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Most investors are late. That’s expensive.

I publish how I position before the market catches on.
Seven straight profitable years by avoiding bad risk and pressing good ones.
Read it before it prints.

Alts Aren’t Dead. They’re Boring. Big Difference.

Feb 13, 2026

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3 min read

Alts Aren’t Dead. They’re Boring. Big Difference.

OTHERS.D is setting up like 2016 and 2019 — not 2022. Pay attention.

Connor Miller
Connor Miller

Articles

Alts Aren’t Dead. They’re Boring. Big Difference.

Feb 13, 2026

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3 min read

Alts Aren’t Dead. They’re Boring. Big Difference.

OTHERS.D is setting up like 2016 and 2019 — not 2022. Pay attention.

Connor Miller
Connor Miller

Asymmetric Setup

Energy Isn’t Done — These Are the Breakouts I’m Buying

Feb 13, 2026

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4 min read

Energy Isn’t Done — These Are the Breakouts I’m Buying

Positioning for the next leg of energy outperformance

Connor Miller
Connor Miller

Outside The Bubble

OUTSIDE THE BUBBLE

Feb 13, 2026

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3 min read

OUTSIDE THE BUBBLE

The weekly signal digest on emerging tech and capital shifts.

Connor Miller
Connor Miller
Business Models That Last (And Ones That Don’t)

Feb 12, 2026

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4 min read

Business Models That Last (And Ones That Don’t)

Great stories fade. Durable economics compound. ABIP Fundamentals Series — Part 4 of 12

Connor Miller
Connor Miller
ANCHOR Tuesday Is Live Starting Next Week!

Feb 11, 2026

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3 min read

ANCHOR Tuesday Is Live Starting Next Week!

AI changes workflows. It doesn’t erase infrastructure. A new weekly segment.

Connor Miller
Connor Miller
It’s Still One Trade

Feb 11, 2026

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4 min read

It’s Still One Trade

Software vs. Everything Else

Connor Miller
Connor Miller
Crypto Isn’t Dead — It’s Being Reset

Feb 10, 2026

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7 min read

Crypto Isn’t Dead — It’s Being Reset

Extreme apathy, HTF support, and where disciplined capital actually steps in - A lesson in trading the mean reversion bounce

Connor Miller
Connor Miller

Analysis

$TTAN added to the portfolio — Alpha Framework Thesis

Feb 10, 2026

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4 min read

$TTAN added to the portfolio — Alpha Framework Thesis

ServiceTitan: The OS for the Trades (and Why AI Makes It Stronger, Not Weaker)

Connor Miller
Connor Miller
Catalysts Don’t Mean Dates — They Mean Expectation Shifts

Feb 10, 2026

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3 min read

Catalysts Don’t Mean Dates — They Mean Expectation Shifts

If you’re waiting on a calendar, you’re already late. ABIP Fundamentals Series — Part 3 of 12

Connor Miller
Connor Miller
How to Tell If a Company Is Actually Misunderstood

Feb 5, 2026

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4 min read

How to Tell If a Company Is Actually Misunderstood

Mispriced is common. Misunderstood is rare. ABIP Fundamentals Series — Part 2 of 12

Connor Miller
Connor Miller

Early Inflection

They’re Not Hiding the Playbook

Feb 4, 2026

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6 min read

They’re Not Hiding the Playbook

Why the market may force a scoop before it allows the score

Connor Miller
Connor Miller
This Is What “Before It Prints” Looks Like

Feb 4, 2026

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4 min read

This Is What “Before It Prints” Looks Like

A real-time case study in asymmetric conviction

Connor Miller
Connor Miller

Market Orientation

The Rolling Recession Nobody Wants to Admit Is Already Here

Feb 3, 2026

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4 min read

The Rolling Recession Nobody Wants to Admit Is Already Here

Why capital is quietly getting vacuumed out of the market

Connor Miller
Connor Miller
The 12-Question Filter I Run Before Buying Any Stock

Feb 3, 2026

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5 min read

The 12-Question Filter I Run Before Buying Any Stock

This isn’t a checklist. It’s a kill-switch. ABIP Fundamentals Series — Part 1 of 12

Connor Miller
Connor Miller

Investing Lessons

Why I’m Writing a Fundamentals Series

Feb 2, 2026

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3 min read

Why I’m Writing a Fundamentals Series

And why it has nothing to do with stock picks

Connor Miller
Connor Miller
Alpha Framework — Weekly Portfolio Update
LockSimple

Jan 30, 2026

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4 min read

Alpha Framework — Weekly Portfolio Update

Connor Miller
Connor Miller
Powell Wasn’t Hawkish.

