{"id":24246,"date":"2025-06-11T07:30:00","date_gmt":"2025-06-11T11:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jeffclarktrader.com\/market-minute\/?p=24246"},"modified":"2025-08-22T09:06:15","modified_gmt":"2025-08-22T13:06:15","slug":"were-entering-the-most-lucrative-trading-period-of-my-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jeffclarktrader.com\/market-minute\/were-entering-the-most-lucrative-trading-period-of-my-life\/","title":{"rendered":"We\u2019re Entering the Most Lucrative Trading Period of My Life"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Last month, the S&P 500 surged 6.2%.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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That\u2019s the best May gain for stocks since 1990.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The average yearly return for the index going back 30 years is about 11%. So, that\u2019s more than half the average yearly return for the stock market in just one month.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

That\u2019s great news for buy-and-hold investors. After a nearly 19% peak-to-trough plunge in April, they needed to catch a break. And they did.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So, kudos if you held your nerve through all the negative trade war headlines and stayed in your long-term positions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But as good as that return was, it\u2019s only a fraction of what was available to folks who traded<\/em> their way through the month.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I recommended four trades to my subscribers in May with an average holding time of just five days. They delivered a cumulative return of 129%.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

That\u2019s 21 times the gain you\u2019d have made from holding the S&P 500 over the same period.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

And it didn\u2019t involve more risk. Because of how these trades were structured, you needed only a relatively small stake to make these outsized returns.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It\u2019s all down to a simple, repeatable pattern that can turn small stock-price moves into 100%-plus wins\u2026 often in just a few days.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And this pattern is flashing all over the stock market right now \u2013 meaning it\u2019s \u201charvest time\u201d for traders.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In fact, I believe we\u2019re entering the most lucrative trading period of my life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I know those are big claims. But as I\u2019ll show you below, I have the track record to back it up.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And in just a few hours, I’ll be at the Countdown to Chaos<\/em> webinar where I\u2019ll walk you through 10 high-probability trades that could deliver 100%-plus gains in the days ahead. Make sure you sign up to join me<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So why is now such a powerful moment for traders?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To answer that, you need to turn everything you think you know about investing completely on its head.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n

Volatility Is a Gift, Not a Threat<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

It\u2019s no secret that 2025 has been a volatile year for stocks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tariffs, the reshuffling of the global economy, plus a dozen other issues have kept the markets on edge this year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Over April 3 and 4, we saw $6.6 trillion erased from the U.S. stock market.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

That\u2019s the largest two-day wipeout of shareholder value on record. It eclipsed the COVID crash and even the Black Monday crash in 1987.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Then on April 9, the S&P 500 shot up 9.5%. It was the largest single-day percentage gain since the 2008 financial crisis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you\u2019re an investor, this kind of volatility can be stomach churning. One day your portfolio is plunging. The next day it\u2019s surging. It\u2019s hard to know what to do.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But for traders, those same price swings are a gift. They allow us to harness these big moves in markets for profits.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It\u2019s not just the magnitude of these moves that work in your favor as a trader. You also have a lot more opportunities to trade.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It\u2019s not about being bullish or bearish. As a trader, it doesn\u2019t matter if stocks are going up or down.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And as I showed with my live trade alerts last month, you can make money either way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There\u2019s Always a Way to Profit<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Below are the closed gains from six of the most recent trade recommendations I made at my subscriber-only trading blog, Delta Direct<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Half of them were \u201clong\u201d trades, meaning they pay off when stocks go up. The other half were \u201cshort\u201d trades. They pay off when stocks fall.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  1. SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust (SPY<\/a>) long trade on April 29, closed on April 30 for a profit of 117.8%<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  2. SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust (SPY<\/a>) long trade on May 12, closed on May 23 for a profit of 49.8%<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  3. SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust (SPY<\/a>) long trade on May 28, closed on May 30 for a profit of 42.9%<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  4. Marvell Technology (MRVL<\/a>) short trade on April 21, closed on April 23 for a profit of 78.3%<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  5. Deckers Outdoor (DECK<\/a>) short trade on April 16, closed on April 22 for a profit of 77.8%<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  6. Target (TGT<\/a>) short trade on April 7, closed on April 8 for a profit of 74.8%<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    The average gain for the short trades (last three on the list) was 76% versus a gain of 70% for the long trades. But there wasn\u2019t much of a difference between them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    That\u2019s what\u2019s so liberating about trading versus investing. Whether the market goes up, down, or sideways \u2013 there\u2019s always a way to profit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    I\u2019ll be getting into the details of the strategy behind these wins in my webinar this morning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    But in a nutshell, I trade \u201cmean reversions.\u201d That\u2019s just a fancy way of saying that if a stock moves too far away from its typical level, it\u2019s likely to snap back toward the average.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Said another way, I wait until a stock, or a stock market index, gets stretched too far in one direction or the other. Then I bet on the proverbial rubber band snapping back.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    This strategy paid off during President Donald Trump\u2019s first term in office. It has been paying off again in his second term. And it will continue to work well for the next three and a half years \u2013 at least \u2013 no matter what the stock market does.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n

    It\u2019s why I hope you\u2019ll watch my Countdown to Chaos<\/em> webinar<\/a> this morning. You\u2019ll learn\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n