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You CAN Make Gains In This Stock Market!

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Written by Timothy Sykes Reviewed by Jack Kellogg Fact-checked by Ellis Hobbs
Updated 4/3/2025 6 min read
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We’re in a reeeeally good market right now.

But you wouldn’t know it by looking at major indices. The S&P 500 ETF Trust (NYSE: SPY) fell 10% from its highs in February.

Take a look at the SPY chart below. Every candle represents one trading day:

SPY chart multi-month, 1-day candles Source: StocksToTrade

The market is scary right now for Wall Street.

But for small account traders, we’re in a huge buffet of massive stock spikes!

Trump’s tariffs are creating confusion and fear in the market. And as a result, we’re seeing cheap stocks spike wildly. The moves are a direct product of the price confusion that’s at work right now.

Already this week:

  • AREB spiked 470%*.
  • IBG spiked 300%*.
  • SPWH spiked 120%*.
  • DGLY spiked 300%*.
  • BIAF spiked 490%*.
  • MLGO spiked another 80% after last week’s 580%* spike.
  • ICCT spiked 1,700%*.
  • WTF spiked 360%*.
  • RSLS spiked 740%*.

I snagged a decent profit on American Rebel Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ: AREB) yesterday. But it was moving so fast that I was only able to fill some of my position.

Look at my trade notes below.

I rode the stock from $5.63 per share to $6.52 per share, for a 15% profit:

Source: Profit.ly

That’s 15% of the 470%* that was available! There’s so much opportunity on these stocks.

And I’m not the only trader who banked … A lot of my students found trades on these runners as well!

Look at my post below from X.

Note, I had to redact entries and exits for legal reasons. X doesn’t verify trades:

Source

I can teach you how to trade these runners!

How To Trade These Stocks

In this market, simple is best.

A lot of traders get caught up in the numbers, and the indicators, and the strategies …

And then they lose money because they overcomplicated things.

Sometimes it’s as simple as Eric’s plan on Waton Financial Limited (NASDAQ: WTF) from earlier this week:

“Any time a ticker IPOs with a cool acronym … I’m on that shit. I remember this from FSD Parma Inc. (NASDAQ: HUGE).”

These penny stocks are mostly traded by degenerates and social media meme-stock pumpers.

That’s what makes these moves so tradeable. The thought process is pretty easy to follow 😆

Now … The process may be simple. But there are still dangers!

Within the stock spikes, we need to follow specific patterns and rules to keep our accounts safe.

That’s where things can get confusing. New traders don’t know where to buy or where to sell.

So let’s clear that up:

Find The Right Entries And Exits

These stocks don’t spike forever.

Some of the biggest movers right now are short squeezes. Meaning, most of the bullish momentum comes from short sellers blowing up.

There isn’t anyone buying the stock because they think it’s a good investment … As a result, the price will eventually come down.

We need to get in and out before the price crashes.

For example, look at the ReShape Lifesciences Inc. (NASDAQ: RSLS) chart below. This was a 740%* spike before it crashed.

Every candle represents one trading minute:

RSLS chart multi-day, 1-minute candles Source: StocksToTrade

The simplest way to ensure a good entry is to buy on the front half of the spike.

But a lot of new traders don’t have time to watch the market all day long and wait for the next spiker.

That’s why I helped to create these trading systems.

Let’s look at the most recent stock spike as an example …

On April 2, American Rebel Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ: AREB) spiked 470%* after the company announced that its CEO, Andy Ross will appear on two south Florida morning shows later this week. Andy will also meet with potential investors at Mar-a-Lago.

I was able to trade the front half of the spike because StocksToTrade Breaking News alerted me to the move when it was still trading below $3 per share.

The price went to $8.14 later that day!

Traders who need help with their trade plans:

Look at the AREB chart in the post below, with each alert overlaid.

Every candle represents one trading minute:

Pick a strategy that works for you and hit the ground running!

Stop sitting on the sidelines. There’s so much opportunity in this market.

Cheers.

 

*Past performance does not indicate future results

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* Results are not typical and will vary from person to person. Making money trading stocks takes time, dedication, and hard work. There are inherent risks involved with investing in the stock market, including the loss of your investment. Past performance in the market is not indicative of future results. Any investment is at your own risk. See Terms of Service here

The available research on day trading suggests that most active traders lose money. Fees and overtrading are major contributors to these losses.

A 2000 study called “Trading is Hazardous to Your Wealth: The Common Stock Investment Performance of Individual Investors” evaluated 66,465 U.S. households that held stocks from 1991 to 1996. The households that traded most averaged an 11.4% annual return during a period where the overall market gained 17.9%. These lower returns were attributed to overconfidence.

A 2014 paper (revised 2019) titled “Learning Fast or Slow?” analyzed the complete transaction history of the Taiwan Stock Exchange between 1992 and 2006. It looked at the ongoing performance of day traders in this sample, and found that 97% of day traders can expect to lose money from trading, and more than 90% of all day trading volume can be traced to investors who predictably lose money. Additionally, it tied the behavior of gamblers and drivers who get more speeding tickets to overtrading, and cited studies showing that legalized gambling has an inverse effect on trading volume.

A 2019 research study (revised 2020) called “Day Trading for a Living?” observed 19,646 Brazilian futures contract traders who started day trading from 2013 to 2015, and recorded two years of their trading activity. The study authors found that 97% of traders with more than 300 days actively trading lost money, and only 1.1% earned more than the Brazilian minimum wage ($16 USD per day). They hypothesized that the greater returns shown in previous studies did not differentiate between frequent day traders and those who traded rarely, and that more frequent trading activity decreases the chance of profitability.

These studies show the wide variance of the available data on day trading profitability. One thing that seems clear from the research is that most day traders lose money .

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Citations for Disclaimer

Barber, Brad M. and Odean, Terrance, Trading is Hazardous to Your Wealth: The Common Stock Investment Performance of Individual Investors. Available at SSRN: “Day Trading for a Living?”

Barber, Brad M. and Lee, Yi-Tsung and Liu, Yu-Jane and Odean, Terrance and Zhang, Ke, Learning Fast or Slow? (May 28, 2019). Forthcoming: Review of Asset Pricing Studies, Available at SSRN: “https://ssrn.com/abstract=2535636”

Chague, Fernando and De-Losso, Rodrigo and Giovannetti, Bruno, Day Trading for a Living? (June 11, 2020). Available at SSRN: “https://ssrn.com/abstract=3423101”