 Two weeks or people are crying. There's no volume all that all of a sudden boom all it takes is one one mover I think astrology. This is the countries in Asia kind of thing They believe in the lunar new year, which is about based around the moon. I won't get into too much But it's the year of the tiger guys Doesn't hurt to take a look. You know, there's certain years are good for our traders certain years are good for you Things like that happiness. So take a look at that guys. Just Eastern philosophy of that but up we had a great meetup on Saturday this past Saturday Who showed up guys? Raise your hand if you're here on Instagram live that showed up on the meetup and let it and I'll bring someone on or something Let people know how it was. It was great man We had over 200 people come up and this is the first this was the first meetup We had such a long time due to the pandemic and we didn't really know You know the effect of the pandemic and people were scared all that but people showed up Over 200 people showed up guys at a park. We were at a park somewhere near Los Angeles, Southern, California And people showed up people had a great time. We hired security We had two security guys with secure guy one of the secure guys blown away. Oh my god. I do I never knew I never knew that, you know, so he might be interested now in training stocks, you know Cuz the first thing I did was I told the guys I showed up to the meetup Take a look around take a look around and look around these are the real traders I say that home guys because a lot of times people think that trading Is for Ivy Leaguers for Goldman Sachs guys in a three-piece suit, you know So the first thing I did was to make sure that was realizes that hey, we are all the same Look at look at how I'm dressed. I am sitting here, you know trading in my office This is this is the the new generation of traders guys, you know make a million dollars a year Whatever it is in my fucking underwear not really my shorts, but you know, it's like, you know This what do you think of a day trader? It does not is not realistic. What do you think it is? It's not the Wolf of Wall Street. It's not Nothing like those guys you see on TV guys You know, we are real people just this is this is you know The fact that we have an internet connection the fact we have a broke rich that let us trade these stocks We are down competing with the Goldman Sachs believe it or not You know guys, I mean, I'm pretty sure they're guys at home that make more than the most of those guys out there, too You know just we have not heard about so I mean if I make pretty much more than most of those guys Alex Let's do so But anyways guys anyways, so the meetup was great Where should we do the next one? That's what we think right now We want to figure out the next one we did a West Coast maybe do East Coast maybe Miami maybe up in New York You know the weather depends on the weather depending on we didn't make people wear masks. It was outdoors I thought I got sick from it, but hey, I'm fine. You know I'm vaccine and stuff, but um Where would you guys like to do the next meetup? You know type in here what you guys want to do, you know be realistic in your location as well Yeah, we have to have a easy hub for everybody fly in things like that guys, so We did Miami before I Had one in London we had one in London and in Paris a few years ago guys, so you guys recall we I was over into Europe, so We had one Miami we So now we're back on the tour guys, so you know make make your presence known it'd be great So I'm gonna talk to I went to Vegas before two guys. We had few in Vegas. So you miss those So I'm glad that there's a lot of interest coming back So meet-up was great. What do you guys think I want to hear from the guys are that went to the meet-up What do you guys think of the meet-up and how we can do better? So who here went to the meet-up? I saw some people saying they went to the meet-up North Korea There's a meet-up every day online guys. We have every Tuesday, you know, this is a meet-up right here Wait for the box to come Here comes the box If I see people posting weird characters and stuff that is not English I Would block them because there's a lot of these bots are I don't know where they're from but they're they're all over the place, so That does a great city. I've been there So who showed the meet-up guys? Obviously who's showing me about and let us know How it went So today's beginning. What's called Chinese year guys? So lunar year year look it up. It's it depends each year It's gonna be a different gate based upon the the location of the moon and things like that right guys So this year it happened beyond this date Maybe next year could be on the day before the day or the day after but around this time is you know Around the end of January beginning of February is the lunar new year. So based upon the moon What does the year that