Welcome to The Mental Markets
With Altitude Life's Chaz & Ben
1. Why this, why now?
Hey, My name is Chaz and as most of you know I have been active on X (formerly Twitter) for about a decade now. I have been actively trading markets for 13 years now which is more than a third of my life. I’ve been sharing my market thoughts and my opinions on charts for over 12 years on the platform and felt it was finally time to start creating a one stop shop so to speak. A simple easy to understand once a week e-mail that will go over the past week’s trades with explanations as to why they were put on, why they were closed and how they ended up. Along with that I will be curating my favorite stock charts for the upcoming week as well as laying out my $SPX / SPY 0.00%↑ attack plan for the week ahead. I hope to bring you a vast amount of value in a once a week 5-10 minute read that will set you up for success in the markets going forward. If this Newsletter is finding you through someone or something other than X, you can find me there at @AltitudeChaz
Hey! I’m Ben, I have 15 years of experience in equities, options, futures, bonds and currency. After graduating from the university of North Carolina I served 14 years in the military as an Instructor Pilot and Air Mission Commander. With years of education and active trading previously working for Citigroup, Ive honed my skills using both macro and technical analysis which has lead to years of success in the markets. I’m a former AH-64 (Apache Helicopter Pilot) that is now mission focused on creating alpha, teaching others and facilitating market success for others. You can find me on X at @AltitudeBen
2. Is this Newsletter for you?
We are primarily option’s traders so all the trade recaps posted will be of options trades. With that being said the charts we will be posting and levels we will be drawing will be just as actionable for those looking to trade common stock. Stock charts are stock charts, and there are many instruments available to us to capitalize on movement with depending on your risk tolerance, capital available etc.
IF you want to understand the ins and out of intraday charting for day trades, longer term charting for swing trades as well as some advanced options strategies to take advantage of a low vol environment, you’ve arrived. Basically if you’re trading or want to trade this newsletter is for you! Welcome to the shit show.
3. What can you expect from this?
Every week we will be recapping a couple trades we put on during the week. They will be
$SPX/$SPY day trade.
Specific stock options trade
A longer dated swing trade
And an advanced options strategy trade (If applicable)
From there we will get into a list of stocks we are watching for the upcoming week all accompanied by the chart and our reasoning with ideal entry points, our stop loss area and our personal targets for scaling out of the trade if we indeed put the trade on.
Every week we will also put out a detailed “Attack Plan” for $SPX and SPY 0.00%↑ with multiple timeframe charts with levels we will personally be using to trade off of and into in the week ahead
See you all every Sunday in your inboxes! Welcome to the Mental Markets and welcome, to The Altitude Life.