The Trading Addict Newsletter
Weekly market commentary by Maria Helmick. Clear, math-driven, and built for traders who want discipline over emotion.
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What We’re Watching This Week — Plus FEMO May Be the Real Story
Jobs, SpaceX, Iran, AI earnings — and a question Maria wants you to answer: is this rally FOMO or FEMO?
Read this issue →9 1/2 Weeks — And I Don’t Mean the Movie
Watch the bonds, watch yields, watch oil. If they stay calm, the rally can keep moving higher. If they start flashing warnings, respect the risk.
Read this issue →FOMO Is Back — But Chasing Is Still Not a Strategy
The market does not reward regret. It rewards clean setups, defined risk, and patience.
Read this issue →Today’s PCE Report Is More Than an Inflation Number
A confidence test for the rally, an early credibility test for Warsh, and a reminder that Powell’s shadow is still in the room.
Read this issue →Bulls, Bears & AI — Oh My
Bulls, Bears and AI, Oh My!!!!
Read this issue →One Tweet Can Break a Clean Trade
Headline risk and the 0dte SPX trader. How a single tweet can change the entire market tone, lessons from 2013 to 2024, and Phil's trades for the week of May 24.
Read this issue →Memorial Day Setup: Short Week, Big Data, Big Earnings
A short, heavy week. Markets closed Memorial Day. PCE Thursday. AI power demand reshaping the grid. Oil as the wild card. Phil's SPX trade plan for the week.
Read this issue →Markets. AI. Energy. Rates.
Maria's Market Take on the Fed balance sheet battle, the AI infrastructure trade, energy, and rates. Plus Phil's setup for the week.
Read this issue →Welcome to The Trading Addict Newsletter
The first issue. Why we built this. What you can expect. And Phil's first trade lineup of the week.
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