Weekly Market Wrap: Retail Rally, Volatility, and What’s Next (April 7–11, 2025)
The markets delivered a wild ride this week, swinging from sharp losses to a massive rebound, largely powered by retail investors. Here’s a concise breakdown of what happened, who was behind the moves, and what to watch in the days ahead. Market Recap: A Volatile but Strong Week • S&P 500: +5.7% (closed at 5,268.05) • Dow Jones: +5% • Nasdaq Composite: +7.3% • Russell 2000: +1.8% Despite the rebound, year-to-date returns remain negative: • S&P 500: -8.8% • Nasdaq: -13.4% • Russell 2000: -16.6% What triggered the rally? • A 90-day pause on new U.S. tariffs (excluding China) gave investors temporary relief. • Retail investors surged in to “buy the dip,” leading to a massive mid-week bounce. ⸻ Retail Investors Took the Lead Retail traders showed up in force this week: • Poured in over
I opened 1000.0 share(s) $Direxion Daily TSLA Bull 2X Shares(TSLL)$ ,Starting to scale in some small positions now. Still expecting a bigger drop but buying on red days is good
Today was a big pump fueled by Trump's tweet which signalled a potential relief to the trade war. It was a pump for the history books and many were caught off guard shorting the markets or having sold at a low, fearful for lower. This is a reminder to: 1. Buy the dip and be able to hold through volatile times. 2. Use less leverage, less options and you will be able to hold. Only use leverage if you are somehow confident that this is the bottom. 3. Don't be fearful and panic sell. Hold good companies and they will come back again. 4. Don't be greedy and try to short the bottom. Most likely you are already late once the news hit the media. 5. Survive and stay safe. Remember that money is just money. Living a good life with family is most important.
I closed 1610.0 share(s) $Tesla Motors(TSLA)$ ,$Tesla Motors(TSLA)$ Taking the win today. After a 20% pump, I am more inclined to believe it will drop over the next few days. If I am wrong, I'm happy with profits today
I closed 2100.0 share(s) $Hims & Hers Health Inc.(HIMS)$ ,I closed $Hims & Hers Health Inc.(HIMS)$ ,Take a look at the latest order I posted! Taking the small loss here for HIMS. Has been slightly disappointed with its price action. Will reconsider if it goes lower. Saving bullets for any further drops now
I opened 2000.0 share(s) $Direxion Daily TSLA Bull 2X Shares(TSLL)$ ,Set a lower bid after I sold for a 2k profit. Again, still bullish. Just trading the volatility to get better average prices
I opened 275.0 share(s) $Direxion Daily TSLA Bull 2X Shares(TSLL)$ ,My big wins came from picking one strong stock and DCA-ing on it. Feeling that TSLA is that stock this time
I closed 400.0 share(s) $ProShares UltraPro QQQ(TQQQ)$ ,Cutting loss on this due to the volatility which gives very high decay for leveraged shares. Still bullish for a rebound holding tsla and hims