Why He Bought a Stock “Blindfolded”
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Nine simple words guide our chief quant’s approach to markets:
“To know what everyone knows is to know nothing.”
That mindset recently led to something unusual…
Mike Carr bought a stock he’d never even heard of. And he did it with confidence.
Before Mike became TradeSmith’s Chief Quantitative Strategist, he:
- Wrote nuclear missile launch code for the Air Force and did cryptography work at the Pentagon
- Earned the Chartered Market Technician designation – fewer than 5,000 hold it worldwide
- Co-managed mutual funds and high-net-worth accounts worth up to $200 million.
He spent much of those years trading signals – patterns in stock data most investors never see.
Now, with AI, he’s turned that edge into something TradeSmith subscribers can use every day.
So, I asked him to do something simple: Open the Signals dashboard and walk through exactly how he finds trades.
What he filters for, what he ignores, and what makes a setup worth acting on.
Once you see his process, you’ll understand how he could confidently buy a stock – sight unseen.
Watch my full conversation with Mike Carr below…
If you watched Keith’s launch presentation this week, this interview will show you exactly how to use Signals.
If you didn’t, watch this replay.
There you’ll find not just info on how Signals work, but several free signals trade ideas that you can use yourself:
- One stock to buy
- One stock to avoid
- And an options setup to maximize the opportunity
Catch Keith’s full AI Signals Trading Event here.
To building wealth beyond measure,
Michael Salvatore
Michael Salvatore
Editor, TradeSmith Daily