{"id":24189,"date":"2025-06-04T07:30:00","date_gmt":"2025-06-04T11:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jeffclarktrader.com\/market-minute\/?p=24189"},"modified":"2025-08-22T09:12:13","modified_gmt":"2025-08-22T13:12:13","slug":"my-readers-made-129-in-may-while-on-the-wrong-side-of-the-market","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jeffclarktrader.com\/market-minute\/my-readers-made-129-in-may-while-on-the-wrong-side-of-the-market\/","title":{"rendered":"My Readers Made 129% in May \u2013 While on the \u201cWrong Side\u201d of the Market"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On Inauguration Day, January 20, the S&amp;P 500 was trading near 5960.<\/p>\n<p>This past Monday, the index closed at 5935. The stock market has essentially gone nowhere. Folks using a \u201cbuy and hold\u201d strategy haven\u2019t made any money.<\/p>\n<p>But, there has been plenty of volatility \u2013 higher and lower. Chaotic markets give plenty of opportunities to profit as overbought and oversold conditions \u201csnap back\u201d to neutral.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Making 129% In One Month<\/h2>\n<p>For example, May was a great month for the stock market. The S&amp;P 500 gained 6.15%. It was the best monthly gain since last November. It was the best May in 30 years.<\/p>\n<p>But I was bearish.<\/p>\n<p>Readers can look back at the multiple essays I published in <em>Market Minute<\/em> over the past month. \u201cWe\u2019re heading into a decline phase,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/jeffclarktrader.com\/market-minute\/were-heading-into-a-decline-phase\/\">I wrote on May 9<\/a>. That was followed by, \u201cAnother sharp decline could start at any moment\u201d on <a href=\"https:\/\/jeffclarktrader.com\/market-minute\/another-sharp-decline-could-start-at-any-moment\/\">May 14<\/a>. And of course, I cautioned, \u201cThe bear is getting ready to take another swipe\u201d on <a href=\"https:\/\/jeffclarktrader.com\/market-minute\/the-bear-is-getting-ready-to-take-another-swipe\/\">May 30<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Yet, the broad stock market moved higher.<\/p>\n<p>I may have been wrong, but my readers still made 129% in a month. That\u2019s because the stock market rallies are different this year than they have been in the past.<\/p>\n<p>There\u2019s lots of intraday volatility, lots of back-and-forth action, and lots of ways to trade profitably, no matter the overall direction.<\/p>\n<p>I recommended four separate put option recommendations on the S&amp;P 500 to my subscribers during the month of May. And, despite the broad stock market notching its best May gain in since 1990, we were profitable on all four trades.<\/p>\n<p>The cumulative return was 129%, and the average time in the trades was just five days.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Right Strategy<\/h2>\n<p>As long as you use the <a href=\"https:\/\/signup.jeffclarktrader.com\/?cid=MKT838740&amp;eid=MKT839848&amp;step=start&amp;plcid=PLC229243&amp;SNAID=%25%25SNAID%25%25&amp;email=%25%25emailaddr%25%25&amp;encryptedSnaid=%25%25ENCRYPTEDSNAID%25%25&amp;emailjobid=%25%25jobid%25%25&amp;emailname=%25%25emailname_%25%25\">right strategy<\/a> \u2013 which I\u2019ll be sharing on Wednesday, June 11 at 10 a.m. ET, so make sure you reserve your spot <a href=\"https:\/\/signup.jeffclarktrader.com\/?cid=MKT838740&amp;eid=MKT839848&amp;step=start&amp;plcid=PLC229243&amp;SNAID=%25%25SNAID%25%25&amp;email=%25%25emailaddr%25%25&amp;encryptedSnaid=%25%25ENCRYPTEDSNAID%25%25&amp;emailjobid=%25%25jobid%25%25&amp;emailname=%25%25emailname_%25%25\">right here<\/a> \u2013 this market environment can be incredible for making money.<\/p>\n<p>That is the benefit of using a \u201creversion-to-the-mean\u201d trading strategy in the current chaotic environment.<\/p>\n<p>Basically, we just wait until a stock or an index gets stretched too far in one direction or the other. Then we bet on the proverbial rubber-band snapping back. We look to buy stocks that are deeply oversold, and we look to sell\/short stocks that have pushed too far into overbought territory.<\/p>\n<p>Then, we exit the trades when conditions return to neutral.<\/p>\n<p>This strategy paid off quite well during President Trump\u2019s first term in office. It has been paying off again since the President has returned. And, I suspect it will continue to work well for the next 3.5 years \u2013 at least \u2013 no matter what the stock market does.<\/p>\n<p>Think about it this way\u2026<\/p>\n<p>I said back in January, that while President Trump enacts his agenda, we would see roaring volatility\u2026 and you would have to know how to use the big swings to your advantage.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Using the Chaos to Your Advantage<\/h2>\n<p>And my readers have been able to do just that.<\/p>\n<p>Since Liberation Day on April 2, across my services we\u2019ve closed 19 winning trades out of 25 (at writing).<\/p>\n<p>Three for triple-digit gains\u2026 15 for double-digit gains\u2026 many in as little as one week\u2026 some in as little as one trading day.<\/p>\n<p>I suspect this will be the case for the remainder of the Trump presidency, which is why I\u2019m presenting this wealth-making strategy on Wednesday, June 11 at 10 a.m. ET during my Countdown to Chaos event.