The SPY Trader

The SPY Trader

Welcome to ’The SPY Trader,’ your essential audio resource for trading insights. Broadcasting every few hours, our podcast delivers timely summaries of critical news impacting the markets, expert analysis, and trading recommendations. Whether you’re a seasoned trader or just starting, tune in to stay ahead of market trends and refine your trading strategy with actionable insights. This podcast is AI-generated. Disclaimer: The information provided on ’The SPY Trader’ podcast is for educational purposes only and is not intended as investment advice. Trading in financial markets involves significant risk, and decisions should be based on your own due diligence and consultation with a professional financial advisor where appropriate. The creators of ’The SPY Trader’ assume no responsibility for any financial losses or gains you may incur as a result of information presented on this podcast. Listener discretion is advised.

Episodes

The Earnings/Fed TugofWar

November 30, 2025 • 30 secs
Fresh news and strategies for traders. SPY Trader episode #1442. The market closed last week in cautious optimism, driven by strong corporate earnings, especially in Tech. However, this strength is counterbalanced by the Federal Reserve's 'Higher for Longer' interest rate stance, setting up a major tugofwar that defines the week ahead's market moves.
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Risk On! Why Small Caps Just Crushed the Market

November 29, 2025 • 3 mins
Fresh news and strategies for traders. SPY Trader episode #1441. The market experienced a stellar week, posting its best gains since midyear, driven by mounting expectations of an imminent Federal Reserve rate cut following weaker economic data and cooling inflation signals. The rally was led by Small Caps (Russell 2000 up 5.52%), signaling a high 'riskon' appetite among investors. Consumer Discretionary and Technology sectors surg...
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Fed Pivot Playbook: Growth, Rates, and Hedges

November 28, 2025 • 3 mins
Fresh news and strategies for traders. SPY Trader episode #1440. We break down the market's strong close to November, driven by macro data confirming a soft labor market and pricing in an 87% chance of a December Fed rate cut. Discover our 'Growth with a RateSensitive Cyclical Hedge' strategy, advising core tech exposure (QQQ), tactical plays in ratesensitive sectors like Utilities (UTIL), and essential fixedincome ballast (BND) fo...
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Risk On: How the Fed Pivot Changes Everything

November 27, 2025 • 4 mins
Fresh news and strategies for traders. SPY Trader episode #1439. The S&P 500 and Nasdaq are surging toward alltime highs, fueled by spectacular tech earnings, particularly in AI (Nvidia, Alphabet/Gemini 3), and an 85% market expectation for a December Fed rate cut. This pivot to accommodative policy is boosting growth stocks and ratesensitive sectors. The episode provides a twopronged strategy: maintaining core tech exposure (Q...
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Defense and Dips: Positioning for the Fed Pivot

November 26, 2025 • 4 mins
Fresh news and strategies for traders. SPY Trader episode #1438. The S&P 500 is walking a tightrope, caught between a shortterm correction and strong fundamentals driven by corporate earnings and expected Fed rate cuts. We analyze the rotation out of Tech and into defensive sectors like Health Care and Consumer Staples. Learn our threepronged strategy: selectively buying quality growth dips, maintaining defensive balance agains...
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AI Surges, Rates Drop: Tech Takes Flight

November 25, 2025 • 4 mins
Fresh news and strategies for traders. SPY Trader episode #1437. The market rebounded sharply (Nasdaq up 2.7%, S&P up 1.6%) fueled by two major catalysts: soaring AI excitement (driven by Alphabet and Broadcom news) and a dramatic shift in Federal Reserve rate cut expectations. This riskon environment led to a heavy rotation into highgrowth technology. We outline trades for QQQ and GOOGL to capture the AI momentum, TLT to hedge...
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The Rate Cut Pivot: Navigating Volatility and the Defensive Shift

November 24, 2025 • 4 mins
Fresh news and strategies for traders. SPY Trader episode #1436. This episode covers the market's recent turbulent 5% pullback and the sudden shift in rate expectations, with odds of a December rate cut now exceeding 70% due to a cooling labor market. The dominant theme is a "riskoff" rotation, favoring defensive sectors like Health Care (XLV) over highflying tech stocks (NVDA, XLK), despite strong fundamentals. The game plan sugge...
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The ThreeDay Market Squeeze

November 23, 2025 • 4 mins
Fresh news and strategies for traders. SPY Trader episode #1435. This episode prepares traders for the highly condensed Thanksgiving trading week, where a full slate of economic data (PPI, Retail Sales) and key tech earnings (Salesforce, cybersecurity stocks) are crammed into just three highimpact days, driving extreme volatility. Recommendations focus on defined risk strategies (QQQ puts), tactical long call spreads on secular gro...
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Rates, Rallies, and the Tech Takedown

November 22, 2025 • 5 mins
Fresh news and strategies for traders. SPY Trader episode #1434. The market experienced intense volatility, culminating in a massive Friday rally after the New York Fed signaled a potential rate cut. This dovish pivot battles against intense valuation scrutiny in highgrowth technology sectors, prompting traders to look towards defensive rotation and prorate cut cyclicals.
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Barbell Strategy: Trading the Volatility Roller Coaster

