Home » Finance Newsletters » Substack » The Contrarian Edge 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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Followers 12K Recommends 2 other newsletters
Growth history Subscribers (thousands, nightly) 12K on Sep 10, 2026 → 12K on Oct 21, 2026
Followers (thousands, nightly) Rank in Substack’s finance leaderboard: #229 today · #231 a week ago · #261 a month ago
Stats worth sharing Tracked since Sep 10, 2026 — 62 daily snapshots so far. The card below is built from what we track and refreshes nightly.
Percentile Top 44% of 525 ranked finance newsletters
Best rank seen #227 on Nov 9, 2026
Rank, 7 days +2 places
Rank, 30 days +32 places Followers added −284 since tracking began
Reactions per post 6 average, recent posts
Reactions tracked 127 across 20 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.
Embed code Recent posts Why You Should Be Excited For Midterm Elections Oct 31, 2026 4 reactions 1 comments 1 restacks
6 Stocks That Could Make Double-Digit Moves Next Week Oct 24, 2026 3 reactions 2 comments 2 restacks
Picking 6 Stocks from Next Week’s Earnings Closet Oct 17, 2026 7 reactions 0 comments 1 restacks
An Investor’s Earnings Almanac for Q4 Part 1 Oct 10, 2026 8 reactions 1 comments 2 restacks
How Our Top Stock Picks of 2026 Look Heading Into Q4 Oct 3, 2026 4 reactions 0 comments 0 restacks
4 ETFs That Could Stick the Landing in 2026 Sep 26, 2026 6 reactions 0 comments 3 restacks
One Question For Every Dow Stock as Q3 Winds Down Sep 19, 2026 6 reactions 0 comments 2 restacks
One Long, Two Short: A Shipmaster's Salute Before the Fed Sounds its Horn Sep 12, 2026 9 reactions 0 comments 1 restacks
How to Pick Your Stocks Like a Fantasy Football Draft Sep 5, 2026 4 reactions 1 comments 1 restacks
Why We’re Watching the Caterpillar Stock Pullback Aug 29, 2026 9 reactions 0 comments 1 restacks
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Nvidia Earnings: I Hope You’re Hungry ... For Nothing Aug 22, 2026 6 reactions 0 comments 1 restacks
Touch GRASS: How to Profit and Save the Planet Aug 15, 2026 6 reactions 1 comments 2 restacks
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