But if The Big Short’s Michael Burry has his way, this won’t be the case for long.

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You see, it became known yesterday that 13F filings revealed HUGE short positions of 20,000 each in both SPY and QQQ put options established by Dr. Burry in the 2nd quarter. 

If you have yet to see The Big Short, which was simply awesome and well worth your time, the premise was that Dr. Burry, played by the uber talented Christian Bale, saw the great 2008 financial crisis coming before just about everyone else, which led him to make a MASSIVE bet that the housing market would collapse.

While this bet paid off huge in the end, Dr. Burry, who is a physician/investor/hedge fund manager, placed his bet WAY too early, causing him several months of pain and lonely hours banging his head against his office wall, ignoring angry client phone calls, all while BLASTING heavy metal. 

Will Dr. Burry be right again?

Only time will tell.

Think I’m worried?

Heck no.

And you want to know why?

Because I have access to a resource that is absolutely invaluable at times like this. 

Folks, RagingBull has been at it for so long in this business for many reasons.

But right at the top of this list is the fact that our master traders are so closely knit that we always share ideas on the market.

There truly is power in numbers in this business, and when you combine nearly 60 years of trading experience, well, those ideas carry even more weight. 

And when it comes to the direction of the market in general, my go-to for advice when I’m not in the ZONE is Jeff Williams (JW).

For much of JW’s 20 year trading career, he has been focusing on one market and one market only.

The S&P 500.

Widely known as the benchmark of all US market indices, the S&P 500 trades as the ETF SPY, which currently boasts the most liquid options available. 

Now, don’t get me wrong…I am a seasoned veteran at calling the market’s major cycles myself.

Heck, I even warned the market was ripe for a correction just before SPY’s most recent on 07/27.

But JW’s calls?

Well, they’re a different animal.

JW has built one of RagingBull’s hottest services on a foundation of trading SPY for short intra-day periods, during one of the most volatile periods of day.

Folks, I don’t need to tell you that the market has done nothing but slide lower since late July.
And in this time retail traders have been all over social media crying about the pain they are in trying to buy the next turning point.

But not JW.

In fact, since SPY topped on 07/27/23, JW has rack up an incredible 85% win rate (*trading is hard, results not guaranteed). 

And what could possibly be better than the 11 wins and 2 losses that Jeff has registered in the days following the 07/27 top in SPY?

JW teaches his students how trading this one security for just a few hours per day just frees up so much time in your day.

And judging from comments like this from real students, I’d say his methods are paying off. 

After 20+ years of real-money trading experience and educating tens of thousands of traders just like you, JW has taken his past career as a New York State school teacher and created an easy-to-follow trading education service. 

Every Monday through Friday morning (holiday schedule permitting), JW’s students are treated to some of the most valuable insights imaginable as he walks his student members through the WHY and the HOW of his upcoming morning trade plan.

Anyone that tells you they never lose when trading is, well, full of it

Trading is hard and results like this are not guaranteed. 

But JW’s teaching background is perfect for helping to turn losses into some of the most valuable trading lessons available in the industry. 

Listen, I could sit here all day and talk about the tremendous value and insights JW brings to the table. 

But you only have until midnight tonight to claim one of the about 15 openings (at the time of writing) that remain for traders that want to take advantage of an incredible LIMITED-TIME offer of 69% off of Jeff’s red-hot Market Navigator service.

With the market about to find its next big turning point, this offer comes at the perfect time. 

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But you need to be careful if that’s your plan, since the recent resurgence in interest rates is helping to fuel an ongoing period of underperformance by many big tech stocks vs. the rest of the market.

Don’t worry about missing the boat, because you can be sure that I’ll be keeping a close eye out for the next bottom in big-cap tech stocks for you.

But in the meantime, this week, all eyes will be on some of the best gauges available for learning about the health of the economy. 

I am talking about big retail names like Walmart (WMT) and Home Depot (HD) that will lead a host of other key retail players on the earnings calendar this week.

Perhaps more than anything, it’s going to take a seasoned veteran trader to pay CLOSE attention to the comments about forward-looking guidance that are made during the follow-up earnings calls.  

On top of that, tomorrow’s Retail Sales report that is scheduled to be announced before the market open is going to be more important than it has been in recent months, based on how far the market has risen this year.

