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@TheMarketComeUp jamesclear.com/newsletter

@TheOneLanceB @JamesClear Where can one sign up for this?

Years later and the 3-2-1 Newsletter by @JamesClear still the best email I receive. First quote is so relevant for aspiring traders. If you can’t fully commit, you need to adjust your expectations accordingly in order to avoid frustration. Doesn’t mean don’t pursue.

@view_potential @RealSimpleAriel x.com/view_potential… This can't possibly be the same person can it!? Welcome to capitalism my friend. If people can't afford food, gasoline, or homes - it sure as hell isn't @RealSimpleAriel 's fault, I promise you that.

@RealSimpleAriel Because people can’t afford food, gasolin, or homes. The stock market benefits the haves alone.

It's subtle, but a breakout in $DXY from here would likely be a headwind for equities.

@easypeasytrade @NickSchmidt In trading, uncertainty = setups & trades that we don't have enough data behind or haven't created a playbook with enough reps to identify +EV. Stupidity = building a playbook with data to back it up, and then oversizing, revenge trading or not trading your playbook, etc.

@NickSchmidt curious, hw to distinguish btw uncertainty and stupidity? there must be a fine line.

Very applicable to trading/investing

@RealSimpleAriel @elonmusk @SenWarren @BernieSanders Socialism is for bums who don't want to work hard, full stop. I understand that some people have way more opportunities than others, but you CAN create your own luck & opportunity. Working hard will always prevail. Elon did all of that. Warren & Sanders just sound old & bitter 😂

The day @elonmusk becomes a trillionaire, you can set your watch to @SenWarren and @BernieSanders firing off their pre-written outrage posts. Sorry, but I don’t want socialism. Capitalism rewards innovation, risk-taking, and value creation. Elon built companies that millions of people voluntarily support and invest in. The American public has already cast its vote—and it’s called the stock market. $TSLA $SPCX

@TheOneLanceB “Feedback is a gift” was a motto at Facebook/Meta during my time there. Every single performance review was filled with feedback from our colleagues & leaders to help us make the 1% daily improvements. As with many things, we have to drop the ego and accept the gift!

AVOIDING CRITICISM HARMS YOU & THEM Early on in my work with SMB Capital, there was a trainee that was not meeting the standards of the firm. As a result, during a meeting, Bella chewed out this trainee regarding the quality of his work. Feeling bad for the trainee, I softened the blow by telling him it would be okay and that he's working hard and all these other platitudes at the end of the call. After the meeting, Bella told me to never do that again because I was softening his message to the trader and ultimately hurting the trader's and the firm's long-term prospects, because if he does not learn that lesson, he will not be at the job in another few months. As most humans do, I initially got defensive, but then the more I thought about it, I realized how right he was. If this message was not hammered into the trainee, he actually would be gone and his dreams would be broken. The trainee still had the possibility for change, but only if the emotional drive was strong enough to create new behavior. So often in life, we avoid giving feedback because we don't want to hurt the other person's feelings. Yes, there absolutely is a productive and an unproductive way to give feedback. One of the most important skills in life is being able to give feedback in the most productive manner possible. Too soft and they don't listen. Too harsh and they get defensive and unresponsive. Similarly, in life, it is just as important to be able to learn to receive feedback. We all get defensive. It is our ego and human nature, but with time we learn to tone that response down and objectively listen to the feedback to find out whether it is true and whether it is actionable. There is tons of feedback that isn't true and can be dismissed, and there's tons of feedback that isn't actionable and ultimately we can't change. The feedback that comes from a position of caring to help us be better is the feedback we must take. Almost comically, what inspired me to write this post is that a local small business bagel shop opened up by me. Many in the area love to see small local businesses thrive. The truth is, though, that the bagels were not good and barely edible because of how crispy and chewy they were. Despite this, many of the reviews gush about how important it is to have small local businesses but avoid giving the hard feedback that is necessary for this business to thrive in the long run. If you do not give the necessary feedback, counterintuitively, the business will actually fail, and your actions are counterproductive to what your goals are. Sometimes in life, the nicest thing you can ever do for someone or something is to give the hard feedback to help them be better. Additionally, avoiding feedback also hurts you. Not only are you suppressing your own thoughts and feelings, but if you care about something or you care about an outcome, good feedback helps you make sure your needs are met and the outcome you hope for occurs. If you care about the prospects of a trainee or a business or a person, you end up harming yourself AND them by not giving them the feedback to succeed and grow. You’re avoiding short-term discomfort at the cost of long-term success.

