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DeepSeek or Deep Fake? Why I’m Not Buying the China AI Hype

Jack Carter | January 30, 2025

Hey Traders, I’m coming to you from the airport today, heading to Colorado. But before I take off, I want to talk about something that’s been stirring up the markets this week: this so-called ‘DeepSeek’ AI out of China. If you’ve been watching the headlines, you know what I’m talking about. Over the last few […]

Why the News Doesn’t Affect My Trading (And Why It Shouldn’t Affect Yours)

Jack Carter | December 4, 2024

Hey Traders, If you’ve been following my approach to trading, you know I’m all about following the trend. I don’t get bogged down by the news — in fact, I actively try to avoid it — and there’s a reason for that. Let me tell you a quick story. For a year now, people have […]

Why I Avoid Gaps (And How They Can Mess with Your Trades)

Jack Carter | November 29, 2024

Hey Traders, Today, I want to talk about something I’ve mentioned before in a broad market context, but it’s worth repeating: gaps. That’s when a stock suddenly jumps up — sometimes on earnings, or maybe a change in management… Or sometimes just because of some wild, emotional reaction to news that doesn’t really make much […]

There’s Always a Bull Market Somewhere

Jack Carter | August 26, 2024

Hey traders, Can you believe it’s August 26th already? It feels like just yesterday that markets were “melting down,” but that was over three weeks ago — Friday, August 2nd and Monday, August 5th, to be exact. The market chaos we all felt has already started to fade from memory, but the lessons we can […]

The Biggest Waste of Time in Trading

Jack Carter | August 21, 2024

Hey traders, Yesterday, I told you about a big problem in the market. It’s especially true for newer traders, but honestly everybody does it. They see a news headline come out or some new economic numbers — CPI, PPI, rate hike, you name it — and they trade based on that news. It’s a big […]

Ignore the Noise, Focus on the Trend

Jack Carter | August 20, 2024

Hey Traders, You wouldn’t believe the kind of nonsense and noise that’s out there in the market right now. I just got back from a little “stock market summit” with some guys, and the one thing that stuck out to me was how everyone’s so wrapped up in what the Fed is going to say […]