Follow the Price and Not the Predictions

Vin Maru and I had the opportunity to look at the markets through the lens of technical trading tools and indicators.

Recorded Oct 3, 2025

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Here are the main topics we discussed:

  • 0:00 Introduction to Video
  • 1:17 Fundamental Analysis versus Technical Analysis, and using it to follow the price
  • 4:45 Chris Vermeulen’s overall strategy for investing, when to buy and sell
  • 7:04 Four different stages of the stock market: base, bullish, topping phase, and bearish trends
  • 9:01 Focusing on following the price and not predicting the price, trend following – Gold example
  • 10:35 Using indicators to follow the price, and using a simple moving average during these stages
  • 13:10 Looking at the current markets using the 150-day SMA, S&P, IWM,
  • 16:33 IWM analysis, triple top breakout or breakdown at resistance, following price
  • 18:44 Identifying reversal patterns, trying to pick tops or bottoms, trading examples, market selloff
  • 28:12 Following trends using 5 and 20 SMA, and our final thoughts on trading and summary

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