Weekly Digest – Edition 20

Nick Schmidt
Nick Schmidt

Nick Schmidt is a co-founder of TraderLion and Deepvue with over 10 years of market experience. Adopting a “less is more” philosophy, he focuses on weekly charts with an emphasis on price and volume.

Published: December 13, 2025

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Weekly Subscriber Digest

Weekly Subscriber Digest

December 7–13, 2025

Sitting at 50% exposure going into next week. 30% $TSLA, 20% $GEV. Friday was ugly but I still believe we’re lining up to go higher.

Two trades this week.
Bought $GOOGL on Wednesday against its multi-week low—tight range, good r/r. Got stopped out Friday morning. Nothing wrong with the setup, just hit stops. I’ll probably buy it back. Added to $GEV on Wednesday at $681 when it pulled back hard after breaking out. Trimmed most of that add Friday but kept the core. Breakout still intact above ~$660.

Also sold $ASML Friday even though it looks fine—closed below pivot so I’d rather step aside and buy it back. None of these sells were because something broke structurally. I’d rather reduce and be ready.

$TSLA showed insane relative strength Friday while everything else tanked. Five-year base, multiple themes converging. It’s the #1 opportunity in the market. I never feel like I own enough of it.

Current holdings

2 positions • 50% exposure

Current holdings screenshot
Ticker Notes
$TSLA 30% — #1 focus. Five-year base. Showed insane RS Friday.
$GEV 20% — Breakout intact above ~$660 pivot. New weekly closing high. Trimmed add Friday but kept core and watching to add back.

Day by day

Going into the week Dec 7th: Positive expectation breaker after two tough weeks. Leadership acting like leadership again. IWM potentially a 5-year base breakout. $TSLA and $GEV top focus. Watch vid
Day What Happened
Mon Red day but everything acted fine. Nice push into close. $PLTR and $HOOD showing RS. $GOOGL on 2nd tight sideways week, buyable. View post
Tue Strong. 70% of stocks up first 40 min. $TSLA back above key $450 level. $GEV up after hours above $660 breakout level. Need to find opportunity to add tomorrow.
Wed Fed day. $GEV breakout after 8 weeks of stalking. Added $GEV at $681 on pullback. View post Bought $GOOGL vs multi-week low. View post All 4 positions closing strong.
Thu Pressure early but recovered. Weak open, strong close. $TSLA shook below yesterday’s lows then closed upper range feels like its getting ready. View post
Fri Stress test. 75% of stocks down. Stopped $GOOGL View post Sold $ASML below pivot. Trimmed $GEV add. $TSLA insane RS all day. View end of day summary

Watchlist mentions

Names I discussed this week from our watchlist.

$PLTR Watching for higher low pullback. Chart
$ALAB Inside week with higher lows. Chart
$LYFT Holding $20, former 3 year resistance. Chart
$GOOGL 3-weeks tight complete, will likely buy back. Chart
$ASML Sold below pivot. Still focus list. Chart
$DOCN Added to watchlist. 3-year base. Chart

Lessons from the week

Shakeout candle early entry setup
“When there is a big lower wick shakeout type candle on the weekly, the lows of that candle if they are held is a sign of strength and way to get long.”
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Why I use weekly closing highs vs wicks
“I have found over time I do better focusing on the weekly close for base highs. It keeps me in better and when we see retests they more often come down to weekly closing levels.”
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Hard stops vs waiting for close
“I wait until EOD to make sell decisions ONLY if I have the luxury to do so (having a cushion). If I enter a trade and place a stop, that original stop is a HARD stop.”
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Stopped out ≠ failed trade
“I always used to get stopped out and consider a trade failed and move on but now if the thesis is still in play, charts fine, structures intact then nothing changed besides timing.”
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