This is the historical record of all posts Cody Willard has published.

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Markets headed higher still? The Kurtzweil Singularity Rate of Change

At one point on August 1, the Nasdaq 100 was above 8000. Heading into August, I got a little bit bearish and highlighted the SMH in particular as a short. (Trade Alert: TXN pops, semi’s look ready to drop (and a change to my TV schedule)). Two trading days

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Trade Alert: The algo’s and media suddenly fear Recession

This morning, apparently the “real” yield curve inverted. Not that fake yield curve that inverted a few times already, in which you might have made the mistake of thinking that the 30-year Treasury or the 3-month Treasury might be important. No, apparently, it was only the 10 year and the

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Latest Positions with quotes from Nikola Tesla

“There is something frightening about the universe when we consider that only our senses of sound and sight make it beautiful. Just think, the universe is darker than the darkest ink; colder than the coldest ice and more silent than a silent tomb with all the bodies rushing through it

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Day trading, 3 baggers, Tesla Solar and more

I’m doing some trimming, just maintenance. Will send out a Trade Alert after the chat. Too much to do! Here’s the transcript from this week’s Live Q&A. Q. Last week, I felt like a day trader and we did pretty well. Any new short term

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Trade Alert: Trimming into this big rally

I’m getting a bit dizzy with these wild swings in the markets but at least we’ve had some nice success using the swings to our advantage. Just yesterday, I wrote: “It’s been an absolutely wild week and a half of action. Another swift sell-off from the highs

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Trade Alert: Bizarro World Stock Market

Just two trading days ago, I wrote: “It’s been an absolutely wild week of action. Nice bounce from the lows *checks charts* uh, yesterday morning. I’m nibbling a few index puts here, reloading a little bit of protection. Maybe trim a little bit of the names we nibbled

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Trade Alert: SEDG’s up 500%, Reloading puts, A little trimming

It’s been an absolutely wild week of action. Nice bounce from the lows *checks charts* uh, yesterday morning. I’m nibbling a few index puts here, reloading a little bit of protection. Maybe trim a little bit of the names we nibbled on during the panic *checks charts* uh,

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Trade Alert: Taking profits on puts, and a small bet on rates

Here’s what I’m doing today: I trimmed some SPY, IWM puts. I trimmed a little of my bitcoin futures BRR. I think the rush into bonds is overdone and the TLT puts are quite cheap, giving us a decent risk/reward scenario with a tiny bit of capital.

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Puts, Futures, Hong Kong, Energy, Cleveland Browns and more

Here’s the transcript from this week’s Live Q&A. Q. Cody, do you ever sell puts to enter or add to a stock at lower price or pocket some premium? A. I don’t do it often but for a stock like TSLA or other highly volatile

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Is the Bubble-Blowing Bull Market over?

The stock markets were down big today because: Trump China Trade War, tariffs, Yuan devaluation, suspension of Chinese imports of US agriculture, Hong Kong societal meltdown, Yield curve inversion, the Fed didn’t only cut 25 bps, negative interest rates in Germany, Asian stocks collapsing, Japan South Korea trade war,

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Trade Alert: Stay tuned, be cool, be opportunistic

Well it’s gotten quite ugly out there the last week. Our SMH short and puts that I highlighted for you guys a couple times right as it was hitting $120 have really kicked in, as have our other shorts. Meanwhile, our longs are also getting slammed today. Here’s

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Trade Alert: Don’t panic into the panic

I’m covering some more shorts selling a few more of our puts into the continued decline in the stock markets today, including 20-50% of my SPY and SMH and IWM shorts and puts. GLUU is being decimated, and I’m covering half of it. I covered a little more

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