Robinhood Markets: #PowerStocks Series Pick Of The Week (October 2025)

What a weekend! Some of my students and I spent our weekend abroad, on the Indonesian island of Batam. With this group, there's a lot more to eating and being merry. They shared their trading experiences, perspectives, struggles, and life experiences; we learnt from one another. Spooky tales were also shared, but let's not get into that. This enjoyable trip reminded me of the reasons for establishing a community of traders from the outset. I can't help smiling when I hit the pillow last night. Switching back to the stock market, are you curious to find out how the stocks shared in September performed?

1. State Street: No entry

2. Wynn Resorts: No entry

3. Hewlett Packard Enterprise: No entry

4. Apple: No entry yet

September began with a 1% drop before recovering strongly to form new all-time highs. Another pullback came when the Fed cut interest rates for the 1st time in 2025. Currently, another pullback is here. While many expect the S&P 500 to continue soaring, I'm a lot more cautious. This is because the market has yet to pull back by its usual magnitude over the past month. Because of my cautious approach, there wasn't an entry for the shares of State Street, Wynn Resorts, and Hewlett Packard Enterprise. What about the shares of Apple? Am I still interested in buying its shares for an explosive short-term trade? Let's find out in the next section.

Review Of Last Week's Pick Of The Week

Apple (AAPL) was last week's stock pick. It's the world's 3rd largest company. After rising by more than 13% in 2 weeks, a pullback finally emerged. Do you remember my trade plan? I had anticipated its shares to pull back to around $240 and bounce. However, I've revised my entry price. What's my revised entry price? Head over to my Telegram Channel to find out! Speaking of Telegram, my team and I will never ask you for your hard-earned money for "investments". I know and understand that the allure of high returns without effort is highly attractive. It breaks my heart when I hear of people falling for impersonation scams.

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Why Is Swing Trading Robinhood Markets (HOOD) Worth It?

 

Source: robinhood.com

Robinhood Markets is 1 of the world's largest and fastest growing financial companies, boasting a significant market capitalization of over $108b. Unlike many large companies whose shares exhibit lethargic price movement, the shares of Robinhood Markets are highly active, consistently surging. In just the past 11 months, its shares have surged upwards 27 times, each measuring between 8.6% and 50%! Furthermore, the share performance of Robinhood Markets is over 5x superior to the S&P 500. A pullback is finally here, providing me with a fantastic opportunity to buy its shares and ride its next big upmove. What's my game plan? Where's a favorable price area to buy its shares at? Continue reading to get the details. P.S. What if I told you that you could drastically gain control over your emotions of fear and greed, and master the stock market in a short amount of time? My team and I have worked tirelessly to help you achieve results fast. Click on the banner below to claim your stock course for free (limited time) now!

Performance Of US Stock Market vs Robinhood Markets (HOOD)

  What do I want to find out at the start? The trend of Robinhood Markets' share price. Knowing the trend of its shares allows me to determine whether I'll be looking for a buying or shorting opportunity because following its price trend will sharply increase my chances of profitability. Looking at the chart above, its shares are in a strong uptrend. Hence, I'd like to find an opportunity to buy its shares. What's next? I'll compare the performance of its shares against the S&P 500. Why? I want my hard-earned money to work hard for me. A stronger performing stock is likely to continue bringing a larger-than-market return. So, I'll have a look at the comparison chart above again. While the S&P 500 has risen 7.6% in the past 3 months, the shares of Robinhood Markets have risen over 46%! That's more than a 5x outperformance! I want to buy its shares for an explosive swing trade. Should I do just that now?

How Explosive Is Robinhood Markets (HOOD)?

  No! I shouldn't buy its shares without conducting a deeper analysis. Because I aim to ride its shares for its next burst upwards (I don't want to hold its shares through a pullback or reversal), my holding period will be around a week or 2. Therefore, I want its shares to have the ability to explode upwards. Have the shares of Robinhood Markets been able to explode upwards consistently? Marking out the explosive bursts in the past 11 months left my eyes wide open. In just the past 11 months, its shares have burst upwards 27 times, each measuring between 8.6% and 50%! When I found out about Robinhood Markets' market capitalization, my jaw dropped. This company enjoys an enormous market capitalization of over $108b! The shares of large companies don't usually enjoy large bursts in price, but Robinhood Markets is different. Additionally, I appreciate that Robinhood Markets enjoys an enormous market capitalization, as this provides an extra layer of security against manipulation. I don't wish to lose my hard-earned money to manipulation that could be easily prevented! Here comes the golden question: Is it time to buy the shares of Robinhood Markets for an explosive swing trade?

Key Price Levels

  Timing is crucial for many things in life. This includes stock trading and investing. Buying an explosive stock at the wrong time can result in significant losses and emotional distress. This will cause you to lose confidence, and you'll doubt yourself even when a fantastic trading opportunity arises straight from under your nose! Is there a way to tell whether the time to buy the shares of Robinhood Markets is here? Fortunately, yes! You can do so by uncovering its key price levels (also known as support and resistance zones). And that's what I've done in the chart above. After a strong upburst of 15.3%, a pullback is here. Having identified a support area around $120.50, what's my game plan? I think that the shares of Robinhood Markets will bounce off $120.50 and rise from here. Therefore, I'm waiting for the shares of Robinhood Markets to bounce off the price area $120.50 before buying them to catch its next explosive upmove. Here's a pro tip: Instead of staring at your screen, consider setting a price alert on your broker's platform to be notified so that you can spend precious time with your loved ones.

Which Instrument Should You Consider Using?

  Do you ever wonder about the instrument used to trade explosive stocks? With 3 main trading instruments available - stocks, contract-for-difference (CFD), and options, you wonder which suits you best. Since stocks (as an instrument) is easy to understand, I shall focus on CFD and options. Here are the main similarities and differences: CFD works like a mirror to stocks. When a stock rises $1, its CFD rises $1. However, due to its unique pricing mechanism, your options price doesn't rise by the same amount. In fact, depending on the market conditions, the price of your options contract may even drop! Your CFD broker will charge you a finance fee for lending you money for your trade. However, no lending is required for options, so there is no finance charge. Because there's a finance charge by your CFD broker, CFD is not the ideal instrument for mid to long-term trades. On the other hand, options allow you to implement different strategies across time horizons. Both CFDs and options are leveraged instruments because they allow you to control a larger market position with a smaller amount of capital. While CFDs do not have an expiration date, options traders must pay attention to the expiration date of their options contracts. You must be thinking, "What's the beauty of trading options?" Options are like smartphones. You can choose to use a smartphone for its basic or advanced functions.

And options don't have to be all about Math and dry!

It can be made easy to understand through real-life analogies.

In the same way, you can implement basic and/or highly advanced strategies depending on your level of comfort. Options allow you to be versatile in adapting to the shifting market conditions and capturing opportunities in the process. Are you a CFD or options trader? I'm glad to be fluent in both. Finally, this is for educational purposes. Please perform your due diligence. All images are taken from pexels.com, pixabay.com, sectorspdrs.com, tradingview.com, and unsplash.com, unless otherwise mentioned.

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