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IRAN is blowing up DUBAI. This means BUY THE DIP: For every major war since 1990 the market has bounced up hard! You need to understand what the data says. August 1990. Iraq invades Kuwait. The $SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust(SPY)$ drops −16.9% over 71 days. Every headline screams sell. Every pundit says it's over. The people who sold at the bottom locked in a 16.9% loss. The people who bought at the bottom made 24.2% in under 5 months. September 11, 2001. The worst attack in American history. Markets close for 4 days. SPY drops −11.6% in a single week. The world feels like it is ending. The market bottomed on September 21st. By December it had recovered +21.2% from that low. In 10 weeks. March 2003. The U.S. invades Iraq. The market had already sold o

8 types of traders in the market. You're at least 3-4 of them too: And most traders don’t fail from lack of knowledge. They fail from lack of discipline. 1️⃣ The Overtrader • Thinks more trades = more money • Confuses activity with progress • Exhausted by 10:15am This trader equates motion with productivity. They’re glued to the screen, clicking out of boredom more than edge. Studies from broker data show that high-frequency retail traders underperform low-frequency traders by a wide margin often reducing returns by over 6% annually due to overtrading. 2️⃣ The Revenge Trader • “I’ll make it back.” • Doubles down emotionally • Learns the same lesson weekly This trader isn’t trading the market they’re trading their ego. Losses feel personal, so risk increases at the worst time. One red trade

Iran fired missiles at 5 countries at the same time. This shocks global markets. $SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust(SPY)$ bleeds next week. Here’s how I’d trade it same setup, same discipline every time. This is the kind of geopolitical trigger markets use to reprice risk before FOMC on March 18. $NVIDIA(NVDA)$ just posted record earnings and still sold off hard. That tells you positioning was crowded. SPY could flush below $680. If it DOES, my target is $670. Near that level I’d look at SPY calls. Panic drops often reverse fast. Headline inflation is still running around 3% year-over-year, above the Fed’s 2% target. Core services remain sticky. Unemployment rate sits near 4%, and monthly job gains have averaged

This set-up is extremely easy to spot every day. This lesson is all you need to start right away. You'll learn: What this set-up is and how to wait for confirmation How to enter and exit the trades 3 GOLDEN RULES TO REMEMBER (for new traders) First, I will explain the rules of the set-up. You always need to draw your support levels. Only enter when support is proven to hold this means buyers are winning at support. One way to know is the CANDLE needs to close above the level of support to show that bulls are in control. The longer or bigger the time frame the more confirmation it is. The more candles there is closing above the support level the more confirmation and higher probability it will hold. Most new traders are not waiting for confirmation to get in. They are getting in because the

Every stage for a millionaire trader: Stage 1 – The Gambler Right now you’re trading outcomes, not structure. Your decisions are emotional, inconsistent, and heavily influenced by P&L. There’s no stable process yet just reactions. To move to Stage 2 (The Student): commit to one market, one setup, and journal every trade. Your goal is to replace chaos with structure. Stage 2 – The Student You’re learning aggressively, but execution is inconsistent. You believe more knowledge will fix the problem it won’t. The issue isn’t information anymore, it’s application. To move to Stage 3 (The Emotional Trader): stop adding strategies and master one setup. Track execution quality, not profits. Stage 3 – The Emotional Trader You know what you should do, but you don’t always do it. Discipline breaks

CHEATSHEET for TRADING GAPS: 4 types: 1. Common Gap (usually $SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust(SPY)$ $Invesco QQQ(QQQ)$ on intraday charts) Small gap in range-bound markets. Usually low volume and gets filled quickly. 2. Breakaway Gap ( $Microsoft(MSFT)$ earnings made one last week) Appears at the end of consolidation. Starts a new trend. Often does not fill early. 3. Runaway (Continuation) Gap (GLD on the way up) Forms mid-trend. Confirms strength and momentum. Trend continuation signal. 4. Exhaustion Gap ( $SPDR Gold ETF(GLD)$ and $iShares Silver Trust(SLV)$ near the top) Occurs late in

$SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust(SPY)$ is RED for and here's how I'd play it: New Fed Chairman Kevin Warsh is less supportive of deeper rate cuts meaning he is LESS dovish even Jerome Powell. Market doesn't like it. This moved gold prices down and USD up. Make sure to (click on chart to review it) SPY key levels right now are at $687 and at $684-$685 area and SPY daily chart 20SMA is at $689.99 so this is also a big level of support. The SPY will have to clear above yesterday's close at $695 if it wants to go higher today and rememeber premarket high is at $692.70. Yes, you will need to draw all these levels because at some point today they will act as support or resistance. I'd wait for confirmation always: 1. buyers to come in 2. sellers to fail befor

10 Earnings to Watch for this Week $Microsoft(MSFT)$ – Wed Jan 28 (After Close) → Est. EPS ~$3.86, Revenue ~$80.3B $Meta Platforms, Inc.(META)$ – Wed Jan 28 (After Close) → Est. EPS ~8.17 → Revenue est not confirmed in preview. $Apple(AAPL)$ – Thu Jan 29 (After Close) → Est. EPS ~$2.67, Rev est ~$138.5B → Strong iPhone demand expected. $Tesla Motors(TSLA)$ – Wed Jan 28 (After Close) → Est. EPS ~0.45 → Robotaxi & EV trends in focus. $UnitedHealth(UNH)$ – Tue Jan 27 (Before Open) → Est. EPS ~2.87 (based on last quarter consensus) → Revenue est ~~$113B previously.

Remember, every trader must do 3 things everyday: 1. Draw key levels 2. Determine direction and structure of market (so you know to get calls or puts) 3. Wait for confirmation before getting in and out. Here's all 6 levels to draw ( $Tesla Motors(TSLA)$ example): 1. Premarket high 2. Premarket low 3. Previous day low 4. Previous day high 5. Market Close 6. Market Open (not shown yet becuase market isn't open) For SG users only, Welcome to open a CBA today and enjoy access to a trading limit of up to SGD 20,000 with unlimited trading on SG, HK, and US stocks, as well as ETFs. 🎉Cash Boost Account Now Supports 35,000+ Stocks & ETFs – Greater Flexibility Now Find out more her

Here's all 6 stages every trader goes through. Ask which stage you are in right now and then look at the NEXT stage to see what you need to do. This will help you in your trading journey. 🟥 Stage 1 — Chaos & Hope “I just want to make money.” What defines this stage Random entries Strategy hopping Emotional trading Big wins followed by big losses What you feel Excited Anxious Reactive Addicted to screens ❌ What keeps you stuck here Searching for the “best” strategy Watching others trade instead of studying yourself No rules, no data ✅ What you must do to reach Stage 2 Commit to one market (SPY / TSLA / NVDA not all) Pick one timeframe (no bouncing) Journal every trade, win or loss (screenshots + reason) Accept: You don’t know what you’re doing yet 👉 Graduation happens when you stop blam