Technical analysis? Charts? Indicators? Nah, throw all that out the window.

Here's the real alpha: just short whatever gets slapped on a major financial magazine cover. You know the drill—when mainstream media starts hyping something up with glossy photos and bold headlines, that's usually your exit signal, not your entry.

Call it the "magazine cover curse" or just peak euphoria indicator. History's littered with examples: stocks, commodities, crypto projects—doesn't matter. Once they make the cover, the hype cycle's already cooked. Smart money's already positioning for the reversal while retail's still buying the dream.

It's almost too predictable at this point. The moment you see that celebratory cover story, start looking for short opportunities. Market tops love a good magazine feature. Sure, it sounds cynical, but sometimes the simplest contrarian plays hit different.

Just saying—maybe that glossy cover is worth more than your entire indicator suite.