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These New Sectors Are EXPLODING… The ONLY Stocks That Matter NOW

Traders Agency Team — Fri, 27 Feb 2026 22:31:14 GMT

Trading stocks is about more than earnings reports and chart patterns. It doesn’t matter how good your setup is — you will never make money buying the wrong stocks.

Even a mediocre trader can generate phenomenal results if they’re focused on the right names.

A huge part of your success as a stock trader comes down to being in sync with market leadership. A bull market doesn’t mean every stock is going up. There are typically three to five leading groups driving the charge — the hot sectors seeing big growth, where big Wall Street investors are piling in.

If you want to win in this market, you have to find those groups. You have to locate the top stocks within them. And you have to ignore the other 5,000 stocks altogether.

This is one of the most overlooked aspects of trading. Here’s the exact blueprint for identifying the best stocks in the market, tracking sector health, and building a bulletproof watchlist.

What Drives Market Leadership

Prices are driven by big institutional investors. Hedge funds, endowments, pensions, and ETFs — these are the players buying tens of millions of shares.

When these institutions buy certain stocks in specific groups en masse, those groups go up faster than anything else.

We’ve seen this play out perfectly over the last few years. AI semiconductors were the biggest growth area in the market, and Nvidia led the pack. Last year, nuclear got hot. We were able to double and triple our money buying the leading nuclear stocks over just a couple of months.

You find these opportunities by tracking the top 40 sectors in the market. Look at their performance over the last one, two, three, and six months, and see which ones are going up the most.

It sounds overly simplistic, but it works. When you align your capital with institutional money flows, you put the wind at your back.

The Industry Strength Indicator

My industry strength indicator tracks the top 40 sectors in the market. It shows the best-performing eight sectors over each of these periods.

Top Performing Sectors by Timeframe — sectors that continually appear across multiple periods signal market leadership

When you see a group continually showing up as a top performer over the one-month, three-month, and six-month periods, you’ve found a leading area of the market. This keeps you in sync with leadership. It shows you exactly where to focus.

The Power of ETFs

There are currently more exchange-traded funds than there are individual stocks. That’s a crazy statistic.

But it gives us a massive advantage. An ETF exists for every single group out there — from aerospace and agriculture to financials, healthcare, utilities, blockchain, and food and beverage. We can track the charts of these ETFs to gauge the health of any specific sector.

The 30-Minute Weekly Routine

Stanley Druckenmiller is one of the best investors who has ever lived. He went something like 30 years without having a down year.

He said in an interview that every single day at 4:30 p.m., he receives 270 charts. They go over every group, every currency pair, every commodity — daily, weekly, and monthly. Every single day.

You don’t need to do this every day. I certainly don’t want to. Once a week is pretty much plenty.

Weekly Market Review: Metals and Soft Commodities Futures Overview

I spend about half an hour once a week running through every major market group. The major indexes, treasuries, metals markets like gold, silver, platinum, and copper. Soft commodities — everything from corn and wheat to coffee, frozen orange juice, and lean hogs. Energy, the big cryptocurrencies, and then all the industry groups.

It takes 30 minutes. It is worth every single second.

When you do this, you don’t just identify the leading areas — you also identify the groups making a resurgence. The sectors that are down big, forming a big base, and getting ready to break out. That’s how you get into the best stocks early.

Anatomy of a Perfect Setup

When reviewing these groups, I’m looking at two specific charts side-by-side: the weekly chart and the daily chart.

The Weekly Chart

On the weekly chart, I just want to see an uptrend. A multi-month trend higher. Confirmation that dollars are flowing into this sector.

The Daily Chart

The daily chart is where the actual setups live.

As stocks or sectors move higher, they don’t go straight up. They tend to stair-step their way higher — run, then consolidate, run, then consolidate. Your goal is to buy right as the price breaks out of that consolidation. That’s where the biggest opportunity lies. That’s when these stocks make the biggest and fastest runs.

XLV daily chart showing the shallowing consolidation pattern — pullbacks getting shorter as price compresses, signaling a potential breakout

The pattern has four stages:

The Surge: A big advance higher.
The Shallowing Consolidation: The price pulls back, but subsequent pullbacks get shorter and shallower.
The Compression: Price compresses and forms a wedge pattern from left to right.
The Breakout: Price breaks through resistance.

When a leading group in a good market breaks out, the individual stocks that make up that group can often move double or triple what the overall sector did.

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The Sectors Dominating Right Now

When you run this 30-minute analysis, market leadership becomes painfully obvious. Right now, there are very specific groups demanding your attention.

Rare Earth Metals (RIMIX)

Rare earths are clearly a leading area of the market. They’ve continually shown up as a top performer over the last one, three, and six months.

There was a lot of hype in rare earths over the last six months or so, and the sector got a little overcooked. That happens. But the price came down, shallowed up, tightened, and formed a nice clean breakout through resistance. Most of the stocks in this group are Chinese and foreign companies, with only a small handful of US stocks. But the strength is undeniable.

Gold Miners (GDX)

Gold miners have continually been one of the top performers over the last two, three, six, nine, and twelve-month periods.

The daily chart shows the exact pattern we want: a surge higher, followed by a nice consolidation, and then a massive breakout. The whole sector went up 35%.

I currently have a position in Hecla. That move is exactly why we find the groups breaking out first, then focus on the top stocks inside them.

Where the Next Breakouts Hide

You don’t just want to buy what has already run. You want to find the sectors setting up for their next massive leg higher.

Biotech (IBB)

Biotech has had a huge run over the last six or seven months. The weekly chart shows a big, strong multi-month uptrend. On the daily chart, it’s been consolidating for about two to three months and is beginning to break out. This is a prime hunting ground.

Healthcare (XLV)

Healthcare is showing the exact shallowing consolidation pattern — the surge, the compression, the setup right before a breakout. Not the most exciting sector, but the chart structure is textbook.

Clean Energy (ICLN)

ICLN (iShares Global Clean Energy ETF) approaches breakout territory after nearly doubling over 14 months

Beautiful uptrend on the weekly chart — it’s nearly doubled over the last 14 months. On the daily chart, there was a dip, a big push higher, and now another shallowing consolidation breaking out to new highs. Clean energy stocks deserve your attention right now.

What to Avoid: Financials

Financials? Absolutely not. The chart looks terrible. Am I interested in any financial stocks whatsoever? Zero. Is one of them going to do well? Probably. But 400 more are going to do terrible. Don’t try to find the needle in the haystack. Just figure out where it’s raining and put your bucket right there.

Building Your Watchlist

So we’ve got a short list of leading groups: biotech, healthcare, clean energy, rare earths, and gold miners. Here’s how you turn that into an actionable stock watchlist.

Every ETF has to share its holdings publicly. Search for any ETF’s holdings page — say, IBB for biotech — and you’ll find the top stocks by weight listed right on the website. Pull the top 10 from each leading group and add them to a single watchlist.

For biotech, that means names like GILD, VRTX, Amgen, Regeneron, ALNY, and so on. Do the same for XLV, ICLN, RIMIX, and GDX. You can even use ChatGPT to compile this faster — just ask it for the top 10 stocks by weight in each ETF.

If you find two, three, five groups in good uptrends coming out of consolidations and breaking out, and you take the top eight to ten stocks from each, you’ll have a bulletproof list of 30 to 50 stocks to fish from. It’s a stocked pond. Your only job is to not screw it up.

Spend 30 to 45 minutes on a Sunday going through the charts. Write down the top three to five groups. Pull the top eight to ten stocks from each. For the next couple of weeks, focus exclusively on that list — look for breakouts and pullbacks from those names.

I can just about guarantee your performance as a trader and investor will improve.

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Ray Dalio’s Changing World Order | How to Protect Capital and Benefit From Higher Infaltion

Traders Agency Team — Wed, 25 Feb 2026 20:00:45 GMT

Ray Dalio The Changing World Order

Why every empire follows the same script — and where the US sits right now

Legendary investor Ray Dalio published research titled Principles for Dealing with the Changing World Order, which has garnered 135 million views. Dalio is a billionaire and an optimist. He’s a student of history who became wealthy by studying economic cycles to predict how events will play out.

He is not a permanent doom-and-gloomer like Robert Kiyosaki, who has been predicting a once-in-a-generation market crash every six months for the last two decades.

In his research, Dalio outlines a 250-year cycle of imperial rise and fall — a pattern that has dictated the downfall of every major economy throughout history.

The Six Stages of the Big Cycle

Stage 1: New order
Stage 2: Building resource allocation
Stage 3: Peace and prosperity
Stage 4: Excessive spending and debt
Stage 5: Financial crises and conflict
Stage 6: War and disorder

Ray Dalio’s ‘Big Cycle’ framework illustrating how empires rise and fall through predictable stages

The Reserve Currency Weapon

This shifting world order has nothing to do with the great reset or the Russia-Ukraine invasion. It’s about a repeating cycle that has occurred since the beginning of time to decide the reserve currency of the world.

Throughout history, there’s an evolving conflict between the leading economy and the rising economy. Both fight for the spot of economic superpower. One of the best ways to become the de facto superpower is to have your currency accepted as the world’s reserve.

A reserve currency is simply the currency most commonly accepted around the world — the one against which all other currencies are pegged. When you hear the Euro is up or the Chinese Yuan is down, that’s measured against the US dollar.

Since the end of World War II in 1945, the US dollar has held that position. It provided a strong, stable store of value. Because world economies started transacting in dollars, the US benefited from favorable exchange rates and more demand for those dollars.

But reserve currencies don’t last forever. They change hands every hundred or so years in what Dalio calls the big cycle.

France held the reserve currency from 1720 to 1815
Britain held it from 1815 to 1920
The US has held the mantle since then

The question is how long we can hold on to this — and whether the Chinese Yuan will become the new reserve currency.

The cyclical nature of reserve currency dominance — each empire rises and falls over centuries, with China emerging as the next potential successor

How Empires Rise and Fall

The pattern is remarkably consistent across generations. A country rises to dominance after winning a big conflict. That victory leads to a period of peace and prosperity where other countries don’t want to challenge the dominant power. This has been the reality for the US since World War II.

But this rise eventually leads to a peak — a period of stagnation with increasing costs of expansion. This creates an opening for rising economies to compete.

The creation of a global superpower is marked by above all economic dominance, which shows up in leading metrics like a strong education system that cultivates character and promotes technological innovation, higher economic output through that technology, competitiveness in a global market with a bigger share of world trade, establishment of a financial center, and military dominance.

In the initial stages, borrowing and spending are signs of a strong economy. Debt is rewarded with higher and higher productivity.

There’s a close connection between the government and the wealthy. This was true in the days of the Dutch East India Company and the British Empire, and it’s just as true today with the American military-industrial complex.

The reach of the empire starts to span across the globe and more people start trading in the currency of the leading country as they see the possibility for better returns. This lets the leading country take on more and more debt to expand.

Values change across generations. People who had to grind and fight to get where they are have children who grow up in much easier conditions. They pursue leisure more than productivity, and the work ethic slowly erodes.

The Debt Trap and Inflation End-Game

As a rich, powerful nation, the government attempts to ensure a certain quality of life is perceived by all. To achieve this, the leading country keeps taking on debt to finance its expansion.

As more countries invest in the leading economy, a financial bubble forms. A stage is reached where the prices charged by the leading country are far higher than those of other countries, who simply copy their methods and charge less.

In the long term, excessive debt weakens the finances of the country. A stage is reached where it cannot borrow more, triggering a decline.

When a country can’t borrow anymore, it has exactly two options: default on its debt, or print more money.

Governments always choose to print.

Printing money causes higher inflation. This triggers resentment in the population as prices rise. The gap between the rich — who own assets and see their holdings rise in price — and the poor, who lose purchasing power and get poorer as prices climb — becomes so great that a revolution eventually takes place.

The wealth gap widens over time as money printing and inflation benefit asset owners disproportionately

These revolutions can happen peacefully in a political manner, or violently — which weakens the country even further.

This internal chaos creates an opportunity for another country to attack. Other nations reconsider which side to support and start selling off the reserve currency. With its reserves drying up, the leading country loses its status.

The Math Doesn’t Lie

People will insist this time is different. It’s not.

And that’s in a good economy with record GDP growth, historically low interest rates, huge efficiency increases from AI, and record forward investment.

What happens in a weak economy? Or another pandemic?

We thought 7% and 8% inflation was bad. Wait until it’s 15% or 20%.

De-Dollarization Is Underway

Dalio uses eight specific factors to evaluate a country’s standing as a reserve: education, technology, competitiveness, output, world trade, military strength, financial center, and strength of the currency.

The US still leads in some of these. But not all. The decline from the peak in the 50s and 60s is measurable across these metrics.

China is becoming a real contender. Back in 2020, China and Russia created a financial alliance to reduce their dependency on the US dollar. China has also been reducing the number of settlements in the US dollar. And increased tariffs on Chinese goods have only sped up that de-dollarization. Foreign central banks are buying gold at a record pace. They’re replacing US Treasuries with what they see as a safer bet.

The US is losing its reserve currency while China’s economy is set to overtake the US by 2030.

But it’s not going to be that easy. It is not enough if China just has a large economy. World countries have to be willing to use the Yuan as a reserve currency, which so far they’re not. 40% of global trade and 80% of cross-border transactions still use the US dollar. The Chinese Yuan accounts for just 3% of global transactions today.

A World Without Reserve Currencies?

There’s no viable alternative for a new reserve currency yet, but there’s another interesting possibility. What if we had a world without reserve currencies? The model of a reserve currency and a leading country might not make sense in an increasingly decentralized world. Senator Rand Paul has even gone so far as to say that Bitcoin could one day replace the world’s reserve currency if people lose faith in government institutions. El Salvador is already promoting it as legal tender.

Personally, I don’t see that happening anytime soon.

I cannot imagine an economic system where I could put my entire net worth on a thumb drive, and if I lose it, there’s no way to recover it. And advances in quantum computing are going to make us even more vulnerable once supercomputers can crack any digital wallet.

But nonetheless, there are alternatives to the way history has operated until now. Many believe we could go back to a hard currency system. If someone built a new currency backed by physical gold, countries might quickly adopt it.

Either way, Dalio’s research is hard to argue. The world has seen a drastic change in power every 100 to 250 years since the beginning of the Roman Empire.

Ray Dalios All Weather Portfolio

Ray Dalio developed what he calls the All Weather Portfolio — a long-term passive investment strategy designed to provide stable, consistent returns with lower volatility across all economic cycles. He argues that traditional portfolios are too dependent on economic growth, which causes high volatility during downturns. His portfolio seeks to provide a smoother ride, especially in a shifting world economic order, by balancing risk across five different asset classes.

Dalio is one of the sharpest minds in finance. He has accomplished more than I could ever dream of.

But me personally? There is no way in hell I’m putting 55% of my money in Treasuries, which is what his portfolio requires.

As the government tries to print itself out of this debt problem — as every government in this situation has done for millennia — inflation is going to get worse. High inflation is generally considered the worst enemy for long-term Treasury bonds.

To combat inflation, the Federal Reserve raises rates aggressively. We just saw this happen a couple of years ago. For every 1% rise in interest rates, TLT — the long-term bond ETF — can be expected to fall by 15% to 17%.

How I’m Positioning for the Shift

In Dalio’s own words: “History won’t always repeat itself, but it will rhyme. We don’t know exactly how things will play out, but we can take action to protect our wealth.”

My personal portfolio is designed to both protect capital and benefit from higher inflation. Energy and metals are weighted at 25% each, with 40% in a bucket of diversified equities and 10% in real assets like farmland and infrastructure.

I’m not saying this is better. I’m not saying this is right for you. This is how I’ve chosen to allocate my retirement dollars.

I did a full breakdown of my portfolio and the ticker symbols here in this post

Click here to get the details This Portfolio Is CRUSHING the Market by 6X in 2026

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The Market Is Flat… But THESE 2 Stocks Could Rip 50%

Traders Agency Team — Tue, 24 Feb 2026 19:01:41 GMT

The major indices are lying to you.

Pull up the NASDAQ or S&P 500 right now. You’ll see a whole lot of nothing. Both have been stuck in a holding pattern for months—chopping around near the highs with zero real advancement.

QQQ consolidates near highs as NASDAQ holds steady over recent months

But just because the index hasn’t moved doesn’t mean every stock is sitting still.

While the broader market sleeps, two specific sectors are quietly setting up for massive moves. I’ve found stocks that are top performers in leading groups, emerging from clean patterns. We can buy them right now with sub-10% risk and a realistic shot at 30%, 40%, even 50% upside.

This isn’t guessing. It’s following institutional money flow.

The “Stair-Step” Signal

One of the best ways to give yourself an edge is sticking to leading groups.

When multi-billion dollar asset managers and massive hedge funds spot opportunity—whether in AI, nuclear, or commodities—they buy tens of millions of shares. That volume forces those sectors to rise faster than everything else.

Recently, I’ve noticed something interesting. Some of the best opportunities are not leading over the last month—even though they dominate the longer timeframes.

Two groups keep showing up:

Rare Earth Metals
Gold Miners

Both are top performers over 2, 3, 6, 9, and 12 months. But neither appears on the one-month list.

