Andrew Aziz 
Dear Traders, What an unbelievable start to the year. As I wrote two weeks ago, this could have been the start of the next bull market, that hopefully would last for another 10 years. Only in 2023, according to TradingTerminal.com’s Normalized Market Performance tracking, Nasdaq is up over 17%, IWM 14%, and SPY 9%. Today, … Read more
Dear Traders, Many of you who follow me know that I suffered a big loss last year on TNA. But many do not really know what exactly happened and how much I lost. I lost almost 2 million dollars in 2022! That was the first time I cried over money. Two million dollars is a … Read more
Dear Traders, MSFT earnings had a significant impact on the market. Their earnings were great, but their guidance for the future was gloomy, and that caused their 5% gain to evaporate and the market to gap down. Nevertheless, the market’s volatility continues and we saw a big bounce in the market in the afternoon. This … Read more
Dear Traders, It was an amazing trading day with our community in the chatroom! AMD went up 10%, NVDA went up 8%, and TSLA went up 8%. You can watch the recap that Brian and I posted here. As I wrote last week, the market is cooking something. Everything seems to be a buy these … Read more
Dear Traders, There are some big things happening in the market these days. The retail sales number came in yesterday at -1.5%. Considering inflation is at 7%, this reflects a significant drop in consumer spending. The economy has cooled down, and consumers have backed off. The market sold off and continues to sell off. Today, … Read more
Dear Traders, Happy MLK Day (one day late)! I hope everyone had a great long weekend. Today, Jarad and I traded TSLA and NVDA, and I also traded options on Amazon and NVDA. I had a very nice day, and I hope you will get a chance to review my trades in our recap on … Read more
Dear Traders, Happy inflation report day! Today, the inflation report came in and surprised really nobody. One argument was that the data was actually leaked beforehand. The Labor Department, which compiles and issues the data, dismissed the possibility of a leak. The market traded in a volatile fashion, with the Nasdaq moving as high as … Read more
Dear Traders, The market is ripping higher now, and Brian and I had some amazing trades on TQQQ, TSLA, and AMD. In particular, the semiconductor sector, which got really beat up last year, is leading the charge. The SOXL ETF, based on the semiconductor sector, which offers 3x leverage, is surging, and the puts that … Read more
Dear Traders, The first week of 2023 turned out to be very strong and volatile, with a ton of trading opportunities. Today, Brian and I made some amazing trades on TQQQ and TSLA, and it in fact ended up being one of the biggest days of my last few months. You can watch our recap … Read more
Dear Traders, Happy New Year! I am back from my climbing in Argentina. On December 30, 2022, at 2pm local time, I stood on top of Mt. Aconcagua at around 7,000m (23,000 ft), the highest point in the Western Hemisphere, and in fact the highest point outside of the Himalayas range (Nepal, India, China, Pakistan). … Read more
Hello Traders! Norm here, writing on behalf of Andrew and the rest of the BBT team. As Andrew is gearing up to be the highest person on earth by climbing the summit of Aconcagua, I thought it would be a great idea to recap the crazy year we had and highlight what is coming next … Read more
Hello Bear Bull Traders! I am up in the Argentinian mountains near the 6,000m (+19,000ft) level and I am hoping to be able to push for the summit of Aconcagua. It is the biggest mountain in the Western Hemisphere and, in fact, the highest point in the world outside of the Himalayas. If the weather … Read more
Dear Traders, I hope everyone had a wonderful holiday weekend and was able to spend some much-deserved time with their family and friends. As we move toward the new year, many of us will be making New Year’s resolutions, with the aim of improving ourselves in 2023. This is the time of year that you … Read more
Dear Traders, We are getting into the end of 2022, and the market is still volatile. Tesla is one of the very attractive stocks that has given us a lot of trading options. Today, Thor and Brian traded TSLA at the Open, and I later traded it for the break of 52-w low. I also … Read more
Dear Traders, Today the market continued its sell-off as investors desperately search for a return. In a recessionary environment, the market has no reason to go up, but it has a good volatile path of choppiness. I hope the market stays like this: choppy but extremely volatile. Economist had a nice cover talking about how investors are stuck in finding … Read more
Dear Traders, It’s a big week ahead! Tomorrow, we will learn the new CPI number (inflation) and we will see if that number will change the volatility in the market. According to Bloomberg, 60% of retail investors such as us are long stocks and think this is a good time to own them. On the … Read more
Dear Traders, Market volatility continues within the Chinese sector and, of course, as usual, with Tesla Inc. Finally, the Communist Party decided to ease their zero-COVID policy, a policy that was obviously failing. I called this last year. I’m not sure why the party did not get it. BABA has gapped up beautifully. Today, in … Read more
Dear Traders, I am writing this newsletter from Florence, Italy, where I came to meet some of our friends and traders. We had a small but very nice meetup, and I am grateful that some of our traders could make it on such short notice. Two police officers came to meet me and they brought … Read more
Dear Traders, Today, Chinese-based stocks were gapping up, and I had one of my best trading days in 2022 on XPEV, as the Chinese electric vehicle maker soared. The recap is full of educational material, with a focus on trading based on Nasdaq Level 2 signals. I hope you enjoy it, even though the quality … Read more
Dear Traders, The market dropped significantly yesterday as St. Louis Fed President James Bullard — one of the central bank’s most hawkish officials — said he thinks “markets are underpricing a little bit the risk that the FOMC will have to be more aggressive rather than less aggressive in order to contain the very substantial … Read more