if ur legit totally lost in forex trading, start here lol

Nick Shawn
17 Sept 202305:01

Summary

TLDRIn this insightful video, a seasoned trader shares a straightforward trading strategy emphasizing the use of daily charts and major support and resistance zones, without the need for complex indicators or time frames. Highlighting a simple yet effective approach, the speaker advises setting alerts at these key zones and acting on these signals for potential trades. The narrative showcases a successful example where this strategy led to a significant profit, debunking the notion that complicated techniques are necessary for trading success. The speaker advocates for a minimalist, risk-managed approach, ensuring sustainability and consistency in trading, making it accessible for both novices and experienced traders seeking simplicity and efficiency.

Takeaways

  • ๐Ÿ˜€ You only need the daily chart and alerts at major support/resistance zones to keep trading simple
  • ๐Ÿ‘ Draw obvious, clear support/resistance levels, avoid unclear or questionable ones
  • ๐Ÿ”” Set alerts at major zones so you don't need to watch the charts all day
  • ๐Ÿ’ก Sell at resistance when price gets there, buy at support when price gets there
  • ๐Ÿ“ˆ Use smaller timeframes like 1 minute to fine tune entries at key levels
  • ๐ŸŽฏ Identify risk levels below/above zones to define your risk vs reward
  • ๐Ÿ’ฐ Simple support/resistance trading works long term if you control risk
  • ๐Ÿค Get experience identifying best trading opportunities and avoiding bad ones
  • ๐Ÿ˜Ž You don't need crazy risk/reward ratios, make a bit more than you lose
  • ๐Ÿ’ก Keep it simple - draw major zones and trade the bounces

Q & A

  • What is the core trading strategy being recommended in the video?

    -The core strategy is to identify major support and resistance levels on the daily chart, set alerts at those levels, and take trades when price reaches those levels. No complex indicators are used, just basic technical analysis.

  • What time frame does the speaker recommend using?

    -The speaker recommends primarily using the daily chart to identify major support and resistance zones. The 1 minute or 1 hour chart can also be used to refine entry and exit timing.

  • How does the speaker control risk in trades?

    -The speaker controls risk by setting a 1:1 or less risk/reward ratio per trade. Average losses are kept smaller than average wins through sound risk management.

  • What was the example trade that the speaker took and what was the rationale?

    -The example trade was a short trade taken at a key daily resistance level on Friday. The rationale was that it was unlikely for price to break above the resistance level and recent highs, providing a good risk/reward scenario.

  • What recommendations does the speaker make regarding avoiding trades sometimes?

    -The speaker recommends avoiding trades right before major news events to avoid getting wicked out. Also avoiding trades into key levels when there is huge opposing momentum and breakout potential.

  • How long has the speaker been using this trading approach?

    -The speaker mentions running a free telegram channel for 5 years using the same simple support/resistance approach.

  • What does the speaker say about more complex trading strategies?

    -The speaker questions the need for very complex strategies involving order flow, bank manipulation etc. when a simple support/resistance system has worked well consistently.

  • What education platform is mentioned in the video?

    -Mission FX is mentioned as an educational platform that the speaker will be doing a live session for.

  • What future plans are mentioned regarding trading?

    -The speaker mentions setting up a new office to allow getting analysis done and trading as the US stock market opens.

  • What is the key takeaway or piece of advice from the video?

    -The key takeaway is to keep your trading strategy simple, control your risk, and consistently follow your plan over time to achieve sustainability.

Outlines

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๐Ÿ“ˆ Simple trading system using daily support/resistance

The paragraph explains a simple trading system using the daily chart to identify major support and resistance zones. It advises setting alerts at those levels and taking trades when price reaches them, selling at resistance and buying at support. It mentions this is all you need, without needing complex strategies. It provides an example trade taken using this system on Friday for over $7,000 profit.

Mindmap

Keywords

๐Ÿ’กSupport and resistance

This refers to price levels on a chart where the price tends to find support (buying pressure) or resistance (selling pressure) as it moves up and down. The video advocates using obvious support and resistance levels on the daily chart to identify trades, such as selling at a key resistance level.

๐Ÿ’กRisk management

Controlling the amount of risk taken on each trade to limit losses. The video emphasizes the importance of risk management in having a simple, sustainable trading system, allowing you to remain profitable through losses.

๐Ÿ’กSimplicity

Keeping the trading system simple, without overly complex indicators or techniques. The video argues simple support and resistance trading with risk management is profitable long-term.

๐Ÿ’กStatistics

Letting probabilities and stats work in your favor over many trades. With risk control, you only need to win slightly more than you lose to be profitable.

๐Ÿ’กMomentum

The speed and strength of price moves. The video advises avoiding trades right into strong momentum, like news events, to avoid being stopped out.

๐Ÿ’กNuance

Subtleties and finer judgement that comes with experience. This helps in deciding which trades to take and avoid based on context.

๐Ÿ’กConsistency

Repeating the same, simple trading process over time. This leads to sustainability through managing randomness.

๐Ÿ’กPredictability

Using obvious support and resistance levels makes price movements more predictable.

๐Ÿ’กSpreads

The difference between the bid and ask price. The video warns spreads can widen during news events, leading to bigger losses.

๐Ÿ’กWicks

The upper or lower shadows on a candlestick chart. The video cautions getting stopped out on wicks during volatile moves.