November 21, 2025 • 4 mins
Fresh news and strategies for traders. SPY Trader episode #1433. The market experienced extreme whiplash, erasing strong morning gains due to heightened macroeconomic uncertainty. We analyze the divergence between blockbuster earnings (Nvidia's reversal, Walmart's surge) and persistent rate fears, outlining a defensive barbell strategy focusing on essential growth, consumer staples (XLP), and fixed income (BND, TLT) to manage ongoi...
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Tech Roars Back: Navigating the Macro Fog

November 20, 2025 • 4 mins
Fresh news and strategies for traders. SPY Trader episode #1432. US stock futures surge after four losing sessions, led by a blockbuster earnings report from Nvidia, calming AI bubble fears. However, macroeconomic uncertainty persists as a government shutdown leaves the Fed without key inflation and jobs data. We outline a twopronged strategy: how to lean into AI growth while hedging against the data vacuum with defensive sectors.
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The NVDA Wildcard: Defense Mode Activated

November 19, 2025 • 4 mins
Fresh news and strategies for traders. SPY Trader episode #1431. The market is attempting a cautious rebound after four days of selling, with the S&P 500 below its 50day moving average. The primary catalyst today is the highly anticipated Nvidia (NVDA) earnings report after the close, which will determine the immediate direction of the AI trade. Amid mixed retail results suggesting cooling consumer spending, institutional money...
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Buffett Buys GOOGL as the Market Turns Defensive

November 18, 2025 • 4 mins
Fresh news and strategies for traders. SPY Trader episode #1430. Market consolidation is defensive, fueled by weak Q4 GDP estimates (due to the government shutdown) and reduced Fed rate cut probability, causing intense rotation from Technology into Utilities and Healthcare. Warren Buffett's $4.9 billion stake in Alphabet (GOOGL) provides a strong countercatalyst in the tech space. Investors are advised to maintain a defensive postu...
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The Great Rotation: How to Play Sticky Inflation and Slowing GDP

November 17, 2025 • 4 mins
Fresh news and strategies for traders. SPY Trader episode #1429. The trading week begins focused on persistent market rotation driven by sticky 5.5% inflation and slowing Q4 GDP forecasts (1.0%1.5%), despite the end of the government shutdown. While Energy outperforms, largecap tech faces selectivity pressure ahead of crucial NVIDIA earnings. Key recommendations include diversifying away from concentrated tech into VTI, overweighti...
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The Triple Threat: Navigating NVDA, Consumers, and FOMC

November 16, 2025 • 4 mins
Fresh news and strategies for traders. SPY Trader episode #1428. The market faces major volatility this week driven by crucial earnings from Nvidia (NVDA) and retail giants, alongside the release of FOMC meeting minutes. Analysts advise a defensive, balanced trading strategy, rotating capital into resilient sectors like Healthcare (XLV) and managing broad market exposure (SPY) with disciplined stoplosses.
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Whipsaw Week: Data Fog and Fading Rate Cuts

November 15, 2025 • 4 mins
Fresh news and strategies for traders. SPY Trader episode #1427. This week saw dramatic market volatility driven by "data fog" following the government shutdown and sharply fading expectations for a Fed rate cut, pushing the 10year Treasury yield to 4.15%. Highvaluation tech stocks bore the brunt of the pain, sparking a significant rotation into defensive sectors. We discuss tactical strategies, including increasing fixed income ex...
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Higher for Longer: Trading the Tech Valuation Reckoning

November 14, 2025 • 3 mins
Fresh news and strategies for traders. SPY Trader episode #1426. The market is reeling from a significant selloff triggered by the sharp reduction in expected Fed rate cuts, reinforcing a 'higherforlonger' environment. Growth stocks, led by megacap tech and discretionary names like Nvidia and Disney, were severely punished for high valuations. We detail the resulting market rotation toward defensive sectors, noting the resilience o...
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The Great Sector Swap: Capital Shifts to Value

November 13, 2025 • 5 mins
Fresh news and strategies for traders. SPY Trader episode #1425. The end of the federal shutdown and Fed rate cuts fuel a rotation rally, driving the Dow higher while the Nasdaq dips. We break down the massive shift from highflying tech into Financials and Health Care, and outline a strategy using SPY, XLF, and targeted growth (AMD) to capitalize on the divergence.
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Easy Money and the Defensive Surge

November 12, 2025 • 3 mins
Fresh news and strategies for traders. SPY Trader episode #1424. Following a Federal Reserve rate cut, the market is undergoing a clear rotation, favoring defensive sectors like Health Care and Real Estate, while megacap tech stocks face pressure and investors pivot toward stability and diversification.
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Shutdown Lift: Tech Surge and AI Volatility

November 11, 2025 • 3 mins
Fresh news and strategies for traders. SPY Trader episode #1423. Markets surged dramatically higher as the longest government shutdown on record finally neared resolution, fueling a riskon environment. The Nasdaq led the charge, with the Technology sector (XLK) exploding over 2.5% driven by robust Q3 earnings beats. We discuss the market bifurcation, SoftBank's massive Nvidia stake sale stirring AI valuation fears, and key trades: ...
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