@sspencer_smb Have it bookmarked 😅 so here it is for my lazy people: smbtraining.com/blog/the-money…

$TXN #1 today is a great example of the SMB "The Money Trade" (google it)

@EllyDtrades @traderkylec Nah, people shouldn't be trading if they are in tough spots. Trading is hard enough as it is, you don't need to add an uphill mental battle to the mix. Saving money until you can trade without pressure = ultimate goal for anyone trying to get into this game.

@traderkylec Ahh yes make fun of people for being in tough spots

Pretty sure I just read “if you’re a profitable trader but you’re limited due to not actually being a profitable trader” 🤣

@Feliper70351777 @sspencer_smb he posted previously, here you go: x.com/sspencer_smb/s…

@sspencer_smb Hi, spencer what is your criteria to put the levels?

you didn't need to buy $IBIT in the mid 30s to make money in it today. From our pre-market game plan: 1. it opend above *inflection* so initial bias to R1 2. it consolidated above R1 showing relative strength 3. it broke above R2 and trended to R3

@RealSimpleAriel "McDonalds seeing record job applications" 😂🤣😂🤣

2/5/2026 Daily Recap: Market correction well underway - $SLV $SI_F should be more than obvious that the metals market has topped. Silver down 16% today and trading back at $70 from $121 highs. - $BTC and $ETH both post double digit losses. $MSTR down 17% while $BMNR is down 14%. McDonalds seeing record job applications. - $SMH on the verge of possible losing the 50sma tomorrow which would accelerate the $QQQ lower - $AMZN down 10% on earnings while telling us they have a 200bil in Capex spend for the year - $IGV down another 5% and lower in the after hours session as software names continue to bleed. Massive volume makes me think a snapback can happen at any moment. - $GOOGL a very nice reversal off of the lows closing down -.5% today. Todays low becomes incredibly important for that name. - Transports and energy $XLE $IYT take a breather. - $MOH loses $2.75 a share and drops 30% on earnings. $FLNC drops 35% on its respective report as well. - Landmines everywhere we look! Just because you are seeing names washout does not mean it's the time to engage in extended shorts. Please be careful and live to trade in calmer waters. - $PLTR $HOOD recent stage 4 downtrends. They could bottom tomorrow or next 6 months. The key is not to get stubborn with your own opinions.

@TheStrongTrader Lets GO!!!! Congrats brother!!

$30,000 trading NQ…What a week. The overnight volatility this week was absolutely amazing. I took advantage of this by taking some swing trades with just 3NQ contracts overnight and two times this week woke up to five figure Trades. $10,000 on Wednesday, and $20,000 this morning. $30,000 between two different XFAs. Opportunity plus preparation plus swinging the bat equals profit 🙏

Love that you mentioned this because I sleep with my AC on every night + all windows closed = chill room and silent. Is my electricity bill relatively high? Yes. Is it less than 10% of a daily stop? Also yes. There is no substitute for this, but if I were to tell people what my bill was, I'd get ridiculed about where I live and why I don't sleep with the windows open lol.

HOW TO MAKE 200% RETURN PER DAY We, as traders, obsess over stock market returns. Hedge funds would kill to compound at even 12% annually. Meanwhile, the magnitude of returns readily available in self-improvement, daily optimization, & in entrepreneurship far eclipse anything in markets (admittedly, most are limited in scale… but so are many trading strategies). This is a subject Hormozi does a great job addressing. From hiring cleaners to meal prep to ad spend. Most people do an awful job acting rationally given their hourly rate for their work. There are so many mundane areas in our life that most people totally ignore. Take something as simple as blackout shades. Let’s say you cheaply rig a blackout shade for your room. Prob can even do it for a one-time cost of <$50 to take an extreme example. Imagine now getting 2%-5% better sleep each night. Then how that change improves your mood, health, and trading over the course of 3-5 years. Insane ROI. Yet tons of people won’t do this. Another example - an app that blocks distractions on your phone. Say your time is worth $100/hr. And a $25/yr focus app even if it saves you just 30 min per day. Super conservative tbh. You are literally making a 2x return every single working day. Similar examples are all over the place in startup world. Hiring an epic employee. Or using AI to make you / your business more efficient. I mean… think about the ROI on ChatGPT. I pay $20/mo and it easily saves me multiple hours per month. Insane ROI, at least 5,000% return per year. Hell, even in the trading course business there are times where we find ad spend that returns 5x-10x in one day! Even being aware of this, I know I still way underoptimize this stuff. There are so many areas where small one-time investments lead to massive returns into perpetuity. One of the most fascinating topics I enjoy thinking about these days.

