Professional Trader, 10 years experience - Founder at PrimeTrading.one and TradersLab.io.

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Alex's PF performance. - May 2026 ๐Ÿ“Š๐Ÿ›ก๏ธ MTD ( 23.3% ) YTD ( 26.8% ) YTD benchmark QQQ ( 10.5% ) Hey guys! What a month โ€”best monthly return since 2020 for me โ€” another cruise month, back to back after April, and I'm very happy with my execution overall. We can always be better and keep improving, but this was a clean follow-through on everything I talked about last month: trust the system, trust the process, get size in the right names, and let the trend do the work. The one thing I'll flag on myself is that I went into that mid-month pullback a bit too exposed. I took some heat and drew down more than I wanted โ€” but I played it well from there. I recognized the constructive action, held my positions, and stayed patient, which let me recover from the drawdown super quickly and push my EC into a fresh all-time high. That's the difference between reacting to noise and trusting what price is actually telling you. This month really came down to two things. First, adding to my core positions and trading around that core in what I see as the liquid leaders of the leading groups and themes โ€” I did more of that and it paid well. Second, having real size in those leaders and staying patient with it, trusting the trend even when it looked extended. There's a lot of money to be lost trying to anticipate the end of a move, and I did well by simply not trying to do that. The win rate came in at 44.4% with a 1.94 RRR, and I pushed 36.2R in profits on the month. Lower hit rate than April, but it didn't matter โ€” my winners did the heavy lifting at a 10.8% avg gain (biggest 47.6%) while I kept my losers tight at -4.3% avg. That asymmetry is the whole game: let the winners run, cut the losers fast. Now it's about staying disciplined and capturing the best part of this trend for as long as it lasts. Let's kill June, let's go! ๐Ÿ’ช Cheers, Alex โœŒ๏ธ โ€ข Every entry, exit, and trims are taken in real time in the PrimeTrading Discord community, with educational explanations for all trades. โ€ข I share all my trades and monthly trading performance results since January 2020 for transparency.
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The Prime Report - 6/14, by @PrimeTrading_ TOP IDEAS FOCUS LIST These are the names I'm tracking for structure-buys on the next pullback into rising 21dma-structure โ€” not chase candidates up here. $LSCC (372) โ€” Semiconductors $NBIS (426) โ€” Internet Content & Information $FLEX (457) โ€” Hardware, Equipment & Parts $MTSI (589) โ€” Semiconductors $KEYS (681) โ€” Hardware, Equipment & Parts $ALGM (811) โ€” Semiconductors $GFS (864) โ€” Semiconductors (Foundry) $CSCO (922) โ€” Communication Equipment $CLS (928) โ€” Hardware, Equipment & Parts (EMS) $FROG (931) โ€” Software โ€“ Application $CRWD (1066) โ€” Software โ€“ Infrastructure $TWLO (1222) โ€” Software โ€“ Infrastructure open.substack.com/pub/primetโ€ฆ
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Liquid Leaders 21dma-structure Pullback sorted by RS Rank. $LITE, $AEHR, $TSEM, $VIAV, $CAT, $MXL, $LSCC, $COHR, $NBIS, $FLEX, $MTSI, $APLD, $NOK, $KEYS, $HBM, $IRDM, $ALGM, $FLNC, $GFS, $ADI By @TradersLab_
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Liquid Leaders Scan sorted by RS Rank. $SNDK, $WDC, $MU, $BE, $STX, $LITE, $VSCO, $ICHR, $INTC, $AEHR, $UCTT, $LRCX, $DOCN, $AMAT, $MKSI, $GTX, $TSEM, $TER, $TTMI, $KLAC By @TradersLab_
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PORTFOLIO UPDATE 6/14 $AMD $CORZ $CSCO $TWLO $GFS $CRWD $ARM $ARM $NBIS $NBIS $NBIS Hey guys, hope you had a great weekend. I was out of office Friday so it was a quiet one for me โ€” but the positioning was made prior, especially Thursday. Market confirmed that oversold bounce we talked about last week. Market picture A lot of the liquid leaders were sitting right at their 21dma structure into late last week. MCO and breadth extensions were very, very oversold. That setup played out Thursday, followed through Friday, and now we get another gap up over the weekend on the peace agreement headline. QQQE thrust holding, MCSI turning up, MCO back above zero โ€” internals confirming the move, not lagging it. So all in all, the bounce confirmed, but that gap up sets up a short-term overbought condition. That's not a green light to chase โ€” that's where I use strength to trim into extension and raise cash. On my book NER at -1.30%, NE Delta -0.44%. Open Heat at -9.14%. Friday was no new trades โ€” just derisked GFS per process. Game plan from here is to play the next cycle better: stay off margin, trim into strength, raise cash while the tape grinds higher. Two things that gets me โ€” limits the DD when the next pullback hits (no repeat of Friday two weeks ago), and puts me in position to be aggressive with fresh exposure on the right side of that pullback. Not planning new exposure this week. If we get weakness later in the week, I might start looking โ€” but not before that. Good luck guys โœŒ๏ธ Today's action NEW: ADDED: TRIMMED: GFS OUT:
