Sitemap - 2025 - Macro-to-Micro by Samantha LaDuc

VIX To 20 Working

US Trade War With China Is Not Priced In

Powell Punt Or Pander – Place Your Bets / Macro-To-Micro Options Power Hour / May 7, 2025

Samantha's Recorded Live Trading Room - 5/8/25

Samantha's Recorded Live Trading Room - 5/7/25

Peace, Trade, Tax Cut Deals Needed To Rally Higher

Stagflation With A Side Of MONEY GOES HOME

Asian Currency Risks Grow

Samantha's Recorded Live Trading Room - 5/6/25

When Markets Sell Off Again

5/05/25 Live Trading Room Market Recap & Trades

Fear Levels Resetting Into Bull Market Trap

Samantha's Recorded Live Trading Room - 5/5/25

MONEY GOES HOME - The Taiwan Front-Running

Market Talk w/ George Noble

Samantha's Recorded Live Trading Room - 5/2/25

5/01/25 Live Trading Room Market Recap & Trades

Clarity in Chaos / Macro-To-Micro Options Power Hour / Apr 30, 2025

Samantha's Recorded Live Trading Room - 5/1/25

4/30/25 Live Trading Room Market Recap & Trades

Samantha's Recorded Live Trading Room - 4/30/25

Either The Abyss Or Best Thing That's Ever Happened

4/29/25 Live Trading Room Market Recap & Trades

Samantha's Recorded Live Trading Room - 4/29/25

2025 Year Of Volatility

FALSE SENSE OF CALM

4/28/25 Live Trading Room Market Recap & Trades

Brent Talks Dealer Positioning & 2022 Replay

Samantha's Recorded Live Trading Room - 4/28/25

Reasons Buyers Would Step Back In

New Volatility Regime

Samantha's Recorded Live Trading Room - 4/25/25

Fiscal Spending Still Supporting Stocks

Between a Rock & a Yield Place!

Between a Rock & a Yield Place / Macro-To-Micro Options Power Hour / Apr 23, 2025

Samantha's Recorded Live Trading Room - 4/24/25

Catching a Gold Top

Samantha's Recorded Live Trading Room - 4/23/25

Samantha's Recorded Live Trading Room - 4/16/25

4/22/25 Live Trading Room Market Recap & Trades

Samantha's Recorded Live Trading Room - 4/22/25

$NVDA & Falling Dollar Is Priced In

Hedging Protection Until Powell Capitulation

Samantha's Recorded Live Trading Room - 4/21/25

Tracking Sovereign Default Of Debt Repayment

Be Careful What You Ask For From Bitcoin

Gold Is The New VIX

Charts & Stories Are Broken

Follow The Bouncing Bond Yields! / Macro-To-Micro Options Power Hour / Apr 16, 2025

Samantha's Recorded Live Trading Room - 4/17/25

2025 The Year Of Volatility

Monetary Illusion

Earnings Re-Ratings Is Just Starting

Samantha's Recorded Live Trading Room - 4/15/25

Market Makers Are Not In Control

Volatility Both Ways On Macro Intervention Headlines

Samantha's Recorded Live Trading Room - 4/14/25

Systemic Stress Despite Tariff Exemptions & Delays

HAPPY 5,000!

Samantha's Recorded Live Trading Room - 4/11/25

DANCING TO THE EDGE OF DEFAULT

The Aftermath / Macro-To-Micro Options Power Hour / Apr 9, 2025

Samantha's Recorded Live Trading Room - 4/10/25

GLOBAL BOND VOLATILITY - NOT JUST A HEADFAKE

THE STRATEGY OF CHAOS CONTINUES

4/9/25 Live Trading Room Market Recap & Trades

Samantha's Recorded Live Trading Room - 4/9/25

A PLANNED DEFAULT

TRUMP TARGETS CHINA INVESTMENTS - REVISTED & UNLOCKED

Credit Spreads Are Not Fine

Samantha's Recorded Live Trading Room - 4/8/25

Markets Gonna Tank

Crisis - In Confidence

Markets Crash From Oversold – Pre Tariff Day

Samantha's Recorded Live Trading Room - 4/7/25

2025 PREDICTIONS REVISITED

Gold As Collateral Trade

SIGNS OF SELLING EXHAUSTION?