Remember, even before the markets opened last week, Uncle Jeff warned you about how the price action was going to be plain-out “SLOPPY.”

Now I am about to show you a way to avoid looking at the screens all day and getting caught up in most of this slop?

I found it interesting that while last week’s core inflation data (CPI) came in on the “soft” side, SPY still ended the week near the lows. 

Between the buffoons on CNBC and the so-called “experts” on FinTwit, one thing you have to train yourself to do is ignore all the noise that is now in your face EVERY moment of EVERY day.

You have to learn to trade what the market gives you. 

If most Wall Street economists see last week’s inflation data as a sign that the Fed will hold interest rates steady at its next meeting in September, SPY closing near the lows of the week may be an indication that it still needs the correction that began with the massive “bearish engulfing” day on July 27th to last a little longer.

So, again, I tell you…this week’s earnings will provide more key details on how Americans are spending.

And, more importantly, upcoming conference calls will indicate whether executive’s at this country’s largest retailers see a second half consumer slowdown coming.

This is the kind of environment that put my friend and fellow RagingBull master trader, Jeff Williams (JW), on the map.

You see, because of the bevy of earning releases that are due from some of the largest publicly traded companies this week, the odds that opening price action will be volatile across the major indices are higher than usual. 

We’re talking about the kind of chop that can do a lot of damage to unprepared traders that try to enter positions when cash markets open at 9:30am ET in New York. 

But did you know that there’s a very simple, yet EXTREMELY effective way to better time the market open?

Folks, JW is a master at trading SPY options, currently the most liquid ETF options in existence. 

High liquidity means tight spreads to make entering these trades more cost efficient.

After 20+ years of real-money trading experience and educating tens of thousands of traders just like you, JW has taken his past career as a New York State school teacher and created an easy-to-follow trading education service. 

Every Monday through Friday morning (holiday schedule permitting), JW’s students are treated to some of the most valuable insights imaginable as he walks his student members through the WHY and the HOW of his upcoming morning trade plan.

At the core of this service is the very same strategy that he has used to rack up an incredible 85% win rate in the days since the market topped on 07/28 (*Trading is hard, results not guaranteed). 

And what could possibly be better than the 11 wins and 2 losses that Jeff has registered in the days following the 07/27 top in SPY?

JW teaches his students how focusing on this one security just frees up so much time in your day.

Look, trading is hard and results like this are not guaranteed. 

But those 2 losses turned into some of the most valuable trading lessons available in the industry. 

Listen, a deal like the one I am about to offer you is RARE.

Right now, only 23 openings remain for traders that want to take advantage of an incredible LIMITED-TIME offer of 69% off Jeff’s red-hot Market Navigator service.

With the market nearing its next big rally point, the timing of this event could not be any better. 

(Extended) Doors close at Midnight, TOMORROW.

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You see, I value friends and family more than anything else in this world.

That means that I go out of my way to remember birthdays and special occasions, so that I can send the special people in my life my best wishes at least once a year.

So what did I go and do yesterday that I actually almost lost a little sleep over last night?

I forgot that yesterday was Snoopy’s birthday.

Now, you may think that this is trivial, but Snoopy is an American icon. 

One of those symbols of innocence and purity that, dare I say it, today’s children may never experience again. 

With that, I have already made plans to sit back with a couple of bourbons and watch at least one or two episodes of the Peanuts tonight in a belated celebration.

Go ahead, call me sentimental…I don’t care.

Because I think it’s important to celebrate the things that brought us so much joy and helped ease the pain of some of life’s hard, early lessons.

From what I am seeing all over social media right now, a lot of traders can use something to ease the pain being brought on by some REALLY bad advice in a difficult market. 

This market is SLOPPY, right now. 

But hey, Uncle Jeff told you this was going to be the case before the market even opened on Monday.

Not only that, but I was warning you of a pullback right before SPY developed that massive bearish engulfing pattern on July 27th.

Now, we here at RagingBull are a close-knit team of professional traders.

And one of my best buds, Jeff Williams (JW), has been at this game just about as long as I have.

We’re talking a little more than 40 years of combined trading experience!

