Stock Market Update|Boring Market. Massive Crypto Move. Here’s What I’m Watching…

There wasn’t a whole lot happening in the stock market this week – Markets are back to the pre tariff war levels, and the last 5 days have been eerily quiet on the major indices. The S&P 500 is hugging the 200 day EMA like it’s life depends on it. 

I always like to remind myself in times like this that there is nothing more certain than high volatility follows low volatility – something will happen and I would expect a decent move in either direction some time soon. In the mean time we have to just wait patiently to see which way it will go. 

The markets across the globe were generally pretty quiet this week (see table below). Two Canadian stock systems were the standouts in the EST Portfolio of systems in the last couple of weeks – the TSX High Roller and TSX Simple System are both sitting at all time equity highs hand have had a stellar couple of weeks.

The much more interesting story at the moment is the crypto space. Bitcoin has touched $100,000 USD again and looks to be in a solid uptrend. Bitcoin decoupled from the rest of the crypto market some time ago, and as you can see from the chary below, Ethereum has lagged badly behind since early 2024. 

This might be changing as Ethereum has had a massive rally in the last 48 hours and is up almost 30% for the week. It is still just below the 200 day EMA, but this is a nice sign of strength in the altcoin market. 

In The Crypto Success System we provide a system called Crypto Seasons which holds the strongest of BTC, ETH or USD. This system has been doing extremely well and provided a large percentage of my crypto gains in the last 6 months (see equity curve below).

If the strength in ETH continues a couple of things will happen:

• Crypto Seasons will soon switch to ETH, which historically has resulted in substantial gains.
• Our broad based alt coin trend trading systems will start to take off (these have been pretty quiet for the last few months).

As you can see from the backtest results of Crypto Seasons below, the most important thing in crypto is PATIENCE. There are a lot of flat spots where our systems are sitting out of the market waiting, and if you let this frustrate you, or lose focus on it because nothing is happening then you miss out on the sudden surge in prices that gives us the windfall profits.

This is exactly why automating your crypto trading is such a good idea – my systems run every day without me, all I do is monitor them… If I had to run them manually day in, day out for months on end without any signals I would probably lose patience.

Automation is a life saver in this market!

Since you do not have the Crypto Success System, if you want to automate your crypto and put a suite of systems in place to profit from both the strength in Bitcoin and the next wave of altcoin strength then join The Crypto Success System and add some fantastic diversification to your stock trading portfolio.

Quote of the Week

Patience is the cornerstone of successful trading—it’s what separates those who thrive from those who burn out. In trading, impatience leads to emotional decisions, like chasing trades, cutting winners too early, or holding onto losers too long.

The market doesn’t operate on your timeline, and profits don’t come just because you want them. Instead, patience allows you to wait for high-probability setups, follow your system without second-guessing, and endure drawdowns without panicking. It’s about staying calm and disciplined, even when the market tests your resolve .

Developing patience isn’t just about waiting – it’s about waiting with confidence. Confidence in your system, your rules, and your long-term edge makes patience easier to practice. Whether it’s holding through a losing streak, waiting for a signal, or sitting through a flat market, patience ensures you don’t sabotage your results by acting impulsively.

Remember, the market rewards those who stick to their plan and let their edge play out over time. As Warren Buffett says, “The stock market is a device for transferring money from the impatient to the patient”

Important Trading Lesson 

We are all human, our lives are busy, we make mistakes and we let things slide that we really shouldn’t. One of the most important tasks of the systematic trader is monitoring the portfolio of systems. 

We need to monitor how well we are executing our systems to ensure we are taking all the right trades, and we need to monitor the systems themselves to ensure they are performing in line with our expectations. 

If we don’t monitor our execution then we may find ourselves losing too much money to slippage. If we don’t monitor our systems then we may find ourselves following a system when it really should have been decommissioned after losing it’s edge.

Historically my system monitoring has not been as consistent and regular as it should be. I have always checked in on my systems, but the tempo of these checks was not as regular as it should be. In the past this has cost me as a couple of times in the last 20+ years I have continued trading a system that really should have been turned off.

So why is system monitoring difficult? 

The trouble is it takes time & energy, and most of the time we see that everything is fine and no action is required. This means it is easy to get complacent.

As soon as you start getting complacent…

The market slaps us… Ouch!

I realised that system monitoring, like execution, is best done in as much of an easy automated way as possible. The less time and effort it takes, the more likely you will actually do it regularly. Even better if the process can be automated!

Realising I had experienced this slap a few times, I have now established a set of tools and processes for my Trader Success System Mentoring students that is very quick and easy to check system performance. 

Firstly, I have created a batch file that can be scheduled weekly to run a full backtest of all systems in The Trader Success System. The results are automatically imported into our new System Monitoring Spreadsheet which gives a traffic light assessment of each system so we know exactly which systems to look at more closely by analysing drawdown, recent returns and statistical tests to determine whether returns may have degraded over different timeframes. 

The majority of the time there is no action required, but this 5 minute exercise gives us the confidence that the systems are ok, and tells us exactly where to look so we don’t waste time looking at systems that are performing in line with expectations. 

This system monitoring spreadsheet also produces the equity curve, drawdown and exposure profile for all 20+ systems so we can see at a glance exactly what is going on. It is hugely beneficial to see all of your systems in a dashboard like this and many traders neglect to do it because it is too time consuming… But as you can see, it is important, and with the right tools, it doesn’t need to be a burden.

If you are looking to implement a portfolio of trading systems, automate them, and also get the tools to monitor your portfolio like a pro, then it is time to join The Trader Success System. If you are the right person, we can have you up and running, fully automated with a portfolio of 3+ systems within 6 months!

I have found that automating and streamlining my processes has made a huge difference in my trading life – it will in yours too.

Remember – You are only one trading system away!

Adrian Reid
Founder – Enlightened Stock Trading

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