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The Market Just Made a Statement—Are You Paying Attention?
Retail Traders Are Bearish—But the Market Is Breaking Out. Here’s What You Need to Know.
The indexes made a big statement yesterday—but most retail traders are too busy being bearish to notice.

Equal Weighted NASDAQ QQEW, Daily
🔹 The equally weighted NASDAQ just hit all-time highs.
🔹 The S&P 500 is two pennies away from breaking out.
🔹 And yet, retail sentiment is more bearish now than at any point in the last year.
"It doesn’t have to make sense. You just have to make money."
Let people complain about inflation, tariffs, or whatever the new fear narrative is.
But the market isn’t going to fall while the majority of NASDAQ components keep pushing higher.
Own the leaders and do not sell early for reasons that don’t matter.
Here’s a trade on HOOD that we’ve owned and added into for exactly 1 year continuing to win for us:

So the real question is: Are you positioned correctly?
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