On this day in 1815, Napoleon met his final defeat at Waterloo. The battle ended a war, but it also produced one of the most famous trades in financial history. Nathan Rothschild had built a private courier network faster than any government's, and he received confirmation of Napoleon's defeat a full 24 hours before Wellington's official messenger reached London.
What Rothschild did with that information is still debated. The popular version says he sold British government bonds to create panic, then bought them back at rock bottom when the market crashed. Historians argue the actual profit was more modest, possibly around 7,000 pounds. Either way, he understood something most investors still struggle with: the value of information is directly proportional to how early you have it.
By 1820, Rothschild's personal fortune hit 2 million pounds. His bank became the unofficial lender of last resort for European governments. The modern financial system didn't just emerge from Waterloo's battlefield. It emerged from the courier who got the news there first.
quantum is waking up. nobody is watching.
four names you need on the radar:
$IONQ - the leader. biggest contracts, most cash, the institutional pick.
$RGTI - hardware story. $100M CHIPS Act grant, NVIDIA partnership.
$QBTS - quietly up 400% in the last year. annealing is already commercial.
$QUBT - smallest of the four. highest beta. highest risk. highest reward.
volume is confirming on IONQ and QBTS. thats where the smart money is starting to load.
quantum is not a 2027 trade. its a 2030 trade. but the charts move years before the revenue does.
im sizing into the right ones before everyone catches on.
ill alert when im in.
$AEVA. we got in at $23.09. already moving.
i'm expecting 40-50% for it and the chart is agreeing with me so far.
look at this setup. spent almost 2 years building a base at the bottom. nobody wanted it. nobody was talking about it. just sitting there quietly coiling.
that's exactly where i want to be buying.
+ AEVA makes LiDAR technology. the sensors that autonomous vehicles, robots and industrial machines use to see the world around them. this is not a maybe industry.
+ this is happening RIGHT NOW and AEVA is one of the best pure plays on it.
+ the breakout from that long base is REAL. and we got in right at the entry zone before it moved.
soo happy cuz we're winning together.
🚨 Nebius, RocketLab, and CoreWeave just joined the Nasdaq-100, along with Teradyne and Astera Labs.
Overnight moves so far
$NBIS +5%
$RKLB +7%
$CRWV +3%
$TER +0.5%
$ALAB +2%
Think of yourself as a sniper.
1. Do your homework.
2. Be crystal clear about what you're looking for.
3. Be ready to wait and let the target come to you.
Silver dropped almost 50% from June 1968 to November 1971, and then rallied ~420% into February 1974.
Silver then dropped ~43% into 1976 and then rallied ~1150% by January 1980.
Silver dropped 60% from March to October 2008 and then rallied ~490%.
Gold dropped almost 30% in late-1973 and then rallied almost 100%...and then dropped ~25% and then rallied another 45% all by January 1975.
Gold dropped 50% in 1975 and 1976 and then rallied ~770% by Jan 1980.
Gold dropped ~26% in 2006 and then rallied 90%.
Gold dropped ~35% in 2008 and then rallied 180%.
This sell-off since January 2026 is now the third largest silver has ever had within the context of a bull market, and for gold it's the the fourth largest...almost on par with the 1973 correction and nearly on par with the Great Financial Crisis. In terms of time from top to bottom, this is more akin to the 1973 correction (about 20 weeks) or 2006 (about 20 weeks).
All of these drops led to enormous V-bottom rallies, some so rapid that if they repeated today it would mean $8000+ gold by October.
6 money making rules I've followed for 16 years:
1. Size every position assuming it could go to zero.
2. Withdraw every week without fail.
3. Only trade when your level is undeniable.
4. Never average down on a losing futures position.
5. Never revenge trade. Close the platform and come back tomorrow.
6. When the market is choppy and directionless, do nothing.
There are three vitally important components to each trade
-Timing
-Direction
-Sizing
Get any one of these wrong and the trade is wrong
All three need to be correct