Chairman’s Club Newsletter of The Month | May

  • May 22, 2025
  • Larry Connors
Chairman’s Club Newsletter of The Month | May

Great to reconnect with everyone.

Here’s what I’ve lined up for the next Chairman’s Club meeting on Thursday, May 29, at 1:00 p.m. ET:

• IBD-50 Collapse Short Strategy – This is the first public reveal of the rules-based framework I’ve traded since the 1990s, executed with fixed-risk puts with stocks on the IBD 50 list. See below for a handful of examples.

• Quantum Computing Stocks – We’ve been focused since last year on the opportunities that Quantum Computing will bring.

These opportunities, led by accelerated product releases by QBTS (up over 200% since AI suggested) and IONQ (also up triple-digit percent) are just the very beginning of what will likely be an industry that even surpasses AI.

This is still very early (like AI was in 2023), and we’ll update the opportunities.

• Build-Your-Own AI Learning Machine – You’ll learn the 10-step process I use to compress months of new trading knowledge into only hours with AI.

• New Trading Field Manual – Cognitive Analysis – Where Alpha Lives Beyond Fundamental, Technical and Quantitative Analysis

Here’s an assessment from GPT o3…

Given the combination of compounding knowledge and talent scarcity, early implementation of Cognitive Analysis (CA) is arguably the greatest asymmetric opportunity in modern trading history.

Firms that embed Cognitive Analysis now are positioned to dominate market microstructure, mandate design, intellectual property, and trading for the next decade.

Each segment of our meeting is a live demonstration of Cognitive Analysis in action – capturing edge-case data, converting it into rule-based trades, and stress-testing outcomes before capital is deployed.

Each segment of our meeting is a live demonstration of Cognitive Analysis in action – capturing edge-case data, converting it into rule-based trades, and stress-testing outcomes before capital is deployed.

Market Recap - Tariffs & the AI Pullback

What a crazy change to the market sentiment over the past 30 days. It all comes down to one word: “Tariffs.”

The trading opportunities have been substantial, especially for those who stayed the course in AI. I’ve been stating this since May 2023 in my webinar series – AI is here to stay. 
 
Those who stayed the course and embraced the technology have been well rewarded, not only over the past month, but also for the past 2 1/2 years.  
 
Owning long-dated, asymmetric positions in multiple parts of AI has proven to be a winning strategy for many. And well done to those of you who mentioned to me you added new positions, or increased size in your existing positions during the pullback.
 
At last month’s Chairman’s Club meeting, I showed you an analysis that AI did looking at pullbacks that occurred during other revolutionary technology breakthroughs.
 
It stated it was perfectly normal to see 20-30% pullbacks along the way before seeing prices rise again. This is exactly how this one played out again. It’s great to have this type of analysis at our fingertips.

This Month’s Chairman’s Club Meeting - May 29, 2025

This month’s meeting is on Thursday, May 29, at 1:00 p.m. ET. I’m excited to be covering the following:

Strategy Spotlight: IBD-50 Collapse Short Strategy

This is a first-time-published, rules-based strategy that takes advantage of collapses in IBD 50 stocks.

I’ve known about this strategy since the early 1990’s, traded it in the early 2000’s especially during the bear market, and have continued to trade it today.

On Thursday, I’ll reveal it for the first time. There are a number of structural and behavioral reasons why this strategy is one of my favorite strategies to short stocks (with predetermined dollar risk with puts).

Here are just a small handful of the stocks that have triggered short signals (again with puts). As you can see, many are massive moves to the downside.

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Members of Chairman’s Club will learn this strategy first. I may make this strategy available for sale in the future as a stand-alone strategy because there are so few viable short-selling strategies available to traders.

Opportunities in Quantum Computing Stocks - This is The Next Major Technology Revolution

We’ve been focused since last year on the opportunities that Quantum Computing will bring.

These opportunities, led by accelerated product releases by QBTS (up over 200% since AI suggested) and IONQ (also up triple-digit percentages) are just the very beginning of what will likely be an industry that even surpasses AI.

This is still very early (very much just like AI was in early 2023). We’ll not only update the opportunities, but also apply “second-order thinking” (higher-level thinking) to what will likely happen to the stocks in the industries that first announce revolutionary breakthroughs because they applied the technology from firms such as IONQ and QBTS.

This type of professional-level thinking is what allowed many to get into AI-related power companies, data center companies, and stocks such as PLTR in 2023, well before they had triple-digit gains.

I believe the same opportunities will be available in Quantum Computing.

AI Tool Spotlight: Build Your Own AI Learning Machine

How To Build Your Own AI Learning Machine – This is powerful and simple to do. Even though I’ve been in the trading industry professionally for 44 years, this one tool has increased many aspects of my trading knowledge multiple times – all within days and oftentimes within only a few short hours. 
 
Your trading knowledge will exponentially grow and you’ll be able to professionally apply this knowledge to your trading immediately because of this. 

A Preview of My New Trading Field Manual: Cognitive Analysis - Where Alpha Lives Beyond Fundamental, Technical, and Quantitative Analysis

The combination of professionally applying your trading knowledge with AI’s vast trading knowledge has a compounding effect – one that GPT states is arguably the greatest asymmetric opportunity in modern trading history.

This will be the first in a series where you will learn to implement this in your trading ahead of the majority of hedge funds.

Membership Openings & Next Steps

If you are not yet a Member of Chairman’s Club and would like to join, please reach out to me.

Chairman’s Club meets monthly; we cover new trading strategies, new research, advancements in the use of AI, and also how to trade current market conditions.

Admission is by acceptance only – you should have at least 3-5 years of extensive trading experience to get the full benefits of being a Member.

If you’re interested in joining, please reach out to Darlene Davis at Darlene@cg3.com, and she’ll schedule a 30-minute call with me.

Sincerely,

Larry

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