The Contrarian Edge

Substack by Patrick Martin · launched Aug 4, 2025

A Schaeffer's publication. A place for against-the-grain investing ideas, options observations, and general life musings.

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#255

Subscribers

12K

rounded by Substack

Growth history

Stats worth sharing

Tracked since Sep 10, 2026 — 22 daily snapshots so far. The card below is built from what we track and refreshes nightly.

Percentile

Top 49%

of 525 ranked finance newsletters

Best rank seen

#239

on Sep 15, 2026

Rank, 7 days

+4 places

Posts

4

last 30 days

Reactions per post

7

average, recent posts

Reactions tracked

98

across 15 posts

Tickers covered

2

in tracked posts

Most-reacted post we have seen: One Stock to Watch If This is a Dead Cat Bounce — 10 reactions on Aug 1, 2026.

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Recent posts

• 4 ETFs That Could Stick the Landing in 2026

  Sep 26, 20265 reactions0 comments3 restacks

• One Question For Every Dow Stock as Q3 Winds Down

  Sep 19, 20266 reactions0 comments2 restacks

• One Long, Two Short: A Shipmaster's Salute Before the Fed Sounds its Horn

  Sep 12, 20268 reactions0 comments1 restacks

• How to Pick Your Stocks Like a Fantasy Football Draft

  Sep 5, 20264 reactions1 comments1 restacks

• Why We’re Watching the Caterpillar Stock Pullback

  Aug 29, 20269 reactions0 comments1 restacks

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  Aug 22, 20266 reactions0 comments1 restacks

• Touch GRASS: How to Profit and Save the Planet

  Aug 15, 20265 reactions0 comments2 restacks

• Red Sox Stocks: Searching For Momentum on Wall Street

  Aug 8, 20268 reactions0 comments3 restacks

• One Stock to Watch If This is a Dead Cat Bounce

  Aug 1, 202610 reactions2 comments1 restacks

• 45 Investing Insights & Observations to Celebrate Schaeffer's 45th Anniversary

  Jul 25, 20268 reactions0 comments0 restacks

• Psychologically-Significant Levels Could be a Trojan Horse

  Jul 18, 20266 reactions1 comments1 restacks

• Your 2030 Starting XI: Projecting The Next Big Things

  Jul 11, 20264 reactions0 comments2 restacks

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