The Most Dangerous Trade of 2026
We’re coming off another fun week with skyrocketing metals prices, President Trump Tacoing on Greenland, and earnings season heating off. So it’s time for the 5 charts you need to see right now: 1. Sandisk Is the Most Dangerous Stock in the World Sandisk (SNDK) is the #1 stock in the S&P 500 in 2026. And it’s the most dangerous stock in the world… to longs and shorts. Thanks to the AI boom, there’s not enough memory and storage to go around. That’s been a boon for Sandisk, along with its peers Micron (MU) and Western Digital (WDC). But what’s really interesting about Sandisk is that it’s heavily shorted. According to KoyFin data, 6% of the float is sold short: Meanwhile, earnings estimates have skyrocketed since the company came public again last year: So we have 6% of the float short, while earnings estimates are going through the roof because of a massive supply-demand imbalance. It looks like the shorts are trying to predict a cyclical top into earnings on Thursday, January 29. And the optimists think things can only get better. This is quite tricky. One one hand, it might have already gone too far, too fast. On the other hand, SanDisk could see a mountain of good news next week. Aside from its own earnings report Thursday, ee get earnings from Microsoft (MSFT), Meta (META), and Lam Research (LRCX) on Wednesday. All are likely to give bullish outlooks on the AI cycle. And Lam Research is a Sandisk supplier. If you’re playing it… good luck. 2. The Silver Squeeze Is Still Raging 2026 is still the year of heavy metal. Silver is on top with uranium and gold also in strong uptrends. They’re all crushing the SPY: The metals are being boosted from a variety factors including industrial demand, central bank buying, and good old-fashioned momentum. And here’s another example of how extreme the #silversqueeze is. We searched Google Trends for “silver price” and that chart is just as parabolic as SLV: So yes, the general public is here. 3. The Energy Boom Continues On January 5, OIH put in the “Gap of the Year” on President Trump’s presumed takeover of the Venezuela oil industry. Then it was off to the races, and OIH is up 21% on the year: But it gets much more interesting when we take a long-term view. OIH is still way off the $935.46 all-time high from 2014. And it’s right at resistance in the $343 area: The kicker here might be Europe. If they get friendlier to oil after very mixed results from alternative energy, there could be a global energy production spending boom. And there could be a massive catch-up play for OIH. 4. Russell Just Reversed The FOMC is on Wednesday, and the market is pricing in a 2.8% chance of a 25 bps rate cut. And of course, the Fed’s forward direction is hard to predict. So this week was a good time for the Russell 2000 Index to take a break after a furious start to 2026. IWM put in a big topping tail Wednesday with nasty downside follow-through on Friday: And it’s not even at the 20-day moving average yet. If next week’s earnings stink, IWM could lead to the downside. Speaking of earnings… 5. Earnings Season Is Upside Down According to FactSet, 13% of S&P 500 companies have reported so far, and things don’t look great so far: Earnings growth is tracking at 8.2%, below the 8.3% expected on December 31. And companies are reporting earnings that are 5.3% above estimates, below the 5-year average of 8.7%. In recent quarters, we’ve been used to estimates coming down, and companies crushing those lowered estimates. Q4 2025 earnings season has been a flip-flop. Estimates have been on the upswing, and now the beats are getting smaller. Should we freak out? Not until next week when Apple (AAPL), Microsoft (MSFT), Meta Platforms (META), Visa (V), Mastercard (MA), and other indexy heavyweights report. They should push that 8.2% number up. With an emphasis on the word “should.”
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David Prince has a specialty of identifying sectors that are trading differently than the overall market environment. He explains what you need to pay attention to in your trading to know when it’s time to focus on a sector vs the broader market: David goes over: What makes a catalyst How to identify a catalyst How some specific sectors perform in different environments Want David’s insight in your trading daily? Apply to join the Inner Circle VTF® and work with him here.
