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David Durand - Sun and Storm Investing™ @sunandstorm.bsky.social · 28d

I get frequent responses for my #Bitcoin posts, and those are from a handful of grateful people. I appreciate you, but in the interest of time, which is precious, and given the lack of platform management support, I will not be posting here regularly going forward. 2/2

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David Durand - Sun and Storm Investing™ @sunandstorm.bsky.social · 28d

Please follow me @SunAndStorm on @StockTwits, where I post first, or on X @SunAndStormInv for updates going forward. I asked @BlueSky to recognize my contribution of over 1,500 posts here and my presence in the investing community with a blue checkmark, and they seem to have declined. 1/2

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David Durand - Sun and Storm Investing™ @sunandstorm.bsky.social · 28d

#SPY $SPX $SPY $IWM $GLD #Bitcoin etc.

"Where Key Markets Stand Midday"

$IWM $RUT US Small caps are the closest to the top of their predicted range for today....

10/03/2025 12:00 pm ET Opportunity Range™ Positions
They haven't moved that much since noon

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David Durand (@SunAndStorm) | Stocktwits

"Where Key Markets Stand Midday" $IWM $RUT US Small caps are the closest to the top of their predicted range for today.... 10/03/2025 12:00 pm ET Opportunity Range™ Positions ...

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David Durand - Sun and Storm Investing™ @sunandstorm.bsky.social · 28d

Now at about 98% of usual max. equity exposure worldwide (meaning vs. usual max. for a Bull Market).

David Durand - Sun and Storm Investing™ @sunandstorm.bsky.social · 28d

#PFE $PFE $XLV “Market Forensics Say Somebody Cheated!”

I reconstructed the following forensic analysis from the one minute chart…

September 30, 2025

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$PFE $XLV “Market Forensics Say Somebody Cheated!” I reconstructed the following from the one minute chart… September 30, 2025 Time (ET) Event 9:32 AM Pfizer (PFE) begins a pronounced bid—unusua...

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David Durand - Sun and Storm Investing™ @sunandstorm.bsky.social · 29d

#JNJ $JNJ It is a bit high in today's range, but it's the 3rd D of a recent breakout. It was better priced at 33% vs. the predicted range earlier.

Price/Opportunity Range™ Position/Today's Chg

186.27 79% 0.13%

Opportunity Ranges™ are short term predicted trading ranges

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David Durand - Sun and Storm Investing™ @sunandstorm.bsky.social · 29d

He lost his bestie, Putin! #Ukraine deserves better than foot dragging from the West.

David Durand - Sun and Storm Investing™ @sunandstorm.bsky.social · 29d

$JNJ Started a position. #JNJ

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David Durand - Sun and Storm Investing™ @sunandstorm.bsky.social · 29d

#GDX #GLD $GDX and $GLD had both exceeded their longer term ranges despite being in strong uptrends, so a pullback was expected. Now we'll have to monitor whether it's just a slip or more as discussed 2 days ago.

David Durand - Sun and Storm Investing™ @sunandstorm.bsky.social · Sep 30

PPLT GLD GDX SLV etc. IF rates start climbing further vs. rolling over here, and the economy starts accelerating appreciably, metals won't like it (go to MarketTiming. Blog and read the bottom of any of the longer posts to see why. 3/

David Durand - Sun and Storm Investing™ @sunandstorm.bsky.social · 29d

#BABA $BABA Now +39% since that buy about 1 month ago.

David Durand - Sun and Storm Investing™ @sunandstorm.bsky.social · Sep 4

#BABA $BABA Comments...

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BABA range position and comments on position entry and sizing... $SPY

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$BABA If something continues to drop when I buy the drop on the prior day, I look at whether there is pressured selling or not. If there is panic out, then it MAY be perpetuated, but if not, it may b...

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David Durand - Sun and Storm Investing™ @sunandstorm.bsky.social · 29d

#MELI $MELI The high volatility move yesterday on big volume off a recent high often means more to come, which is why I sold it yesterday even though it was down about 7%. At the close today, it's down another 6.85%.

David Durand - Sun and Storm Investing™ @sunandstorm.bsky.social · Sep 30

#MELI $MELI Out on my stop on a starter position. I don't add to positions that don't perform well, so there has been no further add.

The rest is here...

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$MELI Out on my stop on a starter position. I don't add to positions that don't perform well, so there has been no further add. I placed a stop limit order below the earlier low today, and it we...