Jan 28, 2026

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6 min read

Powell Wasn’t Hawkish.

That’s the Signal Everyone’s Missing.

Connor Miller
Connor Miller
The Fed Isn’t Cutting — It’s Re-Engineering the Game

Jan 27, 2026

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6 min read

The Fed Isn’t Cutting — It’s Re-Engineering the Game

If Trump names a BlackRock CIO as Fed Chair, this isn’t about rates. It’s about running the economy hot — consequences later.

Connor Miller
Connor Miller

Early Inflection

When Long-Term Capital Starts Showing Its Hand

Jan 27, 2026

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5 min read

When Long-Term Capital Starts Showing Its Hand

How to spot accumulation before the narrative catches up

Connor Miller
Connor Miller
The Yen Is Cracking — And That’s Not a Japan Problem

Jan 26, 2026

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5 min read

The Yen Is Cracking — And That’s Not a Japan Problem

The most under-appreciated risk sitting beneath global markets right now

Connor Miller
Connor Miller

Structural Shift

The ChatGPT Bull Market

Jan 25, 2026

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5 min read

The ChatGPT Bull Market

When hype replaces fundamentals, the edge is already gone

Connor Miller
Connor Miller

Portfolio Update

Alpha Framework — Weekly Portfolio Update (Jan 17–Jan 23)

Jan 24, 2026

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6 min read

Alpha Framework — Weekly Portfolio Update (Jan 17–Jan 23)

Connor Miller
Connor Miller
Why These Executives Chose Lemonade

Jan 23, 2026

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4 min read

Why These Executives Chose Lemonade

And What That Signals About the Future of Insurance

Connor Miller
Connor Miller

Market Orientation

The Most Important Chart This Week Isn’t Stocks. It’s The Dollar.

Jan 22, 2026

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4 min read

The Most Important Chart This Week Isn’t Stocks. It’s The Dollar.

Connor Miller
Connor Miller
Quick check-in — is this delivering value for you?
LockSimple

Jan 20, 2026

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1 min read

Quick check-in — is this delivering value for you?

Connor Miller
Connor Miller

Micro-Cap Home Run

Micro-Cap Home Runs #5

Jan 20, 2026

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6 min read

Micro-Cap Home Runs #5

When Waste Stops Being Free, Entire Industries Reprice

Connor Miller
Connor Miller

Investing Lessons

VWAP Isn’t a Line. It’s a Memory.

Jan 19, 2026

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7 min read

VWAP Isn’t a Line. It’s a Memory.

Why IPO AVWAP quietly dictates where real trends begin — and where they die

Connor Miller
Connor Miller
Alpha Framework — Weekly Portfolio Update
LockSimple

Jan 16, 2026

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3 min read

Alpha Framework — Weekly Portfolio Update

Week: Jan 10, 2026 – Jan 16, 2026

Connor Miller
Connor Miller

Market Orientation

Peak Fear, Falling Prices

Jan 15, 2026

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7 min read

Peak Fear, Falling Prices

Why the “bad news” stack is quietly turning into a disinflationary tailwind in 2026

Connor Miller
Connor Miller

Portfolio Update

New Position Added: Edge AI Isn’t a Cloud Story Anymore

Jan 14, 2026

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5 min read

New Position Added: Edge AI Isn’t a Cloud Story Anymore

Why inference is quietly moving off the data center — and into devices

Connor Miller
Connor Miller

Market Orientation

Venezuela Just Taught the Market Something Big About Crypto

Jan 12, 2026

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3 min read

Venezuela Just Taught the Market Something Big About Crypto

The Bitcoin Bull Case Didn’t Come From Prices — It Came From What Doesn’t Break When the Phone Rings.

