Flanders. Christian

Independent Trader. Aiming for SUPER PERFORMANCE in the stock market. USIC 2024 2nd Place +433%. USIC 2025 2nd place +167%. Avid tennis player.

[Christian Flanders @CFlanders7]

My interview with Richard Moglen and TraderLion!
I rambled quite a bit but hope you get something out of it! Now open to watch for everyone.

https://t.co/7N6wDb930D

[Christian Flanders @CFlanders7]

In case this is anyone's first time. Semis and Memory names are highly cyclical (boom/bust). I personally love trading them because they TREND like nothing else. Just be aware, when it's over, they can drop farther than you can imagine.

Is the trend over? I don't know. Just something to be aware of.

[Christian Flanders @CFlanders7]

First closes below the 50dma on SNDK since August 2025 after a 5600% run in less than a year.

[Christian Flanders @CFlanders7]

I still remember the first time I got caught in a blow up trade. The disbelief, frozen in fear. The thought that "this can't possibly be happening to me. I'm a special snowflake. This kind of stuff only happens to other people."

Was a punch in the gut. ANY-THING can happen in markets. I am not special. I am just one of tens of millions of market participants.

[Christian Flanders @CFlanders7]

Spoke with a friend in China who regularly travels to Nigeria to do business and hires security to escort him around with AK-47s so he can pass “check points” (bribe spots) with guys who are also armed with AK-47s.

He finds that less risky than trading stocks.

[Christian Flanders @CFlanders7]

How are you positioned going into the weekend?

[Christian Flanders @CFlanders7]

"Why" is memory/compute selling off? Could be a reason.

[Christian Flanders @CFlanders7]

Classic thread. Jeff knows his stuff. For anyone who dreams of trading for a living.

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Reminds me of the leverage in Gold and Silver near the highs. "If we just flush out the leverage, we'd be back to new highs! Was the refrain.

[Christian Flanders @CFlanders7]

RKLB has held the 200dma since June 2024. Had first two closes below it this week and losing it today.

[Christian Flanders @CFlanders7]

Note that when Margin debt was -25% or lower, those were generational buying opportunities.

[Christian Flanders @CFlanders7]

Found this from Grok asking it to extend the previous chart back to the 1970s. Pretty amazing.

[Christian Flanders @CFlanders7]

Not a timing tool, this peaked in Feb 2021 but the indexes didn't peak until December 2021. Just be aware where we are in the cycle.

[Christian Flanders @CFlanders7]

Coolest thing ever. Can’t wait to get this for Puerto Rico.

[Christian Flanders @CFlanders7]

Happy weekend from China! How are you positioned?

[Christian Flanders @CFlanders7]

I had a pretty good idea that the top 10 trades made my entire year. I went back to my data to see just how close it was.

Top 10 trades = 127 risk adjusted R
Total risk adjusted R return for 2025: 129

So yeah, remove the top 10 trades and I am break even.

[Christian Flanders @CFlanders7]

Honored to be interviewed by Riz. Hope you enjoy and hopefully get something out of it!

[Christian Flanders @CFlanders7]

Yikes

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Ok, no more talking about China. Their economy is doing great and housing is amazing.

[Christian Flanders @CFlanders7]

I can attest that the chinese real estate market is in very bad shape. The area we are staying in, the apartments used to sell for 6mm RMB. Now they are sitting at 3mm RMB unsold (private owners can't sell them at 2.5mm). They are renting for less than 1% yield. Half of them are unsold and they keep building more.