Market Meltdown: Why It’s Too Early to Buy the Dip and How to Trade the Chaos

By Bryan Bottarelli

April 7, 2025

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By now, you’ve seen the stats detailing the eye-popping market losses in response to the tariffs.

The S&P 500 is now down -17% from its February 19th high.
The Russell 2000 Small Cap index is down -25% since hitting a high on November 25th
The Nasdaq is down -23% since December 16th.

Barron’s correctly says “Trump Can’t Win This Trade War: The Stock Market is the Loser.”

As anyone who took Econ 101 knows, nobody wins in a trade war.

With no clear sign of things getting better, panic is setting in across the globe. Everything is getting hit—cryptocurrencies, oil, the U.S. dollar. Even gold is down from its record highs last week.

So, after such a huge market pullback, you’re probably wondering…

Is It Time to Buy the Dip?

Not Yet

Stock-market corrections normally last 115 days – and we’re only 40 days in so far. So, it’s time for us as traders to lock in and remain balanced and hedged.

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YOUR ACTION PLAN

Right now, the best tactical trading advice is to trade both the ups and the downs using a strangle trade.

We just did this successfully inside The War Room on JPMorgan Chase (JPM).

With earnings coming up on Friday, combined with a market in the midst of incredible chaos and turmoil, we entered into a call/put strangle position on JPM – and caught a sizable directional move to lock in a profit.

In this uncertain market, this seems to be the only market-neutral trade to make, so that’s the strategy we’re now using.

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