tiger meet for training? I posted this guys So, let's see. Let me bring up my Instagram. I mean my You do more research on yourself because what happens is in in In in the forecast of the year the tiger It's very dependent upon your sign So it's not like a blanket like oh this year's gonna be great for everybody. And so the one thing about about the Chinese zodiac is that it's pretty it's pretty Pretty realistic in terms of it. It's gonna tell you this is your bad year. You're Fox You know Then it said that for me and it came true. So usually when it is your year people think that hey, I'm a tiger It's good for me. It's actually bad for you. So in in Chinese zodiac the year that you're born in it's actually the worst year So let me let me bring up this. Let me see So then so what happens is when it's not your year guys You need to Google to figure out how to mitigate the risk same thing with day trading. Okay? It's it's like, you know, you're in your bad trade. And so if this is a year of the tiger You're in a bad trade. How do you reduce your losses? And so it's very important if you were born in the year of the tiger To check out Okay, look year of the tiger Here's predictions They have all these from New York Post China Okay, let me do for the New York Post Let's see what happens. This is the the American I'm hoping that they they brought in the Let me see. What was the one I posted guys? I would post a simple I posted on Twitter I'm seeing I forgot which date I posted on though. That was yesterday. I posted yesterday 16 hours ago January 30th is when I posted it Here we go. This is this is it in a nutshell guys. I Happen to be here the ox. Thank goodness last year was the year the ox guys and you know, I have some bad Personal things happen to me not necessarily financial stuff But more like a personal relationships and all that stuff was was really bad It was really rocky year for me as Alex knows in terms of relationships whatever so that wasn't my bad luck year guys And so this year I thankfully the ox and the goat are luckiest for this year And if you're the rat the snake the monkey the pig the dog you would need to make Comparatively more effort. So basically it's a nice way of saying if those are your years You better work your butt off this year guys It may not be a good year for you and unless you are working harder and If you are a rabbit a dragon a horse a rooster you might be Having a great smooth year, but don't take these things for granted Just because it says you're having a great Smooth year doesn't mean that you can just lay around do nothing. It means go about your business Be yourself. Be just do what you're normally doing and it'll be okay But if you are one of these animal signs You need to get off your your lazy butt and do something make a bigger effort Okay, make a bigger effort. So I'll give you an example So the ox and the goat are lucky signs this year Man, I I was I fell asleep at 5 p.m. Last night. I fell asleep at 5 p.m Uh, I'm like, okay, then I woke up and I'm like, man I'm not gonna maybe I was gonna sleep through dinner because I'm trying to lose weight guys I've been eating I've been eating so much so much junk food and stuff So I decided to sleep through dinner and then at midnight what happened was uh You know, my girlfriend called me other people called me wish me happy new year next year. I'm up I'm up. I'm wide awake at 1 a.m. Right. I'm like, what the hell do so I start to go and look for food So I ate some food the funny thing is I'm supposed to sleep through dinner So it saved me weight. So I ate a big old pot of ramen I made I passed out So Alex was awake when I was awake. So it was like 3 a.m 3 a.m. Alex was awake out, you know, and then Alex I what are you doing up? You know Alex could Alex you couldn't sleep. I was trying to sleep through my dinner But then but then people what we have to wish me happy new year and so So what happened was then I overslept my god. So I was excited for work It was 3 a.m. The market's gonna open in two hours. You know, um Not the world the pre-market anyways, and so I overslept my alarm I just woke up at freaking 8 a.m. Over here, which is like 11. And so I missed the entire open But then by missing the entire open I'm so mad but things There were not many stocks guys that were That were favoring my style of trading there might be so not many stocks actually went down There are so many traps that went up. I'm just giving you all these. Okay, look at these They went down. They went up. They went out. So in my opinion oversleepy today Oversleep look at this man. These stocks are just crazy. They're all up. They're all up They're all up after taking the the open, right? So Alex made money on amc and he made money on ks cp So the only chance I got was making money on ks cp So I don't trade amc. I don't trade those stocks And but I'm looking around like actually these other small