Only Trades is an analyst at a consulting firm, specializing in futures and derivatives analysis for an investment fund based in Vienna. Working with derivatives every day has shaped the way the author looks at markets: in scenarios, probabilities and risk/reward rather than single price targets, an approach that carries over to the analysis of individual companies.Alongside that role, Only Trades has managed a personal portfolio for the past six years, compounding at roughly 34% a year over that period. The approach behind that record is simple. Rather than sticking to one sector, the author looks for the parts of the market where fundamentals are improving fastest at any given time, then searches for the best businesses within them at a reasonable price. Coverage small, mid and large caps, because good opportunities don’t care about market cap.An economist by training, Only Trades also holds a master’s degree in investment and financial markets. Each analysis combines fundamental research with proprietary valuation models, usually with a base, bear and bull case, so readers can see exactly what has to go right or wrong for a stock to work.Recent coverage includes consumer fintech, biotech launches, memory and semiconductors, AI infrastructure, gold miners and the contractors building out the data center boom, though the work follows opportunities wherever they appear.This profile exists to give investors a different angle on the stocks Only Trades follows every day, showing the full reasoning, risks included, rather than just a rating.
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