 everyone and welcome. This is Melissa Armo with the Stock Swoosh and I'm here reviewing August so far today. It's not quite the end of the month, but three weeks into the month and it's still earning season. There is quite a bit of earnings out, some big names out this week. So it's going to be an exciting week in the trading room. If you'd like more information, you can email me at Melissa at thestockswoosh.com or call me at 929-3200 Gap or follow me on Twitter, Facebook, YouTube or add me on Skype. So the best short, this month in August was Macy's. Fell and had a tremendous move of the day. More than $4 actually from where I called the entry in the live trading room and this was just fantastic. So a perfect example of institutional selling and that is what my method, the Golden Gap method actually depicts. I'm looking for institutional selling that's coming into a stock and then we short it. Or in the case of going long, you're looking for institutional buying that comes into a stock and going long it. So, so far, actually cake was a really good short. Trip was a really good short. This is the beginning of the month. SYMC then was off for a few days. DBX was a short two. QQs was a long. HD was a loser on the 14th. QQQs was a winner. And then the 15th, nice, nice, easy, just amazing trading Macy's. Walmart was a long, turned out to be a really, really great second call. First call was aggressive and was a loser. But overall, Walmart was a huge winner. And then on the 17th was a losing day. I think that was the only losing day this month. DF was a loser. AMAT was a loser. Tried it a second time and just couldn't couldn't get the momentum under it. So all and all for the whole month. Yeah. That was the only losing day so far. So only one losing day. And bottom line is, you know, my system has a high win ratio, but whatever system you use to trade, you really shouldn't have that many losing days in any given month. And you'll see here, it's very obvious. The days that I have the biggest days of the most party, usually when I have one ticker symbol, whether I do one trade in it, or I do a retake in it, it's the same symbol like in Walmart where I hold the conviction in it and I just follow it through and I stick with the trade. So trading is really a skill like juggling, like sports. You got to get really, really, really, really good at it. If you can't get good at something, how are you going to make this kind of money? Okay. So so far, August, even though I was off for a couple of days, has been a big month. And even though Friday was a losing day, there's only one losing day so far this month. So overall, heading into the end of the last two weeks of this month, I'm looking forward to closing out the month very strong. We'll see what we get. When I get up in the morning, I prepare by filling out my worksheet. I'm looking to rate gaps in the morning every day before the open to determine what I want to trade before the market opens. So preparation is key. And it's a big part of my success. I really think it's impossible to be successful if you're not prepared. Otherwise, you're looking to trade stocks willy-nilly up and down, up and down all around and can make up your mind what you're doing. And I don't think that's a good idea. I think knowing what you want to trade and knowing the direction you want to do it is extremely important before you take the trade and not only that before the open. So I teach a class on my method. It's called the Golden Gap course. The class is August 25th and 26th from nine to five Eastern Time. Class tuition is 54.99. The class is online. You could be anywhere in the world and take it. So the deadline for the class to sign up is August 24. This is the class for August. And if you'd like to do the combo, the trends is a 27. The class is online. You save $500 by signing up for both classes at the same time together. So if you'd like more information, feel free to reach out and email me. If you'd like to join the live trading room, you must take the Golden Gap course and be a student because I believe that knowing how to trade is extremely important for your success. So I want to take the time and spend my time with people that are interested in learning. And of course, I want people to be successful. And understanding that means that you have to have the right knowledge of the system and the strategy to trade. Email me if you'd like more information or if you want to sign up and have a great week, everyone.