caps. I might have lost guys So it might have saved me because remember yesterday Alex we were talking about The markets have shifted. There are a lot of I felt traps coming in the small caps because actually it was trapped all over it and I I managed to make money yesterday, but I could have been trapped all over. There's so many traps And so surely enough today this open. There's so many traps, too So I'm accrediting me missing work to being fortunate this year So I was blessed. I woke up late when I woke up late. Hey, I'm making money making money is one thing But losing money because because you're trying to force a bad trade I was so eager. I was eager to trade today's new Chinese new year As I was like, dude, I got to make money. I got to make money. I have to make money because this This will set the tone for the rest of the year and so So I might have lost guys seriously I might have forced myself to fight these stocks that has not dipped some of these stocks at prvb My god, look at this v prvb. Where's this? There's some of these just finally dropped And I woke up and I I try to short that on six line, but I missed it Here's prvb. Look at that my gosh. It went from all the way the open I wouldn't mind it. I might have shorted it at five 40 and then five 60 and then it teleported to six months You know these stocks the thing is The thing is when you're eager for a trade when you're forcing trades, that's when you lose So the fortunate thing for me maybe is you know, I Maybe the fortunes the gods the clouds whatever I told me fucking take it easy So I want to look up now. I'm like just I am so calm. I don't need to make money I just need to make I don't need to force myself to make money I've just you know, the best way of trading is to wait for the stocks to come to you And if you happen to make zero dollars that day because nothing fits in your setup, so be it Don't force yourself. So today I wanted to make a monster money because I'm like it may set the president for the rest of the year Right guys. And so I I probably would have lost because when whenever I come into the market thinking I'm gonna bank I'm gonna bank. I lose So, you know, I'm taking the easy now. It's okay. So maybe maybe this sets the tone for the rest of year where you know what man guys I I'm going to be more relaxed trading and not force myself Not put pressure on myself as being, you know, the biggest trader or the worst trader, whatever that may be, right guys Um, and maybe this is going to change my happiness this year. Who knows? I believe everything happens for a reason and I'm looking I'm waking up I'm seeing all these stocks and highs and it's 11 o'clock and they zombied up. I'm like, oh my god. I got saved Because when 11 o'clock comes guys and and all most of your screens Are straight up with no dips. It means that short sellers have been squeezed that they lost Okay, guys. And so this reminds me, you know, this this year who knows what what's gonna happen But risk management do not force your trade do not just because you made millions last year It doesn't mean that you you should be entitled to make millions this year You know, just because you lost last year doesn't mean that you can lose against this year So that's the thing every year is a new year to clean slate. And so I'm actually very well rested, man I I'm happy. I'm rested I've I'm waking up and I'm okay. We're missing the open last year. I would be like a panic I'm I am killing myself to to trade, you know what I'm saying? So this year Maybe it's a good thing, you know, maybe it's a good thing that I realize that there's more important things to sit around the screens I love trading guys. I'm here. I'm I'm sitting here right now helping the members of the mic I'm doing an instagram live now, you know late and so and I'm happy to do so enough because I'm forced to So maybe that's a new thing. You know, I I'm a really superstitious guy. I'm a really I'm into all that stuff, you know So I'm trying to always when when things Happen to me. I was I don't think of it as a negative thing I'm I'm reflective and sense of what did what is this mean to my life? Why did this happen to me? So I always look at as a learning experience if It's either you win or you learn guys because you know what man Bad things happen all the time and we can't cry about it We are way more than blessed guys if I lose money and I'm pissed There are people out there that don't even have an opportunity to be on an iphone like me talking to you right guys so everything happens for a reason the moment that you change your attitude and And go from a defeatist crying to a realization that everything is a lesson It's like this the zen the buddha right whatever it may be But you know, this is how I this is how I'm able to get to where I am in life Coming from nothing coming from vietnam on a boat with no education No, nothing. I didn't speak