Continue Reading -->IWM’s Dirty Little Secret
The market uptrend had a problem. We couldn’t get a real breakout. Momentum kept failing. And then on Monday evening, Sami pointed out that IWM could signal a decline if it broke $264.70. Which it did on the open Monday morning: Sami goes over: How he knew IWM $264.70 could give us trouble Why he predicted a pullback this week The big biotech name that looks perfect for a long-term rally A lithium play could could be the next hot metals name A nuclear play that could ignite on a breakout Multiple names that are going climactic, meaning we could see huge reversals 5 names that look ready to drop, including a controversial EV stock
Continue Reading -->Heavy Metal Traders Are Getting Rich
Congratulations. You survived the first half of January. So it’s time for the 5 charts you need to see. Though there’s more than 5 this week: Heavy Metal Traders Are Getting Rich Metals won in 2025, and they’re winning again this year. But while everyone’s obsessed with the #silversqueeze, there is another dominant metal in 2026: uranium. The Global X Uranium ETF (URA) is now up 26.5% this month, edging out the iShares Silver Trust (SLV). The AI industry is driving demand for more nuclear power. And nuclear power providers need a lot more uranium, which is in short supply. Bank of America said uranium prices could rise by 50% by 2027, and named Cameco (CCJ) its number one pick. It’s been on fire this year: But uranium and silver are not the only metals winners. Copper, platinum, palladium, and lithium are all in uptrends. So this the year of heavy metal! Full disclosure: CCJ is one of my biggest personal equity holdings. But let’s talk about my biggest position, which isn’t doing as well as CCJ: Apple = Crapple Every time it looks like it’s waking up, Apple (AAPL) goes back to sleep. Look at this mess: Do you need indicators or squiggly lines to see how ugly this is? Now, I’m not selling my Apple because the company’s got two huge things going for it: Android is, um, not very cool The products all just work together It’s a good thing earnings are in two weeks, because we need resolution here. Either a screaming rally back to the highs, or a final death blow. This slow bleed is too painful to endure. If it’s gonna go down, let’s just get it over with! Small Caps Go on a Wild Ride We’ve been hearing about a small cap comeback for years. But it may be happening. The Russell 2000 is up over 8% in January while the S&P 500 and Nasdaq 100 are up less than 2%. And there are tons of individual winners. ‘ As of Friday afternoon, 205 stocks in the Russell 2000 are up more than 20% this month. And 32 are up more than 50%. We can’t necessarily attribute this to lower rates because the Fed direction isn’t quite clear. So it looks like a combination of speculative juices and catch-up. Investors Are Getting Very Bullish The crowd is getting very bullish after a big rally from the December lows. According to the AAII Sentiment Survey, 49.5% investors are bullish: This is the highest bullish reading since November 14, 2024, which was right after President Trump’s election victory, which drove a massive surge in stocks. Interestingly, it seems that survey respondents are not concerned about all the chaos in the world, between Venezuela, Iran, the President going after Powell, uncertainty on the economy, etc. Or perhaps everyone’s just gotten used to chaos by now. Just keep in mind that timing the market using sentiment indicators is notoriously difficult. Happy times can last. Micron Earnings Estimates Are Insane Micron (MU) is up 249% over the past year, and if you want to know why, look at the power of a memory shortage. Earnings estimates have gone parabolic, as you can see in this chart. This is crazier than what we saw with Nvidia 3 years ago. In the past 12 months, FY2026 EPS estimates have gone from $11.24 to $32.67. Everybody from Nvidia (NVDA) to AMD (AMD) to Alphabet (GOOGL) is desperate for memory and prices are going through the roof. Crazy stuff.
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JR Romero is bullish on Interactive Brokers (IBKR), even with the financials reporting lousy earnings. Get his target price, and why he’s so bullish on this brokerage stock: The highest analyst target price on IBKR is $84 right now, according to KoyFin. JR’s target is way higher. Find out: -Where he wants to enter IBKR into earnings -Another financial name that looks ready for a gap & go -A travel name that is about to break out, big time -Where Carnival Cruise Lines (CCL) is going -Why IREN (IREN) is going back to the highs And MORE!
