Good morning, traders…

It started like any other trade…

Tuesday morning at 10:04 am, I bought calls on a certain stock for $2.10.

Within minutes, the chart was running faster than the guy in Get Out…

I was scaling out of contracts like it was going out of style…

By 1:51 pm, I sold my final batch for $5.00.

I nailed this trade because I was laser-focused on what’s been working in this market…

While the rest of the market was chopping around like a washing machine on spin cycle, I was watching:

• A stock showing massive relative strength while its sector bled.
• A perfect pullback after a huge run.
• My OMEN Scanner flashing millions of dollars (on one specific contract).
• The exact pattern I’ve already nailed twice in two weeks for triple-digit wins.*

For the better part of two years, this has been the boring tech stock. 

The one everyone ignored while chasing AI hype.

Now it’s the only consistently tradable tech name in the market.

Let me show you how I made 138% gains. In 4 hours. On 1 trade.*

Why Apple Is Outperforming Tech

For a few years now, Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) has been lagging behind the AI narrative.

There’s no Apple LLM. No data center play. No breakthrough headlines. 

The market has sort of slept on the stock. It’s sturdy, but AAPL lagged while the AI darlings ripped higher.

Now? That’s prior “weakness” has become its greatest strength.

Investors are getting cautious about the scale of AI spending. The mega-caps are committing massive CapEx to AI infrastructure. Billions on data centers that might not pay off for years.

Apple? Not playing that game. Lower risk. Lower burn rate. More stable earnings outlook.

Ironically, the thing that held it back for two years is now the reason it’s outperforming.

It’s crazy how quickly investor emotions flip.

Here’s why they’re flipping:

Defensive Rotation Inside Tech 

When high-beta AI stocks get shaky, institutional buyers rotate into safer names. Apple’s become the “defensive tech ETF.”

Strong Core Business

Recent earnings reinforced confidence in Apple’s fundamentals. The high-margin revenue streams are growing. That attracts institutional money when everything else looks sketchy.

Event Positioning

Traders are positioning ahead of expected spring announcements. Apple events historically create short-term momentum.

AI Narrative Shift

The market’s starting to view Apple’s AI strategy as “lower risk” compared to the data-center buildout insanity happening everywhere else.

Last week, AAPL ran 10%, outperforming everyone else in the tech basket.

Then Thursday and Friday happened. The stock pulled back 7%, erasing most of the rally.

Many traders would view this pullback as the end of the rally, a “I”m too late” type of moment, but I saw something else entirely…

The Setup (And Why I Entered Tuesday Morning)

I was watching that pullback like a hawk.

Apple’s showing relative strength. It’s outperforming the sector. But it just gave back 7% in two days after a huge run.

A pullback in a strong stock. An entry opportunity.

Tuesday morning, I got the signal I was waiting for.

My OMEN Scanner lit up like a Christmas tree. 

Apple calls everywhere: Dozens of strikes. Millions of dollars in volume. Aggressively out of the money.

Relative strength? Check. AAPL was outperforming while the rest of tech was choppy.

Excellent pullback entry level? Check. 7% pullback after a 10% run. Perfect.

Smart Money volume? Check. My scanner was showing massive call buying.With all my boxes checked, I entered the AAPL February 20 $262.50 calls for $2.10 around 30 minutes after the open.

Within minutes, AAPL was surging higher…

And higher…

And higher…

To say the intraday move exceeded my expectations would be a huge understatement. 

How about them AAPLs?

I scaled out four times along the way, selling my final batch for $5.00.

138% gains in just four hours.*

Why Pullback Trades Keep Working

This is the third time in two weeks I’ve caught a triple-digit win on a pullback setup in a relative outperformer with huge Smart Money volume.*

It’s all about pattern recognition. 

Chasing breakouts? That’s getting you stopped out. 

Buying dips on weak stocks? That’s getting you nowhere. 

Waiting for a pullback on a stock showing relative strength with Smart Money confirmation? 

That’s our edge right now:

• Focus on relative strength.
• Enter on pullbacks. 
• Execute ruthlessly. 
• Scale out at the right levels. 

Make sure every setup you take follows those four steps…

…and incredible gains can happen.*

The Cash Flow Signal

Speaking of incredible gains…

My buddy Matt Monaco started trading from his college dorm room years ago. 

He retired young after turning $2,000 into $2 million.*

But now, he’s coming out of retirement because one specific trading opportunity is too big to ignore. 

A catalyst with the potential to change the way small accounts trade … forever. 

Within 6 months of quietly returning, he turned $102,000 into $1.2 million…*

To date, he’s made over $3 million in profits.*

And in the last 3 months, his process has a 96% win rate.*

Now, he’s combined all of the ingredients he used to nail these trades into one system: The Cash Flow Signal.

But remember…

When cash moves, it moves quickly. You want to be positioned BEFORE it unleashes.

Get Matt’s #1 Trade Idea Tomorrow @ 8 P.M. ET.

Be good (and be good to others),
Ben Sturgill

*Past performance does not indicate future results