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one of the most important skills in trading is knowing when there’s nothing to do. if price is chopping between your levels, there’s no reason to force an entry. protecting your capital is part of the process.

$COST monthly sales report remains one of my favorite catalysts to trade. first entry yesterday paid at the open. second entry today, trading the reaction to the report paid again. > same catalyst > two separate opportunities the key is being prepared and letting price give you the entry.

not every trading opportunity starts at 9:30. > investor days > product announcements > and company presentations can create volatility throughout the session. if a company has an event scheduled for noon I want to know about it beforehand. Then we watch how price reacts. preparation gives you the opportunity to be early without guessing.

$SHOP earnings reaction. despite gapping down after earnings price got bought up at the open and continued to hold above the opening print. we then got a 2-1 setup on the 30min that triggered to the upside. the previous month low was my target, and price ran right into it. #TheStrat

You don’t need to catch the top to catch the move. I waited for price to trigger a 2-2D on both the monthly and daily timeframes, along with a 3-2D on the weekly. That was my entry for puts on $INTC From there, I simply targeted my levels on the way down.

This week's catalysts! Here’s what to keep on watch (November 2-6): Monday: - $AAPL, $PLTR, $ROKU, $VRTX earnings Tuesday: - $AMD, $SHOP, $SMCI, $ANET, $BKNG, $ALAB earnings - Midterm elections + JOLTS Wednesday: - $UBER, $QCOM, $ARM, $DDOG, $APP, $MELI earnings - $COST monthly sales report Thursday: - $NET, $ABNB, $IONQ, $DKNG, $U, $CELH earnings Friday: - $MRNA, $OKLO, $VST earnings - October Jobs Report (8:30 AM ET) Plenty of potential movers this week.

you don’t need to trade every stock on your watchlist. i can have 4 tickers charted and only end up trading 1-2 of them. the purpose of the watchlist is to identify opportunities, not force yourself into every single one one clean trade is enough for the entire session.

$COIN earnings reaction played out exactly as planned today. Down 7% premarket after earnings, trading below VWAP with FTFC to the downside and a clear pattern of lower highs and lower lows. The plan was to look for puts below the premarket low. Price broke that level and went on to take out both the previous year low and previous quarter low.

How to plan your targets before you’re in the trade… #TheStrat

Caught the downside move on $NOW following its earnings reaction today. on the quarterly, monthly and weekly time frame the overall market structure was bearish, and price was already gapping down during premarket. the plan was to watch for a break below the premarket low for a potential entry to the downside. we also had a 15m inside bar that triggered lower, giving us another potential entry lower. price eventually followed through and took out our levels on the way down.

you don’t have to participate in the first move of the day. sometimes the better opportunity comes 30 minutes later. sometimes it comes two hours later. and sometimes it doesn’t come at all. there’s nothing wrong with any of those outcomes.

FOMC conference in 30 minutes. My advice is to leave the statement candle 2:00-2:30pm alone. Let it close, mark the high and low, and look to trade the breakout once price confirms. Let’s see what FOMC gives us today.

How to manage your exits using The Strat… #TheStrat

$TSLA stayed on watch today following yesterday’s overweight rating. an overweight rating means the firm expects the stock to outperform its peers in the same sector. ratings like this can bring additional buying interest and keep momentum going, which is why I like keeping them on watch. But we still needed price to confirm. Today, we cleared the PDH and continued hitting higher highs pushing through our upside levels and working toward the gap fill at $407.68.

one of the biggest improvements i’ve made in my trading was changing where i start. instead of looking for setups first, i look for catalysts. earnings, economic data, upgrades, downgrades, company announcements anything that could bring meaningful volatility. once i have those names on watch, i let The Strat do the rest. i still need a setup, i still need confirmation, and i still need my risk defined. the news alone isn’t enough to make me take a trade.

the news can be bullish while the price action is telling you the complete opposite and vice versa. here’s what I mean.

if I could only trade one type of catalyst for the rest of my life. this would be it.

$CMCSA earnings reaction came through Stratalyst flagged it as a strong post-earnings mover with a history of clean price action so this was our high alert. we had our levels mapped out, waited for the upside trigger and took the move higher as price worked through our targets. catalysts first then let price action confirm.

you can get the direction right and still lose money trading options. especially with weeklies and 0DTE. here’s why

one of the most important candles in The Strat is also the one doing the least. the inside bar gives you the range. the break of that range gives you the trigger. simple, but important.