Thank you to everyone who tuned into The Edge Podcast. Bubba & I are hanging on a Sunday shooting the breeze as we prepare for the week ahead. Kick back and enjoy the show.
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What we got into this week:
This one’s an hour of pure unscripted market talk. No agenda, no script — just me and Todd “Bubba” Horwitz hitting record and letting it fly. Here’s what’s inside:
The week ahead, mapped out. I walked Bubba through the SPX and ES levels I’m watching live on the chart — the TWAP zones, the consolidation breakout shelf at 7141 for SPX, the deep support at 6850 — and we talked through where the smart buys are if this thing gives us the 2-4% pullback the data says is coming. If you trade the indices, this is the part to rewind.
Bubba’s Sunday Bitcoin tell. A simple read he uses every weekend to gauge how the S&P will open Monday. Green Bitcoin on Sunday afternoon = stable open. He’s been right more often than not.
Why this rally is a retail trap (and what it means). Bubba’s read on the volume — the big houses are sitting on their hands letting retail push this thing higher, and they’re waiting to swing the bat. We get into the inflation-versus-real-growth question and what’s actually driving prices to all-time highs.
The mental capital problem. I shared why I see a hypnotherapist for trading (yes, really), why I stopped scalping, and why I think every trader only has about three to four hours of laser focus in them per day. Bubba weighs in on why he gave up poker tournaments for the same reason.
Trade your opinion, lose your year’s salary. I told the story of how my opinions cost me a year’s pay in 2018, and Bubba talks Black Christmas and the client who fired his son for not selling the bottom. Lesson: trade the chart.
The decision NOT to trade is a trade. This is the whole game in one sentence. We dig into why setting daily P&L goals destroys traders, why the market isn’t going anywhere, and why patience is the single most underrated skill in this business.
Plus a wild Bubba war story — buying puts on a Friday afternoon, walking out flat, then a terrorist attack hits France after the close and he gets Schwab on the phone to exercise his way into a $4,000 win nobody thought was possible.
If you want a fly-on-the-wall hour with two veteran traders talking shop, this is it. Hit play.
Until next time—trade smart, stay prepared, and together we will conquer these markets!
Ryan Bailey, VICI Trading Solutions.