That’s actually a good thing.

We want to buy as they emerge from consolidation and start the next advance phase. That’s where we can make a quick 20% to 40% in a couple of weeks.

Trade #1: The Australian Breakout

The first opportunity is LYC, the company is Lynas Rare Earths Limited.

This chart is about as pretty as I’ve seen. The stock had a beautiful move from $8 to $22 at the end of 2025, then pulled back as the rare earth trade cooled. It absorbed that supply, shallowed out, and is now consolidating nicely—tightening up for a move higher.

Lynas Rare Earths (LYC) consolidating near key support levels

The Trade Setup

I want to buy this strictly on a breakout. No sitting on dead money if it consolidates for another month.

Buy Strategy: Place a buy stop order at $16.50
Stop Loss: Once triggered, place a sell stop at $14.95
Risk: About 9.5% on this trade
Reward: If it breaks out and runs historically, expect 20-30%+ upside—about a three times risk

Trade #2: The Gold Miner Pattern

The second stock is Barrick Gold, ticker just the letter B.

Gold is leading the market. This chart shows clean consolidations followed by beautiful 50%+ bursts higher. Right now, it’s showing a nice shallowing consolidation along the 50-day moving average. Ready for a breakout.

The Trade Setup

I’m entering this position immediately.

Ticker: Just the letter B
Strategy: Buy at market price
Stop Loss: $44.95
Risk: 8.5%

Set your stop order to “Good Till Cancelled.” If you use a day stop and it doesn’t hit today, you have no protection going forward.

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Updates on Active Positions

Several other positions are validating this strategy. Here’s where we stand:

HYMC

Currently up about 17%. We were up 30% going into last week—probably should have taken some off—but the setup still looks good. Nice natural reaction on the 20-day line. Looking for this to get into the highs and show us 40-50% upside.

ERO (Copper)

This copper stock we bought on a pullback to the 50-day moving average at $29.50. Currently up $14.50 per share.

Since we’re up double our initial risk, I’m tightening the stop—moving it just below break-even. If you want to take some profits here, nothing wrong with that. I’m letting it work.

CMP (Compass Minerals)

Currently up 11%. It made a move, had a natural reaction, and is breaking out higher. Should not go back below the recent swing low.

I’m tightening the stop loss to just beneath that swing low. At this point, my worst-case scenario is making 1%. Totally de-risked this trade.

HL (Hecla Mining)

This one hasn’t done much yet, but I still think it’s a good buy here. Had a little breakout recently and pulled back.

I’ve brought the stop up to the swing lows—only about 9% risk. Historically, if this runs and gets back into the highs, you’re looking at 40-50% upside. More than worth the risk.

MRK

Bought this during a live trading session on a short-term breakout move. Hasn’t panned out much yet—down about $20 on the position—but I’m giving it time to work.

Discipline in a Flat Market

The market averages might look boring, but the rotation under the surface is aggressive.

When you identify sectors like Rare Earths and Gold Miners that are outperforming over 3, 6, and 12-month periods, you simply wait for the consolidation.

We aren’t chasing spikes. We’re buying the “stair-step” as it prepares for the next leg up. With stops tighter than 10% and upside potential of 50%, the math is heavily in our favor.

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The 2025 Trading Report They Don’t Want You to See | Congress Stock Trading

Traders Agency Team — Mon, 23 Feb 2026 20:29:55 GMT

Congress cheats in the stock market. This isn’t a theory. It’s a mathematical reality. The returns these elected officials generate for themselves beat many of the top shops on Wall Street. Year after year, they outperform everyday investors using a remarkably simple method: they take information learned in committee meetings—privileged details about upcoming legislation or government actions—and trade on it.

This pattern repeats annually. Congress outperforms the market pretty much every single year. But the data shows the situation has become far more extreme than most people realize.

The results of the 2025 Congressional Trading Report are in. These aren’t slight outperformance numbers. They’re statistical anomalies that would get any normal citizen investigated.

I want to walk through the average returns, the top performers, and—most importantly—the specific stocks they’re buying. Because once you see the disparity between their portfolios and everyone else’s, you realize the game is rigged.

But that doesn’t mean you can’t play it.

The 2025 Congress Stock Trading Report

The stock market had a great year in 2025. The S&P 500 returned 16.8%—significantly higher than the long-term average of 9% or 10%.

Dozens of members of Congress slaughtered that number.

Think about that. These aren’t professional stock traders. These aren’t Wall Street hedge funds with multi-million dollar research budgets. These are folks who got elected to Congress placing a couple of trades from their cell phone in their Robinhood account between meetings.

And they aren’t just beating the market by a point or two. They’re generating 50%, 60%, and 70% returns.

Representative Warren Davidson posted a 78.8% portfolio return last year. That’s nearly five times the S&P 500.

Congressional stock traders significantly outperforming the S&P 500 in 2025, with top performers achieving returns of 50-78%

A Bipartisan Problem

One common misconception is that this is a political issue specific to one party. The data proves otherwise.

When we break down performance by party, the corruption is evenly distributed:

Democrats: Average return of 31.8%
Republicans: Average return of 35%
S&P 500: Return of 16.8%

Both parties are making roughly double the market index.

This isn’t a one-year phenomenon either. Data compiled by Unusual Whales for 2024 showed members hitting 50%, 60%, 70%, and in some cases 100-plus percent annual returns.

Warren Buffett had a phenomenal year at around 24%. Yet a significant portion of our legislative body left the Oracle of Omaha in the dust.

Congressional stock portfolios dramatically outperformed Warren Buffett in 2024, with top members seeing gains of 100%+ while the Oracle of Omaha returned around 24%

Humiliating the Hedge Funds

The data becomes even more shocking when you compare Congressional returns to the people who are actually paid to beat the market: professional hedge funds.

Hedge funds are basically like mutual funds on steroids. They’re only open to institutional investors. They can do anything to generate alpha—buy distressed assets, invest in real estate, trade foreign debt and metals, utilize all kinds of crazy strategies. They’ve got T1 lines right under the exchanges. They employ the smartest quantitative analysts in the world.

The absolute best hedge funds in the world in 2024 generally posted returns of 20% to 25%. That’s phenomenal. A couple funds—not people, entire funds—managed 54%, 59%, or 80%.

Meanwhile, you have a half-dozen members of Congress doubling those returns.

The “Congress Buys” Strategy

Does following them actually work?

There’s a site called Quiver Quantitative that focuses specifically on political trades. They run something called the Congress Buys Strategy. As the name implies, the strategy simply buys the stocks that Congress is buying.

The performance gap is overwhelming.

Since the post-COVID lows of April 2020, the Congress Buys Strategy has generated a 37.4% compounded annual growth rate.

That’s absolutely decimating the market. It confirms these politicians aren’t just lucky. They’re trading on an information advantage that the general public—and even Wall Street—does not have.

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Case Study: The Susie Lee Anomaly

How exactly are they doing this? What kind of stocks are they buying?

Thanks to the STOCK Act, they’re required to report these trades publicly. They file two types of reports:

Periodic Transaction Report (PTR): Filed weeks after a specific trade
Financial Disclosure Report: Filed annually, showing everything they own

I want to highlight a specific example from Representative Susie Lee to show exactly what to look for.

Susie Lee’s overall holdings aren’t extraordinary. She’s not extremely wealthy. She’s got a little trust with half a million bucks—semi-wealthy, but nothing crazy. She has a rental property in Las Vegas, and a small IRA with a couple hundred thousand dollars. Her portfolio consists of standard positions: an ETF fund, Boyd Gaming, Carnival Cruise, a casino stock. Nothing that raises eyebrows.

She’s not a very active investor. She doesn’t trade a lot compared to other members of Congress.

However, about 18 months ago, a Periodic Transaction Report hit. She bought exactly one stock.

Rheinmetall (Ticker: RNMBY).

This is the key to spotting the corruption. You want to look for the outlier trades.

If she had bought Apple, Nvidia, Google, or Microsoft, there would be no red flags. Everyone owns those mega-caps. But Rheinmetall is a small-cap German arms manufacturer.

That’s an incredibly odd pick for the one stock you buy in a couple of years.

The Result

I don’t want to be a conspiracy theorist, but it seems odd that the single stock this woman bought in three years was a small German arms manufacturer that quadrupled in value over the next year.

It just so happens she also sits on the Military Appropriations Committee—the very committee that doles out big defense contracts to small arms manufacturers like Rheinmetall.

Following the Corporate Donors

This money engine in DC goes even deeper than individual stock trades. This whole corrupt swamp on both sides of the party goes even deeper. You can also spot the trends by looking at where corporate money is flowing.

The top donors to the 2026 midterm elections reveal a clear pattern. These companies don’t take sides. They hedge their bets. They dollar out money to Republicans, Democrats, and Independents across the board. They just want favor.

The top stocks on the donor list: Honeywell, Northrop Grumman, Home Depot, General Dynamics, Boeing, Lockheed Martin.

It’s a list dominated by big defense companies.

And the charts? Honeywell has gone from 190 to 250 just in the last couple of months—pretty much going straight up. Northrop Grumman (NOC) is doing the same thing. Lockheed Martin and Boeing are seeing tremendous moves higher.

These stocks are seeing massive inflows of capital, which just seems overly coincidental given the donor activity.

Tracking the Top Performers

One way to use their corruption to your advantage is to follow the trades of the people who have historically performed the best.

Looking at the 2024 numbers, the top two performers were David Rouzer (149%) and Debbie Schultz (142%).

Debbie Schultz’s recent activity tells an interesting story.

In the last couple of months, she’s been selling off stocks like Ango and VLRS—likely taking profits. But in August, she bought two specific stocks:

Stratus (SS1Y)
Icore Holdings (ICR)

While Stratus hasn’t performed great (up only about 8%), look at what happened to Icore.

Buying the stocks they buy, especially from the top performers, puts you in a position to profit right alongside them.

The Death of Reg FD

And the new insider edge

I dug deeper to understand why this gap exists, and I found a comparison involving Warren Buffett that explains everything.

Venture capitalist Chamath Palihapitiya recently discussed a theory regarding Warren Buffett’s returns that’s going to anger a lot of people.

In 2000, a law called Reg FD (Regulation Fair Disclosure) was introduced. The point of Reg FD was essentially that if you’re a CFO, you cannot talk to an individual stock manager and tell him something that you then don’t tell everybody else. Before this, it wasn’t explicitly illegal for a CFO to call a fund manager and say, “Hey, how you doing?” and he goes, “Man, quarter was a blockbuster.” You would go and buy the stock. Starting in the 2000s, it became illegal.

There used to be networks of information arbitrage that took advantage of this.

Warren Buffett’s returns pre-Reg FD were double the market returns. But the minute that information sharing became illegal—when he had to basically act on the same edge as everybody else—his returns went to the market return. He generated zero alpha. In fact, he probably on the margins lost a little bit.

The implication: this is the single best investor in the world. This is what happens when you have information symmetry.

Markets thrive when there’s asymmetry. Billions and billions of dollars will be made in asymmetry.

Congress is the new information arbitrage.

They know what earnings are going to be. They know what drug trial releases are going to be. They know when they’re going to pass legislation that benefits certain stocks. They know when they’re going to go to war and increase defense spending.

Information Is the Commodity

Information is the most valuable commodity on Wall Street.

Those who know more than the general public—those who know what the earnings are going to be, what the drug trial releases are going to be, when they’re going to announce big earnings or big buyouts or mergers—stand to benefit enormously by buying the stock early.

The data from the 2025 Congressional Trading Report proves that our elected officials are using this advantage to generate returns that dwarf the S&P 500 and even the world’s top hedge funds.

My motto has always been to follow the money. Right now, the money is flowing into the accounts of the people writing the laws. You can get angry about it, or you can watch what they’re buying and use that information to your advantage.

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The “Blowup Indicator” Just Triggered… But I’m Buying Instead

Traders Agency Team — Fri, 20 Feb 2026 20:54:08 GMT

Hey, Ross here:

There’s a chart circulating around finance Twitter right now that bears are calling the “Blowup Indicator.” It just triggered what many believe is a major warning for stocks. But I’m not worried, i’m buying instead, because im tracking other stock market crash indicators that are telling a different story.

Here’s the data: In the last eight trading sessions, 115 of the 500 stocks in the S&P 500 index have fallen 7% or more in a single day.

Why does this matter? Because historically, when this happens, the stock market crashes.

Over the last 25 years, the average drawdown following this signal is 34%.

That’s ugly. At first glance, this is serious cause for concern. This specific indicator triggered numerous times during the 2000 Dot-com crash, the 2008 financial crisis, the 2020 COVID crash, and the bear markets of 2022 and 2025.

Today, it’s flashing “sell” again.

The ‘Blowup Indicator’ has historically preceded major market crashes (2000, 2008, 2020) with an average -34% drawdown — but the current signal shows only -2% decline so far

So why am I not panicking?

There’s a distinct difference between the signal we’re seeing today and those of the past. It comes down to where the market is currently trading and — more importantly — how things look beneath the surface.

While the consensus view is screaming “crash,” the internal data suggests stocks will soon go higher, not lower.

Here’s why this time is different.

The Indicator vs. Reality

When you see a red dot on a chart that has historically predicted financial ruin, the natural reaction is fear.

This indicator shows that roughly 20-22% of the S&P 500 has taken significant hits recently.

But you have to look at the context.

In previous crashes — 2000, 2008, 2020 — these signals appeared when the entire structure of the market was breaking down. Today, that red dot is printing while the market holds near its highs.

There are signs of a healthy market that would have allowed you to avoid the 2022 bear market and participate in the massive bull markets of other periods.

The key is understanding the difference between the “stock market” and a “market of stocks.”

Market Cap Distortion

Most investors focus on the indexes: the S&P 500, the NASDAQ, the Dow.

The problem is that these indexes are market cap weighted. The bigger the company and the higher the valuation, the more weight it holds.

Consider the current structure of the S&P 500:

Nvidia is a $4 trillion company representing 8% of the index
Apple is almost 7%
Microsoft is almost 7%

The top 10 stocks represent 40% of the overall index.

S&P 500 concentration risk: Top 10 stocks represent over 40% of the index while broader market weakness can be masked

This creates a distortion. If five or six of these massive stocks are doing very well, the index rises — even if two, three, or four hundred other stocks are flat or going down.

Conversely, if the giants stumble, they can drag the index down even if the majority of stocks are healthy.

In bull markets, you want to watch out for signs that participation is not broad — that a small number of names are driving the bus.

Today, that’s simply not the case.

The Truth About Breadth | Stock Market Crash Indicator Number 1

There are specific indicators that strip away the illusion of market cap weighting to show what’s really happening.

One of the most reliable is the Net New Highs and Lows indicator.

This metric looks at the entire index and asks a simple question: How many stocks made a new 52-week high today, and how many made a new 52-week low?

In a healthy, rising market, you must see more stocks making new yearly highs than lows.

Currently, the NASDAQ Composite index has been going pretty much sideways for a couple of months. But the internal data from a recent session tells a different story:

NASDAQ Composite Index with Net New Highs/Lows indicator measuring market participation health

Compare this to when markets actually break down.

During the tariff situation in March and April of last year, the market rapidly went into a bear market. But early in February — long before the drop — we were already seeing more stocks making new lows than highs.

Just off the highs, that indicator painted red. Seeing that would have gotten you out long before the massive decline.

In a consistent bear market like 2022, you see lots of red.

That’s not where we are today. We continue to see more stocks making highs than lows. This confirms that things are pretty healthy beneath the surface.

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The Advance-Decline Divergence | Stock Market Crash Indicator Number 2

Another metric I rely on is the Advance-Decline (A/D) Line.

Similar to the previous indicator, but it simply looks at how many stocks went up versus how many went down. It doesn’t matter if a stock went up 1% or 100%. An “up” is a one; a “down” is a negative one.

Take that net reading and add it to the previous day to create a cumulative line.

When the A/D line is rising, it means more stocks are going up than down. This tells you when markets are healthy and when they’re unhealthy.

The Warning Sign of 2021

To understand why I’m bullish now, you have to look at what a real warning signal looks like.

In late 2021, leading into the 2022 bear market, we saw a massive divergence.

For six months — from July to December 2021 — the S&P 500 index continued to go higher. However, the Advance-Decline line was flat.

How can the market go up when stocks are 50/50 on going up or down?

Because the ones going up were Microsoft, Google, Nvidia, Apple, and Tesla. The big names holding massive weight in the index created the illusion that the market was healthier than it was.

Had you monitored the A/D line, you would have known the rally wasn’t real. You could have gotten out early as it began to break down — roughly 4% or 5% off the highs — and sidestepped the entire market decline.

The Bullish Signal Today

Now look at where we are currently.

The S&P 500 has been chopping around for the last three months, holding up at the highs.

But the Advance-Decline line is pushing higher. We’re seeing progress beneath the surface.

This is happening even though some of the big names are struggling. Microsoft is down. Apple is down. Amazon is down.

Historically, weakness in those mega-caps would have tanked the stock market. But today, even with those massive leaders going down, the market is holding up at its highs.

