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How I Played the Fed for My Best Day This Month

Hey Trader, Wednesday morning, before the bell, I told the Futures Room to keep some powder dry. It was FOMC day. I played the Fed…

Why Rate Hikes Don’t Kill Stocks

Hello Trader, Kevin Warsh went ahead and did it. The Fed restarted the rate hike cycle. That upends the entire macroeconomic structure, because they’re tinkering…

3 Keys to Set Your Profit Target Before Entry

Hey trader, Your profit target is the reason your winners keep turning back into scratches. You pick the number you want to earn instead of…

Just One Donut

“Just one donut.” I’ve said it. You’ve said it. The problem is that the donut in question is 13 inches across and 2 inches thick….

Somebody Just Bought 3,000 Utility Puts

Hey trader, XLU crossed my screen twice today, from two directions that have nothing to do with each other. The first was a relative strength…

What Happens When The Bonds Break

https://youtu.be/n8CDtxhNIXE Quadruple witching came and went today. The S&P 500 finished the week dead unchanged. The story sits in the bond market instead. The 10-year…

Somebody Is Obligated To Buy When You Panic

Somebody posts a total gamma exposure reading every morning. Gamma is the rate at which an options position’s risk changes as the underlying moves, and…

Stand At Sea Level And You See 8 Miles

Stand at sea level and you can see about 8 miles. That’s the horizon. Past it the water curves away and you’ve got nothing, no…

Friday, September 18, 2026 – Tony’s Pre-Market Playbook

Bulls Have the Ball — Can They Break Out?by Tony Rago Our pre-market highs have poked out of the top of the range we’ve been…

Why Today’s Rally Never Happened

https://youtu.be/N2XfS_D4xWM Blake Young stripped the overnight session out of today’s tape. The S&P 500 moved 0% from the cash open.Every bit of that recovery landed…

When Your Stop Becomes Your Entry

Hey trader, Did you miss the trade but the entry still looks good? Sure you could try an entry here, but you’ve halved your profit…

$2,000 On The Line When We Go Live Now

THE SWITCHBOARD goes live at 2 PM ET, and 1 person watching leaves with $2,000 in cash. You have to be on the livestream when…

1 Person Watching Today’s Livestream Walks Away With $2,000

At 2 PM ET today I’m handing 1 person watching the livestream $2,000 in cash. You have to be watching live when the name gets…

Thursday, September 17, 2026 – Tony’s Pre-Market Playbook

Post-FED Tape — Bulls Have the Ballby Tony Rago Post-FED tape today and we’ve got a big move in the overnight session, with everything looking…

How Market Risk Just Got Bigger

The Fed raised 25 basis points and gave no forward guidance at all. Risk in this market went up after that announcement. One number proves…

(NEW Video): 3 Trade Ideas Before The Fed

It’s still a little difficult to believe. 90% probability of a hike today, and everything going on in Main Street is so far removed from…

These Airline Trades Weren’t About Airlines

Hey trader, Airline option flow got loud yesterday. Huge trades hit UAL and JetBlue inside the same session. Airlines live and die on the price…

Indicators Means Nothing Unless This Is True

Hey Trader, One indicator gets you nowhere. So you add a second, then a third. Maybe four indicators if you’re feeling frisky. Counting them was…

Wednesday, September 16, 2026 – Tony’s Pre-Market Playbook

FED Day — Less Is Moreby Tony Rago FED Day today, so less is more. My plan is to take a few setups, provided they…

How Software Stocks Just Made History

https://youtu.be/R8TrsMTMi3g Gianni Di Poce caught something yesterday that barely registered anywhere else. Software outperformed semiconductors by the greatest margin in history. That happened in a…

How I Played the Fed for My Best Day This Month
Why Rate Hikes Don’t Kill Stocks
3 Keys to Set Your Profit Target Before Entry
Just One Donut
Somebody Just Bought 3,000 Utility Puts
What Happens When The Bonds Break

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