So with knowledge like that, you are darn right we are going to run ideas by each other from time to time.

And this brings me back to the point I made about cherishing the things in life that help ease the pain, because JW is a MASTER at two things:

1. Helping to easing traders’ pain by teaching a strategy that has generated a win rate of 78% in markets similar to what we’ve seen in recent weeks (*results not typical, trading is hard)
2. Identifying the market’s pain points 

JW is dialed in to this market, and right now he is eyeing this BIG point of pain that could generate a tidal wave of opportunities if broken.

Take a look at this chart of SPY.

This, my friends, is trading.

Big corrections followed by big rallies, with the occasional sideways range thrown in. 

But if you’re trading options like we are here…

Well, these swings can be especially painful because, unlike owning stocks, Theta (time decay) will not allow you to just sit around and wait for the market to recoup if you get stuck in a big market swing that goes against you.

Interestingly, this is also a picture of the timeframe that JW has been able to build a nearly 78% win rate as part of his red hot Market Navigator service. 

Now, if you are saying to yourself, “Well, I see people on X.com (formerly Twitter) claiming that they never lose,” Uncle Jeff might just reach through the screen and slap you.

EVERY trader has losses…it’s a statistical fact.

Heck, even some of the greatest traders in history, like Paul Tudor Jones, have had many defeats.

But like Paul Tudor Jones, JW knows how to capitalize on pain points in the market.

These are price levels that, if broken, would force large numbers of traders to relative their pain by reversing existing positions, resulting in exaggerated price moves.

Fun fact, Paul Tudor Jones’ claim to fame is that he tripled his fortune on one trade alone, by letting a massive short position run during the 1987 Black Monday crash that he predicted. 

Please don’t think I am alluding to anything here.

But you should be listening to what JW has to say as SPY sits right at a pain point with MASSIVE potential right now. 

Folks, if you want to ignore JW’s track record in this difficult environment, I can’t force you to do anything.

But what I can do (and have done) is authorize an extra $300 be taken off of JW’s already discounted Market Navigator service. 

With the market sitting at this critical juncture, the timing of this deal could not be any better. 

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Come join the Market Navigator community before this deal’s gone.

And…did you know?  It’s International Cat Day, today .

Now, if you know anything about Uncle Jeff here, you should know that I am more of a dog person.

But I must say, as I’ve watched more and more cat videos on social media I’ve become more of a fan of their mischief. Maybe it goes back to the good ole days of watching Toonces!

And with that mischief comes the constant thought of, “What’s Fluffy going to do next?”

That also seems to be the thought process coming from Wall Street recently.

You see, the market is ALWAYS forward looking.

When not completely manipulated by the Fed, it is an almost perfect forecasting machine that typically discounts about 6 months into the future.

So, right now, as more and more Wall Street heavyweights abandon their outlook for a recession and the all-important consumer (you and me) continue to spend, the market is asking itself “What’s lurking around the corner that can cause the recent pause in the 2023 rally to deepen?”

As a trained economist, I too have my concerns.

But I am also a trader that learned a long time ago to take what the market gives me and choose my options strategies wisely based on the information at hand.

And that’s EXACTLY why I have switched tactics and jacked up a growing WIN rate with a certain set of trading strategies…

Monday was another great day in the markets for me, as I closed 2 more trades for wins for Alpha Hunter members.

Folks, I am running with an 89% win rate in my Alpha Hunter right now…a fact verified by this spreadsheet that I am giving you full access to for further examination. 

*Trading is hard, results not guaranteed.

Because I am all about full disclosure, you can see that not all trades are wins. 

That’s OK, because those 2 losses you see since mid July were used as valuable learning lessons for my Alpha Hunter students.

That’s 8 consecutive wins in a sloppy market, folks. 

That puts me firmly on course to delivering on my Perfect Portfolio Guarantee to identify $120,000 in successful trades using my Alpha Pulse system over the next 12 months?

So what am I doing that is so special?

At the core of this Journey, I have a goal to make $10,000 every month by using the power of Selling options.

Does the sloppy market action have you all discombobulated recently?

Well, that’s why applying simple options spreads strategies is so powerful.

When used properly, they give a trader the advantage in ANY market condition.

