Why I Shorted the "Safest" Tech Stock This Morning

(And Why It's Working)

Author

Don Kaufman
November 07, 2025

Don Kaufman here,

My computer literally crashed the moment I started talking sh*t about Apple.

I'm not kidding. Mid-sentence, explaining why AAPL was about to get destroyed, my entire setup went dark. Had to restart everything.

"I was talking crap about Apple. Apple, yeah. By the way, if it happens again, it's like, you know, chicken's done."

Even the machines knew I was onto something.

The Trade Everyone Called Stupid

While NVDA was getting obliterated and TSLA was bleeding out, Apple sat there like nothing was happening. Up on the day. Barely a scratch.

Every trader I know was thinking the same thing: "At least Apple's safe. It's not even part of this AI selloff."

That's exactly why I bought puts.

"The Signal Before The Story"

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Tesla +155% in 4.
IONQ +74% in a month.

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No chasing headlines. Just the signal before the story.