The past two weeks have been heavy, so I thought I’d lighten things up by reminiscing about simpler times watching Monty Python and the Holy Grail. During Friday’s session, as Brandon and I passed control to Gianni, I quipped “My sister was bitten by a moose”—a reference to the movie’s absurd scrolling credits. That level of nonsense made me laugh as a young man, and now, as an adult, I laugh at how easily amused I was. Despite the film’s deliberate absurdity, there are three genuine life and trading lessons we can glean from John Cleese, Eric Idle, and the rest of the Pythons. Lesson 1: Be Wary of Unknown Animals The Grail seekers encounter what appears to be a harmless, cute, fuzzy rabbit. It turns out to be “the most foul, cruel, and bad-tempered rodent you’ve ever laid eyes on,” quickly dispatching the approaching soldiers. While we should indeed

We’ve just completed our first month of trading in the 10% Club…And what a month it has been!  We not only met but far exceeded our goal, achieving a 45% return on the entire portfolio, leveraging trades placed live during our morning sessions within a 2.5-hour window. And we did it while keeping our risk per trade at or below 2%. While I’ve experienced strong months before, this marks a new high-water mark for monthly percentage gains. Still, I recognize that for some, it wasn’t an easy month.  Many of you were learning about futures trading for the first time, adopting a new methodology, attending the Mastermind, showing up to the morning trading room, opening futures brokerage accounts, and trying to apply new principles and strategies.  There’s a lot to take in, especially when stepping into unfamiliar territory. What I want to emphasize this weekend is this: it’s more than

Next week, my son is moving for school and work. The good news? We actually like our sons—most of the time—and he’s moving closer to us. The bad news? I get to drive six hours and help him move heavy furniture. When he said, “I think I’ll just rent a U-Haul and load everything up,” I immediately imagined a cartoon parody of a commercial: Announcer: “Need to move? No problem. Take it yourself with U-Haul.” Customer: “But I’ve never driven a truck before.” Announcer: “No problem! U-Haul lets anyone drive a giant truck—because, hey, you’re moving!” Cue scene of a U-Haul swerving across the freeway, forcing other cars off the road. Customer: “Sorry! I’m making a go of it in a new city!” I’ve been there. At his age, I rented a 26-foot U-Haul and drove it across town. It was nerve-wracking: slow acceleration, no rear-view mirror, only side mirrors,

“I’ll run with you.” The second those words came out of my mouth, I knew I was screwed. My dad’s face lit up, and I realized there was no backing out of this one. Here’s the situation: My dad turns 80 in ten days. When he hit 70, he celebrated by running a 10K. Now he wants to do it again, and somehow I just volunteered to be his running buddy. Small problem—I haven’t run consistently in over a decade. I’ve got three weeks to go from my couch to 6.2 miles at a pace that won’t embarrass either of us. So yeah, I’m looking at my options here. Three Ways This Could Go Option 1: Actually train for this thing Wake up at 6 a.m. Start with two miles. Add half a mile every other day. Build up my endurance and actually show up prepared. It’s going to be

Happy weekend, everyone. As many of you may have heard, my wife and I celebrated 29 years of marriage this week. Naturally, one of the questions we often get is: What’s the secret to a happy marriage? I can’t speak for my wife, but I do have a few thoughts on what’s made our relationship work so well over the years. Secret #1: Adore your spouse. My wife’s grandfather used to say about his own wife, “She gets cuter every day.” I’ve always loved that line—and I can honestly say the same about my wife. But there’s more to that comment than just affection or attraction. To me, “she gets cuter every day” is really a statement of commitment and devotion to the whole person. Yes, my wife is visually beautiful. But she’s also kind, compassionate, intelligent, witty, and full of joy. Her presence brightens the days of everyone around

Every financial headline screams about “dollar strength” like it’s some mystical force. Here’s the truth they won’t tell you: there’s no such thing as the dollar being strong on its own. It’s financial media BS, and it’s costing you money. The dollar doesn’t flex in a vacuum. It’s only strong relative to something else. Stronger than the euro? Sure. Weaker than oil? Maybe. But this idea that the dollar wakes up one morning and decides to be “strong”? That’s not how any of this works. Here’s the reality of relative strength. Everything in markets is comparison. When CNBC flashes “Dollar Surges,” what they’re really saying is “Dollar surges against a basket of other currencies.” When Bloomberg reports “Dollar Weakness,” they mean “relative to yesterday’s levels” or “compared to other assets.” This isn’t semantics—it’s fundamental to how you should think about every position you take… You don’t just buy Apple stock.

Here’s a question that’ll make you uncomfortable: in a world where cash pays you 5%+ risk-free, why are you chasing assets that require growth and leverage just to break even? While everyone’s hunting for the next 10-bagger, the smartest money is asking a different question: what if cash isn’t trash anymore? The truth is there’s a leverage trap out there… Look around. Every “opportunity” requires you to take risk. Growth stocks need perfect execution. Real estate needs cheap money. Crypto needs adoption. Commodities need supply shocks. But cash? Cash just needs you to wait… That’s not exciting. It doesn’t make for good Twitter threads. But when markets get nervous—when sentiment shifts from risk-on to risk-off—cash becomes the only asset that appreciates while everything else wobbles. The Math Nobody Wants to Face Treasury bills are yielding over 5%. No volatility. No leverage required. No earnings risk. No regulatory uncertainty. Just 5%+

So here we are again, staring down another earnings week, and if you’re anything like me, you’re not just looking at numbers on a screen — you’re reading the rhythm, the breath of the market itself. Most traders chase the breakout. They see Tesla with a $24 expected move and start dreaming about catching lightning. They want the excitement, the adrenaline rush of riding price to extremes. I do the opposite. I sell where they buy. Here’s why that edge prints money: when everyone’s betting on extremes, fair price becomes a magnet. It’s not random. It’s balance. It’s the crowd doing what it always does — revert to where it’s comfortable. Last week proved this perfectly…  Tesla had that $24 expected move before earnings. The crowd was positioning for fireworks. But I anchored my monkey bars, found the 50% level, and mapped it out. Guess where price went? Fair. Price.

Most traders think being wrong means losing money. That’s their first mistake. The other day, I completely whiffed Tesla’s direction. Dead wrong. But I still walked away limiting my loss to less than 50% of the capital at risk. That’s not luck, that’s structure. And it’s exactly what separates traders who survive from those who blow up chasing certainty they’ll never find. Let me be clear–what I’m teaching isn’t flipping coins or guessing direction. This is about strategic exposure, pricing probabilities, and taking advantage of the one predictable component in earnings: volatility mispricing. We’re not trying to knock the cover off the ball–we’re playing the game to stay in it. Here’s how this actually works in practice… Take Google. Options priced in a $9 move, but based on prior price behavior, the market itself only expected $7. That $2 discrepancy? That’s edge. You don’t need to be bullish or bearish

  Earnings season is about finding structure in what looks like chaos. Each report triggers volatility, but the aftermath often follows a predictable rhythm: a move, a reaction, and a reversion to balance. That balance is anchored by “fair price”—typically the midpoint between recent highs and lows. When price trades above and below that level repeatedly, it signals agreement. The market sees value there. We saw this clearly with Coca‑Cola and Domino’s. Both gapped on earnings, but within days, price gravitated back to fair price. Not because of news or narrative—because that’s where buyers and sellers find equilibrium. Price redistributes around that point, and history shows it happens more often than not. In June, SPX touched its monthly midpoint 56% of the time. That’s not noise; it’s signal. This framework shapes how we trade earnings. Start by identifying fair price, then check where the stock is trading relative to it.