All the “little guys” are carrying the weight.

The 200-Day Line in the Sand

Institutional investors and technicians treat the 200-day moving average as the line in the sand.

If a stock is above its 200-day moving average, it’s in a long-term uptrend. If it’s below, it’s in a long-term downtrend.

Historically, in healthy bull markets, we see 60% to 70% of stocks staying in that long-term uptrend.

Right now, the percentage of NASDAQ Composite stocks above their 200-day moving average is holding up in that 60% to 70% range, where it’s been the last 12 to 18 months.

It’s not rolling over.

The only cause for concern is if this number drops below 50%. We got close last November, but we pushed back up.

The vast majority of stocks are in long-term uptrends.

Volatility Creates Opportunity

So why are we getting this “Blowup Indicator” warning?

We’re in a very volatile period.

The dollar is losing value. World governments are diversifying outside of U.S. debt. The macro order is changing. Silver went up 40% in a month, and then the miners got slammed down.

There’s a lot of volatility right now.

But the fact that roughly 20% to 22% of the S&P 500 can take 7% intraday hits and instantly recover — while the market holds up near the highs — is a massive sign of strength.

The signal we’re seeing today is like the signals that appeared in 2002, at the bottom in 2009, and at the bottom in 2020.

It’s a signal that the market is recovering despite all of that volatility, despite all those big stocks taking hits. And it’s a sign that the market has massive strength beneath the surface — that breadth is in fact healthy and leading higher.

A Contrarian Buy Signal

While the headline “Blowup Indicator” scares the consensus, the internal metrics — Net New Highs, the Advance-Decline Line, and the percentage of stocks above their 200-day moving average — tell a different story.

I’m taking this as a bullish indicator.

The market is absorbing hits and refusing to break. That alone should tell you something.

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The Fed Has No Choice | The Housing Stocks to Buy After the Jobs Report

Traders Agency Team — Tue, 17 Feb 2026 21:08:50 GMT

We just received one of the worst economic reports of all time.

While the headlines look grim, this data contains a massive hidden benefit for one very specific sector of the stock market.

The government recently revealed that the administration overstated the number of jobs created last year by 1,029,000. Over a million fewer jobs were created last year than initially reported.

You might hear that number and think the market is about to get killed. But you have to look past the headline shock. This isn’t about the report itself—it’s about what the report triggers.

That trigger is interest rate cuts.

Because the labor market is significantly weaker than believed, the Federal Reserve has no choice but to act. This creates a specific window of opportunity in the construction and housing sectors, and I have two stocks flashing clear buy signals right now.

The Reality Behind the Data

The Department of Labor releases monthly numbers on job creation and loss. The idea is to gauge the health of the overall economy.

The problem? These monthly reports are notoriously inaccurate. They’re done by the federal government—and the data comes from surveys rather than hard numbers.

Once a year, we get the actual revision. They look at real employment data and adjust the previous year’s numbers.

The market was already shocked earlier when it appeared jobs were overstated by more than 800,000. But the final reality was far starker.

Why Bad News Forces the Fed’s Hand

The Federal Reserve has a dual mandate—two specific jobs they must do:

Tame Inflation: If prices rise too much, they raise rates to squash demand.
Ensure a Healthy Labor Market: This is the more important job.

When job creation is lagging by over a million positions, the Fed is forced to stimulate the economy. They need to encourage companies to borrow, spend, and hire.

Their hands are tied. They’re going to have to cut interest rates in 2026—and probably in a big way.

This is where the opportunity lies.

When you cut interest rates, mortgage rates come down. When mortgage rates drop, people sitting on the sidelines of the housing market finally step in. They start buying, building, and expanding.

You’re going to build a bigger, nicer house at 4.5% rates than you are at 6.5%. Simple math.

Where the Money Is Flowing

My Industry Strength Indicator tracks which areas of the market are showing the most strength. One of the things to keep an eye on are areas rising up the ranks—new areas showing new strength because that’s where money is flowing.

For the first time in a couple of years, Building Products and Basic Materials are appearing on this list.

Sector Performance Rankings: Building Products showing strength

The smart money is already positioning for this shift:

PKB (Invesco Building and Construction ETF) is ripping up the right side of the chart.
The entire lumber sector has tacked on 10% in just the last two weeks.
Homebuilders are beginning to shallow out and consolidate.

Homebuilders showing a shallowing consolidation pattern, signaling potential breakout

After a big rise in 2023 and 2024, the homebuilders pulled back when rate cuts didn’t materialize as expected. Now, they’ve absorbed that selling and appear ready for a run higher.

This is the absolute best-case scenario for investors: A bull market, a new group breaking out and showing strength, and then grabbing leading stocks coming out of clean patterns. It’s like A plus B equals C. That’s when the odds are best stacked in your favor.

The Turnaround Play: Leggett & Platt (LEG)

The first stock I’m targeting is Leggett & Platt (LEG).

When you look at the chart, your first reaction might be skepticism. This stock was $60 a couple of years ago and is now sitting around $11 or $12.

Why would you buy a stock that’s been beaten down this badly? Because we’re betting on a turnaround.

Understanding the Stock Cycle

Every growth stock follows a repeatable four-stage life cycle:

Accumulation: Institutions buy heavily.
Markup: The price runs up (Stage 2).
Distribution: Institutions sell.
Markdown: The price crashes.

LEG appears to be near the end of a Stage 4 decline. If it can form a base and break out, we’re looking at the start of a new Stage 2 uptrend. That’s where the big money is made.

The Technical Setup

For a stock that’s been “murdered” like LEG, you need specific signs that the selling is exhausted:

Rounded Bottom: You want to see the price compress and tighten. This indicates that everyone who wanted out is finally out.

Support & Resistance: The $10.50 level acted as support previously, then resistance. It finally broke out in December and is starting to get legs.

Stage 2 Confirmation Rules

I don’t guess with turnarounds. I look for three specific criteria to confirm a new uptrend:

1. Price Recovery: The stock needs to be at least 30% above its 52-week low. LEG is up 80%, so it definitely qualifies.

2. 200-Day Moving Average: This line needs to stop going down and start trending upward for at least two months. LEG began to turn up in December, so we’re about two and a half months into that trend.

3. The Proper Stack: The stock price must be above the 50-day moving average, which must be above the 200-day moving average. All of them need to be trending higher.

LEG checks all these boxes.

The Trade

This is a viable entry. Could easily be a double over the next couple of quarters.

The Continuation Play: Williams-Sonoma (WSM)

The second stock is a company most of us know: Williams-Sonoma (WSM).

Unlike LEG, this isn’t a beat-down turnaround. This is a breakout pattern forming off the highs.

Stocks don’t go straight up forever. WSM made a run, consolidated, and ran again. Recently, it’s undergone a 12 to 14-month consolidation.

During this time, the price has tightened and shallowed out. It’s absorbed the supply and is setting up for a new breakout higher.

The Trade

If this stock is going to run, this should be the start of it.

Don’t Fight the Cycle

The economic data is clear: the labor market is overstated, and the economy is weaker than the government initially believed.

This forces the Fed to stimulate.

When rates drop, construction and housing stocks move. We’re already seeing the early signs with the 10% move in lumber and the strength in the PKB ETF.

You have two ways to play this:

The Turnaround (LEG): High reward potential as it enters a new Stage 2 uptrend.

The Continuation (WSM): A strong stock consolidating near highs, ready for the next leg up.

You don’t need to bet the farm. Disciplined risk management—risking just 8-12%—allows you to participate in these moves without exposing your portfolio to ruin.

The setup is there. The data supports it. Now it’s just about execution.

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Most Traders Misunderstand This Question

Traders Agency Team — Tue, 17 Feb 2026 19:30:00 GMT

Hey friend,

Over the long weekend, there was news that U.S. job growth was overstated by 1 million in 2025 – the largest annual revision in 20 years.

We also got some manufacturing data, which showed a modest improvement in February that came in slightly ahead of expectations.

Let’s see how the markets have been moving.

The Daily Direction

Note: All indexes closed lower last Friday and have been moving lower today as well. The short-term direction for both the Dow and the Russell 2000 have flipped downward.

The Daily Nugget

In the markets, price and narrative are inseparable.

Which came first – the chicken or the egg?

Which came first – the price or the narrative?

There’s no clear answer.

But the fact is – both feed into each other.

Sometimes we see a big price move happen – and then the narrative emerges to justify the move.

Other times, we see a highly compelling narrative emerge – which then drives the price.

And both create reinforcing loops.

If the price moves first and the narrative emerges second – the narrative that appears will support the price and cause it to run further.

If the narrative appears first and causes the price to move – the price action will attract further action which will then lend further credence to the narrative.

They’re both intertwined and inseparable.

This bothers some traders.

But for smart traders, this is actually good news.

Because they realize they don’t have to “choose” between price and narrative.

They can use both of them to spot opportunities…

Essentially giving them two different lenses for targeting opportunities.

If you study Head Trader Ross Givens’ strategies, you’ll see this principle in action.

He has strategies that hunt for opportunities based on price…

And others that hunt based on narrative.

And every week, Ross goes live to break down the market and show you how to hunt for hidden opportunities.

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Interest Rate Cuts Are Coming — Investors Need to Position Now

Traders Agency Team — Tue, 17 Feb 2026 18:11:04 GMT

The Inflation Narrative vs. Reality

The Federal Government and the Federal Reserve operate on narratives. Facts play a role, but policy decisions often hinge on the story central bankers want to sell. Right now, that story says inflation is cooling rapidly, paving the way for a shift in monetary policy.

A deeper look at the data reveals a sharp disconnect between headline numbers and the financial reality facing consumers and investors.

The most recent CPI report shows inflation has cooled to 2.4%. On the surface, this looks like a victory—approaching the Fed's long-standing 2.0% target. This low headline number provides the political cover needed to consider cutting interest rates again.

But relying solely on this figure ignores what's actually driving the index down. And more importantly, what continues to surge.

The current "cooling" is largely the result of a significant drop in energy costs. Gasoline prices are down approximately 8% year-over-year. Because oil is a major input cost for diesel fuel, transportation, and energy broadly, a drop in oil prices suppresses costs across the supply chain.

This decline has been the primary force keeping headline inflation at that palatable 2.4% level.

The Real Cost of Living

While energy prices have provided relief, other essential sectors show no signs of cooling. Strip away gasoline, and the year-over-year price changes for essential goods and services paint a much more aggressive picture.

Change in prices from a year earlier for select categories (Source: Labor Department)

The "cooling" narrative collapses when applied to the daily expenses that dominate household budgets:

Ground beef: Up more than 16%
Home health care: Up more than 12%
Hospital care: Up 7%
Funeral costs: Up 6%
Public transit: Up 5%

These figures do not reflect an economy returning to a 2% baseline. Insurance costs and property taxes continue rising well above the headline rate. While the Fed cites 2.4% CPI to justify its policy stance, the reality for consumers involves double-digit increases in food and healthcare.

The Labor Market Problem

Typically, interest rate cuts are a tool used to stimulate a weak economy or halt rising unemployment. If the Federal Reserve were acting solely on labor market data, there would be zero justification for lowering rates in the immediate future.

The economy added 130,000 jobs in January, smashing expectations. More importantly, the unemployment rate is trending downward, not upward.

U.S. Unemployment Rate (Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics)

The trajectory over the last three months tells the story: November at 4.6%, December at 4.4%, January at 4.3%.

The labor market is solid. It does not need saving.

Since the "save the jobs" argument is invalid, the narrative has pivoted back to inflation. The argument is now that because inflation is ostensibly low at 2.4%, the central bank can "afford" to cut rates. This shift is critical for investors to recognize—rate cuts are coming regardless of whether the economy actually needs them.

The Rate Cut Timeline

The market is pricing in a specific timeline for rate cuts, and it aligns perfectly with the expected change in leadership at the Federal Reserve.

For the upcoming meeting on March 18th, the CME FedWatch tool shows a 90.2% chance the Fed will not cut rates. This aligns with Jerome Powell's current stance—he's unlikely to lower rates simply to appease political pressure.

Looking ahead to April 29th, the probability of rates remaining unchanged sits at 71.5%. This marks the final FOMC session with Powell as Chair. The market expects him to hold the line until his departure.

Then the calculus changes dramatically.

The June Shift

President Trump's most likely new Fed chair nominee, Kevin Worsh, is expected to come into power in the middle of May. The next Federal Reserve meeting after April is scheduled for June 17th.

The probabilities flip aggressively:

Why do the odds swing from a 71.5% chance of holding steady in April to a 68% chance of cutting in June? The market believes the new Fed Chair will do President Trump's bidding and cut interest rates.

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Fed Independence Is Over

The market believes that the Federal Reserve is no longer independent of the US government, not even for optics. Investors believe the new Chair will execute the monetary policy desired by the executive branch.

President Trump has made it clear he favors lower interest rates. It stands to reason he would select a nominee willing to execute that vision.

A straightforward political calculation: a President would not hire a candidate who refuses to listen to policy preferences when other candidates are available who will. The market is pricing in the assumption that Kevin Worsh will do President Trump's bidding.

For investors, this signals a transition in monetary policy. When the central bank prints money or cuts interest rates, it generally provides a tailwind for assets like stocks and precious metals.

But this rising tide will not lift all boats equally.

AI Disruption Changes Everything

While lower interest rates generally support equity valuations, specific structural challenges in the technology sector may outweigh the benefits of cheaper capital. The rise of AI is creating a new era of winners and losers.

The critical question: Which companies will become obsolete due to AI, and which stand to benefit?

Interest rate cuts cannot save a company whose core business model is being rendered obsolete by superior technology.

The Duolingo Problem

Duolingo, the language learning platform, has suffered significantly. The company charges approximately $12 a month for its premium service.

In an era of advanced AI, this value proposition is questionable.

Users can now utilize platforms like ChatGPT to perform the same functions for free or as part of a broader subscription. AI can provide daily vocabulary words, correct grammar instantly, teach correct pronunciation, generate specific cultural nuances like phrases specific to Colombian Spanish, and create distinct lesson plans covering common slang in Mexican Spanish.

An AI platform can do all of this cheaper and better than the paid Duolingo application. Duolingo lacks a moat—a defensive barrier protecting its business.

Interest rate cuts may not be enough to offset the impact of AI disruption. Monetary easing cannot fix a broken business model.

Amazon's Physical Moat

Contrast a vulnerable software company with a giant like Amazon. Amazon's stock is down 12% over the past one year as the market attempts to figure out how AI impacts various sectors.

But Amazon possesses a defensive characteristic that purely digital companies lack: a physical moat.

Amazon is already utilizing AI to make its operations more efficient. Its true defense lies in the physical world. AI software cannot magically deliver products to a doorstep, magically create physical warehouses, or replace a logistics network of trucks and airplanes.

Even if a competitor uses AI to build a better shopping interface, they still face the hurdle of replicating Amazon's logistical and physical infrastructure. Amazon has trucks, airplanes, warehouses, and inventory networks.

This physical reality provides a layer of protection against AI disruption. Interest rate cuts will be a tailwind for stocks, but in certain industries, that may not be enough to offset specific challenges or disruption.

The Gold Setup

While the outlook for individual stocks varies based on AI disruption, the outlook for gold appears much clearer. Gold is already getting a tailwind from de-dollarization—other countries preferring gold as a reserve asset. And interest rate cuts will be another tailwind for gold.

The relationship between interest rates, inflation, and gold is mechanical:

Gold is facing a situation where it's getting tailwinds from de-dollarization, a tailwind from money printing, and soon a tailwind from lower interest rates.

Positioning for the Pivot

The economic data presents a conflicting picture: a strong labor market with falling unemployment at 4.3% and "cooling" headline inflation at 2.4%, contradicted by surging prices in beef, healthcare, and insurance.

This is setting the stage for President Trump's new Fed chair to cut interest rates.

The market is signaling that the current Federal Reserve Chair will hold rates steady through April, but the incoming leadership is expected to cut rates by June. This expectation is driven by the belief that the new regime will prioritize rate cuts regardless of labor market strength.

Investors should not be lulled into a false sense of security by the broad assumption that rate cuts help all stocks. AI disruption remains a potent force that can dismantle companies with weak moats, regardless of the interest rate environment.

But for assets like gold, the combination of de-dollarization, money printing, and imminent rate cuts creates a favorable setup.

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This Is Exactly How The Dot Com Crash Started… And It’s Happening Again

Traders Agency Team — Tue, 17 Feb 2026 15:57:41 GMT

Dario Amodei is the CEO of Anthropic, the company behind the popular Claude AI model. He just laid out the single biggest financial risk in AI right now.

It's not whether the technology works. He's pretty confident it will.

The risk is whether the money comes back fast enough to justify what's being spent.

We're watching a massive disconnect between infrastructure costs and actual revenue. This is the same dynamic that wiped out dot-com companies in the early 2000s. They built the infrastructure for demand that eventually came — but it came too late to save many of the companies that built it.

Today's stock prices — the valuations of these hot young AI companies — are out of touch with reality. They reflect years of future growth that has not yet happened.

And if you look at the math, you'll see why a major correction is inevitable.

