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The latest earnings season reveals extreme sector concentration masking broader market risks The S&P 500 delivered 11.8%-12% earnings growth in Q2 2025, more than doubling initial forecasts of 4%-5%. However, this strength was driven almost entirely by mega-cap technology companies, creating unprecedented concentration risk. S&P 500 Q2 2025 Performance Overview 11.8% EPS Growth (Y/Y) 4.9% […]

Introduction: A Pattern Worth Researching Throughout my own trading experience, I noticed retail traders clustering around AI stocks before major Fed announcements. Data confirms this: retail inflows into NVIDIA, Microsoft, and Palantir surged around policy meetings (Vanda Research, 2024).  This prompted the research question: Are retail traders developing a repeatable Fed-cycle strategy centered on AI? […]

New research reveals stark behavioral differences between gold and Bitcoin investors, challenging conventional wisdom about these inflation hedges and their roles in modern portfolios. The post-pandemic economic landscape has fundamentally altered how investors think about protecting wealth against inflation. While gold has served as humanity’s premier store of value for millennia, Bitcoin has emerged as […]

Why Account Verification Matters More Than You Think If you’ve ever used IQ Option for more than a few demo trades, you’ll eventually hit a wall: the verification process. And if you’re anything like me when I started, you’ll probably think: “How hard can it be?” That was my mindset too until I got a […]

When Trading Felt Like a Mobile Game….. The first time I used IQ Option, I didn’t think I was doing anything wrong. I just opened the platform, clicked “Call” on EUR/USD, and watched the timer tick down. Thirty seconds later, I won. That rush, it hit like a dopamine shot. I kept going. No chart […]

Analysis reveals shifting capital flows favor silver over traditional safe-haven as stagflation fears mount As inflation concerns resurface and stagflation looms, retail traders are making a calculated bet: silver, not gold, represents the next major precious metals opportunity. With silver posting 40% year-to-date gains¹ compared to gold’s more modest appreciation, market data suggests a fundamental […]

Most articles about IQ Option just list its tools like a product brochure. MACD. Bollinger Bands. Multi-charts. But no one really shows how real traders use them, especially not freelance traders working on their own terms. So I reached out to five freelance traders I’ve met through Discord, Reddit, and Twitter. People who actually use […]

Six months ago, I made a decision that kept me awake for three nights straight. I was going to deposit $15,000 into my IQ Option account and test their platform with real money that would genuinely hurt to lose. Not play money. Not funds I could laugh off if they disappeared. Serious capital that represented […]

I’ve been trading for a while, and like many others, I kept coming across IQ Option ads on YouTube and finance blogs. The platform looked slick. Promising. A bit too promising, actually. “Is IQ Option legit or just another polished scam?” That question wouldn’t leave my head. And the more I searched Google, the more […]

A data-driven analysis of how cognitive biases shape investment decisions across four generations of American traders The democratization of financial markets has unleashed a new era of retail investing, but with it comes a complex web of psychological traps that vary dramatically by age. New research examining American investors across four age groups reveals striking […]