What's up, everyone? All right, in
today's episode, I'm going to break down
my trades from the morning. Today, we've
got a few stocks that put in some big
moves, including AEMD, which squeezed up
over 800% in less than 15 minutes this
morning. Let's jump onto the screen,
share, and start breaking it down.
Here's the ticker. They put out a
headline about a business combination, a
merger, and the stock immediately
started surging up, which is not totally
uncommon. It pops from about a $1.40 up
to a high of $3. Pulls back a little
bit, curls back up through 324 and it
breaks through in a bit of a cup and
handle formation for the squeeze up
towards $4 a share. Then it breaks $4
and has a wick all the way up to 14
bucks. That is insane. I don't know if
any of you guys were in this down here
for the break of 3503 or maybe four and
had some shares during that spike, but
that is incredible. A 10point candle in
one minute. But as and we've seen a few
of these this year, probably maybe like
a dozen of these kind of candles this
year where it just goes up, you know,
five or 10 points in in one minute. Uh
but then they usually drop back down.
However, off that drop, they usually
bounce and curl back up, which is
exactly what this one did, back up to
$10 a share. Then it pulls back and kind
of stair steps down. And I was wondering
if we would get another trade on it at
the open for another curl. But you can
see it's just kind of gone sideways. So,
it's not completely rolling over. It's
still up as of right now 391%
but it's not continuing to give us good
opportunities. So I did get a couple
trades on this one in my Roth IRA and
I'm locking up 13,000 in profit on it
plus 11,000 on TURB a little profit on
WTO uh WTO and then a loss on Va and
we'll go through all of these trades
here. So, AEMD, yes, we got some nice
action on it, but it wasn't the easiest
to manage risk. So, the issue was, of
course, we had had this huge move, and I
just wasn't sure how many traders would
be willing to buy something already up
400%. Right? It's just already such a
huge gain. So, as I was sitting down at
7 a.m., we got this rally right here. It
sells off, dips down, and then we get a
little inverted head and shoulders
pattern right there. And that gave me a
little opportunity. Then we pulled back
and we got another inverted head and
shoulders pattern right here which was
another opportunity. So these are the
spots I was kind of interested in
watching dips like this and then the
first pullback as it starts to move a
little bit higher rather than trying to
buy up at the top of a breakout where it
starts to get a little extended and a
little heavy. So AEMD,
you know, basically amazing at the very
beginning and then became fairly choppy
as the day went on. And that was true
with a number of stocks. TURB, this one
pops up and on the daily chart, you
know, there wasn't too much to look at.
The 200 moving average at $164. And so
as it started to squeeze up this
morning, initially we pop up, we pull
back, we come back up, we pull back, we
pop up right here. And then as we start
to squeeze, I jumped in thinking that we
were going to break the uh 200 moving
average and we broke it. And look at
this candle. Another one. This one get
goes all the way to $4 a share. And I
was in it for that candle, but I wasn't
able to sell anything up that high cuz
it popped up so quickly and then came
right back down. And unlike AMD, it
didn't really bounce and curl back up.
It just kind of went sideways. So that
one was a little discouraging that we
didn't get that push higher. although I
traded it and made some money on it.
Then we had Wetto, which I initially
looked at and thought a history of big
red candles. I don't know if this one's
going to work. On the other hand, it put
in a pretty big move. As you can see
right here, first pullback right there
pushes higher and then right down here,
the next curl and then that was a huge
rejection and a drop back down. So that
wasn't so pretty. And then after that,
it was kind of just sideways. So that
was
then DTSS. This is another interesting
one that popped up, pulls back, halts
one, two times up, halts once and twice
down, then once and twice back up, now
another time back down. So a lot of
halts on this one. Fairly difficult to
manage risk. Va, this one has also had a
few halts. Dropping down, popping back
up. No halts in pre-market, but halting
down once there at the open and then
selling off quite a bit. This one, I was
observing the 200 moving average up
around 1074
and I thought that was going to be a
little bit of a problem. So, we had this
pop here and then the last couple days,
you know, sort of holding up, but I was
not sure this was going to work and in
fact it didn't. I did break the ice and
I tried to trade on it and that trade
that I took was at 850 right here. So I
jumped in at 850 and then promptly
stopped out at about 8.25 as it came
back down which is a little bit of a
bummer. So red on Va W Turb AMD you know
small winners but dispersed attention
across the board. I was hoping we would
have one obvious stock but we really
didn't have that today. We did yesterday
we did the day before but today not yet.
And it's about 10:30. So this is by this
time in the previous days we already had
something that made a big move and it
doesn't seem like it's going to happen
today. D AIC
popped up after hours continued
pre-market and at the open but this
stock has received a delisting notice
from the exchange and they're currently
appealing it. If they lose their appeal
the stock could get delisted to the OTC
market and we don't know when the
decision from the exchange is going to
come through. So, I'm I'm afraid that if
I trade this at any time, it could end
up getting halted and then resuming on
the OTC market, which would not be a
good situation. So, this one um you
know, interesting as it is, um no trades
on that, did not feel like I could trust
it. Uh so, that was DIC. And then what
else do we have? Uh obviously, RETO from
the last couple days did an offering.
So,
big selloff there. you know, this huge
rally yesterday all the way up to $18
and then unwinding, coming back down.
Yesterday, we had meds. This one gave us
a big rally, uh, you know, day two
continuation,
sold off and is now coming back down.