Connor Miller
Connor Miller

Market Orientation

SCOTUS, IEPA, and the Market’s Next Fork in the Road

Jan 8, 2026

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3 min read

SCOTUS, IEPA, and the Market’s Next Fork in the Road

Why tomorrow’s ruling matters more for posture than politics

Connor Miller
Connor Miller

Asymmetric Setup

Miners Don’t Lead. They Accelerate.

Jan 7, 2026

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5 min read

Miners Don’t Lead. They Accelerate.

Why miner trades only work after Bitcoin removes ambiguity.

Connor Miller
Connor Miller

Market Orientation

Venezuela Isn’t the Trade

Jan 7, 2026

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4 min read

Venezuela Isn’t the Trade

Why the real impact may show up far from oil — and faster than expected

Connor Miller
Connor Miller

Analysis

Ondas Isn’t a Drone Story. It’s an Exposure Problem Resolving.

Jan 6, 2026

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5 min read

Ondas Isn’t a Drone Story. It’s an Exposure Problem Resolving.

What this story looks like when you stop calling it a drone company

Connor Miller
Connor Miller

Analysis

Zeta, OpenAI, and the Difference Between Intelligence and Control

Jan 5, 2026

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6 min read

Zeta, OpenAI, and the Difference Between Intelligence and Control

Why this partnership matters — and why most people will still misread it

Connor Miller
Connor Miller

Market Orientation

A Quiet Re-Entry Into China

Jan 5, 2026

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5 min read

A Quiet Re-Entry Into China

Compression before expansion

Connor Miller
Connor Miller

Market Orientation

This Didn’t Start Last Night

Jan 3, 2026

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5 min read

This Didn’t Start Last Night

Energy was already moving before the narrative arrived.

Connor Miller
Connor Miller

Analysis

ZETA Isn’t an AI Story. It’s a Math Problem

Dec 31, 2025

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5 min read

ZETA Isn’t an AI Story. It’s a Math Problem

Why ROI beats narratives every time

Connor Miller
Connor Miller
Asymmetry Over Size
LockSimple

Dec 30, 2025

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3 min read

Asymmetry Over Size

Why early structure and small size can still produce outsized returns

Connor Miller
Connor Miller

Micro-Cap Home Run

Micro-Cap Home Runs #4

Dec 30, 2025

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4 min read

Micro-Cap Home Runs #4

The AI bottleneck hiding beneath the GPU trade

Connor Miller
Connor Miller

Convex Alpha

Is The Top in For Microsoft? Or is this just a Convex Setup

Dec 29, 2025

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4 min read

Is The Top in For Microsoft? Or is this just a Convex Setup

Structuring time and optionality instead of forcing a breakout

Connor Miller
Connor Miller

Analysis

The 2026 Playbook

Dec 29, 2025

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6 min read

The 2026 Playbook

Where the next regime shift could happen—and how I’m positioning before it shows up in the tape

Connor Miller
Connor Miller

Analysis

UiPath Is the “Palantir for Everyone” — And That’s Why It’s Mispriced

Dec 29, 2025

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4 min read

UiPath Is the “Palantir for Everyone” — And That’s Why It’s Mispriced

Enterprise automation doesn’t win by being the fastest. It wins by getting deployed.

Connor Miller
Connor Miller

Analysis

NVIDIA Didn’t Buy Groq for Speed

Dec 25, 2025

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4 min read

NVIDIA Didn’t Buy Groq for Speed

They bought optionality — and that changes how I think about AI infrastructure stocks

Connor Miller
Connor Miller

Market Orientation

This Is Why We Stayed Calm

Dec 24, 2025

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4 min read

This Is Why We Stayed Calm

How structure — not sentiment — told us exactly what to do

Connor Miller
Connor Miller

Analysis

When Self-Driving Kills Fewer People, Insurance Gets Rewritten

Dec 24, 2025

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2 min read

When Self-Driving Kills Fewer People, Insurance Gets Rewritten

Why collapsing accident risk is structurally bullish for Lemonade and brutal for legacy insurers

