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
-2.71
hit rate
20%
mean α
-1.40%
signals 14d
62

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: 20% hit rate, -1.40% mean alpha, trader score -2.71. Their last-14d mentions, direction-adjusted, have moved -8.9% since posting (mean over 24 mentions with price data).

Recent signals15receipts included
date (PT)tickerauthorsentwhat they saidsince thenreceipt
2026-10-16·@NickSchmidt·Warns that market crashes are preceded by observable warning signs that stubborn investors ignore.·
2026-10-16·@NickSchmidt·Interprets a chart candle as urgent selling and says the setup looks bad.·
2026-10-16·@NickSchmidt·Says a mere bounce will not make the market worthy of taking risk.·
2026-10-16·@NickSchmidt·Views rotation from growth into restaurants and materials as defensive flight rather than healthy leadership.·
2026-10-16HPE@NickSchmidt-0.70Calls former leaders' charts broken and says the market pullback is not buyable.+2.8%
2026-10-16DELL@NickSchmidt-0.70Calls former leaders' charts broken and says the market pullback is not buyable.+1.0%
2026-10-16·@NickSchmidt·Warns that two distribution days make trading conditions harder regardless of direction.·
2026-10-15·@NickSchmidt·Describes a preference for establishing trend positions and holding them rather than active trading.·
2026-10-15SMH@NickSchmidt+0.38Explores buying an oversold SMH snapback if it reclaims a level, but stops short of a concrete entry.-5.7%
2026-10-15·@NickSchmidt·Lean toward shorting any multi-day market bounce. — Explicitly states that any multi-day market bounce is likely shortable.·
2026-10-15·@NickSchmidt·Suggests customary capitulation messaging has not appeared and the market may still be well above its bottom.·
2026-10-15·@NickSchmidt·Discloses being in cash since last week and expects substantially more market pain.·
2026-10-14·@NickSchmidt·Frames a normal correction as necessary to reset a difficult stock-picking environment and restore market health·
2026-10-14MU@NickSchmidt-0.60Warns MU is unlikely to remain above its 30-week average while the rest of the memory group is below it-4.0%
2026-10-14·@NickSchmidt·Argues distribution confirmed market weakness and warns that convincing bounces will fail before risk conditions improve·

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.