Samantha's Recorded Live Trading Room - 4/4/25

Tariffs Meet Tax Cuts

Mercurial Market Turns Chaotic / Macro-To-Micro Options Power Hour / Apr 2, 2025

Samantha's Recorded Live Trading Room - 4/3/25

My Next Big Shorts

Samantha's Recorded Live Trading Room - 4/2/25

Going Nowhere Fast

Samantha's Recorded Live Trading Room - 4/1/25

Are We Really At Risk Of A Short Squeeze? No

Portfolio Protection Into Tariffs

Samantha's Recorded Live Trading Room - 3/31/25

3/28/25 Live Trading Room Market Recap & Trades

Money Goes Home

Mortgage Volatility To Drive Yields Lower

Chasing An Intraday Short Bearish Candlestick Pattern $SPX $SPY $QQQ

Samantha's Recorded Live Trading Room - 3/28/25

BALANCE OF TRADE IS THE END GAME

Short-Term Jump Risk / Macro-To-Micro Options Power Hour

Samantha's Recorded Live Trading Room - 3/27/25

3/26/25 Live Trading Room Market Recap & Trades

Bearish $XLF Flow / Financials & $SPX $5770 By End Of March

Samantha's Recorded Live Trading Room - 3/26/25

3/25/25 Live Trading Room Market Recap & Trades

Samantha's Recorded Live Trading Room - 3/25/25

Industrial Production & $FDX Are Down Bigly

Samantha's Recorded Live Trading Room - 3/24/25

A Sock-Drawer Trend-Long Play

Market Sell-Off Is A Feature Not A Bug

They’re not hedging. 🎯 Just selling. 😉

3/21/25 Live Trading Room Market Recap & Trades

Buyers Have Yet To Return

$BA Takes Flight & $ACN Crashes On D.O.G.E.

Samantha's Recorded Live Trading Room - 3/21/25

3/20/25 Live Trading Room Market Recap & Trades

Vol.Land Quant Review / Macro-To-Micro Options Power Hour

Samantha's Recorded Live Trading Room - 3/20/25

Market Is More Like 2022 Then 2023-2024

Samantha's Unlocked Recorded Live Trading Room - 3/19/25

3/18/25 Live Trading Room Market Recap & Trades

Samantha's Recorded Live Trading Room - 3/18/25

Falling Dollar Is Bullish Until It's Very Bearish

3/17/25 Live Trading Room Market Recap & Trades

Rerating & Recession Risk Getting Priced In

Samantha's Recorded Live Trading Room - 3/17/25

THIS MARKET SELL-OFF IS A FEATURE NOT A BUG

Volatility Works From The Inside Out

3/14/25 Live Trading Room Market Recap & Trades

Samantha's Recorded Live Trading Room - 3/14/25

Stabilization Into Mechanical Flows

3/13/25 Live Trading Room Market Recap & Trades

Samantha's Recorded Live Trading Room - 3/13/25

Markets Crash From Oversold / Macro-To-Micro Options Power Hour

3/12/25 Live Trading Room Market Recap & Trades

The Big Shorts

Samantha's Recorded Live Trading Room - 3/12/25

Gold & Silver Are In Trend

3/11/25 Live Trading Room Market Recap & Trades

THE STRATEGY OF CHAOS

Vol Control Is In Control

Samantha's Recorded Live Trading Room - 3/11/25

3/10/25 Live Trading Room Market Recap & Trades

Samantha's Recorded Live Trading Room - 3/10/25

3/7/25 Live Trading Room Market Recap & Trades

Recession Risk Not Priced In

Volatility Is Not Done

Macro Roundup

Samantha's Recorded Live Trading Room - 3/7/25

USD Unwind Then Yen Carry Trade Unwind

3/6/25 Live Trading Room Market Recap & Trades

Samantha's Recorded Live Trading Room - 3/6/25

Durable Volatility For Durable Economic Problems / Macro-To-Micro Options Power Hour

3/5/25 Live Trading Room Market Recap & Trades

MONEY GOES HOME

Samantha's Recorded Live Trading Room - 3/5/25

This Whole Process Is A Top

Oil Short Still Working With $ANF + $AAPL

3/4/25 Live Trading Room Market Recap & Trades

Samantha's Recorded Live Trading Room - 3/4/25

Turning To The Dark Side

Samantha's Recorded Live Trading Room - 3/3/25

Be China Risk Aware

2/28/25 Live Trading Room Market Recap & Trades

Trade Ideas Around A US Govt Shutdown

Time To Re-Rate Market Fundamentals

Trump Is Fine With A US Govt Shutdown

Basket Trading Short: NVDA, QQQ, SPX, OIL, YIELDS & GOLD

Samantha's Recorded Live Trading Room - 2/28/25

2/27/25 Live Trading Room Market Recap & Trades

DOES TRUMP WANT TO PUNISH NVIDIA?

Samantha's Recorded Live Trading Room - 2/27/25

Volatility Is The New Normal / Macro-To-Micro Options Power Hour

2/26/25 Live Trading Room Market Recap & Trades

Samantha's Recorded Live Trading Room - 2/26/25

0DTE Options Sucking Out Put Protection Into Rising Unemployment

2/25/25 Live Trading Room Market Recap & Trades

Samantha's Recorded Live Trading Room - 2/25/25

Time To Protect China Longs $BABA $KWEB $FXI

TRUMP TARGETS CHINA INVESTMENTS

2/24/25 Live Trading Room Market Recap & Trades

Samantha's Recorded Live Trading Room - 2/24/25

The Volatility Echo Into Opex Unclenching Is A Dangerous Setup

2/21/25 Live Trading Room Market Recap & Trades

[CORRECTED LTR LINK] Samantha's Recorded Live Trading Room - 2/21/25

Japan To Trigger A Sovereign Bond Duration Shock

Samantha's Recorded Live Trading Room - 2/21/25

Volatility Is Saying The Coast Is Clear, But Is It? / Macro-To-Micro Options Power Hour

