I think someone needs to say this. Retail traders need to become much more skeptical of what large trading accounts are promoting. Over the last couple of years I’ve watched the same cycle repeatedly. First it was high-income / YieldMax-style ETFs being pushed heavily on livestreams, often alongside appearances from the people behind the products. Now suddenly half of trading X seems to be promoting prop firms and everyone conveniently has a referral code for the same firms. Then you have paid Discords, proprietary indicators, courses, subscriptions, affiliate links…the list keeps growing. There is nothing inherently wrong with making money from content or having an affiliate relationship. The problem begins when the financial incentive to promote something becomes larger than the incentive to tell followers whether they actually need it. If someone earns money every time you: • open a prop-firm account • reset an account • buy an indicator • join their Discord • subscribe to a service • purchase a financial product …then understand that their recommendation is no longer completely independent. And the people who get hurt most are usually newer retail traders who believe a large follower count automatically means trustworthy advice. Before buying anything promoted by a trading influencer, ask one simple question: “How does this person get paid if I follow their recommendation?” That question alone will save a lot of traders a lot of money. Real trading is already difficult enough. Retail traders don’t need to become the exit liquidity for someone else’s affiliate business model.

$QQQ So, we should be bullish going into next week if the OR low is holding 😋

Rotation, not uniform selling. Oct 22 close-to-close: $QQQ −2.86% $SPY −1.18% $RSP +0.73% (equal weight) Friday test: RSP holding up + SPY stabilizing supports rotation. RSP joining the decline means broader weakness. TradingView regular-session data: tradingview.com/symbols/AMEX…

$NBIS Bulls look away, Bears take a look

$SPY i mean tthis doesnot look like bear market but it could also be failed breakout and closed inside range, then i will be only bearish if it comesback below 719$

$QQQ I am still not fully bearish on MACRO but there are some concerns offcourse, this looks like failed breakout similar to 2022, but if this closes back(body closed) in the range below 688$ then i am looking for mid point to hold, but 23.6% 642$ level is i will be watching aggressively in the case of closed inside range, because that level will confirm the bulls are still in control.

$TXN: Q4's midpoint is flat—not another 11% sequential jump. Q3 revenue $6.055B (+28% YoY, +11% QoQ). Q4 guide $5.80B–$6.30B: roughly −4% to +4% QoQ. The test: demand sustaining the upper half of that range. Oct 21 release: ti.com/about-ti/newsroom/new…

IS THIS SCARY $SOXX $SMH

$PG: volume, not pricing, led Q1 FY27 growth. Organic sales +4.0%: volume +2.4%, price +0.4%, mix +1.1% (rounded). Volume: Fabric & Home Care +4.3%; Health Care −2.9%. Watch whether Health Care joins the recovery. Source: Oct 22 release pginvestor.com/news/news-det…

$CRWV breakout after breakout has failed. My view: this heads below $38. That’s my bearish thesis - not a guarantee. Could it bounce to $73 or even $84 first? Absolutely. If that bounce fails, I’d be looking to short it aggressively. A sustained recovery above $84 ➡️ 94$ would make me reassess. THIS WASN'T PROPERLY FLUSHED BELOW IPO ANYWAYS, AND THAT'S PENDING.

LEARN TO TRADE OPENING RANGES, MONTHLY AND WEEKLY, YOU WILL BE SURPRISED. $QQQ $SPY

Monthly volume check: $QQQ vs $SPY 👇 Completed months only — October excluded. 📊 MONTHLY SHARES TRADED Arrows show volume changes, not price direction. March QQQ: 1.63B | SPY: 2.24B April QQQ: 918M 🔻 | SPY: 1.20B 🔻 May QQQ: 787M 🔻 | SPY: 945M 🔻 June QQQ: 1.10B 💹 | SPY: 1.32B 💹 July QQQ: 895M 🔻 | SPY: 1.07B 🔻 August QQQ: 697M 🔻 | SPY: 834M 🔻 September QQQ: 695M 🔻 | SPY: 941M 💹 Both rallied sharply in April–May while volume declined. Fewer shares traded didn’t prevent substantial price gains. But the latest monthly picture differs 👇 🟢 QQQ Price gained 4.18% in August and another 3.21% in September on almost identical volume. 🟠 SPY Price gained 2.68% in August, then slipped 0.58% in September as volume increased about 13%. My read: QQQ’s completed monthly bars still show meaningful upward progress on lighter turnover. SPY’s September action is less convincing, although the price decline was small. Declining volume alone doesn’t prove weak buying—or fewer sellers. The stronger warning is when rallies stop holding and declines deepen on heavier volume. Source: TradingView. SPY represents the S&P 500. ETF share volume, not combined constituent volume. As of October 22, 2026.

$NVDA : strong monthly progress, followed by a failed breakout. August gained 9.98% on 2.68 billion shares; September gained another 3.44% on 2.37 billion. Buyers achieved meaningful upward progress despite declining volume. The weekly picture then deteriorated: NVDA reached $243.37 in the week of October 5 but closed at $229.28, then fell to $214.13 the following week. That erased the late-September breakout.

$IBM: Q3 infrastructure growth is uneven. Distributed Infrastructure revenue +31% YoY; IBM Z -20%. Total Infrastructure +4%, Software +8%, Consulting flat. Next test: growth broadening beyond its strongest businesses. Reported rates, not organic growth. tradingview.com/news/prnewsw…

$META grew revenue 26%, yet the quarter felt slower. ❗️ The missing piece isn’t an advertising-demand collapse it’s deteriorating growth quality and cash conversion: • Impression growth: 19% → 14% → 10% 🔴 • Operating cash remained almost flat • Capex increased 80% • Free cash flow fell to −$2.12B 🔴 The question is no longer simply whether Meta can grow. It is how much capital Meta must consume to sustain that growth and when it reaches shareholders. $META $QQQ $SPY