The Billion-Dollar Time Lag

The fundamental problem comes down to construction timelines versus revenue timelines.

Building AI data centers costs tens of billions of dollars. It takes one to two years to finish them. This forces CEOs to make impossible decisions right now — deciding how much compute to buy for infrastructure that won't even be ready until 2027.

They're placing a massive bet today on what revenue will look like two years from now.

The growth rates are seductive. Anthropic has been growing at roughly 10x per year:

Early 2025: About $1 billion
End of 2025: $9 billion
February 2026: $14 billion (annualized)

That growth is insane. But you can't just assume it keeps going at that pace forever.

If revenue keeps growing at 10x a year, it would hit $100 billion by the end of 2026 and $1 trillion by the end of 2027.

Being off by just 20% on what you've committed that capital is fatal. If the growth rate slows to 5x instead of 10x, or if the timeline shifts by just one year, the result is the same. You're basically done.

Technology vs. Revenue

Even if AI becomes genius-level in the lab, turning that into actual revenue — into real dollars — takes time.

Amodei uses the example of disease to explain this lag. AI might discover cures for everything, but you still have to manufacture the drug. You still have to run clinical trials. Get regulatory approval. Distribute it globally.

COVID vaccines took a year and a half to reach everyone, even with the entire world in a panic. Polio has had a vaccine for 50 years and still hasn't been fully eradicated.

The technology being ready and the revenue actually showing up are two very different timelines.

So what does Amodei do? He deliberately under-buys. He commits to hundreds of billions in infrastructure, not trillions. He accepts the risk that if demand explodes, he won't have enough capacity.

But he's smart. He'd rather leave money on the table than bet the entire company on a growth curve that might be off by a year.

The "YOLO" Spending Problem

But not every tech company is showing the same restraint.

Some of the other AI companies are just throwing money around without doing the math — committing a hundred billion here and a hundred billion there without actually modeling what happens if revenue comes in below expectations.

Amodei calls it "yoloing." A term us traders are familiar with.

The gap between what's being spent and what's being earned is massive. And therein lies the problem.

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The Netflix Valuation Reality Check

To understand how absurd current valuations are, we need to look at paying users.

Free users don't pay the bills. Companies like to throw around numbers like 700 million or 800 million users, but if you give something away for free, everyone's going to use it. You have to look at how many are actually paying.

The Current User Base

Anthropic's Claude model has around 30 million monthly active users. ChatGPT has about 35 million paying subscribers.

The price point for these services runs in the $8 to $20 a month range. ChatGPT is kind of in the $17 range. They do have a big plan for pro users, but that's more the exception than the rule.

The most accurate precedent for this business model is Netflix. They also have a product in that $10 to $20 a month range. They also have a massive market of billions of people.

Netflix Global Paid Subscribers Growth (2013-2023)

The Netflix Trajectory

Around 10 years ago, Netflix had around 30 to 40 million paid subscribers — roughly where the AI giants are today. It's taken them a decade to reach 260 million subscribers.

Today, with 260 million paid subscribers, Netflix has a market capitalization of $324 billion. They're down a little bit, but even at their peak they were maybe $500 billion.

The AI Bubble Math

Now look at where the market is pricing AI companies that are way back at the beginning of that growth curve:

Netflix: Currently worth $325 billion (with 260 million subs)
Anthropic: Already worth $380 billion (with ~30 million users)
OpenAI: Valued at $500 billion, considering going public at $750 to $800 billion

What they're doing is pricing these companies today based on where they think they're going to be 10 years down the road.

Buying these stocks at these valuations would be like buying a house and paying what the realtor says it's going to be worth 10 years from now.

Why OpenAI Is at Risk of Bankruptcy

Many of these companies are expected to go public this year. These IPOs are massive — they'll be some of the biggest in history.

But investors who buy these stocks are all but guaranteed to suffer huge losses. Twenty years from now? Sure, they'll probably be up. But two years from now? It doesn't look good.

Some of these companies will go bankrupt. I'd put OpenAI at the very top of that list if I were speculating.

The math just isn't mathing.

He thinks his company's too big to fail. He's wrong. It will fail if the revenue doesn't catch up to the spending.

Others will end up being the best investments of all time, but only when the price makes sense.

The Cisco Warning

We've seen this movie before.

Cisco was one of the dot-com darlings of the late 1990s. Those who got caught up in the hype — those who bought at the peak of the bubble like we're seeing now in AI — are just getting back to breakeven 26 years later.

Cisco - A cautionary tale: It took 26 years to recover from the dot-com bubble peak

You're going to see a correction first. When that happens, buy like you mean it. Those people who bought Cisco a year or two after the crash were up hundreds of percent.

But you have to wait for the price to make sense.

How to Protect Your Portfolio Now

In the meantime, my advice is to avoid too much exposure to AI in your investment accounts.

The problem lies in how traditional index funds are structured. They're market cap weighted. That means the big stocks like Nvidia and Microsoft get a disproportionately large slice of your investment dollars.

But you can avoid this by holding an equally weighted fund like RSP.

In that fund, all 500 stocks in the S&P 500 are given the same number of dollars. So you won't be punished if a few of the big names go down.

A comparison of the two over the last 90 days shows the difference. RSP, the equal-weighted fund, has continued to make new highs even though Microsoft, Amazon, and Apple are in freefall.

This isn't speculation. It's pattern recognition.

Final Thoughts

We're witnessing a classic disconnect between capital expenditure and return on investment. The gap between AI spending and AI revenue is not sustainable.

History tells us that infrastructure builds often lead to crashes before they lead to long-term prosperity. The dot-com crash didn't mean the internet was a failure — it meant the financial models were broken.

The same is true for AI. The technology is real, but the valuations are fake.

Don't chase the massive IPOs. Don't expose your retirement to market-cap weighted risk that relies entirely on Big Tech perfection. Position yourself in equal-weight funds and wait for the inevitable correction to offer you a better entry point.

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#1 Rule for Mastering the Trading Game

Traders Agency Team — Tue, 10 Feb 2026 21:00:00 GMT

Hey friend,

We got the retail sales data from December this morning…

Which showed an unexpected stagnation.

In short, there’s quite a bit of mixed data coming out around the economy lately…

Meaning tomorrow’s employment report will likely carry even more weight.

Let’s see how the markets have been moving.

The Daily Direction

Note: All indexes closed higher again yesterday and opened higher this morning as well. No change in any index directions.

The Daily Nugget

"Only the game can teach you the game."
~ Jesse Livermore

This is a quote from one of the greatest traders of all time, Jesse Livermore…

A legend who once made $100 million in a single day (the equivalent of $1.5 billion in today’s dollars).

And by this quote he means that – you can’t become a better trader unless you’re actually trading.

Because it’s when your own money is at risk…

That’s when the real emotions start bubbling up…

Emotions that cause so many people to make all the classic errors of trading.

And that’s where you learn.

Now, we’re not saying that knowledge isn’t useful – it most certainly is.

And even better is having access to proven strategies, like the ones Head Trader Ross Givens has painstakingly developed

All that WILL give you a huge advantage over other traders out there.

But ultimately, you have to get in the game.

Because even if Ross tells you exactly what to buy and when to sell…

You’ll still actually have to do the buying and selling – with your own money.

And that can be a huge barrier for many people…

Because they’re afraid to truly “get in the game”...

So they sit on the sidelines, constantly soaking up and seeking out new knowledge…

All in the hope that it would somehow allow them to avoid the uncomfortable emotions that come with actually trading.

But as Jesse Livermore said…

Only the game can teach you the game.

So don’t wait – get in the game.

Ross and the team will be there by your side.

The Traders Agency Team

Two Stocks Leading the Market Right Now

Traders Agency Team — Tue, 10 Feb 2026 20:06:21 GMT

Hey, Ross here:

A massive shift is underway in the market right now.

While the mainstream financial media remains obsessed with the "AI trade," smart money is already moving. The stocks that dominated headlines—your Nvidias, Microsofts, and Amazons—are taking a back seat. They're underperforming.

Capital is rotating into a new area of leadership. If you're not paying attention to this shift, you're missing the easiest gains on the board.

This isn't about guessing. It's about tracking the strongest areas in the market and buying the leaders. Right now, I'm stepping in to buy two specific stocks—plus a bonus copper play—to capitalize on this rotation.

Here's the data driving these decisions and exactly how I'm positioning for the move.

The Divergence: Why Tech is Lagging

The indices tell the whole story.

The NASDAQ has had a nice run, but it's sitting a couple percent off the highs. Compare that to the Dow Jones Industrial Index. Historically, the Dow has been a bit of a laggard—yet it's breaking out into new highs right now.

Dow Jones Industrial Average ETF (DIA) breaks out to new all-time highs

That divergence tells you everything you need to know. Market leadership is changing.

When we track the strongest sectors and subsectors—the groups outperforming everything else—a clear theme emerges. It isn't software. It isn't chips.

It's physical assets.

The money is flowing into:

Mining and Metals
Steel
Rare Earth Minerals
Gold Miners
Solar Energy

Sector Performance Rankings: Gold Miners and Rare Earth Metals dominate across all timeframes

This lines up perfectly with my leading theme: Metals and energy are the play.

The trick to outperformance is simple. Focus on these leading areas, identify the strongest groups, and stick to the top stocks within them.

Trade #1: The Solar Breakout

The first stock I'm adding is Sunrun (RUN).

This stock sits squarely in the solar energy sector, which is showing significant relative strength.

The Technical Setup

Sunrun has been in a holding pattern—a base—for the last three months. After a strong rally from $6 to $22, it paused.

This is exactly what we want to see. The stock comes in, absorbs supply, tightens up. Every dip gets snatched back up, indicating healthy accumulation.

Sunrun Inc. (RUN) approaching key $22 'line in the sand' breakout level

Zoom out to the weekly chart and the setup becomes even more powerful. Sunrun is forming a Stage 1 formation. After a steep decline in previous years, it finally picked up buyers and started to base out. This long, two-year lower base is the launchpad.

Sunrun (RUN) 2-year weekly chart showing extended base formation with potential breakout setup

The "Line in the Sand"

The trigger for this trade is clear. There's a line in the sand across the highs at about $22 a share.

I'm not interested in guessing. I'm only interested if the stock proves it's ready to move. A clean breakout through $22 could easily send this stock to $30 or $40. Ideally, it could push to $50 or $60 a share—a potential double or triple from here.

Execution Strategy

I'm using a Buy Stop order at $22.

You might ask: "Ross, if you're willing to buy at $22, why not buy it now at $20 and get a better price?"

Two reasons:

Confirmation: We don't know it's going to break out. I want the market to prove me right before I put capital at risk.
Efficiency: This stock has done nothing for three months. If it does nothing for three more, I don't want to own it. Idle money does not do me any good.

If it hits $22, I buy instantly. Once I'm in, I'm risking just 10%. If the breakout fails and falls back to $20, I exit with a small loss.

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Trade #2: Buying the Dip in Minerals

The second stock targets the clear leadership in the mining and metals space.

Compass Minerals (CMP) offers a different kind of entry. While Sunrun is a breakout play, CMP is a pullback opportunity.

The Context

Compass Minerals had a huge run from $8 to $22. It consolidated, shallowed out, then had a nice clean breakout at the $22 area. It tacked on about 20% in two or three weeks.

Then the stock got hit by a nasty earnings report. It fell from $26 to $21.

To the untrained eye, that looks like a disaster. To a trader, it looks like an opportunity.

The "Retest" Buy Signal

The selling stalled right at the previous breakout area at $22 and has been holding there for the last three days.

My favorite place to buy is on a breakout through resistance. My second favorite place is on a retest of that breakout level.

The stock is also sitting right on the 50-day simple moving average. This is a clean buy area on a pullback.

Execution Strategy

Since this is a pullback, I'm entering at the market price.

The stop is placed just beneath the recent swing low.

Bonus Trade: The Copper Shortage Play

One of my most bullish trades is in the copper sector.

The macro thesis is undeniable. We have a massive shortage and huge climbing demand. We simply cannot mine enough copper to meet that demand. When supply doesn't meet demand, price goes up.

Many copper stocks are already extended, but Ero Copper (ERO) is giving us a gift.

The Pattern

ERO showed a beautiful breakout back in late December. It rallied higher, showing institutional activity, then tightened up in a "cup with handle" pattern. It broke out at $27 and accelerated.

Recently, it has pulled back.

The Buy Zone

Ideally, I'd like to buy near the breakout area at $26, but we might not get that lucky. The 50-day moving average is sitting right around $29.

Anywhere in the $26 to $29 area is a great place to buy.

Execution Strategy

I'm placing a Buy Limit order at $29.50. This means I want to buy it at $29.50 or better.

Swing Trading Discipline

These are swing trades. I'm not trying to hold these positions for 9 to 12 months.

My goal is to capture a nice, clean move over two to eight weeks. I'm looking to pick up 20%, 30%, or 40% on the upside.

This strategy is working in real-time:

Hecla Mining: Bought last week on a similar pullback to the breakout area. It's bouncing nicely.
HYMC: Picked up in a live training session on Monday. It's up 6.8% and climbing.

The rotation into physical assets—metals, mining, and energy—is real. The charts confirm it. The sector data confirms it.

Position yourself accordingly.

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Most Traders Can’t Answer This Question

Traders Agency Team — Mon, 09 Feb 2026 19:30:00 GMT

Hey friend,

Nothing on the economic menu today – just a host of Fed speeches.

This week though, we’ll finally get the official U.S. employment report on Wednesday…

Followed by the CPI report on Friday.

Both of these should be big market-moving events.

Let’s see how the markets have been moving.

The Daily Direction

Note: All indexes rebounded strongly on Friday and opened higher today. Except for the Nasdaq, all index directions remain upward.

The Daily Nugget

Understand that there are themes and subthemes in the market.

We've said before that no two bull markets are the same…

That every market has a theme.

And because bull markets can – and often do – last for years…

The themes can keep changing even within the same bull market.

We've seen that first hand these past couple months.

But here's what most traders don't realize.

Every theme also has “subthemes”.

This is the next layer beneath each theme…

And because most traders are blissfully unaware of them…

That's where most of the juiciest opportunities lie.

So, the question is…

Do you know what the market's theme and subthemes are right now?

Because if you don't…

Then make sure you block off your calendar for tomorrow, Tuesday Feb 10 at 11 a.m. Eastern…

Because Ross is going LIVE to tell you exactly what the market's current themes and subthemes are…

And reveal exactly how to position yourself right now.

So click here to let him know you’re coming tomorrow…

And he’ll see you Tuesday morning at 11 a.m. ET sharp.

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Do This During Selloffs

Traders Agency Team — Fri, 06 Feb 2026 21:00:00 GMT

Hey friend,

Yesterday, U.S. job openings came in at 6.5 million – far below the expected 7.1 million.

The official unemployment rate numbers have been pushed back to next Wednesday.

We also got some preliminary consumer sentiment numbers – which unexpectedly rose.

The Daily Direction

Note: Indexes closed sharply lower yesterday but have rebounded today – sending the short-term direction of the Russell 2000 and the medium-term direction of the S&P 500 back upward.

The Daily Nugget

Use selloffs as a chance to test your emotional discipline.

One of the hardest parts of trading is emotional management.

No one can truly help you with that – it’s all on you (which makes it extra difficult).

But like anything, emotional discipline gets better with practice…

And there’s no better time to practice emotional discipline than during selloffs.

A position hits your stop loss?

Sell it without mercy.

But if it hasn’t?

Just hold on to it – and resist the urge to cut and run prematurely.

Simple? Sure.

Easy? Definitely not – it takes a lot of emotional discipline.

And minor selloffs like what we saw this week are a great time to practice that discipline.

Over time, it’ll become second nature.

And when everybody else is panicking and losing their heads…

You’ll be able to stay cool, calm, and collected.

You’ll be able to stick to your process…

And that means, over time, you will come out ahead of all the rest.

So the next time the market heads into a selloff, take a deep breath…

And realize it’s a chance for you to get better at trading – by strengthening your emotional discipline.

Have a great weekend.

The Traders Agency Team

Why Traders Miss Catching Breakouts

Traders Agency Team — Wed, 04 Feb 2026 17:00:00 GMT

Hey friend,

In the absence of yesterday’s job openings data, we got the private sector numbers this morning.

It showed a rise of 22,000 jobs in January – far below the expected 45,000.

We also got a gauge of U.S. services activity, which came in slightly ahead of expectations.

The Daily Direction

Note: All indexes closed lower yesterday and opened mixed this morning. The tech-heavy Nasdaq has been the most affected, with both its short and medium-term directions flipping downward.

The Daily Nugget

Before a stock breaks out, you often won’t want to buy.

When a stock has already broken out…

When it’s in the middle of a massive surge…

It feels exciting to buy it – because you feel like you’re participating in something “hot”.

But of course, all the gains come from buying before the breakout (or at least, before the breakout has gone too far).

And during those times…

The stock WON’T feel exciting to buy.

In fact, it’ll feel just the opposite.

It’ll feel “boring”...

Because unless you know what you’re looking for…

A stock that’s just about to break out just looks like it’s chopping sideways – or even dipping.

