience is hard for me. Whether it showed up as: Moving stops up too quickly (because being wrong feels worse than missing a bigger win) Not letting...

China’s AI Advances Are Back — and Traders Should Care Just as U.S. markets were waiting for the next leg higher in AI leadership stocks, China has reintroduced a familiar wildcard. Reports of a photon-based computing chip for AI training and inference—dubbed...

The Hidden Perils of Pre- and Post-Holiday Trading Why the Open Is the Only Liquidity That Matters Holiday trading weeks lure traders into a dangerous illusion. The screens are on. The market is open. Prices are moving. So it feels like opportunity. But in reality,...

AI Chip Boom Enters Its Most Important Phase: Opportunity, Competition, and Risk The global semiconductor industry just posted its largest year on record. Driven by explosive growth in artificial intelligence, the world’s largest chipmakers generated more than $400...

When the Santa Claus Rally Fails: What Traders Should Focus On Instead The stock market erased its Santa Claus rally gains on Monday as Wall Street moved decisively into risk-off mode. The Nasdaq Composite fell 0.5%, the S&P 500 dropped 0.4%, and the Dow Jones...

Most traders think readiness begins with charts, scanners, and trade plans. It doesn’t. Real readiness starts with your body and brain. Trading performance and exercise are directly connected, especially for active traders operating in fast, high-pressure...

Why “Getting Back to Breakeven” Is So Dangerous On the surface, breakeven feels reasonable. Responsible, even. “I’m not trying to make money—just get back to flat.” But psychologically, breakeven is a trap. Here’s why: You’re now anchored to a past loss You’re...

Target Slashes Guidance Again as Sales Decline — A Turning Point for the Retail Giant? Target reported another disappointing quarter, with sales falling for the fourth straight period, and management issued yet another earnings guidance cut. The retailer now faces a...

Nvidia Earnings Smash Expectations and Ignite AI Stocks Across the Board Nvidia delivered another blockbuster quarter on Wednesday, easily beating Wall Street expectations and setting the stage for what traders are already calling a Nvidia earnings breakout heading...

U.S. Approves $1B Loan to Restart Three Mile Island as AI Power Needs Surge The U.S. government has approved a sweeping $1 billion federal loan to Constellation Energy to revive the shuttered Three Mile Island facility—one of the most historic nuclear sites in the...

Boeing Stock Slips Despite Big Dubai Airshow Orders — Here’s What Traders Should Really Watch Boeing landed major aircraft orders at the Dubai Airshow this week, including new commitments for the 777X and 787 Dreamliner. But the stock still closed lower, a sign that...

Nvidia Slips Ahead of Earnings as AI Sentiment Weakens — What Traders Should Watch Nvidia stock began Tuesday’s session under pressure once again, falling more than 2% in early trading as Wall Street continued rotating out of mega-cap technology and AI leaders ahead...

AI Chip Race Heats Up as Tech Giants Build Their Own Silicon The AI chip race has reached a new level of intensity as the world’s biggest technology companies rush to design their own processors. For decades, semiconductor innovation was left to specialists like...

Moderna Stock Outlook: Cash Crunch, Cancer Hopes, and Key Levels Ahead of Earnings The Moderna stock outlook is on a knife-edge this week as investors brace for Thursday’s earnings report. Once flush with nearly $20 billion in pandemic profits, the biotech innovator...

Robinhood Stock Prediction Markets Fuel Explosive Growth — What Traders Should Know Robinhood Markets Inc. reported record-breaking third-quarter results as its aggressive push into Robinhood stock prediction markets and crypto trading drove massive new engagement and...

Brazil’s Amazon Potash Mine Aims to Secure Fertilizer Independence Amid Global Trade Shifts Deep within the Amazon rainforest, a massive mining project is taking shape that could redefine Brazil’s agricultural future. Near the town of Autazes, workers are preparing to...

Novo Nordisk Cuts 2025 Guidance as GLP-1 Momentum Cools; Stock Slips After Q3 Miss Novo Nordisk (NVO) shares fell after the Danish drugmaker posted a third-quarter miss and trimmed its 2025 outlook, underscoring investor anxiety that the company’s GLP-1 juggernaut is...

Bank of America Stock Slides Despite Higher Profit Targets at First Investor Day Since 2011 Bank of America (BAC) shares fell on Wednesday even as the bank’s leadership raised profitability and growth targets during its first investor day in 14 years. The event, held...

S&P 500 and Nasdaq Post Biggest Drop in Nearly a Month The S&P 500 and Nasdaq Composite recorded their sharpest one-day declines in nearly a month on Wednesday, as Wall Street investors rotated out of high-flying technology and AI stocks amid growing caution...

Core Scientific Shareholders Reject $9 Billion Merger with CoreWeave Core Scientific shareholders have voted down a $9 billion all-stock merger with CoreWeave, abruptly ending one of the most closely watched transactions in the AI data center sector. The vote, which...

Google, Meta, and Microsoft Spend $80 Billion on AI as Investor Reactions Diverge Google, Meta, and Microsoft collectively spent almost $80 billion last quarter on artificial intelligence infrastructure — a record-breaking wave of investment that drew starkly...

Meta Plans $25 Billion Bond Sale to Fund Soaring AI Infrastructure Costs Meta Platforms is preparing to raise as much as $25 billion in one of the largest corporate bond sales of the year, as the company accelerates spending to expand its artificial intelligence...