@TheOneLanceB One of my favorite things over the years has been getting to know you away from the trading world. Your ability to build community & to always lead with good intentions is unrivaled!! Lance on twitter: washed & broke 😂 Lance the trader:🐐🐐🐐 Lance the person:🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐

THE RAW TRUTH - WHY I SELL A TRADING COURSE! The common reaction (mine included) is: “If you’re actually so great of a trader, why would you sell a course?” Why is a supposedly "elite" trader openly sharing his knowledge or doing any of this at all!? The assumption is I must be a fraud, broke (lol), or washed up. 1. First raw truth - I no longer am willing to pay the physical, psychological, and emotional costs of trading. I HATE the feeling of constantly checking my phone to check positions when I wake up or before bed. I HATE constantly thinking about my exposure while at the gym or at dinner with friends. My dad died young and I’m acutely aware of my health and the sacrifices I made to get where I am at such a young age. Trading is NOT healthy. You’re indoors, sedentary, high-stress. It RUINS my sleep. I’ve had a professional team track and confirm that. My goal is to be happy and live long. Trading doesn't help either of those anymore. Only for big market opportunities am I willing to trade bc I recognize what that money does for others at limited cost to myself. Plus trading is REALLY hard. Always. It’s an emotional rollercoaster that I don’t want to be on forever. To what end? More money??? Now look, if you are in the trenches, if you are looking to make your nut still... I 100% get it. You SHOULD be sacrificing for success. I don't regret sacrificing my 20s for the freedom it has bought me whatsoever. But my values have changed over time, rightfully so. I'm now here to help you make that trade-off and help you earn your freedom, if it is one you wish to make. 2. “Yea, but why not just trade way smaller?” For the same reason Tom Brady isn’t out there playing rec football. Nobody on earth wants to go from the highest level of their craft to trading in the little league lol. 3. "But you're giving up so much money." Issue is the market will ALWAYS be there. Unlike athletes, aging isn’t gravity in this craft. Just because I can keep doing it, should I really obsessively trade and put myself through this for the rest of my life just because there is MORE money out there? By that logic, shouldn’t every rich person always do their job until infinite? Obviously not. (FYI - the hardest part of moving on from trading has been ignoring the financial opportunity cost. This gets discussed thoroughly in my Market Wizards chapter. I am blatantly aware that I am giving up huge money over the course of a lifetime. I promise I can do math, know that money compounds, and am not a dumbass.) 4. “Ok, I get why you trade less, but why make a course?” Look, I didn’t think I’d do this either. Years ago, after leaving @TRLM I started sharing my knowledge on Twitter for kicks. No plan, no vision. To my surprise, the content took off thanks to people like @investorslive. I spent my whole career at Trillium mentoring and training other traders. And I enjoyed it! I enjoyed seeing others win! Now I could do that at a massive scale. BUT - all of my content was being done haphazardly. For my more time-intensive content I started a Patreon that donated 100% of proceeds to charity. With minimal effort on my part, we raised $250k+! AND… the traders LOVED IT! That was the lightbulb moment that I should do this properly. 5. Giving back is genuinely important to me, not just performative. My life philosophy is that we all win when everyone else wins. The world is a better place when we lift each other up. Before I had much, I started a non-profit @impact_comp in 2018. It has now touched the lives of THOUSANDS of students, THOUSANDS of people in need (mental illness, homeless, cancer patients, children w Down Syndrome, food banks, etc) and my social impact competitions are now at over a dozen colleges across the US! I truly believe that my content helps cut through much of the scammers out there. It was awful hearing stories of good people wasting years of their life and thousands of dollars on bs. The trading community deserved better. Same reason why I have been a longtime speaker and Boardmember at @traders4acause. I want to connect traders, educate them, help them find success, and then give back. It has been amazing to see how many people my knowledge has helped! I’ve had people in rural Wisconsin, a regional airport in Norway, at a racetrack, at a small gym, and all over thank me for what I do. That’s cool! Don’t wana buy my course? No worries, I have years of content here and on YouTube 100% FREE! 6. “But why charge? Haven’t you made enough money?” Yes, I have. So have many rich people. Why does Brady still get paid? Or Sam Altman? Or Elon Musk? To many it is part of the scorecard, that is one factor. For me, it is more than that. Most of my wealth will go or has already gone to charity. That said, how cool would it be to be able to donate $100k/mo NOW AND FOREVER!? That has long been the stated goal of the course. (We are nowhere near that yet. Turns out marketing is quite hard!) The other issue with not charging - and every single marketer told me this from day one - if you don’t charge, the user doesn’t value the content. I ignored that advice, refused to believe it, and ended up dead wrong. That was my biggest mistake and a part of why we ended the free version of the course and are instead re-purposing it all onto YouTube (YT also increases our reach & removes a sign-up friction). Our data clearly showed that paid users value the knowledge more and commit to a course far more when they have skin in the game. 7. It turns out, I actually LOVE learning this new business. I’ve been absolutely fascinated learning from Hormozi. To get to learn from a living genius in-person is an incredible experience. This work is ZERO stress to me. I never have a bad day due to content or marketing. I love thinking up new video ideas. I love seeing what gets clicks and what doesn’t. Only driven, type-A people get here to begin with. So sue me bc I don’t wana lay by the pool all day? 8. As I’ve immersed myself in the world of content and marketing, I’ve begun to see the matrix. Building my personal brand has so many asymmetric positive effects and possibilities. How do you think I got into the Market Wizards book or featured on WIRED!? That only happened bc I was public for people to find me. I’ve been able to converse on this platform with some of my favorite idols. James Clear used a quote I tweeted in his newsletter. I’ve DM’ed with Bryan Johnson. In a month I’m going to Dubai to work with a trading firm. I’ve now worked with a handful of the best traders AND trading firms around the world bc of this platform. All of that is SO COOL TO ME! I have a vision for what I’m building that is so large nobody would ever believe it. I do think there is a world where in 3-5 years, I become one of the trusted voices in trading and markets. That would be badass! 9. Finally… I’ve made incredible friends from doing this. Yes, big dogs like @theshortbear. Yes, even the crazy characters like @timothysykes. All of them, people like @investorslive, have shaped my life and who I am. But the infinite traders in between. From @RealSimpleAriel, to @jscherniack, to @LikeTheHotel, to @TheStrongTrader, @traderkylec, @thelaptoplegend, my pickleball bro @tradethedownhill in Miami, to even the close friendship with @TradesTurbo crushing steaks across the pond together! 10. There will always be a few haters who doubt my achievements no matter how much proof you put in front of them. That is the GREATEST compliment you can ever give a man! THANK YOU! You are the best free marketing I can ever get 😘 So there ya go… the most comprehensive answer I’ve ever given on why I do this despite all the skepticism around trading courses / content creators. Now.... let's get the f*ck to work! Much love, - (The One) Lance B