And that never feels exciting to buy.

But that’s actually a good thing – because it’s your competitive advantage in the market.

Everyone else will only be buying long after the breakout happens…

While you can position yourself before – and essentially use their money to help drive your gains further.

And right now, fear is making its way back into the market…

Making now the time to position yourself in these pre-breakout opportunities.

And that’s why in just a few hours at 3 p.m. Eastern today…

Head Trader Ross Givens is going LIVE to reveal his most explosive breakout price action setup

And show you exactly which group of stocks you want to be focusing

This pattern could have led you to stocks that have exploded 270% in 70 days… 177% in 11 days… even 148% in just 2 days.

But if you want to go after similar gains – you need to position yourself now.

So click here to claim your free seat if you haven’t already…

And Ross will see you in just a bit at 3 p.m. ET.

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Wednesday Watchlist: I Just Bought These 2 Stocks After the Selloff

Traders Agency Team — Tue, 03 Feb 2026 13:00:00 GMT

I'm buying two new stocks today.

If you've been watching the markets, you know there's a lot of noise out there. But strip away the headlines and look at where money is actually flowing—the picture becomes crystal clear.

Most investors make the mistake of trying to guess what happens next. They predict the Fed, the election, the next earnings report. I don't play that game. I look for footprints.

When multi-billion dollar hedge funds, pension funds, and endowments move into a sector, they leave massive footprints. They can't hide their volume. And when they buy, they buy in such size that those sectors outperform everything else for months.

Right now, those footprints are leading to a very specific theme. Not tech. Not consumer discretionary.

What comes next isn't speculation—it's a hard asset supercycle.

I'm adding Hecla Mining (HL) and Costamare (CMRE) to my portfolio today. But before I give you the trade details, you need to understand the "Universal Rule" that dictates exactly when to pull the trigger.

The "Stocked Pond" Theory

The simplest way to find winning stocks? Focus exclusively on leading groups.

Think of it like fishing. You can sit in the middle of the ocean hoping a fish swims by, or you can go to a stocked pond where the fish are concentrated. In the stock market, leading sectors are your stocked pond.

When big Wall Street shops accumulate positions, they create momentum that lifts the entire group. Identify which sectors continuously outperform over one, two, three, and six-month periods—you eliminate half the risk immediately.

The Data Doesn't Lie

Look at the sector performance heatmaps right now. The data is undeniable. Over the last few months, we've seen massive rotation.

Groups like Nuclear & Uranium and Space are dominating the leaderboard over 3-month and 6-month timeframes. These aren't random blips. These are sustained trends driven by institutional capital.

You want to be where the money is already going—not where you hope it will go eventually.

The Theme: Hard Assets

Every bull market has a theme. Late 90s—the internet. 2010s—software.

Right now, it's Hard Assets.

We're seeing massive rotation into tangible value. Primarily Metals and Energy.

When I scan the market leaders, this theme's dominance is overwhelming. The top performing subsectors? A sea of green for commodities.

Sector Performance Rankings: Metals and Mining sectors lead across all timeframes, with Gold Miners up 146.59% over 12 months

Out of 40 subsectors I track, the top rankings are populated almost entirely by Gold Miners, Mining & Metals, Rare Earth Metals, and Steel.

This isn't coincidence. It's a concerted move by smart money to hedge against inflation and uncertainty by owning real things.

On the energy side, we've seen incredible strength in Nuclear and Uranium. Lithium and Solar ran hard a few months back and continue holding their pace.

I never chase extended stocks.

Buying a stock that's already gone vertical is a recipe for buying the top. It forces you to take on more risk than necessary. Instead, I'm looking for leaders giving us a low-risk entry point right now.

Stock #1: Hecla Mining (HL)

The first stock I'm buying is Hecla Mining (Ticker: HL).

This stock has been an absolute monster. Over six months, we watched it soar from $5.00 to $35.00. That's the kind of power you get when you're in a leading group.

Recently we saw a nasty pullback. When you get a broad selloff in underlying commodities—like last week's hit to silver and gold—the miners pull back.

But for us, this isn't a reason to panic. It's a reason to pounce.

Hecla Mining Company (HL) - Daily chart showing 6-month uptrend with recent consolidation

The "Universal Rule" of Breakouts

There's a rule I've used for breakout investing that has served me well for 20 years.

When a stock breaks out, rises significantly, then compresses or pulls back—you need to know where the "buy zone" is.

Put this in your quiver of tricks. When a strong stock pulls back for the first time to that 50-day line, the odds are vastly stacked in your favor. Institutions use the 50-day moving average as a benchmark. They defend it.

Hecla Mining (HL) demonstrates the '50 SMA rule' - buying the first pullback to the 50-day moving average during a breakout

Look at the daily chart for Hecla. The stock had a massive run-up, pulled back sharply during the metals selloff, and is now sitting right on top of that 50-day SMA. It's also retesting a support/resistance area from December and January.

Textbook.

The Fundamental Case

Technically, the setup is perfect. Fundamentally, this is a powerhouse.

Relative Strength Rating: 99 out of 100—outperforming 99% of all stocks
Big Earnings: Profitable and growing
Big Sales: Revenue expanding

It's a leading stock in a leading group (Gold/Silver Miners). I don't need a whole lot of excuses to buy this one.

Executing the Hecla Trade

I'm taking a position in HL right here.

The bid-ask spread is super tight—trading around $22.38 by $22.42. Because it's so liquid, I'm comfortable taking this at market price.

Risk Management

I never enter a trade without knowing exactly where I'm getting out if I'm wrong.

For Hecla, I'm risking 10%. My stop loss goes at $20.10—about 10% below current price. This gives the stock room to breathe and fluctuate without shaking me out prematurely, but protects me from catastrophic collapse.

I'd rather take a 10% loss than a 40% or 50% loss.

That's the difference between a trader who survives and one who blows up their account. Set the stop, make it "Good Till Cancelled," and let the market do the rest.

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Stock #2: Costamare (CMRE)

The second stock I'm buying is in a sector just waking up: Shipping.

Look at the one-month performance data. The Shipping group came out of nowhere—posting a 14.79% gain in the last month alone, shooting up the leaderboard.

Typically, I like to see a sector lead for a couple months—one, two, or three months of sustained outperformance—before diving in heavily. I want that trend established.

But when I see a move this violent and sudden in a hard-asset adjacent sector (moving physical goods), I'm willing to take an early stab.

The company is Costamare Inc. (Ticker: CMRE).

The Breakout Pattern

We aren't looking at a perfect breakout here, but it's very clean. The daily chart shows the main characteristics I look for in a winner:

Strong Rise: The stock moved about 50% in a single month—institutional demand
Shallow Consolidation: After that rise, it didn't crash. It drifted sideways. Tightened up.
The Breakout: Broke out Monday with a 3% move, closing near highs on decent volume

Today we're seeing a tiny pullback—maybe 10 or 20 cents. Nothing to worry about. In fact, it's an opportunity to get in near the breakout point.

Executing the Costamare Trade

I'm buying CMRE today, but I'll be slightly more tactical with my entry because of the spread.

Unlike Hecla, Costamare's spread is a bit wider—about 10 cents between bid and ask. No sense taking a 10-cent hit right out of the gate if we don't have to.

I'm placing a Limit Order at $17.08. Splitting the middle.

Setting the Stop Loss

For this trade, I'm not taking a ton of risk. Keeping it tighter.

My stop loss goes just below the 50-day moving average at $15.70.

If it drops for three straight days with maximum volatility, I'm wrong and I want out.

One critical detail: this order must be Good Till Cancelled. If you leave it as a "Day Order" and it doesn't hit today, the order disappears tomorrow morning. You wake up, the stock gaps down, and you have zero protection. Always check that setting.

Why Hard Assets Now

You might be wondering why I'm so heavy on miners and shipping right now.

It comes down to the cycle. We're in an environment where inflation is sticky, geopolitical tension is high, and government debt load is skyrocketing. Paper assets like bonds become less attractive. Hard assets become the safety trade.

When you buy Hecla, you aren't just buying a stock—you're buying silver and gold reserves. When you buy Costamare, you're buying steel ships and the capacity to move real goods.

These are tangible.

The market is telling us capital is rotating out of speculative tech and into tangible value plays. The heatmap shows it. The relative strength ratings show it.

This isn't a hunch. It's pattern recognition.

Volatility is the Price of Admission

Both trades—Hecla and Costamare—come with volatility. That's the nature of the beast.

When you're trading commodities or shipping, you'll get days where the stock rips 5% higher and days where it drops 3%. That's why we use technical stops rather than emotional ones.

Chaotic markets don't punish discipline. They punish leverage, impatience, and overconfidence. By sizing these positions correctly (I'm just taking a few hundred shares of each to start) and setting hard stops, we let volatility work for us—not against us.

Don't Fight the Flow

The biggest lesson from today isn't necessarily about Hecla or Costamare specifically—it's about the process used to find them.

We didn't pick these stocks because we liked the CEO or saw a news headline. We picked them because:

Sector Analysis showed money flowing into Metals and Shipping
Relative Strength showed these specific stocks outperforming their peers
Technical Analysis gave us low-risk entry points (50-day SMA for HL, breakout for CMRE)

This is a repeatable formula.

You can spend your life trying to outsmart the market, or you can simply look at the cheat sheet the market provides every single day. The institutions are showing you where they're putting their money.

Right now, they're buying hard assets. They're buying the dip in miners. They're buying the breakout in shipping.

I'm positioned. Are you?

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When Feeling “Safe” Turns Dangerous

Traders Agency Team — Mon, 02 Feb 2026 19:30:00 GMT

Hey friend,

It’s a big week for jobs data – starting with the job openings numbers tomorrow.

But today, all we have on deck is some manufacturing activity data, which showed surprising growth.

That’s a good sign for the economy.

The Daily Direction

Note: Indexes closed lower to end last week but have been rebounding today – sending all index directions back into the green.

The Daily Nugget

It “feels” safer to buy at the top – but it usually isn’t.

Before the precious metals selloff last Friday…

There were lines of people in every major city queuing up to buy gold and silver.

This was at the absolute top of the precious metals mania…

Where we saw a parabolic rise in metals like silver…

Which, if you’ve read Head Trader Ross Givens’ newsletter this morning…

You know is actually one of the most dangerous types of price action.

And yet, so many people felt that because the prices had shot up so much…

That it was the “safest” time to buy.

That’s normal human psychology.

Prices going up means people are buying…

And if people are buying, it feels “safe” to join the crowd of buyers.

That’s herd mentality in action.

The reality is a lot more nuanced.

In general, you want to buy when there are other buyers.

But when there are too many buyers – especially those driven purely by FOMO…

Then it becomes a dangerous situation.

So, how do you identify when the environment is filled with the right kind of buyers?

Well, you’ll be able to find out tomorrow, Tuesday February 3 at 11 a.m. Eastern…

When Ross goes LIVE to demo his top strategy for identifying when the best kind of buyers are loading up…

So you can use their money for your profit.

This strategy could have landed you in trades like:

But as Ross will explain tomorrow, this could just be the start.

So click here to register for your free spot…

And Ross will see you Tuesday morning at 11 a.m. ET.

The Traders Agency Team

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The #1 Constant in All Financial Markets

Traders Agency Team — Fri, 30 Jan 2026 21:00:00 GMT

Hey friend,

The producer price data came in this morning…

And it was hotter than expected – at 0.5% monthly and 3% annually.

Coupled with Trump’s pick of Kevin Warsh – a noted monetary “hawk” – as new Fed Chair nominee this morning…

And markets have been under pressure.

The Daily Direction

Note: After some wild swings yesterday, the Dow and Russell 2000 closed slightly higher while the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq closed slightly lower. And all indexes opened lower this morning after the hot PPI report and Trump’s Fed Chair pick. The short-term directions for the Dow and the Russell remain in the red.

The Daily Nugget

Human psychology doesn’t change.

Jeff Bezos said, in a fast-changing environment, look for what doesn’t change.

In the markets, the companies change.

The technologies change.

But human psychology – it stays the same.

And fundamentally, markets are nothing but the collective behavior of all its participants.

That’s why “time-tested” trading wisdom is so effective.

Sure, you have to be up to speed on all the latest happenings…

But if you get too caught up in them, and forget the underlying constant – human psychology…

You’ll always be playing catch up.

The best traders have a strong understanding of the psychology of markets – because that doesn’t change.

They can glance at a chart and immediately tell you what the buyers and sellers are thinking…

And how that’s showing up in the price action.

This is immensely valuable.

So, here’s something that can help you with this practice.

The next time you’re studying some sort of price action…

Ask yourself this question…

What does the price action tell me about the behavior of the buyers and sellers?

Enjoy the weekend.

The Traders Agency Team

The #1 Kind of Risk You WANT to Take in Trading

Traders Agency Team — Thu, 29 Jan 2026 19:30:00 GMT

Hey friend,

The usual weekly jobless claims numbers came in this morning.

At 209,000 it was a slight increase from last week – and also marginally ahead of expectation.

We also received productivity data from the third quarter, which came in bang on in line with expectations.

Tomorrow, we’ll get some major producer price data.

The Daily Direction

Note: Indexes closed mixed yesterday after the Fed decision, but with no big movements. But they’ve been moving sharply lower this morning, dragged down by weak Big Tech earnings – sending all short-term index directions downward.

The Daily Nugget

Successful trading is all about taking asymmetric risks.

Most traders think the secret to success is winning more trades. But that’s not the real game.

The real game is asymmetry – making sure your wins are bigger than your losses.

In truth, your “win rate” in trading is almost irrelevant.

A trader who wins 90% of the time but makes $1 on wins and loses $10 on losses will soon find their account depleted.

Meanwhile, a trader who wins just 40% of the time but makes $5 for every $1 risked will compound into serious profits.

It’s all about finding the highest reward-risk ratios…

Aka trades with the highest level of asymmetry.

So where do you find asymmetric trades – the ones with the highest reward relative to risk?

Well, that’s what Head Trader Ross Givens is going LIVE to show tomorrow, Friday morning at 11 a.m. Eastern…

A way to generate asymmetry by leveraging inside information to select our trades.

The corporate insiders and politicians have been doing this for years to make a killing…

And tomorrow, Ross is going to show you how to “borrow” this edge for yourself.

Some of these inside plays have shot up by 1,000% or more – and triple-digit gains are not uncommon.

So make sure you click here to register for Ross’ free training session tomorrow…

And he’lll see you Friday morning at 11 a.m. ET.

The Traders Agency Team

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This is When Trading Errors Happen

Traders Agency Team — Wed, 28 Jan 2026 18:00:00 GMT

Hey friend,

The Fed decision comes out in an hour.

Then, Powell begins his market-moving press conference 30 minutes later.

Everyone will be closely watching.

The Daily Direction

Note: All indexes except the Dow closed higher yesterday and opened higher this morning. Still, all index directions remain upward.

The Daily Nugget

The chop is where most traders lose focus.

Whipsaw action isn’t just hard on your account – it’s hard on your mindset.

It creates doubt.

Traders start questioning their setups and second-guessing their plan.

They may reach for trades they’d usually pass on…

Or pass on trades that they may normally snap up.

That’s exactly what this kind of market does.

It disrupts your focus – and by extension, your ability to execute on your strategy.

But traders who’ve been through this before – like Head Trader Ross Givens – know how to stay locked in.

They don’t react to every flicker.

They stay focused on their strategy…

Constantly scanning for their preferred setups amid all the noise.

That’s the mindset traders should aspire to reach.

And the more you read the thoughts of someone like Ross…

The more you watch how they trade… how they act…

The easier it will be for you to absorb this winning mindset.

The Traders Agency Team

Disastrous “Daily” Mistake Traders Make

Traders Agency Team — Tue, 27 Jan 2026 21:00:00 GMT

Hey friend,

We just got the latest consumer confidence numbers this morning…

And they came in substantially below expectations.

While that will likely not play into Fed Chair Powell’s market-moving press conference tomorrow…

It will likely influence investors’ reactions to Powell’s conference.

We’ll see how it plays out tomorrow.

In the meantime, let’s see how the markets have been moving.

The Daily Direction

Note: All indexes except the Russell closed higher yesterday and opened mixed this morning. However all index directions remain upward – for now.

The Daily Nugget

Stop using short-term moves as confirmation.

So many traders – way too many – use short-term moves for confirmation.

They keep looking at daily candlesticks and using it to confirm their pre-existing bias.

If they’re bullish, and the stock or market moves up for a day – they take it as “proof” they were right.

If they’re bearish, and the stock or market pulls back for a day – they also take it as “proof” they were right.

Now, don’t get us wrong…

There is a LOT you can tell from daily moves, if you know what you’re looking for.

But the most important thing in the market is TREND…

And trends aren’t made or broken by single-day moves.

The market may be chopping around and pulling back this week – despite the Fed cutting.

But if you look at the trend the market has been on since the April lows…

You will quickly realize that using these short-term moves as confirmation that we’ve reached a top is foolish.

So, like we’ve said previously…

Before you start worrying – zoom out and look at the broader trend.

It will save you a lot of unnecessary anxiety…

While also preventing you from making silly moves.

