A few weeks ago — early February — I recorded a video for you.
I called it “Just Be Open To The Possibility This Can Keep Marching Higher”.
Now, at the time, it wasn’t a very popular opinion to take.
Some folks even laughed at me.
“The market is overextended! This can’t last.”
“As soon as NVDA reports earnings, it’s all going to come crashing down.”
“Just wait for CPI to come out… the market will finally wake up.”
Those are just some of the things I heard.
Remember the old Johnny Carson bit, Carnac the Magnificent?
Now, I might not be as psychic (nor as funny) as Carnac, but over the past 3 weeks what has happened?
S&P — UP!
Dow — UP!
Nasdaq — UP!
What’s my point?
While naysayers were running around screaming bloody murder… Wondering if a pullback was around the corner…
(Not to mention going to cash and missing out on some stellar growth…)
I didn’t get wrapped up in all that mess.
I just did what I always do — and it’s the ONE thing that far too many traders are scared to do.
I kept on trading the trend.
It’s that simple. While the market is going up, I trade it like it’s going up.
And when it stops, I stop. No hard feelings. I stop my bullish trades.
That’s what I urge you to do. Trade the trend you see.
And when when the trend turns, fine. Pull out if you want. Go bearish if you prefer.
But for Pete’s sake, don’t cut yourself off at the knees by trying to guess where the top is.
Look at all the growth and opportunities you would have missed out on over the past month.
Now, the top thing I hear when I give people this advice is “well, what if I’m long the market and it turns and I lose my gains?”
I get it. No one wants that. We’re all in the market to make money.
The first thing I’d tell you is change your mindset. Even the best trader in the world loses money.
The second thing I’d tell you is that I know exactly where you’re coming from.
That’s why my favorite trading strategy — and probably the one I’ve been trading the longest — only has me in the market for 3 days!
I get in on Tuesday and I’m out by Friday.
Entering on Tuesday lets me observe Monday’s market and pick the right stock for that week.
Tuesday to Wednesday is day 1. Wednesday to Thursday is day 2. And Thursday to Friday is day 3.
Those 3 short days let me do 2 things:
- Capture some nice premium from the market
- Limit the amount of time I’m in the market so if things turn, it’s not some long term trade I have to figure out how to get out of
To make things even better, the kind of trade I place is essential.
See, I’m not just placing a directional trade hoping that XYZ stock goes up by Friday.
I’m capturing premium up front. At that point, the stock can stay flat, go up or even come down a little bit.
It doesn’t matter because we’ve already collected our premium.
Statistically speaking, most of the scenarios that can happen end with us winning the trade.
And that’s why our win rate is north of 90%.
It’s not just picking the right stock.
It’s not just limiting our trades to short time frames.
It’s not just collecting our premium up front.
And it’s not just the special kind of trade that we place.
It’s everything working together.
Now, if anything I said has rung a bell for you, I want you to click here and lock in your spot early here.
Because this coming Monday, March 3rd @ 2pm Eastern, I’m going to be pulling back the curtain on what I call my “Income Hack.”
I’ll go into more detail than I can here. I’ll share specific examples and I’ll tell you how you can get involved with it.
I can’t wait to share it with you.
Trade well,
Jack Carter
