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I almost made a big mistake this week. I saw the headlines Friday morning: “Aluminum Has Strongest Week in 2 Years.” I saw the JPMorgan note calling for $4000. My trigger finger got itchy. The FOMO was real. It's a classic setup for blowing up an account, and I've got the scars to prove it from my early days. But then I pulled up the chart, shut ou...

The headlines are screaming about an aluminum rally. Bloomberg just noted that the Middle East accounts for 9% of global production, and with tensions flaring, everyone is piling into longs. It seems like a no-brainer. And that's exactly why I'm not touching it with a ten-foot pole on my funded accounts. In fact, I'm watching for a place to short i...

When a sleepy asset like aluminum wakes up and rips 2.5% in a day, you don't ask why—you find the setup. I saw the headlines this morning about the Persian Gulf, and while that's interesting context, my job isn't to be a geopolitical analyst. My job is to read the tape. And right now, the tape on aluminum is screaming.