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David Durand - Sun and Storm Investing™ @sunandstorm.bsky.social · Sep 30

You can also take some profits at the stretched points, and then #BuyTheSlips. But limit the percent you sell, so you don't miss the big up days.

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David Durand - Sun and Storm Investing™ @sunandstorm.bsky.social · Sep 30

#SPY $SPX $SPY $QQQ Esp. for trading stocks, cut your losers/weak stocks and move the capital to winners when they slip, but remain strong.

That is unless there is a long term story and trend you are investing in, and the long term trend is still up. Then you add on pullbacks 1/

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David Durand - Sun and Storm Investing™ @sunandstorm.bsky.social · Sep 30

#MELI $MELI Out on my stop on a starter position. I don't add to positions that don't perform well, so there has been no further add.

The rest is here...

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David Durand (@SunAndStorm) | Stocktwits

$MELI Out on my stop on a starter position. I don't add to positions that don't perform well, so there has been no further add. I placed a stop limit order below the earlier low today, and it we...

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David Durand - Sun and Storm Investing™ @sunandstorm.bsky.social · Sep 30

The 3 largest banks have higher CET1 requirements...

#JPM $JPM 11.5% CET1 /2.5% SCB $BAC 10.0%/2.5% $C 11.6%/3.6%

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David Durand - Sun and Storm Investing™ @sunandstorm.bsky.social · Sep 30

is running above the CET1 (Common Equity Tier 1) requirement announced today of 9% of which 4.5% is SCB (Stress Capital Buffer). That's the typical outcome for some of the large banks.

#COF $COF is -5.7% on the same news it appears (9% CET1).

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David Durand - Sun and Storm Investing™ @sunandstorm.bsky.social · Sep 30

#XLF $XLF What I did with stocks I had not recommended here is switch yesterday from one badly behaving bank stock to a better behaving bank stock.

The "good one" is down 1.8%, while the "bad one" is down 3.8%. The good one has greater share buyback capacity and 1/

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David Durand - Sun and Storm Investing™ @sunandstorm.bsky.social · Sep 30

Not taking questions is part of Trump's authoritarian framework for our country. Trump = Hitler when you look at his immigration policy (hateful persecution of many who've been working here for 10, 20 or more yrs paying taxes!) plus centralized power in one man. That equation is no exaggeration.

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David Durand - Sun and Storm Investing™ @sunandstorm.bsky.social · Sep 30

Isn't that illegal? Politics in the workplace, except for the POTUS and VP? Yes! The Hatch Act forbids political speech by everyone in the fed govt while on the job. Using government resources for political purposes is ILLEGAL, again for all but the POTUS and VP.

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David Durand - Sun and Storm Investing™ @sunandstorm.bsky.social · Sep 30

PPLT GLD GDX SLV etc. IF rates start climbing further vs. rolling over here, and the economy starts accelerating appreciably, metals won't like it (go to MarketTiming. Blog and read the bottom of any of the longer posts to see why. 3/

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David Durand - Sun and Storm Investing™ @sunandstorm.bsky.social · Sep 30

It shows you small and large trades. Large trades are the only ones seen on Level II quotes, so that can hide a lot of volume.

My suggestion is that they pool trades and change the price when every 100 cumulative shares traded are reached. Makes more sense doesn't it? 2/

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David Durand - Sun and Storm Investing™ @sunandstorm.bsky.social · Sep 30

PPLT Volume is fairly small, but it's 101K per day per @YahooFinance. Bidding at mid-range will probably work, but I prefer going with the TOS data on ThinkorSwim (click on TS to right on Chart tab on desktop version), now a @CharlesSchwab platform. 1/

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David Durand - Sun and Storm Investing™ @sunandstorm.bsky.social · Sep 30

$PPLT Added some more. PPLT @ 142.36 is at 12% vs the predicted short term trading Opportunity Range™ for today. Low was at -2% which is a slight breach. #PPLT

David Durand - Sun and Storm Investing™ @sunandstorm.bsky.social · Sep 30

@ 114,464 its at 71% vs. the short term trading Opportunity Range™ for today.

"Today" starts at 11:59 pm ET, which for now = 8 pm ET. 2/2

David Durand - Sun and Storm Investing™ @sunandstorm.bsky.social · Sep 30

$BTC.X #Bitcoin Follow it out of the triangle shown (marked by the 2 slanted red lines), but remember it has to keep going after breaking one of the two lines, not just take a peek and fail...

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COINBASE:BTCUSD Chart Image by BeatTheSt

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