February’s Finale: Volatility, Big Wins & What’s Next!

And JUST like that, February is in the books and we are entering the end of Q1 2025. Volatiltiy continues to be a major theme which reinforces the need for disciplined trading AND risk management.  We LOVE hearing of great trade success from so many of you and are glad you continue to rightsize risk (See 1% rule & 7-point checklist). We hope many of your caught AJ’s call publication, warning of a downside move in bitcoin, from TWO months ago, and capitalized accordingly. 

As we close out one month and start another, here is a quick note from AJ Monte;

“When analyzing the price action on a candle chart, I will often say…Look to the left as you draw to the right. The redundancy is intentional because I want to make sure our members are more focused on the price action than they are with the oscillating indicators such as the Stochastic and CCI. When markets begin to reverse from an uptrend to a downtrend, the oscillators will often give false buy signals because the dynamics of the market are shifting as sellers take control of the price action. Patterns such as the role reversal and A-B-C-D formations are most important as we move into a bear market, so pay close attention to these. It’s going to get exciting as the VIX begins to move to higher levels, so turn off CNBC and turn on the charts. It will help remove the emotions when it comes time to make the trade. Enjoy the weekend and here’s to continued successful and disciplined trading in March.”

– AJ Monte CMT

 P.S. Don’t forget to catch AJ’s weekly content on our blog

The Midweek Market Report highlighted all the downside target hits we have been getting.

Please see AJ’s Weekly Market Report for more highlights and educational bites on seeing another short term market bounce ahead of the next leg lower.

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Our VIP Members sold an $AKAM put spread on Tuesday that netted nearly a 50% profit in 4 days. Reach out to Support@StickyTrades.com for more info on our VIP group.

Our Matrix members really enjoyed their bearish position in $BABA from late last week. A new bullish position in $KOLD has them set up well for the vol in the underlying (natural gas). 

The SuperSpread members closed out the inverted diagonal calendar put spread for a $23.40 profit–or 30+% ROI!.  We also peeled back some negative delta in $COIN to follow the technicals and wait for better pricing to establish higher up. Get access to our SuperSpreads service by becoming an Elite or Ultimate member.  

Our RapidFire members enjoyed AJ fielding and forcasting 55 member-requested tickers in 60 minutes. Wednesday’s webinar is one of the fastest, energetic, and most coveted hours of the week. Start your free trial with us so you too can be part of the action and get your ticker requests in with AJ. 

Do you learn more and thrive in a smaller, collaborative community? Have a look at Greg Montwill and his Power Pivots room where he leads a smaller group of traders on how to spot & capitalize on gaps, pockets, & pivots in the markets. The group meets twice a week, for an hour, to collaborate, ideate, and learn When not in the formal meeting, Greg and the members are ideating sun up to sun down in the member-only Telegram room. 

Greg has made a great living by successfully trading futures, FOREX securities, commodities, and options using technical analysis, fundamental analysis, and a keen intuition.

Greg was formally educated at Adelphi University (Garden City, N.Y.), St John’s University, and NYU, N.Y graduating with an Accounting Degree, but it was as a floor trader on the NY Commodity Exchange for over a decade where Greg got his real education, in the Real World trading Gold, Silver, and Oil! He went on to work for major firms like Dean Witter (now Morgan Stanley) & Chase Manhattan Bank, spent several years in Hong Kong as an institutional OTC Broker moving the markets using arbitrage strategies, and has appeared on multiple cable and radio shows over the years.

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