One of the most surprising parts of the results is this: 435 winning trades and 434 losing trades. Almost a 50/50 win rate. And yet, the system still produced over $13,000 in net profit on a $5,000 account. Why? Because the winners were consistently larger than the losers. That's the entire edge—risk control, not prediction. → See how risk and reward are structured on every trade.

Should You Fight the Fed?

-mega market cap led market move

-A tale of two markets

-64% of 23% YTD gain in Nasdaq (3780 stocks) down to just 5 stocks Microsoft/Google/Apple/Nvidia/Tesla

-Risk/Reward in jeopardy

-Federal Reserve meets Untamed Inflation

-Bid Back or Fed Taper Smack – watch rates!

SPX Expected Move —

–last week — 157.12 (expected move)

–next week– 79.63

Don Kaufman

Don Kaufman is options trader and educator. Former CBOE market maker, former Chief Derivatives Instructor at thinkorswim, and former Director of the Trader Group at TD Ameritrade. In 2015 he co-founded TheoTrade to teach traders how volatility, probability, and risk really work.

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