A 50,000 Trading Day and A Big Lesson
Dear Traders,
We’re heading into an exciting and volatile stretch of the stock market. Anthropic is targeting a November IPO under the proposed ticker ANT, concerns about AI valuations are growing, and geopolitical developments continue to move markets around the world.
This weekend, Brazil’s presidential election ended with President Lula winning reelection. Investors reacted sharply, with concerns about government spending and debt putting pressure on both the Brazilian real and the country’s stock market.
That volatility created an opportunity for us in EWZ, the ETF that tracks Brazilian equities, which we traded for a strong profit. We also traded TSLA live in the chatroom, catching an excellent 1-minute Opening Range Breakout (ORB). Overall, I finished the day with more than $50,000 in trading profits.
1-min Opening Range Breakout Long on TSLA on Monday, traded live in the BBT chatroom.
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Lesson: Trade the Price Action, Not Your Bias
One of our funded account traders emailed me on Monday after taking a large loss. He was honest about what went wrong and suggested I share his experience with the community.
He admires Elon Musk and had interpreted Musk’s comments about “neocloud” companies (businesses borrowing heavily to build computing capacity and rent it to others) as a strong bearish signal for stocks like IREN and CoreWeave (CRWV).
Elon Musk’s post on Oct 25, 2026 on CRWV and IREN.
These stocks gapped down, but the continued selloff he expected didn’t materialize. In fact, as I’m writing this, CRWV has reversed from roughly 5% down to 4% up.
His takeaway was important: he became attached to a narrative instead of responding to the price action. When you respect someone’s opinion, it can be easy to look for confirmation that they’re right, and overlook what the market is actually telling you.
Our funded Trading Terminal trader’s bias caused him to blow up his account.
Never have a bias in trading.
Fundamentals and headlines can create opportunities, but they don’t dictate how a stock will trade that day. As day traders, our entries, exits, and risk management need to follow technical levels, volume, and price action.
You can be right about a company’s long-term challenges and still be wrong about today’s trade. Have a thesis, but define what invalidates it, and respect your stop when the market proves you wrong.
Thank you to this trader for sharing his experience openly. It’s a lesson all of us can learn from.
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Andrew Aziz
Day Trader