<\/p>\n<p>I hope to see you there \u2013 so don\u2019t forget to <a href=\"https:\/\/signup.jeffclarktrader.com\/?cid=MKT838740&amp;eid=MKT839848&amp;step=start&amp;plcid=PLC229243&amp;SNAID=%25%25SNAID%25%25&amp;email=%25%25emailaddr%25%25&amp;encryptedSnaid=%25%25ENCRYPTEDSNAID%25%25&amp;emailjobid=%25%25jobid%25%25&amp;emailname=%25%25emailname_%25%25\">reserve your spot. <\/a><\/p>\n<p>Best regards and good trading,<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"max-width: 200px; width: 100%;\" src=\"https:\/\/files.jeffclarktrader.com\/global\/signatures\/jeff-clark-signature.png\" alt=\"Signature\" width=\"200\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Jeff Clark<br \/>\nEditor, <em>Market Minute<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>P.S.<\/strong> As a special bonus, I\u2019m doing something I\u2019ve <em>never done before<\/em> in the history of my newsletter career\u2026<\/p>\n<p>This week only, if you sign up for VIP text alerts, I\u2019m unlocking access to my <em>Delta Direct <\/em>service. This is my direct-to-subscriber \u201csquawk box\u201d \u2013 no middleman or editor touches these words before they get to you.<\/p>\n<p>Every trading day I\u2019ll give you a morning update\u2026 and updates on the moves the market is making throughout the day.<\/p>\n<p>I also give quick hit trades there. For example, out of the 19 winning trades since April 2, 11 of them came from <em>Delta Direct. <\/em><\/p>\n<p>If you\u2019ve ever been curious about my paid services\u2026 I urge you to sign up for VIP alerts <a href=\"https:\/\/signup.jeffclarktrader.com\/?cid=MKT838740&amp;eid=MKT839848&amp;step=start&amp;plcid=PLC229243&amp;SNAID=%25%25SNAID%25%25&amp;email=%25%25emailaddr%25%25&amp;encryptedSnaid=%25%25ENCRYPTEDSNAID%25%25&amp;emailjobid=%25%25jobid%25%25&amp;emailname=%25%25emailname_%25%25\">right here.<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"card card-body bg-light mb-4 mt-4\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Free Trading Resources<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Have you checked out Jeff\u2019s free trading resources on his website? It contains a selection of special reports, training videos, and a full trading glossary to help kickstart your trading career \u2013 at zero cost to you. Just <a href=\"https:\/\/jeffclarktrader.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">click here<\/a> to check it out.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>These chaotic markets give tons of opportunities to profit\u2026 if you have the right strategy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":100,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"0","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"ep_exclude_from_search":false,"service":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"publication":[10],"person":[7],"newsletter-type":[],"ticker":[],"class_list":["post-24189","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-market-minute","publication-market-minute","person-jeff-clark"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jeffclarktrader.com\/market-minute\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24189","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jeffclarktrader.com\/market-minute\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jeffclarktrader.com\/market-minute\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jeffclarktrader.com\/market-minute\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/100"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jeffclarktrader.com\/market-minute\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24189"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/jeffclarktrader.com\/market-minute\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24189\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25118,"href":"https:\/\/jeffclarktrader.com\/market-minute\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24189\/revisions\/25118"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jeffclarktrader.com\/market-minute\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24189"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jeffclarktrader.com\/market-minute\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24189"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jeffclarktrader.com\/market-minute\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24189"},{"taxonomy":"publication","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jeffclarktrader.com\/market-minute\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/publication?post=24189"},{"taxonomy":"person","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jeffclarktrader.com\/market-minute\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/person?post=24189"},{"taxonomy":"newsletter-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jeffclarktrader.com\/market-minute\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/newsletter-type?post=24189"},{"taxonomy":"ticker","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jeffclarktrader.com\/market-minute\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ticker?post=24189"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}