@RealSimpleAriel colonoscopy....grind higher 😂

7/11/2025 Daily Recap $NVDA $AMD $BTC $IBIT $CRM $PANW $HUBS $ADSK $OKTA $PLTR $AG $PAAS $SLV. Commodities flexing today. Software application getting beaten up. The big beneficiary of A.I. was billed as being software stocks. You could have fooled me with the current price action.

@RealSimpleAriel Lol wonderful example of people projecting because they're too lazy to accomplish great things themselves....therefore "no one else can do it" well done brother!

I love friendly comments like this where people claim everything you’ve accomplished is BUUUULLLSHIT. Gotta love the haters. 🙏

@bryanlytics @vladtenev @RobinhoodApp Congrats!!

Generational wealth starts at 5 minutes old. Am I doing this right? @vladtenev @RobinhoodApp

I'll kick things off by piggybacking on our dinner conversation some time last summer - my "why" of getting into trading. This might surprise a lot of people, but it was my rescue pitbull, as she got me through a lot of dark times. My goal is to use trading profits to open up my own non-profit shelter by 2030. As for now, I donate to this organization monthly, so anything helps! We have to advocate for the ones who don't have a voice.🐶 standupforpits.us

CHARITY REQUESTS! So far in ‘25, Magnum Opus has donated to non-profits addressing wildfires, regen farming, cancer, food insecurity, & built another school in Bali! For June’s donation, I want to support an org that has made a difference in YOUR life. Share your story below.

@TheOneLanceB You’ve been on a roll with all of the advice! Minimizing external pressures was the biggest to help me become profitable and I was able to do that by following your other points, which was living below my means & understanding there are no shortcuts. This is all pure gold! 🐐

How to succeed at trading: Minimize external pressures for as long as possible.

