• Looking at Bitcoin at various timeframes: back to all-time highs, or a retrace back to the 200DMA?

    Bitcoin can seem sort of unpredictable due to the short-term volatility, but back in 2023 if you eyed that October volume you could have made a bet on the probability of crypto making a bigger move reverting back to $40-50k+. And now that it has surpassed the previous all-time highs (hi, haters!), crypto bulls are…

  • Meme stock frenzy: finding sympathy trades with squeeze potential

    When the meme stocks start to run, the market can seem to get a little crazy as other highly shorted names seem to follow the moves. Over the last couple days traders saw crazy swings in GME and AMC both running over 100% while some other stocks seemed to have followed with similar beaten down…

  • Thinking about metals and where the charts could be headed

    Trading metals has become quite popular sentimentally in 2024 with gold reaching all time highs earlier this year. For the TA traders who have been waiting for that cup and handle on the macro all-time chart to breakout on gold futures, it was a spectacular long term setup that proves sometimes those silly chart patterns…

  • SPY bulls back in business for now

    Yesterday I made a humble prediction that SPY would continue bullish based on the potential 10-day MA crossing over the 50-day, along with the bullish candle from 5/8. Maybe it’s luck, or maybe it’s just trusting the TA, but today’s close on SPY has given me a reason to be excited that my original $530…

  • The top manufacturing industry stocks and their charts

    I love learning about new industries and all of their statistics. With research tools like IBIS World, investors are able to analyze the top companies in each respective industry to help guide their overall investment thesis. When looking at the manufacturing industry, which has a 9.9% profit margin as of 2023, the top companies spanning…

  • Trying to figure out where the S&P 500 is headed

    For a daytrader watching SPY for an intraday scalp, some days can feel infuriating, which is why I chose to not try and pursue my once dream of being a “daytrader” per se; I know myself too well, and sitting there all day waiting for a move can feel like watching water start to boil…

How it all started:

About 4 years ago in February of 2020 I was working in a small real estate office in Brooklyn and one of my colleagues was trying to get people to download Robinhood using his referral link. Not having the slightest clue as to what I was getting into, I obliged and downloaded the app on my phone. It was right when Covid had just began: lockdowns were underway, mask mandates were on the horizon, and nobody knew what was to come. I was not sure which stocks to buy, so I turned to Twitter to start searching for what people were talking about. I went with my gut instinct to buy Alpha Pro Tech aka APT since they were a N95 face mask manufacturer and I had a feeling the sentiment would follow. Well it turns out I was lucky because the stock ended up running from just $9.31 on February 25 all the way to $18 on February 27th and $38 on Februrary 28th. I could not believe my eyes at what I saw on the screen; how was this even possible? And well, I guess you could say the rest is history…because I haven’t stopped thinking about stocks since. Never would I have dreamed of me ever being interested in the market (in fact, I used to delete the Stocks App from my phone before all of this). But some things just happen for a reason I suppose, and while I have had some great trades and some absolutely horrific trades, I am constantly learning every day. I am so thankful to have been able to devote my time studying the market learning not only all aspects of technical analysis, but even diving deeper into the fundamental side doing company and industry research. In some ways even though it’s been almost been 5 years, I feel like my investing journey is just beginning, and why I started the Stonks and Whatnot blog. I look forward to sharing my thoughts and connecting with traders and investors alike navigating this ever-changing and totally unpredictable market.

About the author:

Kaitlin Duffy is a writer from Cleveland currently residing in New York City since 2014. While stocks were never really on the radar in her early career and she did not take the traditional road to learning about trading and finance, she has proven that it is never too late to learn something new. When she is not reading, writing, making playlists on Apple Music, watching the latest film, shitposting on Twitter, or eating a bunch of delicious food, she is working on her newest entrepreneurial venture East End Agency and just trying to find a decent setup. You can find her roaming around the streets of Manhattan or at the bar at 5pm drinking an Old Fashioned.

Kaitlin Duffy

Writer, Blogger, & Amateur Wannabe Stock Trader