For three days, NVDA climbed. Martin’s paper loss grew. He felt sick. Then, on Thursday at 10:17 AM, NVDA ticked $495.02. His order filled.
One night, desperate, he opened Vervoort’s book. It wasn’t about predicting the future. It was about trapping the present. For three days, NVDA climbed
He had learned, at last, to trap it.
For the first time, Martin wasn’t riding the emotional rollercoaster. He was standing on the platform, calmly pulling the lever. Then, on Thursday at 10:17 AM, NVDA ticked $495
Vervoort’s core idea was brutal in its simplicity: He called them “profit capture zones”—specific price levels where institutions were forced to cover or take profit. Most retail traders bought breakouts. Vervoort taught Martin to sell them. It wasn’t about predicting the future
One evening, watching the S&P 500 hover at an all-time high, Martin’s new system triggered a on SPY. The stochastic had diverged bearishly for three weeks. Volume was drying up.
Martin set a limit order to short NVDA at $495—a full $10 above the current price. His hands trembled. This was the opposite of what every guru said.