Today, we just didn't have something, at
least so far, that's given us that kind
of move. That move started, I guess,
closer to 11. So, uh, maybe maybe
something will still end up happening, a
halt and then a dip and a rip. But uh
you know this is the right price range
where you could get5 $6 a share which is
pretty impressive. And this morning AEMD
well I don't think we're going to get a
recovery on that one. It seems like it's
just you know selling off. DTSS
well it's going to be halting like
crazy. Sort of hard to manage risk on
DAIC already talked about it. Um KXI N
uh you know popping up a bit here but I
don't know. I'm I'm not sure if this
one's really going to work. I guess you
never know. It It is a Chinese stock.
You've got a double top right there. Uh
maybe it could start to open up, but it
just feels like the sentiment is a
little bit softer today than it was in
previous days. And then of course,
tomorrow's Friday, so maybe, you know,
this is this is the best that we get and
we're not going to get much more. But we
live to trade another day. Sometimes
it's just about survival, keeping your
head above water. So this week and the
last couple weeks in fact have been
rather hit or miss. September has not
been a very good month. I've been you
know actually pretty discouraged here.
Uh this is where I sat. Let's see. Um
coming into this is for my Roth IRA. Uh
coming into today. So you know several
no trade days here. Uh several small
days. A lot of days where I was focusing
on uh my small account challenge and
whatever. But then I got one bigger red
day here. So, one, two, and now three
bigger green days. Uh, today technically
is the biggest green day of the month
for my Roth IRA, which is uh good, but
this is not a particularly big green day
for me. So, I'm I'm kind of disappointed
that that's the the case. And the
biggest day was a bigger red day than
this what this green day is. So, we've
only got a week and a half left in the
month of September, and it feels like
it's not going very well. And even in
spite of some of the big moves that we
had this week, partly because of my own
dispersed attention between, you know,
the small account challenge and, you
know, whatever,
my Roth IRA is not done as well as I
would have liked. So, well, but you know
what? That's okay. Small account
challenge crossed over $100,000
yesterday. And realistically,
you know, we still have a week and a
half left for the month of September to
try to salvage as much as I can. And
then we'll start fresh in October. And
hopefully, you know, the last quarter of
the year, October, November, December
are decent. And I'm able to finish the
year on a high note. You know, we
started the year really well. January
was phenomenal. I mean, January was a
fantastic month and then things uh
cooled off a little bit. So, in fact,
let's see. We'll go Yeah, Roth IRA. So,
we'll do month and year here.
Um, so this is 2026.
This is my uh profitability by month so
far this year. So January was great,
February and March cooled off. April was
not great and then May, June and then
July and August and now September is you
know wo really the worst month of the
year so far. Um but hey, one month has
to be the worst month of the year that
it's just the way it's going to go and
one month's the best. Right now June is
the best, September's the worst. Um, and
April's feeling relieved because April
thought it was going to be the worst
month of the year and April's thinking,
I'm not that bad of a month. It's
springtime. This is a good time of year.
Well, good for you. September is uh now
uh displaced you for worst month of the
year. On the other hand, a uh a couple
of good trades in the next week. I was
up 92,000 in April. So, you know, a
couple good trades and uh well, I I
might I might April's April's not out of
the woods yet. Let's just say that. So,
we'll see how September finishes. But,
you know, at the end of the day, it's
the big picture that matters. It's easy
to get kind of um, you know, sort of in
the weeds of feeling very very much
focused on like that 30-day outlook
where I haven't or even just a 7-day
outlook where I haven't made as much in
the last week as I'd like. Um, all
right. Well, take a step back. You know,
big picture, how is the summer? Big
picture, how is the year? Now, if big
picture doesn't look good either, then
that speaks to the issue of, well, you
probably shouldn't be trading with real
money. You should be in a simulator or
you should be trading with really small
size with real money until you can build
a little bit of a stronger track record
and regain some confidence. I've had
periods where, you know, I've had a
strong stretch and then things kind of
flatline for a little bit, dip down a
little bit, and then we get another
strong stretch. In fact, we were just
looking at um let's see, we'll do I'm
going to do a year to date. I I was
looking at this during the um what are
we doing here? Uh let me just refresh
this. Uh when we were uh do when I was
doing the episode yesterday on my small
account challenge, I was talking about
um 2017. So we'll just do 2017 and we'll
do to December whatever. It doesn't
really matter. 17th is fine. So, oh, and
I got to take away that tag. So, let's
see. So, there we go. So let's look at
this from uh detailed and we'll go to
win loss expectation. So this was 2017.
You know I had a good start to the year
here and then it was kind of you know
not a lot. I mean this was a this was
like a four or five month window where I
really didn't make that all that much
and then things really opened up in the
fall and then it was a little slow here
and then it pushed again higher and
we'll see let's go December 31st just to
see how we finish the year. So finished
um finished really strong but you know
had to kind of tolerate this period in
the middle where it was slow and that's
you know that was nearly 10 years ago
but seasonally that was more common
where we would be hot in the spring slow
in the summer and then hot again in the
fall. Uh so this year has been a little
bit different from that but you know
it's just the the cycles of hot and cold
streaks and themes in the market that
have had a pretty big uh impact there.
So anyways, um as we sit right now
coming into well quarter of 11, I hope
you guys get some more opportunities
today, but uh I would also try to keep
in mind that we're coming towards the
end of the week and if you've had a
decent week, there's nothing wrong with
locking up some of that profit and
sizing down so you can finish the week
um you know safely in the green.
Reminder, as always, trading is risky
and my results are not typical and
there's no guarantee you'll find success
whether you trade with me or you learn
on your own. So, please manage your
risk, and I'll see you guys back at it
bright and early tomorrow morning at
7:00