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Bull Catalyst After Bull Catalyst. Why The Market Keeps Surging

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Written by Timothy Sykes Reviewed by Jack Kellogg Fact-checked by Ellis Hobbs
Updated 10/27/2025 5 min read
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  • SPY+1.18%
    SPY - NYSESPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust
    $685.83+7.99 (+1.18%)
    Volume:  63.34M
    Float:  1.01B
    $682.11Day Low/High$685.54

Welcome to another wild week full of stock-market insanity.

The most recent market surge started last Friday when September’s CPI data showed cooler than expected inflation.

Then, over the weekend, talks between U.S. and Chinese officials hinted at a coming trade deal. And those comments are ahead of Trump’s meeting with Xi Jinping this week.

As a result, the market continued to surge on Monday, pushing to new all-time highs.

There’s a chart below of the S&P 500 ETF Trust (NYSE: SPY), every candle represents one trading day:

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

That’s not all, on Wednesday this week, October 29, we’ll learn the Fed’s interest rate decision.

Most of the market expects a rate cut, so the real catalyst will come from Jerome Powell’s comments after the rate decision at 2 P.M. Eastern.

Not to mention, there are some key companies set to announce earnings this week.

  • Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL)
  • Amazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN)
  • Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ: MSFT)
  • Alphabet Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG)

These businesses are at the front of the AI and tech race … So it’s safe to say, this is a big week for earnings.

All of these catalysts point toward an especially volatile week in the market, among small-cap and large-cap stocks alike.

Take advantage of the earnings volatility this week. We’ve already seen multiple +100% stock spikes on Monday …

And these volatile runners love to follow the same patterns over and over again.

Keep reading for a full list of this week’s strongest stock spikes.

The Best Trade Setups

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There are some big names scheduled to announce earnings this week.

But none of them are on my watchlist to trade …

I like trading small-cap volatility: Cheap stocks that spike +100% intraday.

That way, I can snag 10% – 20% profits without having to time the move perfectly.

I know that penny stocks get a bad rap.

And friends of mine, like Ben Strugill and Jack Kellogg, have dabbled in options contracts that offer a similar percent gain for large-cap stocks …

But I don’t like competing against Wall Street black boxes and high-frequency trading firms.

I like swimming in the shallow end of the pool.

These small-cap stocks are perfectly designed for small-account traders because of the:

  • Cheap shares.
  • Large percent gain.
  • Low competition.

In my professional opinion, this is how traders can best grow a small account.

All of my millionaire students started to trade penny stocks with my process.

And even now, as some of them trade options, or short sell stocks that I trade long, they’re all using the same process that I taught them.

The same process that I use.

We’re trading some of the biggest spikes in the market, with the same patterns, over and over again.

My Watchlist

From this week, on Monday, October 27.

All the charts show 1-minute candles:

  • Co-Diagnostics Inc. (NASDAQ: CODX) spiked 260%* before noon after announcing a new business partnership to advance and commercialize the company’s assets.
CODX chart intraday, 1-minute candles Source: StocksToTrade
  • BIO-key International Inc. (NASDAQ: BKYI) showed us a 190%* premarket spike after the company announced a partnership with IT2Trust, a top IT security and networking company in Scandinavia.
BKYI chart intraday, 1-minute candles Source: StocksToTrade
BKYI chart intraday, 1-minute candles Source: StocksToTrade
  • My weekend trade spiked 26% higher after I bought shares on Friday afternoon. Datavault AI Inc. (NASDAQ: DVLT) is an AI-related stock that announced a partnership with Max International AG to launch a Swiss Digital RWA Exchange.
DVLT chart multi-day, 1-minute candles Source: StocksToTrade
DVLT chart multi-day, 1-minute candles Source: StocksToTrade

I’m still watching all three of these stocks this week.

I’m also looking for new runners that follow the same set of factors. Factors that separate the strongest stock spikes from the rest of the market.

But as you can see, these spikes are fast. CODX surged 260%* before noon Eastern on Monday.

To make sure you catch the next opportunity like this: Get an alert from my AI trading system.

This AI scans the market with my exact trading framework. Then it alerts upcoming setups with specific trade plans based on the most recent price action.

My millionaire student, Matt Monaco is standing by to walk you through this trading process:

>> Use AI to shorten your learning curve <<

Catch the hottest runners NOW!

Cheers

 

*Past performance does not indicate future results

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Timothy Sykes

Tim Sykes is a penny stock trader and teacher who became a self-made millionaire by the age of 22 by trading $12,415 of bar mitzvah money. After becoming disenchanted with the hedge fund world, he established the Tim Sykes Trading Challenge to teach aspiring traders how to follow his trading strategies. He’s been featured in a variety of media outlets including CNN, Larry King, Steve Harvey, Forbes, Men’s Journal, and more. He’s also an active philanthropist and environmental activist, a co-founder of Karmagawa, and has donated millions of dollars to charity.
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In this article (YTD Performance)

  • SPY+17.94%
    SPY - NYSESPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust
    $685.83+7.99 (+1.18%)
    Volume:  63.34M
    Float:  1.01B
    $682.11Day Low/High$685.54

* 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 .

Millionaire Media 66 W Flagler St. Ste. 900 Miami, FL 33130 United States (888) 878-3621 This is for information purposes only as Millionaire Media LLC nor Timothy Sykes is registered as a securities broker-dealer or an investment adviser. No information herein is intended as securities brokerage, investment, tax, accounting or legal advice, as an offer or solicitation of an offer to sell or buy, or as an endorsement, recommendation or sponsorship of any company, security or fund. Millionaire Media LLC and Timothy Sykes cannot and does not assess, verify or guarantee the adequacy, accuracy or completeness of any information, the suitability or profitability of any particular investment, or the potential value of any investment or informational source. The reader bears responsibility for his/her own investment research and decisions, should seek the advice of a qualified securities professional before making any investment, and investigate and fully understand any and all risks before investing. Millionaire Media LLC and Timothy Sykes in no way warrants the solvency, financial condition, or investment advisability of any of the securities mentioned in communications or websites. In addition, Millionaire Media LLC and Timothy Sykes accepts no liability whatsoever for any direct or consequential loss arising from any use of this information. This information is not intended to be used as the sole basis of any investment decision, nor should it be construed as advice designed to meet the investment needs of any particular investor. Past performance is not necessarily indicative of future returns.

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”

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