Highlights

Set alerts near major support/resistance zones on the daily chart

Only trade the clearest, most obvious support/resistance levels

Enter trades when price hits your alert zones, without overcomplicating things

Took a trade at a major daily resistance zone, made over $7,600 in 30 minutes

Use simple support/resistance with risk control for consistent, sustainable trading

Control your risk per trade, then improve entries over time as you gain experience

Make a little more than you lose using a 1:1 or better risk/reward ratio

Avoid trades right before major news events to prevent getting wicked out

Don't trade resistance zones with huge opposing momentum and volume

Review daily chart support/resistance zones and try bounces from those levels

You don't need crazy 5:1 or more risk/reward ratios to be profitable

Losses are often smaller than wins if you manage trades and close early

Making more money on wins than you lose on losses is the key

Simple, consistent rules lead to predictable, sustainable trading

Experience and nuance improve entries, but keep the system simple

Transcripts

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if you all want like a truly simple

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trading system like don't even use all

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the other time frames right you don't

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even need anything you just need the

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daily chart

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and set alerts near major support

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resistance zones only the ones that you

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think are the clearest not anything that

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looks like it couldn't be like a million

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different things so like something like

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this you'd probably want to stay away

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from some like that like thinking

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like oh maybe it'll bounce there maybe

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stay away from like that instead

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just draw the painfully obvious stuff

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right stuff like this

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after you draw that zone set an alert

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you can click this little see this

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little plus button over here on this

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side of the series you just click that

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plus button and you can set an alert

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obviously that's not a place to set an

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alert at but just for example and here

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on trading View

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you can just have your alerts at those

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major zones then you don't really have

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to do anything

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I mean like price gets there

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and then you can sell as soon as it gets

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there I will sell most the time as soon

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as press gets to a major resistance Zone

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that I think it's going to bounce at and

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then I won't sell immediately if there's

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like a major news event or something at

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the time of the of the release I'll just

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leave it alone but that's pretty much it

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like draw the major zones you think

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prices I could have bounced out on the

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daily chart when price gets there do it

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and just enter the trade and watch what

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happens over and over and start to

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develop a skill set you'll start to

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develop like a way of saying okay like

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now you can maybe use like the one hour

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and you're like okay press gets to a

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Zone this is a trade that I took for

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example on Friday I took this trade that

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I called this one out here in the

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telegram Channel further up you can see

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on this one I made over like seven

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thousand dollars on this one trade alone

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in like 30 minutes last week

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and what did I do like price was at a

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major daily resistance Zone and I just

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sold

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um you all remember I was using the one

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minute chart I just I zoom in it's not

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like I just just zoom in at the one

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minute and I'm like all right each

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candle let's say I don't do it I use the

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major zones on the one minute pricing

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crack past the recent lows right here

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came back to retest and I just thought

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okay and that'll be a good area to get

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in

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because I knew if I get in here and it

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goes down to the next Zone which was

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like a little bit lower here right

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around these lows I was like we're

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already at a daily resistance it's

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already likely to bounce anyway and then

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for me to be wrong

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and lose I would have to break Above

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This Zone and then above all of these

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recent highs

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and then it would have to go all the

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way above it like way the

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up here and I'm just like How likely is

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that to happen right I could probably

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get out way before that so my only real

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risk was like maybe like 2 000 maybe two

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or three thousand but if I'm right you

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know right I made like almost eight

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grand on this was like 7 600. and that's

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how I do it just simple support

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resistance trades anybody who's sitting

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here telling you you need the smart

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money liquidity order flow of Bank

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manipulation while you beef bullish Kobe

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steak medium rare Candlestick strategy

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with the institutional candle imbalance

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fair value Gap distribution the

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accumulation Zone strategy

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I don't know you can do all that but

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like I do like the bare minimum and I

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have done the bare minimum for years

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I've been running this free telegram

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channel for five years and it works the

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same for me so I don't know if

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y'all want to over complicate the

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out of it be my guess but I I invite you

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to maybe just like keep it simple it

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doesn't really matter what the you

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do as long as you have a simple trading

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approach you're controlling risk this

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makes things predictable sustainable

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consistent over time because you can

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consistently duplicate the same thing

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over and over because it's

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simple how genius is that and the second

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thing is if you're controlling risk

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you're never going to have a loss that

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you're uncomfortable with you're

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deciding on the risk per trade and then

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you just trade through all the stats and

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then as you get better at trading you

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start to pick opportunities that are

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more likely to work and better

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opportunities to take and you start to

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ignore trading opportunities that you

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think are a little bit less likely like

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maybe like avoiding getting into like a

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USD pair trade right before an

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NFP news event might be a great

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idea so that way you don't get Wicked

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out on spreads and crazy like

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that other ideas like

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if price gets to a major support

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resistance level but it's like right as

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a news event is occurring and there's

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huge momentum candles pushing up into

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the Zone looks like it's about to get

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broken might be a better idea to not

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solve that resistance zone so there's

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Nuance that comes into it and experience

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plays a role but you can get a great

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start by just going through the daily

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chart drawing the major zones and just

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trying to pick the bounces from those

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major zones you don't need these crazy

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one to five thousand risk reward ratios

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I use a one-to-one restored ratio and

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sometimes it's not even that because

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I'll just close early so my average

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losses are usually way smaller than what

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my average winds are and all you got to

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do is make a little bit more than you

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lose it's the same simple over and

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over so for those of you who are in

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Mission FX I will see you guys tomorrow

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during the live session uh whenever the

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U.S stock Market opens I'm going to get

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some analysis done I've got the new

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office set up it's great it's lovely

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it's feeling nice and cozy you know

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we'll see you beautiful people tomorrow

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in the telegram channel so cheers

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everyone hope you all get some sleep