Hey traders, If Friday rattled you and today felt like whiplash, you’re not alone. Here’s how I think about it: panic is a condition, not a signal. I don’t trade the headlines — I trade the setup that panic leaves behind. Friday gave us fear. Today gave us a bounce. My job is the same […]
Bullish Condition, Real Strength — And How I’m Playing It
Jack Carter | October 9, 2025
Hey traders, Quick market check the way I do it every morning. I pull up a 6-month chart of the big three — SPY, DIA, QQQ — with my three Trend Points (short-, mid-, and long-term trend lines). All three are riding above those lines and have been since the prior crossover. That means the […]
The First Pullback After New Highs: How I Prep, What I Trade, What I Avoid
Jack Carter | October 8, 2025
Hey traders, New highs make people nervous. I get it. You hear “bubble,“ you hear “it can’t keep going,“ and pretty soon you’re white-knuckling every tick. Here’s what nearly four decades in this game have taught me: When the market makes fresh all-time highs, the first pullback is often buyable. Not always. But often enough […]
How I’m Pulling Cash Out of TSLL (While Letting Tesla Do the Heavy Lifting)
Jack Carter | October 7, 2025
Hey traders, I put on a simple income trade today and I want to walk you through it — the “what,“ the “why,“ and the “what if.“ TSLL is a 2x leveraged Tesla ETF. That just means it tends to move about twice as much as TSLA. If Tesla drops 4%, TSLL will be roughly […]
Why Levels Matter (Even if You’re Not a Chart Lover)
Jack Carter | October 3, 2025
Hey traders, If you’ve been around here for more than 5 minutes, you know I’m not the guy drawing a hundred lines on a chart and trying to make predictions. I prefer simple, clean, long-term setups based on trendlines and a market-driven approach. But that doesn’t mean there isn’t a place for that kind of […]
The Market’s Bullish — Time to Run the Triple Crown
Jack Carter | October 2, 2025
Hey traders, Quick read on the market today. I pulled up SPY, DIA, and QQQ on my trend points. Price is sitting above the short-term, intermediate, and long-term levels on all three. That’s my definition of bullish. No guesswork, just price action doing what it’s supposed to do. Condition + Strength We’ve talked about condition […]
Turning Assignment Into Opportunity
Jack Carter | October 1, 2025
Hey traders, I’ve been talking a lot about my Triple Crown of income trading lately. And that’s because I think a lot of traders get distracted with flashy strategies and rare triple digit gains. When in reality real wealth is built consistently over time. Of of the parts of the Triple Crown strategy is selling […]
Getting Ready To Trade the “Triple Crown”
Jack Carter | September 29, 2025
Hey traders, Last week I told you about my “Triple Crown” of income trading. Then today in my FREE Telegram channel today I talked about how in order to trade the “Triple Crown”, you need to have access to certain types of options at your brokerage. I want to go a little deeper into that […]
Buy High, Sell Higher — My 52-Week High Playbook
Jack Carter | September 26, 2025
Hey traders, All week we’ve been building on a theme. First, I showed you how to check the condition of the market: is it bullish, bearish, or just stuck in the middle? Then yesterday, we talked about measuring the strength of the market by looking at new highs vs. new lows. Now let’s get to […]
Why I Love Dividend Stocks for Income Trades
Jack Carter | September 24, 2025
Hey traders, Everybody knows dividend stocks can pay you cash every quarter. That’s fine… but for me, dividends alone aren’t enough. I want steady rent money coming in month after month — not just a trickle four times a year. That’s why I combine dividend stocks with options. Collecting Rent Two Ways Here’s the setup: […]