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Themes Lab โ€” 6/14 ๐Ÿงช Top-down read on where capital is rotating across 180 market themes. RS leadership setups coiling at the 21dma-structure area. LEADING THEMES (RS) โ€ข Memory โ€” RS 92 (#1) โ€ข Semiconductor Equipment โ€” RS 85 (#2) โ€ข Power Semiconductors โ€” RS 85 (#3) โ€ข Foundry โ€” RS 78 (#4) โ€ข Electronics Mfg Services โ€” RS 83 (#5) Semis dominating the tape at 83% 3M โ€” broad strength across Memory, Foundry, and Equipment with multiple leadership cohorts coiling together. TOP SETUPS @ 21dma-structure area โ€ข $NBIS 98 โ€” GPU Cloud & HPC โ€ข $CLS 98 โ€” Electronics Mfg Services โ€ข $FLEX 97 โ€” Electronics Mfg Services โ€ข $ANET 93 โ€” AI Servers & Hardware โ€ข $GFS 92 โ€” Foundry โ€ข $LSCC 96 โ€” Analog Semiconductors โ€ข $FROG 91 โ€” DevOps & CI/CD โ€ข $ST 82 โ€” Analog Semiconductors (trophy carry) โ€ข $TSEM 60 โ€” Foundry (trophy carry) โ€ข $ALGM 90 โ€” Power Semiconductors THEMES SETTING UP (full breadth) Watch the themes where the whole leadership board is coiling at the 21dma-structure area together โ€” that's where the cleanest follow-through tends to come from: โ€ข Electronics Mfg Services โ€” $CLS, $FLEX both setting up (2 of 4 leaders) โ€ข Foundry โ€” $GFS, $TSEM both setting up (2 of 3 leaders) โ€ข Analog Semiconductors โ€” $LSCC, $ST both setting up (2 of 5 leaders) TAKEAWAY Semis are the unambiguous leadership โ€” Memory, Equipment, Foundry, and Power Semis all stacked at the top with broad breadth. EMS coiling alongside (CLS/FLEX) confirms the contract manufacturing read-through. Rotation to watch: Foundry breadth (GFS TSEM) for the cleanest follow-through. By: @TradersLab_
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PORTFOLIO UPDATE 6/11 $AMD $CORZ $CSCO $TWLO $GFS $CRWD $ARM $ARM $NBIS $NBIS $NBIS Hey guys, doing the update a bit earlier today โ€” heads up I'm out of office tomorrow so no prime report tonight. Today the leaders told the story. We talked yesterday about how many top LLs were building constructive action right at the 21dma-structure โ€” and this morning that's exactly what played out. Market picture LLs were deeply oversold coming in โ€” MCO at -2.5ฯƒ, stocks above 5dma washed out at the same extreme, and the LL composite sitting right on the 21dma-structure. That's the exact spot I was watching pre-market. Then we get the gap-up on heavy war news overnight and the tape just shrugged it off โ€” another tell. QQQE held the 21ema-structure backtest and reclaimed. Credit spreads (SHY/HYG) cooperating โ€” sitting just under the 21ema, no spike. RTY bounced off structure and reclaimed 21ema. BTC printing a clean double bottom. So all in all, everything that needed to play out for a reversal off structure did. Pre-market I started putting back NER carefully on GFS, then kept increasing through the morning as positions gave me traction and good feedback. Ended up fully exposed again by EOD. On my book NER: -1.99%, Delta -1.25% โ€” got back to full exposure but kept new exposure risk controlled. Open Heat: -7.68%, with cushion. Total exposure 97%. The why: LLs powerful MCO oversold bounce daily reversal off the 21dma-structure was the signal to re-engage. I put back AMD on the reversal pivot reclaim, reopened CORZ off the 21dma-structure backtest, added TWLO on the breakout/base backtest at 21dma & higher low, CSCO on the 21ema & potential U&R off Friday's low, and added NBIS to cores. GFS was the first NER add pre-market. Trimmed NBIS and CRWD 1/3 at 2R to lock in and keep delta in check. Now the game is to be smarter than last cycle. Not pushing aggression here โ€” wait to see if we fade or follow through tomorrow, then reduce into extensions and build cash back over the coming days as momo extends. Lesson learned on stacking fresh entries into strength โ€” playing it tighter this time. Good luck guys โœŒ๏ธ Today's action NEW: GFS, TWLO, CSCO, CORZ, AMD ADDED: NBIS TRIMMED: NBIS, CRWD, CSCO OUT:
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$NBIS IS JOINING THE NASDAQ 100
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๐Ÿšจ TRUMP ON IRAN: I HAVE, AS PRESIDENT OF UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, CANCELLED SCHEDULED STRIKES AND BOMBINGS AGAINST IRAN THIS EVENING.
