Author

@NickSchmidt NickSchmidt

Transparent CANSLIM-style momentum trader of AI/semis leaders who preaches regime discipline

Trades leading US growth stocks using technical breakouts/ti

trader score
+0.10
hit rate
65%
mean α
+0.08%
signals 14d
27

Grade = how their written analysis reads (A best). Trader score = how their last-20 timestamped calls performed vs SPY.

Their picks, scored

Across their last 20 scored bets: 65% hit rate, +0.08% mean alpha, trader score +0.10. Their last-14d mentions, direction-adjusted, have moved -9.8% since posting (mean over 16 mentions with price data).

Recent signals15receipts included
date (PT)tickerauthorsentwhat they saidsince thenreceipt
2026-08-28·@NickSchmidt·Recaps an unproductive and exhausting August of excessive trading.·
2026-08-27·@NickSchmidt·Predicts major AI companies will copy Grok's bot interface as the mass-market form factor.·
2026-08-27XYZ@NickSchmidt+0.45Loading language implies a developing bullish setup on an unseen XYZ chart.-1.5%
2026-08-26ZEC@NickSchmidt+0.00Reports a completed stop execution at $728 after setting a $760 stop.·
2026-08-25·@NickSchmidt·Author says they trade growth stocks and buy gold and silver for appreciation, expressing existing long exposure by asset class.·
2026-08-24·@NickSchmidt·Explicitly says he is highly bullish on gold, silver and copper.·
2026-08-24QQQ@NickSchmidt-0.15Explains that market leadership and setup breadth matter more than the index chart itself.+1.4%
2026-08-24KOSPI@NickSchmidt-0.45Expresses disappointment with KOSPI's chart performance.·
2026-08-24·@NickSchmidt·Characterizes the current market environment as bad and advocates reducing activity and protecting capital.·
2026-08-21HOOD@NickSchmidt+0.45Argues semiconductors have topped for now and may correct deeply before new highs.-3.6%
2026-08-21PLTR@NickSchmidt+0.30Argues semiconductors have topped for now and may correct deeply before new highs.+3.5%
2026-08-21SMH@NickSchmidt-0.75Argues semiconductors have topped for now and may correct deeply before new highs.-1.3%
2026-08-21XLB@NickSchmidt+0.70Reports XLB breaking out from a seven-month base.-0.7%
2026-08-20·@NickSchmidt·Uses dark humor to imply the market is signaling severe emerging risk.·
2026-08-20COPX@NickSchmidt+0.90Buy COPX now. — Explicitly directs readers to buy the copper-miners ETF.+5.0%

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.