The stances below are c8alpha's editorial distillation of Ryan Detrick's public commentary — television, podcasts, and interviews — compiled by automated transcript analysis and dated to the episode they came from. They may lag the speaker's current view and may contain extraction errors. Text in quotation marks is verbatim from the episode; everything else is our paraphrase. Ryan Detrick is not affiliated with c8alpha and has not endorsed this page. Nothing here is investment advice.
Raw direction-aware returns on public statements — long calls credited when the price rose, shorts when it fell, shorts capped at −100% — in a rising market this mostly measures who was long, not who has skill. Returns run from the stance date; calls are rarely closed publicly, so fixed 90-day / 180-day / 1-year horizons are used. A horizon shows only once it has fully matured, and only at 5+ scored stances. “% correct” is the share of those scored calls whose direction-aware return was positive at the horizon — in a rising market a bullish call is correct by default, so read it beside the market, not alone.
Every tracked call with at least one matured horizon: the rows behind the Returns
line above. A dash is a horizon that has not matured yet.
Where the tracked view on a theme reversed between appearances —
bullish to bearish or back. Dates are the episodes on each side of the turn.
2026-10-16
NDX
bullish
CNBC (uncut) · uncut_tv
Tech has sold off 5% in five days and is now 'on sale,' making it the right entry point to rebuild overweight positioning and diversify a portfolio
“buy what's on sale... right now that's been tech. If you haven't been overweight yet, it's time to look at that again”
Morning Call — 2026-10-16 (CNBC, full episode, ads cut)
2026-10-14
SPX
bullish
CNBC (uncut) · uncut_tv
Every bull market that reached year four over the past 50 years extended to year five, and AI spending is still an active fundamental tailwind rather than a spent force
“This bull market probably has a lot more life left to it because that AI spending and trade is not over yet”
CNBC uncut 2026-10-14 14:11 ET (30 min)
2026-06-26
long TECH / MOMENTUM / long INDUSTRIALS
other
The Compound · video
As tech/momentum gets increasingly stretched to the 95th–100th percentile, run a barbell of overweight tech alongside cyclical diversifiers (industrials, financials, low-volatility) so that a rotation out of AI names does not impair total portfolio returns
“have like a paired trade or barbell trade. You got your tech over here, but they own some other cyclical things”
Too Early to Get Off the Wave | TCAF 248
2026-06-26
SPX
bullish
The Compound · video
This bull market is only 3.5 years old versus a 7-year average for prior post-WWII cycles, market breadth (advance-decline lines near all-time highs) and tight credit spreads show no signs of a top, making continued upside likely
“these bull markets last longer than you think”
90d +5.5%
Too Early to Get Off the Wave | TCAF 248
Said again: 2026-07-09 (CNBC Television)
2026-06-26
TECHNOLOGY / SEMICONDUCTORS
owns
The Compound · video
AI capex is grounded in real earnings growth — unlike 2021 speculation — with companies showing triple-digit earnings expansion, and IT equipment plus software now nearly 5% of GDP versus 3% a few years ago
“we're slightly overweight technology here”
Too Early to Get Off the Wave | TCAF 248
2026-06-26
GOLD
bearish
The Compound · video
Rising real yields are a structural headwind for gold, prompting Carson to trim most of its tactical gold allocation after a successful run since the March 2023 regional bank crisis entry; Sonu Varghese flagged the real-yield signal that preceded the breakdown
“we almost sold most of it out in our tactical portfolio”
90d -4.8%
Too Early to Get Off the Wave | TCAF 248
2026-06-26
Managed Futures
bullish
The Compound · video
A persistently inflationary growth environment — where core PCE keeps broadening and the Fed is unlikely to cut — favors managed futures; Carson added them at the start of the year when they were widely dismissed and they have outperformed
“Managed futures done really well in this environment”
90d +8.8%
Too Early to Get Off the Wave | TCAF 248
2026-06-26
IWM
bullish
The Compound · video
IWM/SPY is breaking out on a relative basis and the S&P 600 advance-decline line hit an all-time high alongside price, with community banks and biotech — the largest small-cap components — both surging, confirming that breadth leads price
“breath leads price. So, we are seeing plenty of market breath in small caps”
90d -5.8%
Too Early to Get Off the Wave | TCAF 248
2025-07-11
SPX
bullish
The Compound · video
No recession visible with economy growing ~1.5%, forward S&P earnings at all-time record $281/share, profit margins hitting cycle highs, cyclical sectors leading — historical seasonality after a positive May/June and after 25%+ 3-month rebounds has produced…
“suggests again to be overweight equities”
90d +7.9% · 180d +11.2% · 1y +21.5%
Why the Stock Market Goes Higher in the Second Half | TCAF 199
2025-07-11
GOLD
owns
The Compound · video
Small allocation to gold as a tail-risk hedge within a diversified portfolio that is otherwise overweight equities, providing protection if the bear cases (tariff escalation, hard landing) materialize
“we do have a little bit of gold, just in case bad stuff happens”
90d +18.2% · 180d +32.4% · 1y +18.8%
Why the Stock Market Goes Higher in the Second Half | TCAF 199