Samantha's RECORDED Live Trading Room - 2/20/25

2/20/25 Live Trading Room Market Recap & Trades

$ABNB Case Study: Weekly Squeeze Meets Option Flow Into Earnings

Samantha's RECORDED Live Trading Room - 2/19/25

2/19/25 Live Trading Room Market Recap & Trades

Samantha's RECORDED Live Trading Room - 2/18/25

2/18/25 Live Trading Room Market Recap & Trades

DeepSeek Disturbance Or Disruption, FX Volatility, Labor Market Weakness

Samantha's RECORDED Live Trading Room - 2/14/25

2/14/25 Live Trading Room Market Recap & Trades

Neutrally Balanced Market As $BABA Long Hits 1 Yr Price Target!

Samantha's RECORDED Live Trading Room - 2/13/25

TGA Is So Bearish It's Bullish

Samantha's RECORDED Live Trading Room - 2/12/25

Trump War Vibes Are Inflammatory & Inflationary

Samantha's RECORDED Live Trading Room - 2/11/25

Samantha's RECORDED Live Trading Room - 2/10/25

PEACE: The Trump Trade Revisited

Samantha's RECORDED Live Trading Room - 2/7/25

Suspended Disbelief

Trump’s Tariffying Talk Takes A Turn / Macro-To-Micro Options Power Hour

Samantha's RECORDED Live Trading Room - 2/6/25

Tempus In A Teapot: A Pelosi Pick We Played & Why

Samantha's RECORDED Live Trading Room - 2/5/25

Don't Just Sell Calls Because Something Is Going Up

Gold Is Still Doing Awesome

Samantha's RECORDED Live Trading Room - 2/4/25

Mag 3 Meets FOMC / Macro-To-Micro Options Power Hour

Rotation From Chips To Cloud $IGV $GTLB & $AAPL

Samantha's RECORDED Live Trading Room - 1/30/25

THIS IS THE MANHATTAN PROJECT 2.0

Samantha's RECORDED Live Trading Room - 1/29/25

Boring But Profitable $MMM & $GLW

A Red Swan Disrupts US Big Tech

Samantha's RECORDED Live Trading Room - 1/28/25

Samantha's RECORDED Live Trading Room - 1/27/25

CONSENSUS: RISK ASSETS RALLY HARDER

Unlock OPTION Market Insights with SpotGamma Alpha: A LaDucTrading Partner

Samantha's RECORDED Live Trading Room - 1/24/25

Samantha's RECORDED Live Trading Room - 1/23/25

Trump's Motivations & Market Moves / Macro-To-Micro Options Power Hour

Trump's Trades & Tariff Talks

Samantha's RECORDED Live Trading Room - 1/22/25

The Seasonality Of Volatility During Earnings

Dealer Gamma Is The Cat In A Room Of Rocking Chairs

Samantha's RECORDED Live Trading Room - 1/21/25

Yen Moved The Market Not CPI

YEN CARRY TRADE UNWIND: PART 2

Samantha's RECORDED Live Trading Room - 1/17/25

Oversold Bounce For Inauguration? / Macro-To-Micro Options Power Hour / Jan 15, 2025

Samantha's RECORDED Live Trading Room - 1/16/25

Up 90% Day Will Bring Down 90% Day Soon #marketbreadth

Samantha's RECORDED Live Trading Room - 1/15/25

Gamma Is The Spark

A BOUNCE IS NOT A RALLY

US Dollar Won't Be Talked Lower

Samantha's RECORDED Live Trading Room - 1/14/25

Election Gap Fill Then Let's See

Samantha's RECORDED Live Trading Room - 1/13/25

STILL NOT SAFE

US Recession Risk In Second Half Of 2025 Is Very High

Samantha's RECORDED Live Trading Room - 1/10/25

Undercurrent Of Weakness Persists

Trading A Market In Repair / Macro-To-Micro Options Power Hour / Jan 8, 2025

We Are All Bond Traders Now

Samantha's RECORDED Live Trading Room - 1/8/25

Time To Remind: "YIELDS ABOUT TO BREAK HIGHER" Because It Matters To Market Returns

Samantha's RECORDED Live Trading Room - 1/7/25

MARKETS IN REPAIR

Samantha's RECORDED Live Trading Room - 1/6/25

2025 MAG7 OUTLOOK: "ONE MORE HIGH, AGAIN!"

Let's Dance Into The New Year Together

Samantha's RECORDED Live Trading Room - 1/3/25

Undercurrent Of Weakness Persists

Samantha's RECORDED Live Trading Room - 1/2/25