Connor Miller
Connor Miller

Analysis

UiPath ($PATH): When the Chart Lies

Dec 23, 2025

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7 min read

UiPath ($PATH): When the Chart Lies

A post-hype automation leader the market stopped paying attention to

Connor Miller
Connor Miller
Where the Alpha Framework Portfolio Lives Going Forward

Dec 22, 2025

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2 min read

Where the Alpha Framework Portfolio Lives Going Forward

A single source of truth for the Alpha Framework Portfolio

Connor Miller
Connor Miller
You just doubled your money in 4 days

Dec 22, 2025

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2 min read

You just doubled your money in 4 days

A live example of asymmetric optionality doing exactly what it’s designed to do

Connor Miller
Connor Miller

Micro-Cap Home Run

Microcap Home Runs #3

Dec 21, 2025

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4 min read

Microcap Home Runs #3

Selling the Stock Isn’t Selling the Thesis

Connor Miller
Connor Miller

Micro-Cap Home Run

🏆 Microcap Home Runs #2

Dec 21, 2025

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6 min read

🏆 Microcap Home Runs #2

Why mispriced assets don’t always live in microcaps — and why that’s the edge

Connor Miller
Connor Miller

Micro-Cap Home Run

The Choke Point Trade - Micro Cap Home Runs #1

Dec 21, 2025

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6 min read

The Choke Point Trade - Micro Cap Home Runs #1

Why $CLPT isn’t a medtech stock — it’s infrastructure hiding in plain sight

Connor Miller
Connor Miller

Market Orientation

Saturday Alpha Notes

Dec 20, 2025

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8 min read

Saturday Alpha Notes

Structure Is Holding — And That Matters More Than Sentiment

Connor Miller
Connor Miller
$RIVN Is Breaking Out of the Andy Dufresne

Dec 18, 2025

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2 min read

$RIVN Is Breaking Out of the Andy Dufresne

When a stock survives years of abandonment, the re-rating doesn’t ask for permission

Connor Miller
Connor Miller

Market Orientation

Thursday Market Outlook

Dec 18, 2025

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5 min read

Thursday Market Outlook

The Most Hated Rally Usually Pays the Best

Connor Miller
Connor Miller
$SCHW about to rip

Dec 18, 2025

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2 min read

$SCHW about to rip

Connor Miller
Connor Miller

Investing Lessons

The Andy Dufresne Pattern

Dec 18, 2025

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6 min read

The Andy Dufresne Pattern

Why the ugliest charts often produce the best outcomes

Connor Miller
Connor Miller

Market Orientation

Freight Market Macro Update

Dec 18, 2025

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4 min read

Freight Market Macro Update

Why This Peak Season Feels Different (And Why 2026 May Surprise People)

Connor Miller
Connor Miller

Market Orientation

Mid-Week Market Update

Dec 17, 2025

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6 min read

Mid-Week Market Update

Tech Is Heavy. The Market Isn’t Broken.

Connor Miller
Connor Miller

Market Orientation

Mid-Week Flash Update

Dec 17, 2025

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4 min read

Mid-Week Flash Update

Markets feel worse than they are

Connor Miller
Connor Miller

Market Orientation

Tuesday Market Update

Dec 16, 2025

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7 min read

Tuesday Market Update

Chop now. Resolution soon. Don’t overthink it.

Connor Miller
Connor Miller

Market Orientation

A Rough Tape — and the Risk We’ve Been Flagging

Dec 15, 2025

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14 min read

A Rough Tape — and the Risk We’ve Been Flagging

Why today didn’t come out of nowhere

Connor Miller
Connor Miller
I Shouldn’t Be Alive

Dec 15, 2025

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7 min read

I Shouldn’t Be Alive

An unpublished excerpt from a book I never planned to write

Connor Miller
Connor Miller

Market Orientation

Saturday Alpha Notes: Rotation, Not Rupture

Dec 13, 2025

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8 min read

Saturday Alpha Notes: Rotation, Not Rupture

A post-close look at what actually changed this week — and what didn’t

Connor Miller
Connor Miller

Market Orientation

Today’s FOMC Reaction Just Confirmed What Matters Most

Dec 10, 2025

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8 min read

Today’s FOMC Reaction Just Confirmed What Matters Most

The market finally showed its hand — and it wasn’t subtle.

