Hey Traders,
Let me hit you with a quick question…
Say you’re dropped in the middle of the ocean.
There are two shorelines in the distance.
One’s got a beautiful beach with a tiki bar and an open buffet.
The other’s just a stretch of sand.
Naturally, you want the one with the buffet.
But here’s the catch…
The tide is pulling you toward the boring one.
And the only way to get to the buffet?
You’d have to fight the current the whole way.
What do you do?
Do you waste all your energy swimming against the tide?
Or do you use the current and swim to shore — then figure things out from there?
If you’ve got any sense of survival in you, you know the answer.
You go with the tide.
So Why Don’t Traders Do the Same Thing?
I see this every day.
The market’s clearly going lower…
Every major index is rolling over…
Stocks are getting rejected at key resistance levels…
And yet?
Traders keep trying to force bullish trades.
They keep trying to “pick the bottom.”
They keep asking, “Is this the turnaround?”
They keep trying to swim against the tide.
That’s how traders get exhausted.
That’s how they burn up their capital.
That’s how they drown.
What I Do Instead
Me? I don’t try to be a hero.
I’ve said it before — I trade with the market, not against it.
If the trend is bullish, I look for bullish setups.
If the trend is bearish — like it’s been for the past few weeks — I shift gears and trade bearish:
📉 Bear call spreads (mostly)
📉 Buying puts
📉 Shorting weak stocks
No ego.
No predictions.
Just following the clear direction of the market.
That’s what gives me consistent trades with stacked odds.
Final Thoughts
Trying to fight a trend is like swimming against the tide.
Sure, maybe you’ll make it to the fancy buffet one out of ten times.
But the other nine?
You’ll burn up your energy, get swept backwards, and (at best) have nothing to show for it… or at worst, drown.
Trade with the market.
Go with the tide.
And live to trade another day.
It’s not just a matter of surviving. Do you know how much cash I’ve been stacking by trading bearish stocks the last few weeks?
In fact, Monday I’ll show you exactly how I shifted gears when the market turned bearish — and how 8 free bearish tickers I gave away earlier this month have been performing.
Trade well,
Jack Carter
P.S. That’s exactly how I trade with this strategy that went 31 straight weeks before hitting a loss. And Trump’s tariffs are only set to SUPERCHARGE the strategy. Check it out now!
