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Live at 1pm ET: The one number that matters more than any chart
I'm going LIVE

I’m going live in 30 minutes.
Forget the chart.
Forget the indicators.
Forget trying to predict direction.
There's one number that tells you everything you need to know about a stock's next move.
And it takes 60 seconds to calculate.
It's called the expected move.
And it's built into the options market.
Here's how it works:
Tesla's trading at $398.
You open the option chain.
Add the at-the-money call + the at-the-money put.
It's about $9.
That means the market is projecting a $9 move between now and expiration.
Not up. Not down. Just $9.
Once you know that...
You don't need to guess direction.
You don't need to stare at charts all day.
You just need to position for the move.
And when you combine that with the overnight window...
When news breaks, positioning shifts, and liquidity thins out...
That $9 move can turn into trades like:
365% TSLA
310% META
235% GOOGL
How to calculate the expected move in any stock.
How to position before the overnight move.
And why this removes 90% of the guesswork in trading.
Live charts. Live setups.
To your success,
Don Kaufman