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The market lacks momentum in the short term. But it looks fine long-term based on the powerful weekly chart. Sami explains: Why SPY is a good long-term investment Why he is bullish on China, and his favorite names in the sector A high-dividend payer that can be held for months or even years Where IBIT can go in the next few weeks 1 short idea that had a very bearish gap down Why Zim (ZIM) can rally 30%+ And more!
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We just closed out the first full trading week of the year, featuring new all-time highs, a crappy jobs report, and the Supreme Court failing to render a decision on President Trump’s tariffs. But we’re here with the 5 charts you need to see right now, covering Uranium, Nvidia (NVDA), and MORE! 1. Uranium Is Shocking the World… Again The Global X Uranium ETF (URA) is now up 18% YTD vs. +1.4% for $SPY. That’s after URA surged 67% last year. The latest catalyst was Meta (META) signing nuclear power deals with Vistra (VST) and Oklo (OKLO), plus the Bill Gates-backed TerraPower. This is a fascinating point in the AI cycle. Because it’s uncertain how long Nvidia (NVDA) can dominate chip performance. But it seems 100% certain that AI is sucking up a lot of electricity. And insider the uranium mining complex specifically, there is just not a lot of supply in terms of stocks to buy. Look at the market caps of the better-known uranium companies: Cameco (CCJ): $46 billion Uranium Energy (UEC): $7.1 billion Energy Fuels (UUUU): $4.3 billion Denison Mining (DNN): $2.9 billion And the URA ETF itself has just $6.3 billion in assets. 2. Nvidia: Value Stock? Traders and investors are increasingly focused on the skyrocketing “second-order” AI stocks in areas like nuclear power and memory. Former AI Kingpin Nvidia (NVDA) feels left behind to the point where it looks like a value stock, even though its earnings winning streak shows no sign of slowing. It’s trading at just 26.6 times forward earnings. Meanwhile, Costco (COST) trades at 45 times earnings. Meanwhile, Nvidia is expected to grow earnings by 57% this year. For Costco, it’s 11%. 3. Apple’s Big Oversold Signal Apple (AAPL) is the second most oversold stock in the Nasdaq 100/QQQ, based on RSI: That reading is nearing the April 2025 lows after the Liberation Day selloff. Traders are worried about a myriad of issues including a China slowdown, skyrocketing memory costs, and Tim Cook possibly slowing down. There’s always chatter about the company being behind in AI… but how many people are dropping Apple devices over that? I mean, I can use ChatGPT and Gemini and Grok and whatever else on my iPhone. Right? With the stock this oversold and the chatter so negative, perhaps it’s time for a bounce. And the one QQQ stock more oversold than Apple (AAPL)? It’s Netflix (NFLX), which has been beaten down because of the Warner Brothers acquisition drama. 4. PayPal Is Sitting on Major Support PayPay (PYPL) can be one of the most frustrating stocks in the market. It operates in two modes: High-speed uptrend Value trap disaster And now it’s sitting on major support around $57, which is above the 2023 low around $50. Could there be $7 of risk down, and $30 up? At less than 11 times forward earnings, this is one stock we have to watch. 5. OIH Is the ETF to Watch Following President Trump’s presumed takeover of the Venezuela oil industry, the VanEck Oil Services ETF (OIH) is the ETF to watch. Because the companies in the OIH make the equipment and technology that gets oil out of the ground. And you have to think these companies are about to land some big fat contracts. On Monday, OIH made the “Gap of the Year” on the Venezuela news. And that gap held:
Continue Reading -->5 Big Trades David Prince Just Nailed
