Trader Medic

Trader Medic ™ specializes in delivering comprehensive day trading education and mentorship for beginner equity and options traders. We trade the open everyday.

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Don't forget to step away from the charts this weekend. You deserve a break, get recharged, and come back swinging on Tuesday. See you at the open Tuesday! #DayTrader #SwingTrader #Nasdaq #NYSE

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🚀 NVDA long this morning — Qs as confluence!

Went long $NVDA at the open while watching QQQ on the other screen. The Qs just broke VWAP again to the upside on the 5-minute, that was the green light.

Beautiful tape, time & sales flowing, pushed toward the next level, then moved the stop to break even. Clean confluence trade.

Let’s go. Let’s go.

Full video dropping soon 👀  
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#NVDA #QQQ #VWAP #DayTrading #OptionsTrading #Scalping #Confluence #TraderMedic #GreenDay

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Easy money as #nvda re- claims the 200 moving average retests and then rips $10 to the upside!

#swingtrader

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@ShaneStoffer How is this not illegal price manipulation? #TraderMedic

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INTC 4-Hour Bear Flag Watch

Intel is setting up a pattern worth watching.

• Strong selloff from roughly $106 into the high $80s.
• Price is now consolidating inside a rising channel.
• That upward drift after a sharp decline is a classic bear flag structure.
• The $87 to $88 area looks important. A clean breakdown could confirm the pattern.
• Below that, I would watch roughly $85, then $82 to $80 as potential downside zones.
• Bulls need to reclaim the upper flag area around $92 to $95 to weaken the bearish setup.

For now, I want confirmation before taking the trade. A breakdown from the flag could create a solid swing or day trading opportunity.

#DayTrading #SwingTrading #StockTrading #TechnicalAnalysis #BearFlag #INTC #Intel #TradingSetup #PriceAction #TraderMedic

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The new Trader Medic Weekly Market Checkup is live.

This week’s diagnosis:

The indexes looked calm.  

The internals were loud.

SPY and QQQ held up, but small caps lagged, semis stayed selective, software ripped, hard assets cooled, crypto consolidated, and retail turned into a stock-picker’s obstacle course.

Inside this week’s checkup:
- SPY, QQQ, IWM, DIA levels
- The one chart that matters most this week
- Software’s comeback
- NVIDIA vs. the broader semi tape
- Gold, oil, crypto, and retail rotation
- Friday jobs report risk

Read it here:
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Share it with one trader who needs a cleaner market map this week.

#TraderMedic #WeeklyMarketCheckup #StockMarket #Trading #Investing #SPY #QQQ #IWM #NVDA #SoftwareStocks #Semiconductors #Crypto #Gold #Oil #MarketBreadth #RiskManagement #TechnicalAnalysis

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The new Trader Medic Weekly Market Checkup is live.

This week’s read: tech cracked, semis got hit, gold and crypto woke up, healthcare quietly led, and the market handed us one big question:

Is this rotation healthy, or the first warning shot?
Inside:

- SPY, QQQ, IWM, DIA levels
- Sector rotation and leadership charts
- Gold, miners, copper, oil, crypto
- Key earnings and macro catalysts
- The risk zones I’m watching next

Read it here:
https://t.co/ZOB9UFImYT

And if it helps you, share it with one market friend. Every share saves one trader from buying the top with full confidence.

#TraderMedic #WeeklyMarketCheckup #StockMarket #Trading #Investing #SPY #QQQ #IWM #Semiconductors #Gold #Crypto #Bitcoin #MarketBreadth #RiskManagement #TechnicalAnalysis

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Most traders don’t blow up from bad setups.  

They blow up from sizing like they’re playing with house money.

You don’t control the next candle.  

You "do" control how much you lose when that candle goes against you.

That’s why a proper position sizer matters.

Punch in your account size, risk %, entry and stop. It instantly gives you:

- Exact share/contract size  
- Dollar amount at risk  
- Position value  
- Reward-to-risk  
- % of account used

0.5% risk per trade. That’s it.  

No more “I’ll just add a little extra.”  

No more revenge sizing.  

No more turning a $50 loss into a $2,000 one.

The market will take what it wants.  

Your job is to make sure it never takes more than you planned.

Protect the capital first.  

Everything else is secondary.

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#PositionSizing #RiskManagement #DayTrading #SwingTrading #TradingPsychology #SPY #TraderMedic

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New issue is live: Trader Medic’s Weekly Market Checkup

The market held near highs, but the real story was rotation.

This week we break down:

- Energy flipping from laggard to leader
- Cloud/software momentum continuing
- AMD and AI infrastructure strength
- Why AMZN, AAPL, CSCO, AMAT, China internet, and homebuilders softened
- Key SPY / QQQ / IWM levels
- Retail earnings week: WMT, TGT, HD, LOW, BABA, DE, ROST, BJ
- Bull, bear, and most-likely scenarios
- Swing trade ideas with risk levels

If you trade stocks, options, or ETFs, this is your weekly market prep.

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#TraderMedic #StockMarket #Trading #OptionsTrading #SwingTrading #DayTrading #SPY #QQQ #IWM #EnergyStocks #AIStocks #RetailEarnings #MarketOutlook #TechnicalAnalysis #RiskManagement #Investing

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Just locked in a clean SPY scalp that had me locked in from the first tick.

Opened on weakness. First fill at 1.18, then added as it continued to offer at 1.40. No chasing. Just taking what the market was giving.

Then the tape flipped. Momentum shifted hard. Peeled out into strength at 1.56, 1.67, and 1.66.

