# SMART TRADERS CAPITAL 🎁 Free Trading Starter Kit Get the Funded Trader’s Playbook instantly when you sign up. Page: Feed: --- ## [The Day Trading Blueprint: Find One Strategy, Not Ten](https://smarttraders.substack.com/p/the-day-trading-blueprint-find-one) _2026-08-09 · Shawn | Day Trading Mentor_ You don’t need to invent a strategy from scratch — you need to borrow one that already works, and learn it well enough to write it down completely. ## [$SPCX: Reading a Post-IPO Reversal Before It Confirms](https://smarttraders.substack.com/p/spcx-reading-a-post-ipo-reversal) _2026-08-08 · Shawn | Day Trading Mentor_ After weeks of bleeding out from its IPO high, the chart is showing the first real signs of a reversal. ## [The Market Is Coiling at the Decision Point — Here's What Comes Next](https://smarttraders.substack.com/p/the-market-is-coiling-at-the-decision) _2026-08-03 · Shawn | Day Trading Mentor_ ES and NQ both gapped into resistance to open the week. Now we wait to see if momentum has enough left to finish the job. ## [NQ's pullback, the FOMC wildcard, and the level that decides which way this month closes](https://smarttraders.substack.com/p/nqs-pullback-the-fomc-wildcard-and) _2026-07-29 · Shawn | Day Trading Mentor_ The Reclaim That Matters Today ## [The First Bounce — Real Relief or a Lower High in the Making?](https://smarttraders.substack.com/p/the-first-bounce-real-relief-or-a) _2026-06-29 · Shawn | Day Trading Mentor_ The Market Made Its First Attempt off the 50-Day Today. Now Comes the Part That Actually Matters. ## [The Market Is Cracking — But It Hasn't Broken Yet](https://smarttraders.substack.com/p/the-market-is-cracking-but-it-hasnt) _2026-06-28 · Shawn | Day Trading Mentor_ Why I'm Still in Cash, Why Patience Is the Position Right Now, and What I Need to See Before I Step Back In ## [This Week's Research: 18 Names, One Process, and the Setups I Can't Stop Watching](https://smarttraders.substack.com/p/this-weeks-research-18-names-one) _2026-05-31 · Shawn | Day Trading Mentor_ A Look Inside the Weekly Research — How I Map Every Idea Before I Risk a Dollar ## [The Disbelief Rally — How We Turned Trend-Following Into a 51% Month](https://smarttraders.substack.com/p/the-disbelief-rally-how-we-turned) _2026-05-31 · Shawn | Day Trading Mentor_ Eight Weeks of Top-Calling, a Rally That Refused to Quit, and the Discipline That Produced Over 51% While the Skeptics Watched ## [The Market Is Ripping — And the Money Is Telling You Where to Look](https://smarttraders.substack.com/p/the-market-is-ripping-and-the-money) _2026-05-29 · Shawn | Day Trading Mentor_ New Highs on ES and NQ, a 30% Dell Earnings Surprise, and a Clear Rotation Back Into Semiconductors ## [Watch Chovy Code Live (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/h4yJwdwmszvg) _2026-05-29 · **Sponsored**_ Join live coding streams with real-time collaborative screen sharing, open source and free. ## [When the Market Pauses, the Best Trades Get Clearer](https://smarttraders.substack.com/p/when-the-market-pauses-the-best-trades) _2026-05-28 · Shawn | Day Trading Mentor_ A Heavy Economic Calendar, Cautious Futures, and Several Stocks Setting Up for Their Next Major Move