Have a good week ahead.

The Traders Agency Team

Many Traders Ignore This Critical Principle

Traders Agency Team — Mon, 26 Jan 2026 19:30:00 GMT

Hey friend,

Not much on the economic calendar today.

The Fed starts its monetary policy meeting tomorrow, with the decision and the press conference on Wednesday.

All eyes will be on that.

Let’s see how markets have been moving.

The Daily Direction

Note: Indexes closed mixed to end last week, but opened largely higher this morning – keeping all index directions in the green.

The Daily Nugget

Don’t just know why YOU buy – also know why other people buy.

Before taking any trade, you should be absolutely clear behind the reasons you are buying.

That’s a given (even though so many people still don’t do it).

But that’s just the first level.

The next level is knowing why other people buy (or sell).

Now, at first glance, it seems obvious.

They buy because they think it’s going to go up.

And they sell because they think it’s going to go down or stall.

But that ignores one very important principle – opportunity cost.

Capital is limited for everyone – even the billion-dollar institutions.

And every dollar allocated to an “okay” or even merely “good” trade – is a dollar that could be allocated to a great one.

The smart money is extremely aware of this.

And it’s the biggest reason they rotate out of seemingly good trades.

And of course, because they’re the market movers – when they rotate, so does the entire market.

That’s why tomorrow, Tuesday January 13 at 11 a.m. Eastern…

Head Trader Ross Givens is going LIVE to show you how to track their flows, using a strategy he’s spent years developing…

So you can essentially use their money for your profit.

Every single trade Ross’ strategy has spotted this month alone are all up double-digits – with one trade up over 70%.

He will walk you through everything in Tuesday’s free live session.

So just click here to save your free spot…

And Ross will see you tomorrow morning at 11 a.m. ET.

That’s why you want to track their flows.

The Traders Agency Team

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How to Rise Above the Market Headlines

Traders Agency Team — Fri, 23 Jan 2026 21:00:00 GMT

Hey friend,

We got the latest consumer sentiment numbers this morning, which came in surprisingly ahead of expectations.

We also got some activity gauges for the manufacturing and services sectors – both of which slightly underperformed expectations.

Let’s see how the markets have been moving.

The Daily Direction

Note: All indexes closed higher yesterday. And while their performance has been mixed today – all index directions are back into the green.

The Daily Nugget

Unless you can rise above the headlines, you’ll always be a slave to it.

We live in a very headline-driven market right now.

Because most retail traders – and even some of the big institutions – are slaves to the headlines.

They react to the headlines…

Making their trades based on what they say – often even abandoning their pre-determined strategies to do so.

That’s exactly how you end up underperforming the market.

The smartest traders understand how to rise above the headlines…

To extract the information within – without taking on any of the emotion.

That part is key.

They want the information about what the headline is saying…

And they also want to understand how the headline will affect other people’s emotions.

But what they don’t want is to have that emotion influence them directly.

This way, they can then intelligently trade based on objective information and other people’s emotions…

Which tends to result in superior trading decisions.

This is how you rise above the headlines.

Of course, this is all easier said than done.

It’s a skill that needs to be developed over time – it won’t come overnight.

But here’s one way you can start doing it.

Next time you read a sensational financial news article (most of them in this clickbait era)...

Ask yourself two questions:

One, what objective information is this headline conveying, if any…

And two, what type of emotions is this headline likely to instill in others?

Do that often enough, and you’ll be surprised at how quickly you’ll be able to develop this skill.

Have a good weekend.

The Traders Agency Team

This is REQUIRED for Trading Outperformance

Traders Agency Team — Thu, 22 Jan 2026 19:30:00 GMT

Hey friend,

We got the usual weekly jobless claims numbers this morning.

It came in at 200,000 – a marginal increase from last week that was still slightly below expectations.

On top of that we got the PCE index data from November.

Both the PCE and Core PCE numbers came in at 2.8% annually and 0.2% monthly – compared to 2.7% annually and 0.2% monthly in October.

Finally we got the revised GDP numbers for the third quarter, and it showed an even further uptick to 4.4% (versus 4.3% previously).

Overall, a slightly mixed – but mostly positive picture – for the economy.

Let’s see how markets have been moving.

The Daily Direction

Note: All indexes closed higher yesterday and opened higher this morning after Trump took a more conciliatory stance on Greenland in Davos – sending multiple index directions back upward.

The Daily Nugget

Outperformance requires zigging while others are zagging.

If you do what everybody else does, you’ll get what everybody else gets.

To outperform the market, you have to zig while others zag.

Now let’s be clear…

This does NOT mean reflexively doing the opposite of what everybody else is doing.

Because that would mean fighting powerful trends…

And likely result in you torpedoing your entire account instead.

Doing something different is not the same as doing the opposite.

That’s a critical distinction most beginners haven’t fully grasped yet.

But the pros understand this very well.

They know how to ride the trends – but in a way that still allows them to outperform.

And they know when and how to be contrarian.

That’s how they consistently outperform.

And there’s one group of little-known pros that are better at this than almost anybody else.

The surprising part is – they’re not even from Wall Street, yet they beat them flat.

Because they know things even the best Wall Street pros don’t…

Which is what allows them to be intelligently contrarian.

We’re talking of course, about the corporate insiders.

When people – and even Wall Street – are selling…

But these insiders are buying, that’s when you want to pay close attention.

Because that’s how you scoop up gains like 115% in less than 60 days…

168% in five months…

234% in eight weeks…

And even 1,787% in just two years.

And tomorrow Friday morning at 11 a.m. Eastern…

Head Trader Ross Givens is going LIVE to show you how to follow the highest-potential insider trades…

So you can take maximum advantage of earnings season – regardless of what Trump does (or doesn’t do) next.

So click here to book your spot for Ross’ free insider strategy walkthrough tomorrow…

And he’ll see you LIVE Friday, January 23 at 11 a.m. ET.

The Traders Agency Team

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Why It’s So Hard to Profit from Unstable Markets

Traders Agency Team — Wed, 21 Jan 2026 17:00:00 GMT

Hey friend,

Investors will be watching Trump’s Davos speech today to see if he creates any more market-moving “headline news”.

And that leads to a big question…

Why is it so hard to profit from unstable markets?

The Daily Direction

Note: Most indexes closed sharply lower yesterday – the worst day for markets in months. Only the Russell 2000’s short-term direction remains intact.

The Daily Nugget

“When the times comes to buy – you won’t want to”
~Walter Deemer

All the experts tell you to buy when fear is in the air.

Intellectually, you know it. You understand it logically.

But emotionally it’s a completely different story.

When the news headlines are screaming about how Trump is going to tank the markets again…

How it’s only going to get worse as the retaliation begins…

And you see it with your own eyes as stocks begin to go down…

It is extremely hard to stick to your convictions and buy.

This is human nature – and it will never change.

And of course, we can’t do the buying for you.

But what we can do is make it easier for you to act…

By giving you the information you need to make the smartest decisions while everyone else is panicking.

That’s why, in just a few hours at 3 p.m. Eastern…

Head Trader Ross Givens is opening up his volatility playbook.

He’s hosting a free LIVE session demonstrating a tactical way to target high-conviction trades that can lead to explosive gains – especially in choppy markets.

It’s a unique method for finding trades that have made gains like:

102% in 12 days…
118% in 2 days…
101% in 5 days…
207% in 5 days…
And 519% in 60 days.

During some of the choppiest, most volatile markets in recent history (including the big tariff selloff of 2025).

Ross will walk you through everything live.

So click here to guarantee your spot if you haven’t already…

And Ross will see you in just a bit at 3 p.m. ET.

The Traders Agency Team

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The “Market Turmoil” Playbook

Traders Agency Team — Tue, 20 Jan 2026 21:00:00 GMT

Hey friend,

Nothing on the economic calendar for today.

This Thursday, we’ll get the delayed PCE report for November – the Fed’s preferred inflation gauge.

And outside of economic reports, President Trump is due to give a speech in Davos tomorrow…

Which given the amount of uncertainty in the headlines lately, is sure to influence the markets.

The Daily Direction

Note: Most indexes closed slightly lower to end last week. And thanks to all the uncertainty mentioned above, all indexes opened sharply lower this morning – sending multiple index directions in the red.

The Daily Nugget

The more turmoil there is in the markets, the more valuable “privileged information” becomes.

We’ve said on this newsletter before how certain edges work better in certain markets.

Right now, markets are full of turmoil, with “big news” slamming into the headlines everyday.

There’s taking over Greenland, more tariffs, the prosecution against Powell, deposing Maduro, potentially intervening in Iran, 10% credit card caps, making Big Tech “pay” for power.

This is the kind of market we’re operating in right now.

And that means understanding what kind of “edge” works the best in these types of markets.

Well, when there’s so much turmoil swirling around…

The edge that’s most powerful is the kind of edge that allows you to tap into what we call “privileged information”.

This is information you’re not “supposed” to trade on…

But information that certain people do anyway – under the radar, away from the eyes of the prying regulators.

Every time we’ve seen similar market turmoil – including during the March-April tariff selloff…

One group of traders has quietly made a killing – even as markets were going down.

And tomorrow, Wednesday January 21 at 3 p.m. Eastern…

Head Trader Ross Givens is going LIVE to show you how these traders collected multi-bagger gains even as markets were tanking…

And more importantly…

How YOU can follow their exact trades to target rapid gains even if Trump’s latest moves torch the market.

But be warned, the tactics that will be revealed in tomorrow’s FREE live session may be considered “unethical” by some (even though they are 100% legal for you to use).

So if that bothers you, please do not attend.

But if you understand that the game is the game – and

Then click here to secure your spot now…

And Ross will see you tomorrow afternoon at 3 p.m. ET.

The Traders Agency Team

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Smart Traders LOVE This

Traders Agency Team — Fri, 16 Jan 2026 21:00:00 GMT

Hey friend,

The only big economic data we got today was industrial production, which came in significantly ahead of expectations at 0.4% growth (versus 0.1% expected).

As a reminder, stock markets are closed on Monday for MLK Day, so this newsletter – as well as Ross’ – will resume Tuesday.

The Daily Direction

Note: All indexes closed slightly lower yesterday and opened largely higher today, but with all index directions remaining upward.

The Daily Nugget

Smart traders love it when markets are “noisy”.

As a trader, you don’t want noise – you want signal.

But if everyone else in the market is also looking for that signal…

That means the harder that signal is to find – the more valuable it is.

That’s why smart traders love a noisy market.

The noisier the market, the harder it is to find that signal…

Which means those who do have the ability to spot it can book bigger returns.

Noisy markets are more than just emotionally uncomfortable…

They can actually cause many traders to make subpar decisions that can cost them money.

But at the same time…

They’re also the kind of markets that also bring the most opportunity for those who can keep a cool head and uncover the signal.

We can equip you with the tools to find the signal so you can always be ahead of the herd…

And we can give you the best market analysis to make it easier to keep a cool head.

But ultimately only you can execute the trades.

So before you head out for the weekend, just remember…

When the market is noisy and it feels uncomfortable, just tell yourself one thing…

Good.

Enjoy the weekend.

The Traders Agency Team

The #1 “Life Rule” That Applies to Trading

Traders Agency Team — Thu, 15 Jan 2026 19:30:00 GMT

Hey friend,

The usually weekly jobless claims numbers came in this morning.

It showed an unexpected fall to 198,000 – versus the expected 215,000 – likely due to seasonal adjustments.

On top of that we also got the results from a couple manufacturing surveys…

Both of which showed a significant surge that resulted in them coming in way ahead of expectations.

Let’s see how markets have been moving.

The Daily Direction

Note: Indexes closed lower yesterday and opened mixed today – with all indexes except the Nasdaq opening higher. All index directions remain upward.

The Daily Nugget

Watch what they do not what they say.

Talk is cheap…

People say one thing and do another….

Which is why the only thing that matters – is what they’re actually doing with their money.

The institutional investors say the market is “shaky”...

While putting billions into every dip.

The politicians tell you to work hard…

While they use their insider trading knowledge to amass tens of millions of dollars.

And the executive bigwigs do the same thing…

Telling their employees that “times are tough” as they freeze wages and lay people off…

All while snapping up their own company stock right before a major announcement (including layoffs) send their own stocks surging.

We can’t change the game…

We can only take advantage of it as best we can.

That’s why tomorrow morning at 11 a.m. Eastern…

Head Trader Ross Givens is going LIVE to show you how to follow the top corporate insiders into little-known stocks before they potentially skyrocket.

Names like Alumis Inc. (ALMS) – a tiny biotech in which Ross detected unusual insider activity during the last earnings season in November.

Six weeks after he issued a buy alert, that stock exploded…

And it’s now up 246% as of yesterday…

With the option up over 1,250% – all in less than two months.

That’s the power of following what the insiders do – instead of listening to what they say…

And tomorrow, Ross will show you exactly how to zero in on the highest potential insider trades (among the hundreds out there).

His live insider walkthrough is completely free…

But you do need to click here to confirm your attendance.

So go ahead and do that…

Block off your calendar for tomorrow morning…

And Ross will see you Friday at 11 a.m. ET.

The Traders Agency Team

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This is the #1 Trading Philosophy

Traders Agency Team — Wed, 14 Jan 2026 19:30:00 GMT

Hey friend,

Yesterday we got the CPI report.

Today we got the PPI report – on producer prices.

At 3.0% a year, the report showed that producer prices are still remaining stubbornly high – even as consumer inflation may be cooling.

We also got a previously delayed retail sales report from November, which came in significantly above expectations…

Showing that despite a lot of negative reported consumer sentiment – consumers are still spending.

The Daily Direction

Note: All indexes closed slightly lower yesterday, but with all index directions remaining upward.

The Daily Nugget

"My philosophy and approach to trading is to be a conservative aggressive opportunist. It simply means to be aggressive in my pursuit of potential reward and at the same time to be extremely risk-conscious."
~Mark Minervini

Many traders – especially beginners – view being conservative and aggressive as on completely opposite ends of the spectrum.

Either you’re a conservative trader who plays it safe and is content with small wins…

Or you’re an aggressive one going after the huge wins while willing to risk it all.

But this is a completely false – not to mention dangerous – dichotomy.

Be%ause you can be both conservative and aggressive at the same time.

In fact, it is the ideal trading philosophy.

Be conservative – by always protecting your downside with disciplined risk management.

Simultaneously, be aggressive and go after the big wins.

In fact, being conservative and always protecting the downside, you’ll have more confidence to go after these big wins.

So, rather than being on opposite ends of the spectrum, they’re actually complementary.

Being conservative gives you the room to be aggressive.

That’s the philosophy Head Trader Ross Givens has followed to great success.

And it’s the philosophy we recommend you do as well.

Right now, this current market is especially primed to reward this philosophy.

So make sure you take full advantage of it.

Every week, Ross and his team go LIVE to break down the hottest trade setups in real time.

If you want to join them, it’ll only cost you $5 or an entire year – less than a dime for each session.

So please click here to get all the details (you’ll also get Ross’ top AI picks for 2026).

The Traders Agency Team

What to Think About the Markets

Traders Agency Team — Tue, 13 Jan 2026 21:00:00 GMT

Hey friend,

We got the big CPI inflation data this morning.

It came in right in line with expectations at a 2.7% annual increase and a 0.3% monthly one.

However Core CPI actually came in slightly below expectations at 2.6% annually and 0.2% monthly (versus the expected 2.8% annually and 0.3% monthly).

Let’s see how markets have been moving.

The Daily Direction

Note: Despite an initial negative reaction to the news of Fed Chair Powell’s potential prosecution, markets closed slightly higher yesterday. All index directions remain upward.

The Daily Nugget

The news tells you what you should think. The price tells you what people are actually thinking.

The news tells you what you should be thinking all the time.

In politics they tell you that this side or that person is the enemy (or ally).

And in finance they tell you whether this or that stock is a winner or a dud.

Now, don’t get it wrong…

Those opinions can absolutely be useful…

But the only thing that can tell you what people are actually thinking – is the price.

Because price doesn’t show opinions – it shows action.

And action is the only thing that can really move markets.

Right now, there’s a lot of newsflow about things that could ostensibly move markets.

There’s the so-called witch hunt against Fed Chair Powell.

There’s the potential new tariffs on any country doing business with the Iranian regime.

There’s the whole situation in Venezuela – and potentially Greenland.

There’s the question of the balance between weaker jobs data and the potential of reigniting inflation.

Sure, all these do indeed have the potential to move markets.

And savvy traders and investors are most definitely keeping tabs on them via the news.

But if you want to really know what the mass of investors are thinking about all these events…

Forget the news – and look at the price instead.

Head Trader Ross Givens is an expert of breaking down how the newsflow translates into real-time price action…

And using it to spotlight opportunities that most people miss.

He shares a lot of this analysis in his newsletter, so do your best to catch it.

The next edition will be out tomorrow morning.

The Traders Agency Team

“Why” Does a Stock Move Up?

Traders Agency Team — Mon, 12 Jan 2026 19:30:00 GMT

Hey friend,

Nothing on the economic calendar for today.

