The 23 Enigma Guide

As a market technician trained to uncover irregularities in the markets, I’ve devoted over 20 years to finding unique ways to generate profits.

And this may be the most amazing discovery of my career…

It’s a market anomaly that could land you windfalls as high as $9,550, $12,150, and even $18,400 within a month. And it all has to do with the number 23, a number that appears in nature with intriguing frequency.

There are 23 chromosomes in our DNA…

It takes 23 seconds for your blood to fully circulate through your body…

The earth’s axis is tilted by 23 degrees…

And the 23rd of the month is one of the best times to profit from a powerful market phenomenon.

Crossroads to a Moonshot

The 23rd day of every month lies at the crossroads of two market events.

The first is the Options Expiration Effect.

Most options expire monthly. And those always expire on the third Friday of any given month… Which usually kicks off the weekend just before the 23rd of every month.

Options all have a strike price, the price at which the option lets you buy (call) or sell (put) shares, and an expiration date, by which they either are executed or expire worthless. (For more information on options, check out my “Options Masterclass” here.)

As expiration approaches, the share price is often pinned down to the strike price of a heavily traded option.

This is called “pinning the strike.”

As big options traders adjust their portfolios, they may buy or sell the underlying stock to hedge their positions.

This can create artificial pressure on the stock. But after these options expire, that pressure is relieved and the stock shoots higher.

For example, consider Bentley Systems (Nasdaq: BSY) in May 2023.

The stock jumped on May 9 when Bentley Systems released its first quarter results and then flattened until the 23rd of May.

But starting on the 23rd, the stock went wild…

As I mentioned, the 23rd falls between two market events.

The first is the Options Expiration Effect. The second is the Turn-of-the-Month Effect.

The Turn-of-the-Month Effect is an anomaly in which stocks surge during the last few trading days of the current month and the first few trading days of the following month.

This event is so powerful that the Financial Analysts Journal found that it accounted for ALL of the Dow’s positive return for 79 years!

A study over a 47-year period showed that if you invested only during five days around the turn of the month and stayed in cash the rest of the time… you would have seen a 5,620% gain.

However, if you invested the same amount in the stock market outside of the turn of the month, you would have LOST 91% of your money.

This is why the 23 Enigma works…

The 23rd of the month lies at a unique crossroads of the Options Expiration Effect and the Turn-of-the-Month Effect.

And now we can profit from it by placing an options trade of our own on the 23rd of the month (or as close to the 23rd of the month as possible).

An Enigma Solved…

Now, the only other challenge is knowing which stocks to invest in on the 23rd, and my solution relies on technical analysis.

For each of the top-performing trades I’ve made on the 23rd, the stock showed a powerful chart pattern.

It’s a technical indicator called the bull flag.

William J. O’Neil, author of How to Make Money in Stocks, says it’s “the strongest of patterns. Many stocks can skyrocket 200% or more.”

Thomas Bulkowski, author of the giant, 1,012-page Encyclopedia of Chart Patterns, did an exhaustive study of over 307 separate historical instances of the bull flag…

The pattern averaged a 69% gain every 39 days, according to the results he published in his Encyclopedia.

That’s why this is one of my favorite patterns to follow in the market. And when I combine it with the 23 Enigma… The gains are out of this world.

Here’s another example…

I put e.l.f. Beauty (NYSE: ELF) on my radar on May 23, 2023, after it surged higher, in anticipation of a possible bull flag.

A bull flag occurs when a stock rises dramatically and, due to the very fast rise of the stock, the market corrects with selling pressure… That’s the consolidation, where the trading slows down for a few days.

In this case, the traders are pinning the stock to a certain price ahead of the options expiration date (the Options Expiration Effect in action).

I recommended the trade on June 23 as the stock started breaking out with the Turn-of-the-Month Effect…

And by early August, we were sitting on a 135% win.

This is the type of trade my algorithm is designed to spot.

And with trades like this, not only are you taking advantage of the 23 Enigma…

You also have the chance to profit from the most successful stock patterns in history.

And for the first time ever, I’ve built up an alert system to help other people exploit the 23 Enigma.

But what should you do when you receive an alert from me?

Playing the 23 Enigma

You can play the 23 Enigma by simply buying shares of a given stock when you receive an email alert from me. Buy shares from your preferred broker, and set a trailing stop if it’s recommended in the alert.

But to really profit from the full potential of the 23 Enigma, you’ll need to place an options trade. Now, this may seem intimidating at first, but it’s no more difficult than buying stock. There are just a few additional steps…

(For more information, you can check out my options masterclass here.)

First, you’ll need to get approved (a simple and straightforward process) by your broker to trade options. But once your broker approves you, you’re all set. And you’ll find that trading options is not that different from trading stocks.

But I will walk you through making an options trade on my preferred brokerage, Schwab. Note that your broker may be slightly different, but the steps will be just as straightforward.

First, search for the stock I’ve recommended in the alert. For this example, let’s go with Nvidia (Nasdaq: NDVA). Note that Nvidia is not a recommendation, just an example.

 

 

Next, go to the options available for that stock.

 

 

After that, it’s simply a matter of finding the specific option I’ve recommended. For this example, let’s go with the August 16, 2024, $124 calls.

 

 

To buy the option, click on the price in the ask column, which in this case is $7.90.

 

 

When you click on the ask, you’ll be taken to a screen where you can execute your buy order. You’ll select how many calls you want to buy as well as the price.  You can also change the other variables if you want.

 

 

When it’s time to sell, you’ll do the exact same process, but you’ll click on the bid price instead of the ask price, which will bring up a sell ticket.

 

 

That brings up a similar order ticket as before, just make sure “sell to close” is what is chosen under the Action or Order Type header.

 

 

And there you have it. You’re now set to profit from the 23 Enigma. When it comes time to sell, you’ll also get an alert from me. The options will be in your portfolio at that point, so it’s just a matter of selecting them, entering how many you want to sell and clicking “sell to close.” Note that just like with “buy to open,” the language here may vary by broker.

Month After Month of Gains… 

Are you ready for the chance to collect thousands of dollars in extra income from this anomaly each month?

The 23rd is coming up…

I’ll be sending out an alert as soon as it hits, with all the instructions telling you what to do.

I hope you’re as excited as I am to get started.