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Don't Let Recent Losses Vote on the Next Trade Trading is hard โ€” the last few days reminded us of that. Nothing was really working, and it stings a bit. That part never fully goes away. But with time, you learn not to take those losses personally or carry them into the next decision. Here's the thing: when the longer-term uptrend is confirmed, the market doesn't wait for your P&L to feel better before offering the next setup. Support reclaims, oversold flushes, leaders backtesting the 21dma โ€” they show up when they show up. Yes, protect capital. But protecting capital and executing your edge aren't opposites. Last week doesn't get a vote on the trade in front of you. Read the structure, trust the framework, and execute.
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The Prime Report - 6/10, by @PrimeTrading_ In a tape like this I'm only interested in leaders building entries at their rising 21dma-structure โ€” that's where the cleanest risk/reward shows up if we get repair. $SNDK (3) โ€” Memory $DOCN (37) โ€” Software / Infrastructure $INTC (162) โ€” Semiconductors $ALAB (167) โ€” Semiconductors $TTMI (179) โ€” Hardware, Equipment & Parts $DELL (330) โ€” Computer Hardware $MRVL (361) โ€” Semiconductors $AMD (425) โ€” Semiconductors $NBIS (462) โ€” Internet Content & Information $PENG (575) โ€” Hardware, Equipment & Parts $CSCO (600) โ€” Communication Equipment $TWLO (882) โ€” Software / Infrastructure $CORZ (863) โ€” Software / Infrastructure $INOD (892) โ€” Information Technology Services $POWI (953) โ€” Semiconductors $GFS (1127) โ€” Semiconductors open.substack.com/pub/primetโ€ฆ
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Liquid Leaders Action โ€” mixed Liquid Leader Composite -2.65% today, $MCO on the LL group now at -2.35 โ€” deeply oversold, almost 2.5ฯƒ. The top leaders are just getting into their 21dma-structure area. Thatโ€™s the make-or-break tell โ€” how they build entries here is the signal.
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Liquid Leaders 21dma-structure Pullback sorted by RS Rank. $SNDK, $DOCN, $SMTC, $ACMR, $VIK, $PENG, $XPO, $BURL, $PANW, $TWLO, $OUST, $INOD By @TradersLab_
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Liquid Leaders Scan sorted by RS Rank. $SNDK, $WDC, $MU, $BE, $LITE, $DOCN, $STX, $VSCO, $SATS, $GTX, $KNX, $TIGO, $LRCX, $JBHT, $ATI, $UCTT, $ASML, $AMAT, $MKSI, $STLD By @TradersLab_
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Themes Lab โ€” 6/10 ๐Ÿงช Top-down read on where capital is rotating across 180 themes. Memory and foundry leadership driving semis; 69% 3M breadth across six themes. Tape is RISK-ON. LEADING THEMES (RS) โ€ข Memory โ€” RS 92 (#1) โ€ข Semiconductor Equipment โ€” RS 75 (#2) โ€ข Analog Semiconductors โ€” RS 78 (#3) โ€ข AI Servers & Hardware โ€” RS 73 (#4) โ€ข Electronics Mfg Services โ€” RS 81 (#5) All five leaders are semis or semi-adjacent โ€” Memory still the tightest cohort with SNDK and MU both at 100. TOP SETUPS @ 21dma-structure area โ€ข $SNDK 100 โ€” Memory โ€ข $MU 100 โ€” Memory โ€ข $ARM 100 โ€” Analog Semiconductors โ€ข $DELL 100 โ€” AI Servers & Hardware โ€ข $NBIS 99 โ€” GPU Cloud & HPC โ€ข $AMD 99 โ€” AI Infrastructure โ€ข $ALAB 99 โ€” Connectivity Semiconductors โ€ข $LRCX 98 โ€” Semiconductor Equipment โ€ข $JBHT 98 โ€” Logistics โ€ข $TWLO 98 โ€” DevOps & CI/CD THEMES SETTING UP (full breadth) Watch the themes where the whole leadership board is coiling at the 21dma-structure area together โ€” that's where the cleanest follow-through tends to come from: โ€ข Memory โ€” $SNDK, $MU, $STX, $WDC all setting up (4 of 5 leaders) โ€ข Semiconductor Equipment โ€” $KLAC, $ASML, $AMAT, $LRCX, $TER all setting up (5 of 5 leaders) โ€ข Analog Semiconductors โ€” $ARM, $LSCC, $VSH, $AMKR all setting up (4 of 5 leaders) โ€ข