Trading Strategies and Market Analysis by Chris Perruna
Chris Perruna is an independent market strategist who blends CANSLIM fundamentals with technical pattern recognition. Active in equities since 1998 and crypto since 2016, Perruna publishes market setups and risk-adjusted strategies through his blog and social media. His weekly charts on Bitcoin dominance, Ethereum moving averages, and altcoin sector rotation reach an audience of over 90,000 across StockTwits and Twitter.
Perruna focuses on capital preservation and layered entry strategies, with published model portfolios outperforming the Nasdaq during five out of the past seven quarters. In 2025, his thesis on Solana’s range-bound reaccumulation cycle was cited by multiple newsletters including Blockworks Research and Delphi Digital. He maintains an email list of over 12,000 subscribers and regularly collaborates with technical educators to provide blended learning modules for early-stage traders.
By applying traditional market disciplines to crypto volatility, Perruna offers a repeatable framework for disciplined portfolio management in digital asset trading.
ELF stock climbed 37 percent from lows, Chris Perruna notes
Chris Perruna, senior vice president at Self-employed, discussed recent performance of ELF stock over the past year. Perruna disclosed a purchase at a cost basis of $79.25 in May 2025, observing ...
Chris Perruna: Apple stock gained 106,000% since 1980 IPO as valuation reached $1.77 trillion
Chris Perruna, senior vice president at Self-employed, analyzes the dramatic long-term growth of Apple shares. According to Perruna, by the time Apple was valued at $1.77 trillion, the stock had ...
Palantir must reclaim 200-day moving average to regain momentum, Chris Perruna notes
Chris Perruna, senior vice president at Self-employed, observes that Palantir's share price at $130.21 could become interesting if it recovers its 200-day moving average. He points out that the ...
Chris Perruna: RDDT climbs 44 percent from March lows, nears 200-day moving average
Chris Perruna, senior vice president at Self-employed, highlighted that RDDT is trading at 183.91, marking a 44 percent increase from its March lows and a 30 percent gain from its May lows. The ...
Avoiding downsloping stage 4 patterns is crucial, Chris Perruna warns
Chris Perruna, senior vice president at Self-employed, advises that purchasing assets in areas with strong fundamentals offers the best risk and reward setup in the market. Perruna emphasizes the ...
Chris Perruna: MU stock extends 176 percent above 200-day average
Chris Perruna, senior vice president at Self-employed, observes that MU is now trading 176% above its own 200-day moving average. He describes this as a classic extended zone in which shares ...
NVDA holds a forward PE ratio of 24.57 while CSCO was above 196 in 2000, Chris Perruna notes
Chris Perruna, senior vice president at Self-employed, compares the financial metrics of NVDA and CSCO. He points out that NVDA currently has a forward price-to-earnings ratio of approximately ...
Chris Perruna: Meta’s Forum unlikely to disrupt Reddit’s long-term value
Chris Perruna, senior vice president at Self-employed, states that he remains long on RDDT and continues to hold his position. Perruna believes Meta’s Forum will not significantly threaten ...
Robots and physical AI represent new trillion-dollar opportunity, Chris Perruna notes
Chris Perruna, senior vice president at Self-employed, highlighted comments from NVDA's CEO predicting robots, factories, and physical AI as the next trillion-dollar compute market. Wall Street is ...
Chris Perruna: U.S. 30-year Treasury yield tops 5.18 percent, highest since July 2007
Chris Perruna, senior vice president at Self-employed, highlights that the U.S. 30-year Treasury note yield has risen to 5.18 percent, marking its highest level since July 2007. In addition, ...
Top 10 positions added in Q1 13F filings, Chris Perruna notes
Chris Perruna, senior vice president at Self-employed, reviews the latest Q1 13F filings and identifies the top 10 newly bought or added positions by institutional investors. The list includes ...
Chris Perruna: RKLB stock surges with 2,650% gain over two years
Chris Perruna, senior vice president at Self-employed, highlights his previous analysis of RKLB at $25 and $63, noting that the stock has now reached $117.35. He points to three clear areas of ...
Uber may build right side of cup, Chris Perruna notes
Chris Perruna, senior vice president at Self-employed, observes that Uber is potentially starting to form the right side of a deep cup-shaped base pattern. He notes that the objective would be to ...
Chris Perruna: META has outperformed SNAP over past 9 years
Chris Perruna, senior vice president at self-employed, believes META will continue to outperform SNAP. He points to META's 346 percent increase over the past 9 years, compared to SNAP's 75 ...
DASH revenue up 33 percent with $933 million in orders, Chris Perruna notes
Chris Perruna, senior vice president at Self-employed, questions whether consumers are facing difficulties as DASH reported a 33 percent increase in revenue from $3.03 billion a year ago. ...
Chris Perruna: GOOGL up 283 percent, AMZN up 173 percent, APPL up 77 percent since 2023
Chris Perruna, senior vice president at Self-employed, reports significant gains for major tech stocks. Since the added 2023 buys, GOOGL is up 283 percent, AMZN has climbed 173 percent, and APPL ...
Reddit share forms cup base, Chris Perruna predicts
Chris Perruna, senior vice president at Self-employed, points to Reddit (RDDT) trading at $166.48 and forming a deep cup-shaped base. Perruna highlights the stock's strong fundamentals and sets ...
Chris Perruna: Strong gain in ANET achieved at lower risk after drawdown recovery
Chris Perruna described his approach to building a position in ANET, highlighting that his strong gain was achieved at a lower risk point than the drawdown bottom. He explained that after waiting ...
Alphabet stock rebounds but volume lags, Chris Perruna notes
Alphabet shares closed at $337.12, showing a notable move off the 40-week and 200-day moving averages. However, the trading volume was below average for this advance. Chris Perruna observed that ...
Chris Perruna: Averaging down can lead to value traps for investors
Chris Perruna highlights the risks of averaging down when investing. According to Perruna, while lowering a position’s cost basis may seem appealing, traders are actually putting more money into ...
Indexes experience clustered volatility during trend shifts, Chris Perruna notes
A shift in market trends is often accompanied by periods of market churn, with indexes posting large up and down days over a 1 to 3 week period. Chris Perruna highlighted this pattern, pointing ...