Connor Miller
Connor Miller

Asymmetric Setup

+1

Energy Is Setting Up for Its Next Big Move

Dec 10, 2025

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7 min read

Energy Is Setting Up for Its Next Big Move

Why I’m positioned in VLO, PSX, and XOM ahead of the next leg in the cycle.

Connor Miller
Connor Miller

Market Orientation

Tuesday Pre-FOMC Insights: The Market Is Quietly Repricing the Entire 2025–2026 Playbook

Dec 9, 2025

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6 min read

Tuesday Pre-FOMC Insights: The Market Is Quietly Repricing the Entire 2025–2026 Playbook

Why tomorrow’s “hawkish cut” isn’t the threat investors think — and the rotations happening beneath the surface.

Connor Miller
Connor Miller

Market Orientation

Monday Insights

Dec 8, 2025

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5 min read

Monday Insights

Apple Weakness, Yield Breakouts, and Why This Week Sets Up an Asymmetric January

Connor Miller
Connor Miller

Market Orientation

Rate Cuts Locked In — But Breakouts May Stall First

Dec 6, 2025

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17 min read

Rate Cuts Locked In — But Breakouts May Stall First

Why This Week Favors Operators Who Scale the Fear While Tourists Chase the Noise

Connor Miller
Connor Miller
The Next Wave of Asymmetric Winners

Dec 4, 2025

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3 min read

The Next Wave of Asymmetric Winners

The market already crowned its last batch of disruptors. Here’s the list nobody’s talking about yet.

Connor Miller
Connor Miller

Early Inflection

Trump’s Robotics Order Just Unlocked the Next Multi-Year Trade

Dec 3, 2025

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15 min read

Trump’s Robotics Order Just Unlocked the Next Multi-Year Trade

And these are the robotics stocks that actually matter before Wall Street wakes up

Connor Miller
Connor Miller

Market Orientation

Why today’s ADP miss matters — and what it confirms about next week’s rate cut

Dec 3, 2025

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4 min read

Why today’s ADP miss matters — and what it confirms about next week’s rate cut

The labor print wasn’t pretty, but it all but guarantees the Fed eases in December.

Connor Miller
Connor Miller
Alpha Premium – Weekly Macro Playbook

Dec 3, 2025

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8 min read

Alpha Premium – Weekly Macro Playbook

Constructive... but not confirmed. The market looks bullish, but it still needs to prove it.

Connor Miller
Connor Miller
Alpha 40K – Tuesday Update

Dec 2, 2025

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15 min read

Alpha 40K – Tuesday Update

Short-term noise. Long-term conviction. A portfolio built to compound — not chase entries.

Connor Miller
Connor Miller
The Alpha 40K Buy Zone Playbook — December 2025 Edition

Dec 1, 2025

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8 min read

The Alpha 40K Buy Zone Playbook — December 2025 Edition

Your full macro roadmap + every dip-buy zone for every position in the Alpha 40K portfolio. Exact levels, long-term targets, risk parameters, and where the asymmetric upside sits heading into 2026.

Connor Miller
Connor Miller
ETH & BTC: December Bottom Is Setting Up Before Anyone Sees It

Dec 1, 2025

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5 min read

ETH & BTC: December Bottom Is Setting Up Before Anyone Sees It

Both charts just failed at obvious levels, erased half their rallies, and now look ready to bleed into the FOMC chop before finding a real low later this month.

Connor Miller
Connor Miller
How I Actually Spot These Trades Before They Move

Nov 30, 2025

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6 min read

How I Actually Spot These Trades Before They Move

Most people think I get “lucky” with entries.

Connor Miller
Connor Miller
Something Big Is Coming (7 Days Out)

Nov 29, 2025

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5 min read

Something Big Is Coming (7 Days Out)

The portfolio is live — but only for 7 days.

