Special Weekend Edition
“People do not change when you tell them they should; they change when they tell themselves they must.”
You know what?
The longer I work in business, the more value I place on simple over complicated.
I’ve spent a good chunk of my time this week watching some business consulting calls (I know, entrepreneurs are a strange bunch, but it’s fun for me). What fascinates me is how often the solutions to major biz problems -- costing them hundreds of thousands of dollars -- are a handful of simple solutions.
About half the solutions I’ve seen could be done in a day.
I’m not kidding.
The reason they weren’t being done before is a combination of the blind spots of the business owner + lack of expertise in what actually would help a business like theirs move up to the next level.
But once they see the solution?
The light bulb turns on.
More and more I’m on the hunt for simple solutions that make big moves.
It’s why I take this slow-and-steady approach to trading. It’s simple, takes very little time each week, and compounds to big money in about five years.
I know five years isn’t fast ... but it’s not slow either.
It’s actually kind of a Goldilocks time frame...
... Juuuuuust right.
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The markets were very choppy this week and ended mixed with the poor jobs report spelling bad news for the economy, but good news for Fed rate cuts.
Fear and Greed Index
The Fear and Greed Index dropped 11 points from last week. This is great news for our framework which handles chop and neutrality very well.
Today’s Macro Headlines (Source: Yahoo Finance)
The ongoing impacts of tariffs and an apparent summer stall-out left investors reeling after a rough jobs report.
Yahoo Finance
Why it matters …
From the article …
“Revisions to earlier data also showed the labor market was weaker than previously thought. Job growth for June was revised into negative territory to -13,000 jobs, while July showed below-trend growth compared with the past year, marking three months of slowing job growth.”
The “Revisions” are the most troubling. We are looking to hear more about “Revisions” to the numbers in the next couple of weeks. For some reason, the “Revisions” are generally negative which means the measuring system is broken. I would expect to see the whole system overhauled soon, which will cause a bit of chaos for a while. It probably will not happen until the Fed Chairman’s term is up, but it will probably happen. The information is available to the Wall Street crowd, but the government uses an archaic mail-in survey system to gather this info.
Report on Friday’s Expired Real Trades & Sample Trade Ideas
Real Trade Report (Free subscribers)
Four real trades collecting $88 of premium for single contract trades. Average Return on Risk (ROR) = 1.83% for this week.
Sample Trade Spotlight Report (Free subscribers)
Average Return on Risk (ROR) = 1.86%
Sample Returns = $94 for single contract trades -- that could cover over 4 months of a Premium subscription, if someone took all of those trade ideas.
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