Heck, even if the market doesn’t want to go anywhere, the power of time is on the trader’s side when selling these spreads because of Theta. 

Now, if you’ve been following me in recent weeks you know that I was pounding the table on the market’s need for a pause when SPY was at its highs.

While I was spot on with that call, I am man enough to admit that I didn’t know exactly what that pause would look like.

Would the correction just be a sideways range or an all-out collapse?

I simply wasn’t sure.

But that doesn’t matter when you apply the easy to learn credit spreads I used to rack up the last 2 QUICK wins of 51% and 21% you see here.  

Look, I know your time is valuable, so I am going to send you on your way with a valuable tip:

Along with RagingBull co-founder, Jason Bond (who, by the way is also slaying this market selling options spreads), I’m going to be talking about how to use these strategies at 2pm this afternoon.

We’ll be talking stocks and making LIVE trades…

TOGETHER!

This is an exclusive invite for existing members only, so be here @ 2PM EST for this potentially life-changing event.

Maybe that’s why, every July, I can’t get enough of Shark Week on the Discovery Channel.

Since I’ve been so darn busy of late, I haven’t had much time to chat about this year’s event that just ended on 07/29.

I’ve gotta tell ya, Jason Mamoa, who you may know better as Aqua Man, did a great job as this year’s host.

Now, the reason I bring this up is because, as I warned late last month, “the sharks are circling” this market.

And just like in real life, it’s been the complacent traders who have gotten bitten.

As we’ll discuss in a moment, investors in massively important stocks like AAPL have learned this the hard way.

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Folks, financial instruments, no matter what market you like to look at, are mean reverting creatures.

That means that, at multiple points in their life cycle, they always move back to the major averages.

So with the largest holding in SPY – AAPL – now crashing below its 50-DMA and screaming closer to its 100-DMA, what does that mean for the rest of the market?

And, what is the best strategy to use right now?

After expectations started leaning very optimistically in late July, the market has begun to do what it does best in recent days…it has begun to go against what most investors are thinking.

The market loves to confound, and it also loves to follow seasonal patterns, just like it is doing now.

You can’t say I haven’t been warning you of this, because I showed you this exact same seasonal chart just a few days ago, so I hope you’ve been following along with me:

When you see a company as big and as important as APPL get clobbered like it did on Friday after reporting 8% sales growth and 5.5% services sales growth, that, my friends, is structural.

Oh, and by the way, this wasn’t an isolated incident, since popular stocks like MSFT and NFLX have also been bloodied following recent earnings beats. 

That’s the market telling you that A LOT of good news was baked into the market in late July, and now it’s time for a reset.

Or put another way, some of the big fish are bleeding, and that sends a signal to the sharks that are circling for opportunities.

As a veteran trader, my friend and co-founder of RagingBull, Jason Bond, has been right there in this feeding frenzy.

Jason knows that the key to survival in a market like this is staying nimble and looking for any opportunities that present themselves.

That’s why, like a sniper, Jason grabbed big gains QUICKLY using UVXY options late last week.

Jason has been bringing all of his services together under one Elite roof recently, and here’s how it went down:

As he always does, Jason sent an immediate app alert to members, notifying them that the market’s sell-off had gone too far, too fast, ad it was time to bet on a pullback in volatility using UVXY puts. 

Folks, specialized trade alerts like this UVXY trade are only seen by ELITE members.

Think of these trades like a gun hidden somewhere deep inside a Navy Seal’s tactical gear.

These trades are alway there when you need them, and the results are deadly when used by someone with special training.

That, folks, is EXACTLY what Jason’s doing in the ELITE Chatroom, where everything RagingBull is included under one roof. 

And let me tell you, the need for this all-encompassing ELITE member service could not be better right now, because, come Thursday, the next bout of big volatility could arrive with the next read on Core CPI (inflation). 

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For a LIMITED time, all of Raginbull’s services – every strategy and every master trader – are being made available for an incredible 50% off!!!

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I dare say that you simply will not see specialty trades like leveraged UVXY trade anywhere else. 

Jason and I have been in DEEP conversation about how we are going to trade around this week’s inflation data, and I am so excited for what we have planned. 

Be the absolute best trader you can be with RagingBull ELITE!!!