Capturing Profits With Technical Analysis By Sylvain Vervoort (SIMPLE • 2027)

One night, desperate, he opened Vervoort’s book. It wasn’t about predicting the future. It was about trapping the present.

Martin smiled. “Vervoort says: ‘Profits are not captured by courage. They are captured by a system that removes courage from the equation.’” One night, desperate, he opened Vervoort’s book

Two weeks later, the market corrected 5%. His trade hit the target exactly. Martin smiled

Then a friend slipped him a worn-out PDF: Capturing Profits With Technical Analysis by Sylvain Vervoort. His trade hit the target exactly

He placed a conditional order: short SPY at $478, stop at $484, target $462.

Martin had been trading for six years, but he still felt like he was gambling. He’d ride a stock up 15%, only to watch it give back 20% the next week. His screen was a Jackson Pollock of green and red candles. Fear was his co-pilot; greed, his navigator.