Crammed my trading "desk" in an economy seat. Even in 1st class, internet service would still suck with terrible latency and irritating timeouts.
Positions sized down 10x since order forms were lagging with market data
Challenge: $12k from the skies, while en route to Japan 🇯🇵
Me as a swing trader. Took 2 weeks on $PLTR
position, but had great momentum as it rode the
$SNOW earnings.
Back in Las Vegas at the Bellagio last night. Only a degenerate trader like me perceives those synchronized water fountain sprays as a volume indicator
Comparing May's trading using driving through a recent trip to Seattle.
- Stayed in my lane patiently for longer time bullish swings on $SNDK, $PLTR
- Observed roadsigns for price direction and scanned ahead for yellow warning signs for price exhaustion.
- Wrong signs => edge
🚨 May Monthly Leaderboard 🚨
May was a wild month for Kinfo's best! A total of 19 traders gained $100K+ with 10 clearing $250K+ 🚀 👇
🥇GG954 is once again End Boss with $4.4M
🥈jurn takes 2nd with $916K
🥉@matt415 is in 3rd with $815K
4th goes to AverageGuy with $779K
5th is WingFoiler with $577K
6th goes to @Bobdog1922 with 4538K
7th place goes to @veptrader with $409K
8th is taken by FC888 with $368K
Thank you to all these traders for the inspiration they provide with their continued commitment to transparency 🤛
@Tradr_G Dear leader "accidentally" forgot to invite Jensen aboard Air Force One. Looks like someone reminded that the world's big megacap CEO should probably go to China with other tech execs. So NVIDA rallied a bit. took profit near $227
@Tradr_G@Kinfo And I'm looking up to some of the next trader in line. Great score this week, Glenn. Guess that morning pool work cost you $100k just so you know on $SNDK. I also closed out many of my positions of it right around the $1500 point.
@Kinfo@arnoblits@Tradr_G Appreciate the platform and community support!
Lessons learned are join the sheep as they are moving along, so don't short.
A lot of this week's work was cut out with positive earnings from $AMD. Today's stratospheric moves for $SNDK How far can this parabolic move stretch?
@U_ns2020 SEC halts are the circuit breakers to prevent panic when a stock price moves too much of a percentage in a short window of time. I've seen $CAR limit up halt a few times during its crazy ascent. The order imbalance is caused by a rush of parties. Be careful of fake pumps
Some interesting things to note from the April Monthly Leaderboard :
- April saw 22 traders clear $100K v’s just 17 in March
- 6 traders topped $250K v’s 8 in March
- All of the top 16 traders had a win rate > 50%
- Even split of 4 options & 4 equity traders in the top 8
- DHURANDHAR & GAME STONKS achieved their gains with just 23 & 49 trades respectively
- Average Guy has a more scalping style with 1836 executions
Killers like GG954, AverageGuy @Tradr_G , GAME STONKS & jurn are no strangers to these leaderboards, but also nice to see new names breaking out like DHURANDHAR, CaptainBurritoPants and especially @matt415 with his 7 figure win!
We look forward to seeing how these guys and all Kinfo traders perform in May.
@arnoblits@Kinfo@Tradr_G The secret was getting out my comfort zone and sizing up, and even paring some losses. I read the pulse of the market. April was printing money the whole month as attention shifted to AI and their derivative industries.
I have poor luck in small caps, so follow the institutions
SanDisk had a moment of indecision this morning on day 1 earnings, which were phenomenal. With memory demand for AI data centers not abating, analysts are in line to raise estimate targets.
Swept up $600 k on the month. Anticipate volatility and rejection due to price structure.
2026 Q3 Earnings for $SNDK were decent, but as we know, a 3300% gain in one year is going to come with some profit taking and swipes to downside. EPS was $23.41 vs $14.62 forecast.
Wisely exited my position earlier this week, then shorted before earnings call, covering at $1002.
After enjoying a 2-day joyride downhill with $CAR, yesterday was a strong afterhours play with $AMD because of an $INTC rally. But ignored rule to hold winner overnight.
Today, firmly sized up for 6-figure win with $SNDK and others in AI industry.
Noted: sympathy play pattern
The AVIS $CAR ride is coming to pleasant end. After several retries located a few shorts on iBKR for entry. I'm sure some traders racked up bigger short positions.
This morning's $40k grab was actually on SanDisk and Lumentum thanks to the "Right Side of the V" taught by Lance.
Seattle still keeps its grungy mixed with modern architecture. Too bad the downtown kind has a sobering feel to it with homeless. Otherwise great food, people and naturally booming environment.
Read about the recent 10% tax over $1M that Governor signed last month. Hard pass.
I am originally from the Northwest, so getting to enjoy lush greenery is a welcome change from the same Las Vegas desert no-trees, no real rivers, no fresh seafood environment.
Shorted too much on $SNDK on its rise up 2 weeks back. Fortunately flipped back to long and sized up to capture the second measured move up.
Took a flight up to Seattle to hike through an enchanting forest near Tiger Mountain for an afternoon of reflection on process over profit
Rode the $CAR wild bronco trade today. Only traded with about 100 shares. Made 6 trades, 1 was a loss - (should have held)
So this historical short squeeze is a near repeat of the Volkswagen incident - where it held the largest market cap on Oct 28, 2008.
pure mania tomorrow.
@TheOneLanceB With the PDT rule restriction going away in less than 45 days, won't there be more gullible fish in the sea, hence Ross's program.
But if he takes the trade first, not his army, he bears the risk as a small cap jack knifes down. He's shown remorse during "trader rehab" on losses
@TheOneLanceB the stop buy order tip that Lance precisely shared in this scalping video for was perfectly replicated this morning on $SNDK on the break of $900. The tape showed repeated nudges around $899, tapping against a large sell block obviously.