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DS MMA · Macro, Markets & Algorithms

Trade the squiggles. Respect the macro.

An options pit trader and a quantitative strategist, mentored by macro strategist Andy Constan. Short-term precision and long-term context, delivered every trading day.

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What you get, every trading day
Live commentary
Nik and Jimmy, all day, on the private DSMMA X account.
Daily briefing
Vol structures, stock indices, bond futures, currencies and commodities.
CCS daily model
A -10 to +10 bull/bear score on each market. Evidence, not a buy or sell signal.
C-MAPE report
Exclusive, released daily.
Four TradingView indicators
Included with your subscription, not sold separately.
Nik Lentz · Quantitative strategist
Jimmy Jude · Options pit trader
Andy Constan · Founder, Damped Spring
Pricing

Choose your term.

Quarterly saves $50 and biannual saves $100 versus paying monthly. Bundle DS Read with DSMMA and save another $25 every month.

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FAQ

Questions, answered.

Short answers here. Each one links to the full walkthrough from the DSMMA team.

Where do I start?

Nik Lentz walks through the whole service: the daily pinned post with the Morning Brief and CMAP Total Report, the ES dashboard, the Alpha and CMAP portfolios, CCS scoring, the "Blood in the Street" exhaustion indicator and sector rotation maps. The Morning Brief is the daily-use tool. The Total Report is reference material for deeper dives.

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What is CCS?

The Carnival Core Score is a bounded -10 to +10 reading, Very Bear to Very Bull, built from five structure tests across macro futures, FX, sectors, leading stocks, world ETFs and relative spreads. It is an evidence layer for confirming, challenging or transitioning your view. It is not a standalone buy or sell signal.

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How do you use the opening range?

As one input among many, never a standalone system. Price above the opening range leans bullish and below leans bearish, but the edge comes from waiting for a failed retest rather than trading the first breakout or breakdown. The video works through real trading days, including stop placement.

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What are Adaptive Pivots?

A system built for the problem of being right on the macro but early. Five sequential pivot lines come from time-windowed price, time and volume data, with the prior-day midpoint as the baseline trend line. They give you bias and timing, and are always combined with your macro, technical and fundamental view.

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How does DSMMA approach the VIX curve?

The first video in the series covers VIX futures curve structure: contango versus backwardation, how calendar spreads are built, and why an inverting spread can work as a faster, less theta-decayed crash hedge than buying puts.

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How do I fit this into a portfolio?

The portfolio design session is built around truly uncorrelated return streams, not just different sectors. It also covers how to evaluate any strategy by drawdown, volatility, return and track record length, and why return profiles that look too smooth can hide tail risk.

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Do I get TradingView indicators?

Yes. Four TradingView indicators come with your subscription, with no separate purchase. The full-suite indicator, for example, adjusts the levels it shows by timeframe, from the long-term trend on weekly charts to Carnival pivots and the opening range on short ones. It works across the main futures products plus SPY and TLT. Access is by approval.

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