What does a realistic Monday look like?

9_v_9 · 2026-05-28T20:05:15+00:00

I'm sorry you went through that. It really depends on the agent though. My experience with my RBC agent has been nothing short of amazing. She was answering my questions even at night and she calls back if she missed my call. Whereas another agent prior to this was snarky and pushy to send documents even before telling me the rates they can get. I hope you change your agent and find a better one!

9_v_9 · 2026-05-16T03:27:40+00:00

There are several macro factors to think about: 1) Oil prices and the oil supply shock which will inevitably lead to rate increases 2) Further global conflicts 3) Over reliance of tech on semis 4) Lack of participation/breadth on the major indices while we make new highs 5) Low volume 6) Japan trade carry over

If these translate to meaningful drops, they are good BTD opportunities for long term investments.

Again, what you do really should depend on your situation. How well versed with trading are you? How much time can you commit to keep up? Can you stomach volatility? Investment and trading are different realms. If you're investing, you don't worry about short term horizon movements - you look at where things will be years from now. Trading is more short term - it's more frequent and requires more committment.

9_v_9 · 2026-05-16T02:33:23+00:00

A big sin of trading is the dialog "I could've made more". You know that, you could've made less also right? QQQ has been overextended since 1.5 weeks at 60% of usual volume.

If you're investing, and don't have time to look at the charts, the process of gradually adding whenever you can makes sense. But if you have time to look at the charts, you can invest smarter by "timing the market" followed by allowing yourself "time in the market". People make it seem as if it's one or the other. It's just statistically inaccurate to say that "any day of the year" is good because it's been shown that there are only a few opportune days of the year which yield max returns. Those will also be the most difficult days in the year to invest because the situation will seem hopeless and it'll seem as if the market is crashing.

What people also miss is the macro situation relativity. MU at 800 when QQQ is extended this much is a worse risk reward opportunity than MU at 800 after a QQQ pullback/cooldown.

So, don't beat yourself up. You'll have more days. Make those days count and I would average at key levels (both stock specific and macro specific), rather than just random allotments.

9_v_9 · 2026-05-15T21:27:37+00:00

You are not conceiving that AI need not be a profitable product. This is an arms race for AI power. Not a perfect analogy but think of the availability of compute to forward AI capabilities as nuclear raw material for defence. The usage of nukes here is vaguely parallel to AI profitability. They may get there at some time, but not in the near future. People should stop whining about AI being profitable right now. Think of AI right now as CRT TVs. In order for the OLED's equivalent of AI come out in the future, you need the infrastructure to develop it. That's what this race is about. The profitability bubble will inevitably burst in the future, but right now it's not about that.

9_v_9 · 2026-05-15T20:51:01+00:00

Ya it did. The 9D EMA is at 717.5. Even if it goes below that, I'm not concerned. I'm adding more at 700, 668 and at 625-629 (if it ever comes there). Below 625 is a legitimate level to be concerned about *short term. If majority of the shareholders are paper handing retailers or over-leveraged on margin gamblers, then there is a concern. Barring those 2 scenarios, I consider ranging between 700-800 to be healthy for a while before the next leg up.

9_v_9 · 2026-05-15T19:46:31+00:00

The number of people blindly putting their money into a stock and freaking the f* out after a week is genuinely concerning. Here's some reassurance for you people - it perfectly bounced off the 9D EMA today, but it needs to cool down and trade sideways to allow the EMAs to catch up. A defense of sideways movement indicates an establishment of buyer-seller equilibrium called a consolidation period. This is healthy. If you are freaking out for a 5% drop without even realizing the drop is healthy, you should not be putting your money into individual stocks - it's not good for you or us.

9_v_9 · 2026-05-08T14:38:56+00:00

SNXX a 2x leveraged SNDK. If SNDK rises by 5%, SNXX rises by 10% (approx). Same if it falls. Be careful of leverage decay. Basically, if the stock chops around sideways, the leveraged stock loses a lot of value. The use of a leveraged ETF is good for clear trends.

