The market was closed yesterday for Christmas. And that one-day pause might’ve created the most explosive trade opportunity of the year.
Every weekend there are information inefficiencies.
Traders check out early to get a jump on the weekend and the volume dries up.
But while the crowd’s distracted, my students and I are already positioning for Monday’s madness.
The Friday afternoon fade isn’t a sign of weakness, it’s a strategic consolidation.
They’re sitting right below key breakout levels, waiting for Monday’s momentum. And with traders rushing back from their holiday hangovers next week … we could see the kind of surges that rewrite small accounts.
We’ve seen weekend runners all year long. But nothing like what’s brewing now.
News catalysts are stacking alongside holiday information inefficiency. And when we get a combination of catalysts like this, it can spark huge supernovas.
This setup doesn’t happen every month … Or even every quarter.
These holiday-weekend plays can make a trader’s whole year.
The clock’s ticking. There are only a few hours left before this window closes.
This could be the biggest trade of 2025 — and if you miss it because you were still in “holiday mode,” you’ll be kicking yourself by Monday’s open.
Get focused. The pattern is setting up right now.
How It Works
Every week, as Friday afternoon rolls around, a large portion of traders start mentally checking out.
They’re heading into the weekend and they shut down their screens early. They’ll tune out the price action in the market, volume shrinks, and it creates a gap in market attention.
That’s the information inefficiency I talk about.
And while the crowd’s distracted, this setup is forming right in front of them.
Here’s how it works:
- Half-engaged traders miss stock spikes on Friday afternoon.
- Weekend scanners pick up these runners after Friday’s close.
- Lazy traders enter positions over Saturday and Sunday outside market hours, piling up orders that hit on Monday’s open.
- The result is a gap up as buy orders flood at the open.
The holidays amplify this effect.
Traders are even less focused. Travel plans distract their attention. Maybe traders plan to take the entire Friday off.
Fewer market participants on Friday means bigger moves for the strongest stocks into Monday.
The Biggest Trade of the Year
This isn’t some random theory …
This pattern has shown up repeatedly throughout 2025, often turning Friday consolidation into a Monday morning rocket.
Neonode Inc (NASDAQ: NEON) followed this exact weekend pattern earlier this year. I entered on a Friday afternoon as the price action lined up with the pattern, and by Monday morning my position was up 32%.
Another strong example is Beyond Meat Inc. (NASDAQ: BYND). On Friday, October 17, the company announced a business update that was to come on Monday. I entered a position late that Friday afternoon as the price action aligned with the weekend setup.
By Monday morning, when the market reopened and pent-up buy pressure hit, BYND surged and I locked in a 66% gain.
This afternoon I’m looking for the exact same trade setup.
And thanks to the holiday season, Monday’s spike could eclipse my trades on NEON and BYND …
Get all the details in my video below. And don’t be late this afternoon!
Cheers
*Past performance does not indicate future results
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