Logistics โ€” $JBHT, $ODFL, $XPO, $CHRW all setting up (4 of 5 leaders) โ€ข AI Servers & Hardware โ€” $DELL, $PENG, $HPE all setting up (3 of 5 leaders) โ€ข GPU Cloud & HPC โ€” $NBIS, $DOCN, $APLD all setting up (3 of 5 leaders) โ€ข Electronics Mfg Services โ€” $FLEX, $TTMI setting up (2 of 5 leaders) โ€ข Power Semiconductors โ€” $STM, $POWI both setting up (2 of 5 leaders) โ€ข Foundry โ€” $INTC, $TSEM both setting up (2 of 5 leaders) โ€ข AI Infrastructure โ€” $AMD, $MRVL both setting up (2 of 5 leaders) โ€ข Connectivity Semiconductors โ€” $ALAB, $SMTC both setting up (2 of 5 leaders) TAKEAWAY Semis are running the tape โ€” Memory, Semi Equipment, and Analog Semiconductors all coiling with full leadership boards. Watch Semi Equipment for the cleanest broad-breadth follow-through, with AI Servers & Hardware and GPU Cloud as the secondary rotation. By: @TradersLab_
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PORTFOLIO UPDATE 6/10 $CRWD $ARM $ARM $NBIS $NBIS Hey guys, another rough one. High vol, more Middle East headlines, and the oversold bounce I was looking for just didn't show up. What's oversold can stay oversold โ€” you don't fight price. Price is #1. Market picture Today QQQE broke its 21dma-structure, and MCSI accelerated lower. The one positive: MCO is now oversold, so a bounce is possible โ€” but I have to respect price here. QQQ and SPY both retested a declining 21dma-structure and got rejected. NYSE and Dow Jones broke their structures outright. VIX made a new high above Friday's, and credit spreads are trying to reclaim their 21dma-structure. That's a stack of red flags. So all in all, my line is simple: as long as QQQ stays below a declining 21dma-structure, I'm respecting price. That said โ€” I'm keeping an open mind. Screened tonight and a ton of top names are pulling right into their 21dma-structure: ALAB, AMD, CORZ, CRWD, CSCO, DELL, DOCN, INTC, MRVL, NBIS, SNDK, and more. Tape is getting pretty oversold and the right merchandise is sitting on the right levels. Not a buy-everything moment โ€” but I'm not putting myself in a long-pullback mindset either. Defensive, but open minded. On my book NER at -0.57%, NEP 0.03%, NE ฮ” -0.54%. Open Heat at -1.28%. Down to 40% exposure. From here it's observation โ€” market needs to prove itself before I recommit. Not pushing new exposure into a tape printing this many red flags. Cuts today were about protecting EC and getting out of merchandise that isn't holding structure โ€” not a market call, just respecting what price is telling me. CRWD and the remaining ARM/NBIS cores are the names still earning their spot. Good luck guys โœŒ๏ธ Today's action NEW: ADDED: TRIMMED: NBIS, ARM OUT: CORZ, INTC, AMD, COHR
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The Prime Report - 6/9, by @PrimeTrading_ $BE (19) โ€” Industrials / Electrical Equipment $DOCN (54) โ€” Software Infrastructure $TTMI (172) โ€” Hardware / Electronics Mfg $INTC (202) โ€” Semiconductors $AMD (224) โ€” Semiconductors / AI Infrastructure $NBIS (361) โ€” GPU Cloud & HPC $NVT (644) โ€” Electrical Equipment $POWI (1031) โ€” Power Semiconductors $ZETA (1114) โ€” Software Application $GFS (1185) โ€” Semiconductors $CRWD (1211) โ€” Software Infrastructure $ANET (1249) โ€” Computer Hardware open.substack.com/pub/primetโ€ฆ
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Liquid Leaders 21dma-structure Pullback sorted by RS Rank. $SNDK, $WDC, $MU, $DOCN, $LRCX, $UCTT, $MKSI, $CAT, $TTMI, $TIGO, $SMTC, $VIK, $NBIS, $PENG, $ACMR, $AMKR, $ORA, $CORZ, $MOD, $AA By @TradersLab_
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Liquid Leaders Scan sorted by RS Rank. $SNDK, $WDC, $BE, $MU, $STX, $LITE, $VSCO, $DOCN, $SATS, $GTX, $ATI, $VSH, $JBHT, $LRCX, $ODFL, $UCTT, $ASML, $MKSI, $KNX, $AMAT By @TradersLab_
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