Author · brief 2026-06-22

@icooperTrades icooperTrades

Disciplined cross-asset technical day/swing trader with a perma-cautious macro top thesis

Posts frequent chart-driven trade plans with explicit entry/

trader score
+0.76
hit rate
50%
mean α
+0.20%
signals 14d
230

Grade = how their written analysis reads (A best). Trader score = how their last-20 timestamped calls performed vs SPY. · Analyst brief as of 2026-06-22.

Their picks, scored

Across their last 20 scored bets: 50% hit rate, +0.20% mean alpha, trader score +0.76. Their last-14d mentions, direction-adjusted, have moved -0.9% since posting (mean over 101 mentions with price data).

Macro technician favoring gold shorts, oil longs, cautious indexes

icooperTrades is mostly trading macro technical levels: short gold from 4380, small crypto shorts, oil longs near the low-70s, and selective equity-index shorts. The distinctive read is conditional and level-driven rather than fundamental, with early bullish index bias giving way to more neutral-bearish risk framing while gold-short conviction became an actual disclosed position.

Themes5analyst read · 2026-06-22
Index futures and equity-market inflection levels
mixedconsistent97 signals
Gold short setup and precious-metals resistance
bearconsistent44 signals
Oil dip-buy plan versus commodity short setups
mixedconsistent27 signals
Bitcoin level flip and crypto short exposure
bearconsistent17 signals
⚠ 100% of theme signals are BTC — flag pump risk
Asia and speculative-equity short risk
bearintensifying8 signals
KOSPIKOSMKSJPY225SPCX
⚠ 50% of theme signals are SPCX — flag pump risk
Direction this week

The week started with cautious bullishness on ES and NQ around a peace-deal rally and possible new highs, then shifted to 50-50 and neutral-bearish framing as confirmation failed. Gold conviction intensified from watching 4380 resistance to disclosed shorts from that level, while BTC flipped from bullish above 65.5k to small disclosed crypto shorts after losing it. Concentration is highest in index technicals and precious-metals shorts, with SPCX flagged as speculative downside risk rather than a long idea.

Position disclosures5skin in the game
GOLD Disclosed gold short from 4380 targeting below 4000 with invalidation above resistance. added
GLD Disclosed GLD-linked gold short from 4380 with downside target below 4000. added
GDX Disclosed GDX-linked gold short from 4380 with invalidation above resistance. added
BTC Disclosed small crypto shorts while waiting for a larger bottom to go long. added
GOLD Existing gold short unchanged with same support levels. held
Best hypotheses5their highest-scoring claims in our index
SLV has broken key trend or support levels, leaving downside toward 64, 60, or the mid-50s.
bearMEDIUM7 co-supporters
Some traders prefer waiting for reclaim levels or lower sweep zones before adding, rather than buying immediately.
neutralHIGH5 co-supporters
TAO should benefit from renewed top-alt exposure as crypto liquidity rotates back into stronger altcoin runners.
bullMEDIUM3 co-supporters
NQ can reaccelerate higher if current lows hold and buyers regain control after the selloff.
bullMEDIUM3 co-supporters
NQ has broken important support, opening downside toward 28500-28000 and making bounces shortable.
bearMEDIUM3 co-supporters
Recent signals15receipts included
date (PT)tickerauthorsentwhat they saidsince thenreceipt
2026-07-03BTC@icooperTrades+0.25Watchlist says BTC looks weak near $63.1k bounce test but author only wants longs near bottom.·
2026-07-03GLL@icooperTrades+0.00Metals chart view: break above trend line bullish, below bearish; only interested in longs at targets.
2026-07-03GDX@icooperTrades+0.15Metals chart view: break above trend line bullish, below bearish; only interested in longs at targets.
2026-07-03GOLD@icooperTrades+0.15Metals chart view: break above trend line bullish, below bearish; only interested in longs at targets.
2026-07-03GLD@icooperTrades+0.15Metals chart view: break above trend line bullish, below bearish; only interested in longs at targets.
2026-07-03SLV@icooperTrades+0.15Metals chart view: break above trend line bullish, below bearish; only interested in longs at targets.
2026-07-02BTC@icooperTrades-0.20BTC strength above 60k would be positive, but new lows remain most probable in coming weeks.·
2026-07-02DJI@icooperTrades-0.65I started a short position on the DOW today. — Author entered Dow short after topping tails and distribution before a drop.·
2026-07-02DJIA@icooperTrades-0.65I started a short position on the DOW today. — Author entered Dow short after topping tails and distribution before a drop.
2026-07-02DIA@icooperTrades-0.65I started a short position on the DOW today. — Author entered Dow short after topping tails and distribution before a drop.
2026-07-02QQQ@icooperTrades-0.25Weak jobs number and selloff reported, with chart levels still key.
2026-07-02ES@icooperTrades-0.15Weak jobs number and selloff reported, with chart levels still key.
2026-07-02SPY@icooperTrades-0.15Weak jobs number and selloff reported, with chart levels still key.
2026-07-02SPX@icooperTrades-0.15Weak jobs number and selloff reported, with chart levels still key.·
2026-07-02NQ@icooperTrades-0.25Weak jobs number and selloff reported, with chart levels still key.·

Grade is our human read-worthiness rating; trader score is a rolling 20-bet hit-rate/alpha composite — different things, often disagreeing. “Since then” is direction-unaware in the table; the summary line above adjusts for which way they leaned.