english right until I was like six five six years old to learn to speak english right and look at me now people can't even tell that I'm asian on the phone so um So everything's a blessing in life guys and maybe that's my that's my That's my calling in life to help people Not necessarily to be the biggest baddest trader in the world because you know I am not the biggest the baddest trader in the world and it's okay The moment you realize that it's okay that you don't that you don't need to be a millionaire a billionaire or whatever it is Right that you could be the best dad or the best friend or the best brother or the best uncle Right and that's enough to help someone right so who knows what it is guys We go through metamorphosis all our life and so during these times we're very reflective My family is all back in san jose right now. I'm planning to go back on thursday The reason I stayed here is because of the meet-up the meet-up was over the weekend If it wasn't for the mic meet-up I would be back in san jose my family on chinese new year because that's a big traditional thing Where you need to be with your family in chinese new year and so you know So mic is my family guys. So that's what I realized. I mean, you know that family Extends more than just your bloodline It could be your brother alex and toss it on my brother's man I mean, I don't have any real brothers like bloodline But but they are because closest thing that I have to a real brother, right guys I have you know, I have maybe a half brother somewhere around the world You know, but no blood doesn't mean brotherhood guys So that's the thing so that so i'm sitting here at mic You know alone in my apartment during times of year all my family and friends are celebrating back in san jose You know getting drunk fireworks and here I am sober. I am sober sitting here helping my mic family so That's what you gotta realize guys See everybody needs to be part of a community guys And so training for me has been given me that family because I I really don't have a very close family I have a small family, but we're not like super tight And so I've always wanted that feeling of inclusiveness belongingness What could be mic could be whatever guys so the moment you feel it feel that love, you know life is great You don't need to be The best trader because before I needed to be the best trader on twitter because I was alone I had no one to talk to I needed everyone to love me And so I would became the fucking modern rock now I I now I was like when I go to meetups when I go to meetups I I I am not a Extravert by nature. I'm forced to be that I don't like to talk to people. I don't like to be just leave me alone If I like to talk to people I would not be a day trader being a day trader Met for 15 20 years. I'm sitting alone in an office by myself With no human beings around 15 years of my life has been in a In an office by myself So by nature anybody has a day trader is not an extrovert guys But you know, we we like to sit by ourselves just like Alex, right? He doesn't like to talk to me. I'm the same way, but you know, man, I'm forced to come out on my shelf things like that. So Uh, so that's why when you see me meetups I'm kind of weird because I'm like, I don't like the attention man people come up to me. Hey, can I sign you? Can you give me your autograph? I'm like autograph. Who the hell am I? I'm not a brat bit You know what I'm saying? So the more people that come up to me and they go, I You know, I you know, I thank you bow. I respect you It gives me so much pressure, man It's like, no, no, I'm not that guy because I cannot fail anybody if I fail on someone Oh my god, bow fail bow fails. How what chance does it have for me? Right guys? So you guys are your own idols don't don't You know, I I feel very weird. I'm appreciative as hell That people come up to me and make me sign books or whatever it is. It's just weird to me It's just weird because who the hell am I? You know, I'm saying guys, so don't give yourself any I really had no topic for today But I think it's Chinese New Year. So it's a It's a rebirth. So every year I'm reflective just like just like uh, January 1st Is a rebirth for the western culture like China Chinese New Year is for the eastern culture. So My phone just went really weird all these points. So all right guys, um, who went to the meetup? I want to raise your hand. I want to bring one person to meet up and let me uh Let everybody know how it went If not, though, I'll let you guys know back. But you know happy new year. You're the tiger Oh, shit Can you hear me? You know, my my phone is all weird today is weird I want to keep this short and sweet you guys I guess but Why don't you uh, I would have put up a post About what cities we should do next. Okay guys So we're gonna say which which cities we do next for the meetup. Let us know All right guys. We'll see you later. Happy new year