Tomorrow is a different story, with CPI data coming in front and center.

Couple that with Trump putting pressure on the Fed to keep cutting rates, and there will be even more attention on tomorrow’s numbers.

Let’s see how markets have been moving.

The Daily Direction

Note: All indexes closed higher to end last week. And while they opened lower this morning, they’ve generally been moving higher through the day – keeping all directions in the green.

The Daily Nugget

“Ours is not to question why, ours is just to sell and buy”
~Walter Deemer

As humans, it’s natural for us to always ask why.

Why did the market or stock go up or down?

Sure, this can be a very useful exercise for improving our own knowledge and skills.

But ultimately as a trader…

Our job is not to question why – but just sell and buy.

And that means, oftentimes, it doesn’t really matter why – as long as you know a stock is likely to go up.

For example, if you know a certain stock is being targeted by the institutional buyers…

Does it really matter why these big dogs are targeting that stock?

It doesn’t.

Our job in that case is just to buy – and ride their money to the top.

And tomorrow, Tuesday January 13 at 11 a.m. Eastern…

Head Trader Ross Givens is going LIVE for a training session to show you exactly how to do that.

The strategy he’ll be demoing spotted a name that rocketed over 20% in just 2 days just this month.

So click here to secure your free spot…

And Ross will see you tomorrow morning at 11 a.m. ET.

The Traders Agency Team

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When Markets Take a Breather

Traders Agency Team — Fri, 09 Jan 2026 21:00:00 GMT

Hey friend,

The big unemployment number came in this morning.

It showed the topline rate easing to 4.4%, although it also showed job growth slowing to 50k in December – below the expected 60k.

Next Tuesday, we get the major CPI inflation data.

The Daily Direction

Note: Indexes closed mixed yesterday but have been largely higher today (with the exception of the Nasdaq). No change in any index directions, which remain upward.

The Daily Nugget

Breathers can set up breakouts.

For the past couple of months, most indexes have been on a “breather”.

Considering how much worries about an AI bubble are floating around…

It’s not surprising that there are many that are waiting for this breather to turn into a breakdown.

Now, we’re not saying that outcome is impossible.

But according to all the data Head Trader Ross Givens is looking at…

It’s very unlikely.

In fact, the more likely outcome is for this breather to turn into a breakout instead.

This is a classic pattern…

And since stock markets tend to go up in the long term over time…

As a whole, breathers tend to be setups for breakouts more often than not.

That’s what Ross has been seeing right now…

And he’s been spotlighting ways to take maximum advantage of it.

That will continue next week – so keep a look out for that.

In the meantime, have a good rest – and enjoy the weekend.

The Traders Agency Team

Think the AI Bubble Will Pop in 2026? Good.

Traders Agency Team — Thu, 08 Jan 2026 19:30:00 GMT

Hey friend,

We got the usual weekly jobless claims numbers this morning, which came in at 208,000 – slightly below the 210,000 forecast.

We also got some quarterly productivity data, which came in line with expectations at 4.9%.

Finally we got the trade deficit numbers, which at $29.4 billion – was not only half the expected $58.4 billion…

But was also the lowest figure since 2009.

Tomorrow – we get the topline unemployment rate numbers.

Let’s see how the markets have been moving.

The Daily Direction

Note: All indexes closed largely negative yesterday and opened lower today – but with all index directions remaining in the green.

The Daily Nugget

The more divergent the market opinions, the bigger the potential opportunities.

If everybody in the market thinks the same thing, there will be no room to beat the market.

Because remember, there are always two sides to a trade…

Both sides think they’re getting the “better” of the other…

But only one side can be right.

If everybody had the same opinion, no one would sell to each other.

That’s why market-beating opportunities can only be created because not everybody in the market thinks the same.

And by extension, the more different the opinions are – the bigger the potential opportunities.

Right now, half the financial press is calling for another big year of outsized stock returns…

While the other half is bracing for the bursting of the AI bubble.

So you know there are a lot of divergent opinions – and a lot of opportunities.

That’s why tomorrow, Friday January 9 at 11 a.m. Eastern…

Head Trader Ross Givens is going LIVE for a training session to show you an old-school strategy that has helped our members pick up hundreds-of-percent gains in the BEST and WORST conditions imaginable.

In other words, no matter what happens to the market next…

No matter which side of the financial media is “right”...

No matter what “wild card” move President Trump plays…

You’ll still be able to sniff out the biggest opportunities in the market.

So click here now to register your seat for tomorrow’s special LIVE training session…

And Ross will see you Friday morning at 11 a.m. ET.

The Traders Agency Team

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The Market’s Wall of Worry

Traders Agency Team — Tue, 06 Jan 2026 21:00:00 GMT

Hey friend,

We got some manufacturing and services data which showed a continued contraction in the manufacturing sector but a slide expansion in the services side.

Tomorrow, we get some major jobs data.

Let’s see how the markets have been moving.

The Daily Direction

Note: All indexes closed positive yesterday and opened higher this morning – keeping all index directions in the green.

The Daily Nugget

Remember that bull markets must climb a “wall of worry”.

It’s 2026…

And while sentiment has improved compared to the last few months of 2025…

Many investors are still worried.

They’re worried about the possibility of an AI bubble…

Of the economy teetering because of ongoing layoffs…

Or even of the Fed halting its rate cut path.

Are these all legitimate worries?

They 100% are.

But here’s the thing when it comes to bull markets…

Bull markets must climb a “wall of worry”.

This means that – counterintuitively – even though investors seem worried…

Bull markets usually just keep chugging on.

It’s when everyone thinks that everything is fine and dandy that the crash happens.

That’s not what’s happening right now…

And that points to the bull market still having plenty of legs to run.

Take full advantage of it while you still can.

Tomorrow, Wednesday January 7, at 3 p.m. Eastern…

Head Trader Ross Givens is going LIVE to show you where the smart money is positioning themselves for 2026..

And how you can exploit their positioning flows for your own profits.

Remember, these institutional investors need to start off the year strong and position themselves aggressively…

Creating a massive opportunity for those who understand how to track and follow their flows.

Ross will show you exactly what you need to do so tomorrow afternoon.

Just click here to let him know you’re coming…

And he’ll see you Wednesday afternoon at 3 p.m. ET.

The Traders Agency Team

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How Many “Profit Levers” Do You Have?

Traders Agency Team — Mon, 05 Jan 2026 19:30:00 GMT

Hey friend,

Not much on the economic data menu today.

But on Wednesday, we’ll get some major jobs data – which considering how much talk there is about the “real” state of the labor market today – could be a major market mover.

Also, the minutes from the latest Fed meeting were released last week…

And while they showed a very tight split over the December cuts…

It also showed they expected further rate cuts down the line (although crucially NOT in January).

Let’s see how markets have been moving.

The Daily Direction

Note: Indexes started off the year largely negative – but with all index directions still remaining upward.

The Daily Nugget

The more “profit levers” you have to pull, the more effective you will be.

Market environments change all the time.

No two bull markets – or bear markets – are ever exactly alike.

Sure, the patterns and psychology endures…

But there are always meaningful quantitative and qualitative differences.

Now, consider that there are many different “profit levers” you can pull to make money from the markets.

Not all of them will perform equally well depending on the unique market environment we find ourselves in.

That’s why – the more “profit levers” you have to pull, the more effective you will be.

Of course, there’s a caveat to this rule.

You don’t want to have so many “profit levers” that you don’t know what to choose…

And get so confused you end up not taking any trades at all (a surefire way to end up making zero dollars).

If you want to see these “profit levers” in action…

Ross and his team go LIVE every week to show you how to use them to spotlight undiscovered opportunities in real time.

And as part of our New Year’s special (which ends very soon)....

You can get one full year of access to these weekly live sessions for just 99 CENTS.

That means if you are able to make just a paltry $1,000 in trading profits as a result of these sessions…

It would literally be a 1,000% ROI on your investment.

So make one of the smartest moves you can make to kick off 2026…

And click here to take advantage of this 99-cent deal before it’s gone.

The Traders Agency Team

The Best Time to Trade?

Traders Agency Team — Tue, 30 Dec 2025 16:35:09 GMT

Hey friend,

The Fed releases its latest rate decision in a couple hours.

Fed-fund futures are pricing a 70% chance rates will stay fixed.

Even if that is the case, Warsh’s press conference after is sure to move markets.

Let’s see how markets have been moving.

The Daily Direction

Note: With the exception of the Nasdaq, all indexes closed higher yesterday. However they have all been moving lower today – sending the short and medium-term directions for the Dow and Russell downward, respectively.

The Daily Nugget

Trade when the action is.

We’ve said it before in this newsletter that returns in trading are never evenly distributed.

Instead, they tend to be concentrated.

That’s why you want to trade where the action is.

But on top of that…

You also want to trade when the action is.

Earnings season is one of those times.

And not just when the earnings are released, but also in the days and weeks after…

Because many stocks are still seeing huge swings in that time period.

That’s when the action is.

Right now, we’re in the thick of it.

And that’s why in just a few hours at 3 p.m. Eastern today…

Head Trader Ross Givens is hosting a LIVE briefing to show you how to take maximum advantage of earnings season…

Using an “insider” strategy we’ve used to find gains of:

115% in less than 60 days…

168% in five months…

234% in eight weeks…

And even 1,787% in just two years.

So click here to lock in your slot for Ross’ live briefing if you haven’t yet…

And he’ll see you in just a bit at 3 p.m. ET sharp.

The Traders Agency Team

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The True Source of all Market Power

Traders Agency Team — Mon, 29 Dec 2025 15:49:46 GMT

Hey friend,

It will be another week of light economic data.

Last week, the weekly jobless claims came in lower than expected – but it also showed more people collecting unemployment checks.

Tomorrow, we’ll get the release of the minutes from the Fed’s latest meeting.

Let’s see how markets have been moving.

The Daily Direction

Note: Indexes closed slightly lower last Friday but it was generally a positive week overall for all indexes except the Russell 2000. And although markets opened lower this morning, all index directions remain upward.

The Daily Nugget

In the market, information is power.

What is price?

Price is information…

Information about what the market thinks an asset – aka a stock – should be valued at the present moment.

And of course, what determines the price is also information…

Information about their growth prospects, their fundamentals, and so on.

The point is – it’s all information.

And that means that in the markets, those with superior information win – period.

Right now, some people think the market is running straight toward a cliff…

While others feel like it still has plenty of room left to run.

Only one side can be right.

And the ones that are right will be the ones to reap the profits.

That’s why tomorrow, Tuesday morning at 11 a.m Eastern…

Ross is going LIVE for an exclusive members-only State of the Market briefing.

He’ll break down exactly what he sees coming for the market in 2026…

The truth behind the inflation and jobs numbers…

What’s really moving stocks right now…

Where the smart money is positioning right now…

And most importantly…

He’ll show you how to spot the next wave of opportunities before everyone else does.

The presentation is 100% free to attend for members…

But spots are limited – so you will need to click here to register and lock in your spot.

There’s no need to try to “guess” where the market will be heading next – or what you should do to prepare.

Tomorrow, Ross will go live to lay it all out for you.

So make sure you block off your calendar…

And he’ll see you Tuesday morning at 11 a.m. ET sharp.

The Traders Agency Team

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You MUST Do This Before Choosing a Trading Strategy

Traders Agency Team — Thu, 11 Dec 2025 19:30:00 GMT

Hey friend,

We got the latest weekly jobless claims this morning, which showed a surge that came in ahead of expectations.

However, a lot of this surge is likely due to the difficulties in adjusting the numbers for seasonal fluctuations.

Let’s see how markets have been moving.

The Daily Direction

Note: All indexes closed higher yesterday – with the small-cap Russell 2000 index posting the largest gains. And while indexes opened mixed today, all index directions remain upward.

The Daily Nugget

Understand what it takes for an edge to work.

Every successful trader has an edge.

Many of these edges can – and should – be copied.

But before you go ahead and do that, it is critical you understand what it takes for an edge to work.

For instance, consider the Medallion Fund – the most successful hedge fund of all time.

They made an unprecedented 66% average annual return before fees – absolutely crushing Warren Buffett’s performance.

You may have heard about this before.

But what you probably haven’t heard is that – to achieve these returns – the Medallion Fund took on extremely high amounts of leverage…

Often averaging 12.5 times its equity.

That means if one of their positions dropped just 8% – they would be completely wiped out on that position.

Did they have an incredible edge? Yes.

Did it result in absolutely incredible returns? Yes.

But to make that edge work, they had to take on dangerous levels of leverage – amounts that would be irresponsible for most retail traders.

This is what we mean when we talk about understanding what it takes for an edge to work.

You need an edge that is possible for you to follow…

AND one that you have the ability to make work.

If an edge doesn’t meet both these criteria – don’t bother.

And tomorrow, Friday morning, at 11 a.m. Eastern…

Head Trader Ross Givens is hosting a FREE live presentation to break down a powerful edge anyone can follow and make work.

This edge could have led you to a solid 72% gain in just the past few weeks alone…

And with market conditions lining up – gains like these could just be the start.

So click here to register for Ross’ free live walkthrough tomorrow…

And he’ll see you Friday morning at 11 a.m. ET.

The Traders Agency Team

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Beware Traders Who Say This to You

Traders Agency Team — Wed, 10 Dec 2025 18:00:00 GMT

Hey friend,

Today is all about the Fed.

The rate decision will be announced in one hour…

And half-an-hour after that, Fed Chair Powell begins his press conference.

The Daily Direction

Note: While indexes continued to dip slightly yesterday and edged lower this morning, all index directions are still in the green.

The Daily Nugget

Beware those who tell you “it’s different this time”.

History doesn’t repeat, but it does rhyme…

So be careful of those who tell you that it’s different this time.

The narratives and the headlines change.

The names of the companies change.

The technologies change.

But when you look at the price action and compare it to years and decades ago…

Suddenly you start seeing the same patterns over and over again.

There’s a reason for that.

It’s because these patterns are formed by human psychology…

Which has remained the same for thousands of years.

That’s what makes these patterns so powerful – no matter what the headlines are saying.

So if you want to be a more successful trader…

Pay less attention to the headlines – and more attention to the patterns.

P.S. Want to see a specific group of stocks Ross is seeing opportunity in right now? Click here to watch him break it down.

The Traders Agency Team

The “Constant War” Happening in the Markets

Traders Agency Team — Tue, 09 Dec 2025 21:00:00 GMT

Hey friend,

This morning, we got the delayed job openings numbers, which showed job openings for October climbing to a five-month high.

Counterintuitively, this may actually make the Fed more reluctant to cut.

We’ll find out tomorrow.

The Daily Direction

Note: Indexes closed largely lower yesterday but have generally been moving upward today. All index directions remain in the green.

The Daily Nugget

The real war that never ends in the markets? The battle between the informed and uninformed.

Most traders think the market is a battle between bulls and bears.

But the real battle is between the informed and the uninformed.

Every trade you take, someone else is on the other side.

The question is – who’s right? Has the edge?

The best traders understand one thing – there’s always someone who knows more.

Instead of trying to outsmart them, they follow them.

They learn from those who have been in the game longer, who have seen every market cycle, who understand the deeper mechanics of price movement.

Trying to go at it alone is like stepping into a high-stakes poker game against professionals.

You might get lucky for a while, but without a strategy – and without learning from those who’ve already won the game – you’ll eventually give it all back.

So if the market feels like a constant battle… are you fighting alone when you could be following someone who’s already won?

The Traders Agency Team

Do This Before Choosing a Trading Strategy

Traders Agency Team — Mon, 08 Dec 2025 19:30:00 GMT

Hey friend,

All eyes are on the Fed meeting and press conference on Wednesday.

And while there’s no big economic news today…

We will get the (delayed) job openings numbers tomorrow – which could influence the Fed decision (or at least the press conference) on Wednesday.

Let’s see how the markets have been moving.

The Daily Direction

Note: While indexes closed mixed on Friday and have been moving lower today, all index directions remain firmly upward.

The Daily Nugget

Before you choose a strategy, you must first understand the environment.

You can choose a trading strategy…

But you cannot choose the market environment.

In most cases, environment trumps strategy.

What does this mean?

It means that the core part of adapting to the market environment…

Means choosing the right strategy that best fits said environment.

Because the truth is – not all strategies work the same in different environments…

Which is why before you choose a strategy, you must first understand the context of the current environment.

That’s what Head Trader Ross Givens shared in his newsletter this morning…

An easy-to-understand breakdown of the current market environment.

And tomorrow morning at 11 a.m. Eastern…

He’ll be going LIVE to demonstrate his top strategy for taking maximum advantage of the current environment.

The simple yet powerful system he’ll be demonstrating has helped identify moves like 163% in seven weeks… 270% in 10 weeks… and a massive 177% in just 11 days.

The presentation is free…

But you do need to register for it by clicking here.

Don’t miss your chance to learn about a strategy that’s perfectly suited for the current environment.

Ross will see you Tuesday morning at 11 a.m. ET.

The Traders Agency Team

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How to Slice Through the Market Noise

Traders Agency Team — Fri, 05 Dec 2025 21:00:00 GMT

Hey friend,

Earlier this morning, we got the (delayed) PCE data – the Fed’s preferred inflation gauge.