On December 30, we shared David Prince’s 2026 Trading Strategy. In that outlook, David made predictions about several names and sectors for this year – and many of his expectations are already coming to fruition. So let’s review 5 of those calls and how they’ve panned out so far just one full trading week into the New Year. 1. Rocket Blasts Off David Prince named Rocket Companies (RKT) his “favorite rates play”. He said the stock is a “must-own long-term and expect it to be above $30 by year-end.” And President Trump provided a gift for the sector on Thursday, January 8. In a Truth Social post, Trump said he was instructing Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to buy $200 billion worth of mortgage bonds to lower rates. And that sent RKT flying: The stock is up 20% YTD with over 10% of that move happening just on Friday. David has previously called this company a “one-stop shop” for every step in the home buying or selling process. 2. Flying Taxis in Vogue David predicted 2026 will be the year we start to see real progress in the eVTOL AKA “Flying Taxis” space. He picked Joby Aviation (JOBY), Vertical Aerospace (EVTL), and Archer Aviation (ACHR) as his “favorite names in the group”. So how have those names performed so far this year? Take a look: Since December 31, EVTL is up 24.3%, JOBY is up 17.9%, and ACHR is up 17.2%. These names have far outperformed the broader tech sector with QQQ up just 2.1% in the same timeframe. And David even gave us a tip for the future in this space, saying he will be a buyer of Anduril when it goes public and he plans “to hold it for a decade”. 3. Tesla Offers a Better Entry In his note, David said about Tesla (TSLA), “there should be a better entry in 2026.” And in the first week of the year, Tesla did exactly what David was looking for. The stock closed at $449.72 on December 31 and then pulled back to hit a low of $438.37 on January 7: That set up the stock for an 11+ point bounce in two days and David himself was buying on the pullback. For the long-term, he still sees some challenges ahead for this name. In his note, David said, “Tesla is really a bet on Elon and the narratives, not the P/E or car demand. Unless we see more progress in Optimus & FSD, I’d expect it to see $400 again.” 4. Immunome is Just Getting Started Immunome (IMNM) was a huge winner for David and the Inner Circle VTF® in 2025. And in his end of year note, he told us it was just getting started. The name gave traders a buying opportunity to kickoff the year, pulling back to a low of $19.33 on January 5: From there, IMNM rallied 13.8% to hit a high of $22.01 on January 9. David believes in the future of this company, predicting a “40-50% gain in 2026”. 5. Cannabis Provides Opportunity David called out the Cannabis sector as one where he sees strong upside this year “with a more industry-friendly President”. The ticker he focuses on for this trade is the AdvisorShares Pure US Cannabis ETF (MSOS) Here’s what that trade has looked like so far this year: MSOS bottomed at $4.45 on January 6 before rallying to a high of $4.81 on January 8. That’s an 8.1% move in 2 sessions. David says he sees “50% upside in MSOS on the low end” in 2026. How will the rest of his picks for 2026 pan out? We’ll have to wait and see. Want David’s insight in your trading daily? Apply to join the Inner Circle VTF® and work with him here.
Continue Reading -->This Is the Catalyst Apple Needs in 2026
Scott Redler appeared on Fox Business this week, breaking down the state of the bull market: Scott goes over: Why it might be hard for the SPX to make big gains this year Why that’s not a big deal What long-term investors should keep on doing How he views the silver and gold trends after 2025’s huge gains The 2 meanings of the January effect His favorite January effect names, including a footwear name and a casual dining chain Why the first 5 days of January are important What could ignite a new Apple (AAPL) iPhone super cycle in 2026, and where it can go this year *Scott’s positions as of 2026-01-08 at 8.32.12 AM
Continue Reading -->Forget Tesla. Buy This.
Sami has eyes on an ever-controversial EV stock. And it’s not Tesla (TSLA). Find out how he’s playing it in his latest strategy update. Sami goes over: What he sees on Strategy’s (MSTR) weekly and monthly charts Why Lululemon (LULU) can go to $250 Where old classic Twilio (TWLO) can go Disney’s (DIS) amazing monthly chart, which could signal a huge move A biotech name with a beautiful buy setup Why he’s excited about earnings season kicking off next week And more!
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