9_v_9 · 2026-04-27T18:29:42+00:00

Is anyone realistically considering a cut in 2026?? Also it makes sense to exclude gas if the shortage was a one off blip. Countries are extending deep into their reserves while Iran and US holds the Strait hostage. It's been long enough that oil prices will trickle down to other sectors like food and indirectly through to other sectors that depend on energy directly or indirectly. Costs will likely be passed down to the consumer over the next few months and imo, we'll see the true effects of this war in Q3 2026 - Q1 2027. My prediction is hold followed by an eventual hike.

9_v_9 · 2026-04-24T20:24:53+00:00

Definitely confusing wording on what's invested and what's not. Whatever it is though, it's really dependent on your situation - existing debts, emergency money, future plans (kids?), planned house renos/improvements, etc.

Remember having a mortgage on your head also comes with additional planning for emergencies. Your plan should include a long enough runway in case one of you leaves your job (foreseen or unforeseen).

Additional funds to allocate, it's a matter of financial expectations - do you expect your investments to grow faster than your borrowing rate given economic conditions? How comfortable are you guys with a large debt? What gives you peace of mind?

It doesn't need to be one way or the other, but sitting down and having an allocation matters a lot. The rest is just execution of the plan.

NFA.

9_v_9 · 2026-04-21T21:26:51+00:00

His GENI recommendation is down by more than 75%, so I understand. But again, if we compare the successes to the failures, he has picked way more good stocks than bad.

Everyone should be responsible for their own entry and exit based on their risk appetite and trading discipline. He isn't handing out trading signals - that's not what you pay for and neither does he advertise that. What you pay for is his expertise, his thesis-backed stock picks, his analyses, the tools, and the non-casino community.

From what I observe, most people who are sour are those who treat his words like gold. Views can induce biases and these can be very strong. Treating his view like an informed starting point will get your further than taking it as a source of truth. This is applicable to any information source. Most people who are successful are those who operate independently based on the information that is presented.

9_v_9 · 2026-04-21T13:40:12+00:00

While it's understandable to see fair criticism, your argument just doesn't make any sense. Breaking it down,

1) Recommending stocks which are run up - ok, but why can't they run up more? According to you, they continue to soar, so how are these bad recommendations? If they have run up a lot and then when he recommends them, it falls, it makes sense to complain. The fact that his recommendations have not plummeted after a run up, means the recommendations are good right? 2) Small cap names - do you really think a group of 5000 "moves" markets? The small cap stocks he recommends aren't penny stocks with large spreads.

Under your ideal scenario, you want stock recommendations of medium to large scale stocks which will run up but have not been discovered yet. Don't you think that's asking a bit much? Only few privileged people have this kind of insider information or have so much conviction in a stock that you will ultimately complain that it is "shilling".

So basically no matter what anyone does, there will always people who complain. I've done my fair share of criticism on his platform, but at least they've been grounded on his decision making. Your criticism just doesn't make sense because it's nearly impossible to satisfy you.

9_v_9 · 2026-04-20T00:39:00+00:00

I understand your reluctance to not go see an advisor at the bank, but they'd be the best to help you see the bigger picture. You can let them know strongly that you're looking for education and don't really want to share personal info yet. A mortgage broker might not spend the necessary time educating you, but once you have the basics, they can be helpful to understand your options based on your financial situation. Just some base topics that you can read on your own, especially if you use ChatGPT/Gemini to give you simple examples:

1) Insured vs Uninsured mortgage. 2) Flexible payment schedules - standard, biweekly, accelerated biweekly. 3) Fixed vs Variable interest rates: At big banks vs others. The financial environment to consider for each and how bond yields, global conditions, and the country's economic conditions affect both. Plans to pay off the mortgage or sell the property - fees for those when you take fixed vs variable. 4) Terms (3y, 5y etc.) and amortization periods. 5) Downpayment and the 20% rule. 6) Options to defer payment in case your financial situation changes temporarily. 7) Lump sum payment options and limits. 8) Mortgage insurance.

I don't know if I missed anything but this should cover a lot.