@bryanlytics Thank you for your service brother! 🙏🏻

@CorleoneOffer I can’t even begin to describe how much of this all hits home, thank you for sharing this with us Stan. Sending you my deepest condolences 🙏🏻

I lost a good chunk of my edge a few days ago. This post will NOT be trading-related. While I can and will make parallels to trading within it, given its ties to my edge at its core, the primary purpose is process-related, as this is how I deal with certain emotions --> I write. Proceed as you see fit. On January 22nd, I had to make a decision to put my dog down. Charles was the most beautiful and gentle Chocolate Lab I had ever seen. He would have been 12 in May. Diagnosed with cancer 5 months ago; the time had to come to say goodbye. To say that I feel devastated would be a severe understatement. I am crushed and have not felt such pain in a very long time. I am angry. What did I do or not do to cause this? Why do bad things happen to good people? Yes, I understand that objectively, it is not my doing or not doing. I didn't cause this, yet I must deal with it as the feeling is real. I need to process, feel, and act on it. Because if I don't, then I only delay those beautiful rushes of moments celebrating his life. Thinking back to my early years with him, 10-11 years ago, I was still in my infancy as a trader. I worked full-time as middle management while trying to figure out the 'secret' formula for trading. Leaving the house early in the morning for work, then halfway down the street, I'd think, "Hmmm... did I leave the cookies on the counter again? Ahh, dang dog, now I'm going to be late for work because I have to turn around and ensure he can't get into the Oreos." -- Such a responsible thought, right? 🙄 Or the times I'd have family or friends call me to say they were on their way over, and I'd look at our entryway, and it'd be full of dog hair, even though we had just had the house cleaned a day or two prior. Now, I'd be all worked up trying to get the vacuum out and cleaned up in time. Or the times he would completely destroy my wife's expensive heels. He would get yelled at and feel really bad about it, and then by the time we cleaned it all up, he would have already forgotten and moved on, ready to play again -- even though I was still furious with emotion. I live on the west coast, so the market opens at 630am. His breakfast time was at 7am. And he knew it. 705am comes about; I'm getting pawed at, I'm getting looks, the impatience increases -- he wants his breakfast. And, of course, 30 minutes into the opening bell, the LAST thing I want to do is leave my screens while the opportunities are still in their prime. Now, fast forward a few days after his passing, and the only thing I am left with is experiences like the above and the lessons behind each. I am a person that feels deeply. That is part of my edge. I take my time to ensure I fully understand what's in front of me (regardless of what it is). I can feel the greed in the tape. I can feel the panic, the fear, the euphoria. When it comes to charts, I can 'feel' them better than I can see them. We all have various styles of verbal communication(s) -- in mine, I use a lot of "I feel this" or "I feel that" (some people use 'think' instead) because even when I am verbally communicating, it is coming from an emotional context and feeling vs a logical or analytical view ( I feel vs I think --> Dive into NLP if you want to learn more). Before I make a decision, not only does the intellectual (i.e. your process, analysis, technique, system, etc) have to align, but ALSO the emotional (i.e. Why are you doing this? How does it feel? Is the environment correct?) MUST align. The intellectual is your HOW. The emotional is your WHY. I lost a good chunk of my WHY a few days ago. What used to annoy me for a reason to turn around, now I wish I had forgotten cookies everywhere. The times I would frantically vacuum, now I find myself crouched, looking under the couch to find a nice hairy dust bunny. All of the time I would waste staying angry at something or someone, I have now learned to shift much quicker, because I noticed how quickly he could shift from upset to happy. All of the "missed opportunities" because I had to feed him 30 minutes after the bell -- actually shaped me into a lethal reactive trader. He helped create and provide a form of structure. He was a source from which I drew strength. There was absolutely nothing I wouldn't have done for him. And it's where I must find comfort, as I have no regrets for the years he was with us. Albeit, I do wish it was longer; however, anything from this point forward would have been a selfish act. I'm not sure how long this takes. I am sure some of it will never go away. It may seem silly to some—I can understand; I've been on that side as well—but I can assure you the feeling is real. All I can do is take it day by day, and notice how I process in order to make progress. (p.s. I normally go back and re-read the post and correct errors, spelling, etc -- but not this one. This will be left raw and 1st draft only -- deal with the mistakes on your own)

@UCFZack @OrlandoMagic This “rule” is obviously up to the org, but I can tell you right now, as someone who worked in the NBA for 5 years, ALL teams literally tell their season ticket holders to resale tickets in order to justify buying a whole season. About 5% of ticket holder go to all home games…

Apparently selling your season tickets to @OrlandoMagic games for games that you can’t make it to (via their official resale platform at a net LOSS of hundreds of $$ per game) gets your season ticket membership canceled. But hey, “building culture in the O” or whatever 😂