Connor Miller
Connor Miller

Analysis

Zeta: The Sleeper AI Stock That Just Woke Up

Nov 12, 2025

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8 min read

Zeta: The Sleeper AI Stock That Just Woke Up

While everyone’s chasing hype, Zeta quietly launched the one AI tool that might actually drive revenue — and Wall Street’s still asleep at the wheel.

Connor Miller
Connor Miller
When God Says Go, You Go.

Nov 9, 2025

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7 min read

When God Says Go, You Go.

How running from my calling led to success on paper and misery in my soul.

Connor Miller
Connor Miller

Analysis

Cipher Mining ($CIFR): The Power Brokers of the AI Era

Nov 6, 2025

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7 min read

Cipher Mining ($CIFR): The Power Brokers of the AI Era

Short-Term Target: $50 | Long-Term Target: $100+

Connor Miller
Connor Miller
October Setup

Oct 1, 2025

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3 min read

October Setup

The Pause Before the Push

Connor Miller
Connor Miller

Conviction > Consensus

+1

September Scoreboard

Sep 30, 2025

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4 min read

September Scoreboard

The Month Consensus Got Wrong

Connor Miller
Connor Miller

Conviction > Consensus

+1

Macro Setup

Sep 3, 2025

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6 min read

Macro Setup

September's About to Flip the Script

Connor Miller
Connor Miller

Analysis

Lemonade ($LMND): Told You So.

Aug 6, 2025

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3 min read

Lemonade ($LMND): Told You So.

Everyone laughed at $LMND at $10. Now they’re scrambling to understand it at $50.

Connor Miller
Connor Miller

Analysis

Why We’re Betting Big on Defense and Health Tech

Jul 30, 2025

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5 min read

Why We’re Betting Big on Defense and Health Tech

The world is changing fast. We’re positioning faster.

Connor Miller
Connor Miller
The Kind of Alpha That Actually Matters

Jul 25, 2025

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3 min read

The Kind of Alpha That Actually Matters

The ROI on walking with God crushes any stock I’ve ever picked.

Connor Miller
Connor Miller
You’re Not in Control — And That’s a Good Thing

Jul 14, 2025

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4 min read

You’re Not in Control — And That’s a Good Thing

When I stopped trying to be God, I finally met Him.

Connor Miller
Connor Miller
I Don’t Hustle Like I Used To — And That’s a Good Thing

Jul 8, 2025

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5 min read

I Don’t Hustle Like I Used To — And That’s a Good Thing

Why I Stopped Chasing Money and Started Building for Time Freedom

Connor Miller
Connor Miller

Investing Lessons

+1

PEG Ratio Is the Most Underrated Metric in Investing.

Jul 7, 2025

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5 min read

PEG Ratio Is the Most Underrated Metric in Investing.

It’s not sexy. It’s not trendy. But it’s quietly one of the most powerful valuation signals in the game.

Connor Miller
Connor Miller
I Wrote This in 2023 While Building My $HIMS Position

Jul 4, 2025

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5 min read

I Wrote This in 2023 While Building My $HIMS Position

The best investments never look obvious at the beginning

Connor Miller
Connor Miller

Analysis

Lemonade Just Changed the Game

Jul 3, 2025

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4 min read

Lemonade Just Changed the Game

Less reinsurance. More risk. Higher upside.

Connor Miller
Connor Miller

Analysis

Lemonade: Obvious in Hindsight

Jul 2, 2025

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7 min read

Lemonade: Obvious in Hindsight

Wall Street is three years late, again.

Connor Miller
Connor Miller

Investing Lessons

+2

The $67,000 Mistake I Don’t Want You to Make

Jul 1, 2025

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2 min read

The $67,000 Mistake I Don’t Want You to Make

I made $14K on a single trade — and still botched it.

Connor Miller
Connor Miller
What I’m Buying Right Now for Asymmetric Upside

Jun 28, 2025

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4 min read

What I’m Buying Right Now for Asymmetric Upside

Connor Miller
Connor Miller
Why I Started This Newsletter

Jun 28, 2025

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3 min read

Why I Started This Newsletter

Alpha Before It Prints

Connor Miller
Connor Miller
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