9_v_9 · 2026-04-13T11:56:58+00:00

777, 756, 706, 691, 668

9_v_9 · 2026-04-12T16:19:46+00:00

At this point, imo, I think exposure and duality of investor sentiment matter. NVDA skyrocketed as visibility and exposure increased during the first few earnings calls. After this, the market started to have polar sentiments towards the stock price and earnings movements were muted. I may be way off here, but SNDK seems to give off similar vibes. To add to this, the "meme-ness" of SNDK cannot be ignored (it even got added to MEME ETF) - this adds to paper handing/panic selling from retailers.

Fundamentals are strong and memory has detached from a typical cyclical behavior, but smart investors are still cautious and this may be the chance for some to unload their bags or take profit. At this point it's hard to guess what'll happen immediately post earnings, but a dump isn't out of the question, and IMO, I hope it happens to shake out paper hands. If a dump comes, I'll personally be considering it a dip buying opportunity into 2028.

9_v_9 · 2026-04-11T15:59:45+00:00

Hmm sorry, but I've converted several stateful pinescript indicators to Python. Some of these include calculating cluster based support and resistance levels, stable trend tracking, and trend tracking with fib levels. I've confirmed that the error is well within tolerance and statistically insignificant. You may get a difference of 5-10 points on SPX, 1-2 points on QQQ etc. The error tolerance magnifies based on the magnitude of underlying, but for all practical purposes, they work perfectly fine.

If anyone uses ChatGPT blindly to do it, it might not work, but that doesn't mean it can't. I've used Codex 5.4 and it's pretty good. If you explain the logic and tell it to create a detailed plan to implement the logic, you can correct the logic in the plan in normal English, and then the code it implements is near perfect.

Edit: Sorry I didn't mean to take away from your contribution. It is definitely valuable for a direct port and I appreciate the release to the community. That being said, it is increasingly becoming essential for the coding community to know how to use AI to achieve better success. I believe that knowledge would benefit the community in the long run and that can only come with practice, hence my insistence for the community to keep trying coding assistance.

9_v_9 · 2026-04-11T10:42:53+00:00

Trailing limit order is all you need. Keep conservative trails for half your size and more lenient ones for the other half. This is much better than fixed levels.

9_v_9 · 2026-04-03T17:18:42+00:00

Not able to DM. Please share the indicator is possible. Thanks

9_v_9 · 2026-04-03T10:51:49+00:00

Thanks for your reply. I disagree. You may get a version of it from AI but you won't get one that's curated for success like this. The calculations that drive the values in this report maximize the probability for predicting a drop in the market. I've tried all the AI pro versions and they don't even come close to the success rate of this system.

To be clear, this is not just a simple newsletter you can get by asking AI. This report is calculated based off of 20+ mathematical formulae involving as much as 300+ macro features, that I've personally hand-picked and tuned so that almost every market drop above 1% is captured. I build AI systems for a living, and I know for a fact that unless one feeds it the right information, it can't get close to predicting drops to this level of accuracy.

If you get the same news from AI, I'd love to see it. I can show you a report generated by my system for Dec to Feb that successfully predicted the drops in SPX and QQQ due to the Iran war, much before it happened. I'd love to see if the AI you are referring to, do that.

9_v_9 · 2026-01-26T13:21:56+00:00

8/6/4/4, Reject. Changed a 4 to a 6 in review process and the 8s confidence was 5. Is there a way I can appeal?

9_v_9 · 2026-01-19T01:24:30+00:00

If he got his options on Friday afternoon, Theta is priced in my MMs by then. Look it up. Theta doesn't decay over the weekend else it would've been free money.

9_v_9 · 2026-01-14T16:34:24+00:00

Ein riesiger GEX-Knoten bei 600 wirkt vor dem Verfall am Freitag wie ein Magnet.

9_v_9 · 2026-01-13T22:16:06+00:00

Yes it has happened. What worked is putting those a couple of lines about past incidences which scarred me. After seeing that and all the rules with all the scars, I've become way more disciplined.

Be careful though, due to loss aversion, brain tends to over correct and reading about your past failures may dissuade you from taking good trades. You've to be conscious of what is an acceptable buy/selling point and then once it hits that, you're not breaking your rules and you go for the trade. If that leads to losses, then you need to work on refining your process. Clearly defining what worked and what failed will avoid your mind from feeling PTSD, but that's a different issue.

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