Fully flat in under 7 minutes.  

+19.89%

This is the kind of trade that reminds you why the process matters more than any single win. Patient entry. Aggressive exit when the edge is there. Zero hesitation once the move confirmed.

Some mornings the market just hands it to you if you’re ready and not forcing it.

Love this game.

#SPY #OptionsTrading #DayTrading #Scalping #TraderMedic #ProcessOverOutcome #TradingMindset #MarketStructure

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Tomorrow’s CPI print (July data) drops at 8:30 AM ET.

Consensus:
• Headline +0.1% MoM / 3.4% YoY
• Core +0.2% MoM / 2.5% YoY

After June’s surprise drop and the soft jobs number, this one could swing rate-hike odds hard. Soft print = risk-on. Hot print = volatility incoming.

Eyes on the tape.

#CPI #Inflation #Fed #Markets #SPY #QQQ #Trading

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Trade of the Day

+SPY^G8B775
Buy Open @ 1.26
Sell Close Avg: 1.66
Gain: +31.75%

#daytrader #traderMedic

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The market just flipped from Fear to Greed, but this is exactly when traders need a plan, not vibes.

This week’s Trader Medic Weekly Market Checkup breaks down:

- SPY, QQQ, IWM, and SMH key levels
- The real leadership groups: semis, miners, uranium, cloud/software, homebuilders,
- CPI/PPI risk this week
- Bull, bear, and most-likely scenarios
- Swing trade ideas with defined risk
- The weak spots traders should avoid

If you trade stocks, options, or ETFs, this is the weekly prep note built to help you show up with a game plan.

Subscribe free and read this week’s issue here: https://t.co/UCTj2DQgG2

#TraderMedic #StockMarket #Trading #SwingTrading #DayTrading #OptionsTrading #SPY #QQQ #IWM #SMH #TechnicalAnalysis #MarketOutlook #RiskManagement #Stocks #Investing #Subscribe

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Liquidity sweep lower 3 days ago… and the rip that followed.

That large pink candle flushed the lows hard, classic stop run / liquidity grab below the recent range.

Then SPY just ripped. Strong green candles, reclaim of levels, and we’re sitting near the highs again.

This is exactly why I don’t chase the flush.

Let the market take the liquidity.

Wait for the reaction.

Trade the move after the sweep, not into it.

Patience > FOMO every single time.

#SPY #LiquiditySweep #DontChase #DayTrading #TraderMedic

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New issue is live: Trader Medic’s Weekly Market Checkup!

This week’s diagnosis: the market is trying to recover, but the internals still matter.

We break down SPY, QQQ, IWM, sector rotation, key levels, macro catalysts, earnings setups, commodities, crypto, and the bull/bear roadmap for the week ahead.

Read it here:
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#TraderMedic #MarketCheckup #StockMarket #Trading #SwingTrading #DayTrading #SPY #QQQ #IWM #OptionsTrading #TechnicalAnalysis #MarketOutlook #RiskManagement #Stocks #Investing

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What a beautiful time to be alive.
This is Linda’s Shed, our backyard bunkie turned full trading command centre. Golden wood, black trim, forest all around, and inside… multi-monitor setups running live charts while the trees watch through the window.

No commute. No noise. Just pure focus, fresh air, and the markets.

Grateful for days like this.

#TraderMedic #TradingLife #HomeOffice #CabinOffice #DayTrading #OptionsTrading #SPY #QQQ #WorkFromHome #BeautifulTimeToBeAlive

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Back in the puts this morning.

SPY opened with that familiar hesitation, and the tape started leaking lower pretty quickly. Instead of waiting for confirmation that everyone else could see, I went back to the same approach that worked yesterday,  short via puts.

Grabbed the G7V736s early while the move was still developing. Watched the 2-minute chart expand higher as SPY kept getting offered. No need to overcomplicate it. Structure was there, volume came in, and the puts did the work.

This is the part most people miss. They wait until the red candles are already all over the board and then wonder why their entry is trash. I’d rather take a small risk being early than sit there watching the move leave without me.

Still managing it tight. The goal isn’t to be a hero — it’s to take what the market is offering and stay disciplined when it stops offering it.

Short when the weakness shows.

Protect when it doesn’t.

Simple.

#SPY #OptionsTrading #DayTrading #TraderMedic

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Everyone’s panicking this morning.

SPY is getting hit, feeds are full of “this is the top” and “sell everything” posts, and the usual crowd is either freezing or chasing the downside late.

I did the opposite.

I bought SPY puts early when the fear was still building, not after it was already obvious. Watched the 1-minute chart, saw the structure, and got in while most people were still arguing about whether it was real.

Puts went from around 3.00 and ripped hard, clean green candles, volume kick, and price climbing through 4.65 while the panic was still spreading.  

That’s the difference between reacting and positioning.

Most traders wait until the move is already on the board and then wonder why their entries suck. I’d rather take the heat of being early than the pain of being late and desperate.

Fear creates opportunity. Discipline turns it into profit.

Stay sharp out there.

#SPY #OptionsTrading #DayTrading #TraderMedic #Puts

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New Trader Medic Weekly Market Checkup is live.

This week’s read: risk-off rotation, tech cooling, defensive/value sectors showing strength, and key levels to watch on SPY, QQQ, DIA, and IWM.

Inside:
- Market breakdown
- Sector leadership
- Trading View charts
- Bull/base/bear scenarios
- Bullish and bearish swing trade ideas
- Trader Medic’s weekly “prescription”

Read it here:
https://t.co/NEKFSvHGIG

Trade well. Manage risk first.

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