The Trading Post | 10.06.25

October 06, 2025

Good morning,

Japan’s election surprise sends the Nikkei screaming to all-time highs, the U.S. shutdown drags into week two, AMD explodes on an OpenAI deal, OPEC+ plays small ball, and Bitcoin chills near record highs… classic Monday chaos.

Master futures spread trading with Brandon Wendell's Wealth With Spreads—the strategy that delivers consistent returns with dramatically lower risk and margin requirements. 

Let’s jump in.

Pre-Market Performance

As of 10.03.25 market close.

Market News

  • Japan’s “Iron Lady” ignites a historic Nikkei surge: Sanae Takaichi’s win sent the index up 5% and the yen crashing 1.7% to 150/USD. Traders now expect the BoJ to keep the liquidity taps open. Reuters

  • U.S. shutdown stretches into week two: No jobs report, no data, no problem—markets still climbing on AI mania and Fed-cut hopes. CNBC

  • AMD rockets 23% after OpenAI partnership: Finally stepping out of Nvidia’s shadow, AMD scores a multi-billion-dollar AI deal that could reshape the data-center landscape. MarketWatch

  • OPEC+ goes cautious: A token 137K bpd bump pushes Brent up 1% to $65—just enough to look busy without flooding the market. CNBC

  • Bitcoin holds the line: Consolidating near $124K with $985M ETF inflows last Friday—apparently, this bull run has ETFs on steroids. Benzinga

A Message From Wealth Builders HQ

Trade Smarter, Not Harder: Unlock the Power of Futures Spreads 

Most retail traders don't know about one of Wall Street's best-kept secrets: futures spread trading. 

Wealth With Spreads, led by veteran trader Brandon Wendell, CMT, teaches you how to profit from the price differences between related futures contracts—whether markets go up, down, or sideways. 

Here's what makes spread trading so powerful: 

  • Dramatically lower margins: Trade positions for $300-$500 instead of $10,000+ 

  • Reduced risk: You're long and short simultaneously, providing downside protection 

  • Direction-neutral profits: Make money regardless of overall market direction 

  • High rate of return: Achieve 50-100%+ returns on minimal capital deployment 

Brandon provides real-time spread alerts as trades are opened, managed, adjusted, and closed, plus quarterly live Q&A sessions and foundational training to help you understand both intramarket spreads (same security, different months) and intermarket spreads (related securities). 

Whether you're looking to diversify your trading strategies, reduce your margin requirements, or trade with less directional risk, Wealth With Spreads gives you a professional-grade approach that institutions have used for decades. 

Ready to add spread trading to your arsenal? Check out Wealth With Spreads and start trading like the pros. 

Earnings We’re Watching

  • Constellation,Inc. (STZ) - Monday (AMC) 

Daily Moment of Zen

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The individual investor should act consistently as an investor and not as a speculator.

Benjamin Graham

Why It Matters:

Stop pretending your Robinhood account is a Formula 1 car. Investors buy businesses; speculators chase tickers. One builds wealth through patience and arithmetic, the other through adrenaline and luck. Graham’s point still stings today — most traders claim to be “investing for the long term” right up until their stop-loss gets hit. Acting like an investor means discipline, a thesis, and a time horizon longer than your Wi-Fi connection. In short: if you can’t explain why you’re in the trade beyond “it’s going up,” you’re not investing — you’re gambling with better branding.