It showed September inflation hitting 2.8% annually and 0.2% monthly – slightly below expectations.

We also got consumer sentiment data, which showed a surprising reversal – a modest improvement that was ahead of expectations.

Let's see how the markets have been moving.

The Daily Direction

Note: Indexes closed mixed yesterday and opened higher this morning – with all index directions remaining in the green.

The Daily Nugget

Price speaks louder than words.

Actions speak louder than words.

And there’s a reason they call it price action…

Because the only way for something to be reflected in the price…

Is for someone to take action – by either buying or selling.

That’s why price always speak louder than words.

Words can be useful – but price has the final say.

And to skilled traders, the price action is like words.

They tell a story…

A story of what people are acting on, what they believe, and what they’re likely to do.

That’s something that can only come from deep experience.

And that’s what makes what Ross is sharing so valuable.

Because everybody everywhere is being bombarded by noise…

And getting sucked in to all this noise is how most people end up completely misinterpreting the market…

Causing them to make the wrong, money-losing moves.

So, before you head out for the weekend – just remember this.

People can talk all they want.

But unless they can show you how what they say is being reflected in the price…

It’s all meaningless.

Have a good weekend.

The Traders Agency Team

Trader, Don’t Get This Confused in December

Traders Agency Team — Thu, 04 Dec 2025 19:30:00 GMT

Hey friend,

The only major economic news this morning was the weekly jobless claims.

The latest numbers showed that weekly claims had fallen to the lowest levels in three years – coming in significantly below expectations.

This was a bit of a contrast to yesterday’s private jobs data, which showed job loss instead of the expected job growth – suggesting a mixed picture for the labor market.

Let’s see how markets have been moving.

The Daily Direction

Note: All indexes rose yesterday and opened generally higher this morning – keeping all index directions in the green.

The Daily Nugget

Don’t confuse predictions for strategy.

So many traders – especially those just getting into the game – make this mistake.

They think an expert trader buying a stock is the trader predicting the stock will go up.

There’s a subtle – yet important – difference here.

Expert traders follow strategy…

And strategy is a process – not a prediction.

Buying a stock according to a proven strategy is an intelligent probabilistic bet. It’s a decision made according to a predetermined process.

Predicting a stock will go up – and then buying it – is more often than not just wishful thinking.

From the outside, both can appear the same.

But if you want to truly advance as a trader, you need to understand this subtle difference.

For instance, right now, Head Trader Ross Givens is seeing “risk on” sentiment return to the markets.

And while he believes the broader market will be strong in December…

He’s not predicting that any specific stock will go up.

Instead, he’s following a proven process to identify the highest-potential and most explosive setups.

And tomorrow, Friday morning, at 11 a.m. Eastern…

Ross is going LIVE to walk you through his exact process for targeting these lucrative setups.

The process Ross will be showing tomorrow has been used by some of the best traders in the world, including multiple U.S. investing champions…

And it’s signaled moves of 163% in seven weeks…

270% in 10 weeks…

And even 177% in just 11 days.

Ross will break it all down for you Friday morning.

It’s completely free – but you do need to register.

All you need to do is click here to let him know you’re coming…

And he’ll see you tomorrow morning at 11 a.m. ET.

The Traders Agency Team

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How to Use Market Inequality to Your Advantage

Traders Agency Team — Wed, 03 Dec 2025 17:00:00 GMT

Hey friend,

We got the big private sector employment numbers this morning, which showed 32,000 jobs lost – versus an expected 10,000 jobs gained.

While this might be bad news for the economy…

It may actually be good news for the stock market – because it gives the Fed more justification to cut next week.

However, a lot will also ride on the inflation numbers that will come out Friday morning.

The Daily Direction

Note: All indexes except the Russell 2000 rose yesterday. And while they opened mixed this morning, all index directions remain in the green.

The Daily Nugget

Not all players are created equal in the markets.

All men may be created equal in the eyes of God…

But not all players are created equal in the markets.

The truth is, individual retail traders are almost completely insignificant.

Even as a group acting in concert, they’re still just a minor player…

With very minor influence over stock prices.

That’s why it never pays to follow the retail crowd – even if you’re part of it.

The real money comes from following those with real power to move prices…

The billion-dollar institutions.

As Head Trader Ross Givens has shown…

These institutions aggressively bought the dip in November…

And because they have their targets to hit by the end of the year…

You can expect to keep ramping up their positioning through the month.

That’s why following their moves is such a powerful strategy for December.

And that’s why in just a few hours at 3 p.m. Eastern later today…

Ross is going LIVE to reveal his strategy for following the institutional moves to target the most explosive breakouts.

This is the same strategy you could have followed to wins like 51% in 15 days… 77% in three weeks… and even 87% in just 24 hours.

This is your chance to take full advantage of the “home stretch” before it’s too late.

So click here to lock in your spot for Ross’ free live reveal if you haven’t yet…

And he’ll see you in just a bit at 3 p.m. ET.

The Traders Agency Team

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The “Best of Both Worlds” in Trading

Traders Agency Team — Tue, 02 Dec 2025 21:00:00 GMT

Hey friend,

In his speech yesterday night, Fed Chair Powell deliberately avoided comments on economic and monetary policy due to the Fed “blackout period” ahead of its meeting next week.

Not much else on the economic calendar today.

Tomorrow, we get private sector employment numbers alongside a gauge of services activity.

The Daily Direction

Note: After five straight sessions of consecutive gains indexes pulled back a little yesterday – but opened higher this morning. All index directions remain upward.

The Daily Nugget

Contrarianism and trend following are not mutually exclusive.

Effective trading always requires some level of contrarianism.

If you want to beat the herd…

You have to be willing and able to zig while others zag.

With that being said, this does NOT mean that being contrarian all the time is effective.

In fact, doing that is just a recipe for melting down your account.

There’s a reason a popular trading saying is – the trend is your friend.

If you’re contrarian all the time – if you’re always fighting the trend…

The odds are heavily against you, and that’s not how you want to operate.

So the question is, how do you reconcile following the trend…

With the necessity of being contrarian so you can beat the herd?

Simple.

You ride the trend’s tailwind…

But focus on the “ignored” stocks with the potential to blast off far above the market.

That’s how you capture the best of both worlds.

And that’s what Head Trader Ross Givens is going LIVE to show you tomorrow, Wednesday afternoon at 3 p.m. Eastern.

He’ll demo his stop strategy in his arsenal for capturing quick moves on breakout stocks…

The same strategy you could have followed to wins like 51% in 15 days… 77% in three weeks… and even 87% in just 24 hours.

With the final Fed meeting of the year next week…

Not to mention stocks generally moving positively in December…

We could see a handful of stocks rocket higher in mere days…

And the strategy Ross will be demonstrating tomorrow will allow you to target the best of them.

You want to take full advantage of the home stretch while you still can.

So click here to register for his free December 3 broadcast…

And he’ll see you LIVE tomorrow afternoon at 3 p.m. ET sharp.

The Traders Agency Team

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What You Should Really Believe About the Market

Traders Agency Team — Mon, 01 Dec 2025 19:30:00 GMT

Hey friend,

We got some manufacturing data this morning, which was mixed – with one gauge showing a slight expansion in activity but another showing a slight contraction.

Tonight, Fed Chair Powell is due to give a speech.

And given how much is riding on a Fed rate cut in December, what he says – or doesn’t say – could move markets.

We’ll also get some big private employment numbers on Wednesday…

Plus the Fed’s preferred inflation gauge – the PCE – on Friday.

All these could influence the market’s expectations in a big way.

Let’s see how the markets have been moving.

The Daily Direction

Note: After five straight sessions of consecutive gains, all index directions are back in upward territory.

The Daily Nugget

It’s not about what you believe – it’s what you see.

It’s easy to get stuck in beliefs.

The market should be up because AI is the next big thing…

Or it should be down because AI is a bubble that’s about to pop.

Or it should be doing something else entirely.

Now, it’s true that the market moves based on beliefs…

But the key nuance is that it moves based on the aggregate collective beliefs of all its participants.

And while it’s easy to think you know what these collective beliefs “should” be…

The only way to truly know is to ditch any preconceived beliefs of your own – and watch what the market is telling you.

And right now, the market is telling Head Trader Ross Givens that we’ve recovered from the pullback…

With ample opportunities to target rebounding stocks.

Which is why tomorrow morning at 11 a.m. Eastern…

Ross is going LIVE to show you exactly how to target the smaller, under-the-radar stocks which could be on the verge of breaking out.

He’ll show you how to use his proprietary “pressure gauge” that tells you when the buying pressure could be about to cause these stocks to erupt.

This “pressure gauge” has signaled moves of 77% in 3 weeks, 87% in 24 hours, and 136% in just four weeks.

And when you attend his live demo tomorrow morning, you’ll see firsthand how it works – and how you can use it yourself.

So click here to save your seat if you haven’t already.

And Ross will see you Tuesday morning at 11 a.m. ET.

The early stages of a rebound is the best time to use this “pressure gauge” – so don’t let these breakouts pass you by.

The Traders Agency Team

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This Doesn’t Change in Choppy Markets

Traders Agency Team — Wed, 26 Nov 2025 19:30:00 GMT

Hey friend,

We got the weekly jobless claims report today, which showed a decline to a seven-month low.

Other than that, not much else for the rest of the week (as expected).

This newsletter will also be off till next Monday.

The Daily Direction

Note: All indexes closed sharply higher again yesterday and opened higher today as well – sending all index directions back into upward territory.

The Daily Nugget

Choppy markets don’t change the playbook.

When markets are rough, it’s easy to start second-guessing.

Every trade feels harder, every move feels more stressful, and the urge to sit on the sidelines grows stronger.

But here’s what separates real traders from the rest – they trust the process.

Markets go through cycles.

Some stretches are easy, others are a grind.

But the best strategies don’t fall apart just because conditions get tough.

They adapt, they manage risk, and most importantly, they position traders for when the tide inevitably turns.

The edge doesn’t change – only the market does.

And when conditions shift, the traders who stayed steady will be the ones ready to capitalize.

That’s why it’s also important to lean on those who’ve seen all these cycles play out before.

They understand how most people overreact – creating opportunities for those who don’t.

Happy Thanksgiving – and we’ll see you Monday.

The Traders Agency Team

Only One Way to “Attack” the Market?

Traders Agency Team — Tue, 25 Nov 2025 17:28:27 GMT

Hey friend,

This morning, we got retail sales, producer prices, and more consumer confidence data.

Other than the consumer confidence data, the rest were all reports that were previously delayed due to the shutdown.

On the retail side, September sales data showed a much smaller rise than previously expected.

Producer prices were in line with estimates, showing a 2.7% increase from the year before.

And consumer confidence once again showed a sharp decline – not unexpected given how weak sentiment has been.

Let’s see how the markets have been moving.

The Daily Direction

Note: All indexes closed sharply higher yesterday and opened mixed today – sending the short-term direction of the Russell 2000 back upward.

The Daily Nugget

The smart trader has multiple tools in their trading toolkit.

If all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail.

So many traders out there are running around with just one hammer to “attack” the market.

But the market is such a dynamic environment, that there is no way a single strategy can work for all environments.

That’s why the best traders always have multiple tools in their toolkit.

They never allow themselves to develop “tunnel vision”...

Which means no matter what’s happening in the market…

They always have some strategy that’s suited for the current environment.

That’s how the top traders operate.

And that’s why tomorrow, Wednesday November 26, at 11 a.m. Eastern…

Head Trader Ross Givens is going LIVE to reveal a very special Black Friday opportunity you won’t want to miss.

We’re holding our biggest sales event of the year…

And handing you the absolute BEST deals on our most premium research services.

Ross will be LIVE walking you through the nuts-and-bolts of each strategy…

And explaining how each one will help you target different sets of opportunities in this uncertain market.

Ross’ explanations alone will help you navigate this market, so you’ll gain even from just showing up.

Just click here to reserve your seat for our LIVE Black Friday event…

And Ross will see you tomorrow at 11 a.m. ET sharp.

The Traders Agency Team

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Why Smart Traders Love an Uncertain Market

Traders Agency Team — Mon, 24 Nov 2025 19:30:00 GMT

Hey friend,

No economic news scheduled for today.

Tomorrow, we get retail sales, producer prices, and more consumer confidence data.

And on Wednesday, the day before Thanksgiving, we’ll (finally) get the weekly jobless claims data back.

The Daily Direction

Note: All indexes closed higher on Friday and opened higher this morning as well – but all short and medium-term index directions remain downward.

The Daily Nugget

The less everyone “knows” about the market – the less opportunities there are.

Here’s a critical paradox in trading and the markets.

If everyone “knows” exactly where the market is going…

If there is minimal uncertainty in the air…

Then it means there are actually FEWER market-beating opportunities out there.

Sure, it means that the market is generally doing well…

Meaning that average market returns will be at least decent.

But when it comes to actually BEATING the market (the entire goal of trading)?

The more certainty there is, the less opportunities you have to do so.

The more uncertainty, paradoxically, the more opportunities you have.

And right now, confusion and uncertainty – and thus opportunity – is at some of the highest levels in months.

That means that those who really know what’s going on will have an even more powerful advantage.

And that’s why tomorrow, Tuesday morning, at 11 a.m. Eastern…

Head Trader Ross Givens is going LIVEfor a very special State of the Market address, where he’ll clarify exactly what’s going on with the current market.

He’ll dive deep into what’s really moving stocks…

The truth behind Thursday’s shocking market rout…

Where the smart money is positioning right now…

Why he’s still optimistic despite all the noise coming from TV pundits and talking heads…

And how to navigate the next major move with confidence.

After his live State of the Market briefing tomorrow, you’ll have a huge edge over everyone else.

So click here to reserve your spot for Ross’ State of the Market briefing…

And he’ll see you Tuesday at 11 a.m. ET sharp.

The Traders Agency Team

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Crucial Reminder for Choppy, Uncertain Markets

Traders Agency Team — Fri, 21 Nov 2025 21:00:00 GMT

Hey friend,

While unemployment ticked up in the delayed jobs report, the growth numbers were stronger than expected…

Which led to increased skepticism surrounding a December Fed cut.

Add in to increased fears about an AI bubble – fears that were apparently not quelled by Nvidia’s earnings…

And you had a big selloff yesterday.

This morning, we just had the latest US consumer sentiment data – which plunged to the lowest levels since 2009.

Will this end up being reflected in the stock market?

The Daily Direction

Note: Indexes closed sharply lower yesterday despite gapping up in the morning. All short and medium-term directions are now in downward territory.

The Daily Nugget

The noisier the environment, the more reward in the signal.

Will the Fed cut this December?

Is the entire AI theme a house of cards that’s about to come crumbling down?

Have we reached a market top?

What is the true state of the economy?

That’s just some of the noise that’s bombarding every trader out there right now.

We can see this reflected in the choppy price action…

As well as just how bearish the retail crowd has become.

But the noisier the environment, the more reward there is in the signal.

And that means if you can lock on to the signal in this noisy month…

You’ll be able to come out far ahead of the crowd.

So keep listening to what Ross has to say about the market…

Be very skeptical of what you read in the news…

And remember – there are always opportunities in the market.

Have a good weekend.

The Traders Agency Team

How to Stay Unemotional During Choppy Markets

Traders Agency Team — Thu, 20 Nov 2025 19:30:00 GMT

Hey friend,

The Fed minutes yesterday revealed a lot more hesitation around a December rate cut than previously thought.

However, with the delayed September jobs report showing unemployment ticking up to 4.4%...

And the October jobs report being officially canceled (we’ll get the November jobs report only after the next Fed meeting)...

It looks like the odds of a December cut are ticking up.

Let’s see how the markets have been moving.

The Daily Direction

Note: Indexes closed flat or slightly higher yesterday. But they all opened sharply higher today on news of Nvidia’s positive earnings and a weaker jobs report – sending multiple index directions back upward.

The Daily Nugget

Information beats emotions.

Most traders allow their emotions to overrule the information (even if they don’t realize it).

One part of this is emotional control – which is a critical skill for traders…

But another big part is that they don’t know how to interpret the market’s information correctly – the other critical skill.

The good news is the two are interlinked.

Because once you learn how to interpret the market’s information correctly – and see the results for yourself…

You’ll naturally develop more confidence in trusting the information instead of your emotions…

Which will in turn make you better at emotional control.

It’s a virtuous cycle that will unlock a whole new level of trading for you.

The caveat? Not all information is created equal.

Certain types of information make for far superior trading decisions.

And that’s why tomorrow morning at 11 a.m. Eastern…

Head Trader Ross Givens is going LIVE for a training session on digging out the highest-fidelity information during earnings season…

The kind of information that could allow you to still do good while the market is doing bad…

And to do great while the market is doing good.

The method Ross will be showing tomorrow has generated gains like 287%... 527%... even 1,091% in both bull and bear markets.

But with bullish momentum looking like it’s rebounding, now is the time to take action.

Click here to secure your spot for Ross’ live training session…

And he’ll see you at 11 a.m. ET tomorrow morning.

The Traders Agency Team

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