 Welcome. This is Melissa Arma with the Stock Swoosh and I'm here to talk to you about 2023. Kind of do a recap of this year, which was the market really had a bullish year. This year much more expected than I thought. Started out the year bullish, we will close out for the year no matter even if we fall off. Even if we fall off in December, we will close this year up for the year. So when you're looking back at the year, think about your trading. If you've been trading, did you have the year you wanted? Did you have a good year? Did you have a bad year? Are you up money for the year? Are you down money for the year 2023? What if you're not trading? You didn't trade this year. You thought about doing it. You didn't do it. You know, it's still a good time to assess the situation even if you didn't trade. Did you have the year you wanted to this year financially? Did you get a raise at your job? Did you make the money you wanted to make? Did you earn the income you wanted for 2023? There's no doubt that things cost more this year just like they did last year, but even more so this year. Now we're just in this inflation that everyone is considering is just here to stay. And honestly, I don't know what to make of that. So these are the prices of things. These are the prices of things. Food, real estate, all of it seems to be the way that it is. But that means that you need to earn more money to combat the inflation. And again, if you've been trading and you lost money this year, then you must stop what you're doing and change if you want to have a better year in 2024. And why wouldn't you? Even if you made money in 2023, did you make enough? Did you make as much as you wanted to? Do you want to make more? You've got to take actionable steps in order to be profitable and earn the money that you want for 2024 and you need a plan of action to do it. And it's important to look at that and plan again, plan ahead. So these are our results for this year so far today. Again, the year isn't over. $536,460 for the day trade results. Most of these trades are an average risk of between $2,800 and $3,000 per trade. This is through the fifth, so I don't have today's trade and yesterday's trades in here. We did Walmart today. It was a really nice mover. So I'll add those in here too. But overall, we've had a good solid year this year. And again, looking to improve for next year. I want to do better year over year. And I think that's important. I think it's good to have goals. For the options newsletter here today, this is again, the options newsletter is not the day trades. The day trades are trades on margin. I call them the room. The newsletter is for options where you get the trades to your inbox. And this is something that I do where I'm not always doing the same day trade as an option. Sometimes I do different ones. I seem to do more options. But again, good year would like to do better next year. $2,012,470 years and over. I don't have the last week and a half in here. So again, I've actually made more because we had a good week this week. So this number is going to be higher when I finish up the stats for this week. We had a good week because we had a gap down money to start the week. And now I've been very careful because we're going into next week with the rate hike or the rate announcement, I should say, which will be Wednesday the 13th. So I'm going to be very, very careful. Again, we did the Walmart puts, but I'm doing selective things going into next week. So again, good solid year on the options newsletter this year. Want to do better next year. And again, if you didn't make over $2 million a year doing options, you have to think about what you could do differently. Now my risk for my options trades is greater than my day trades. My risk and average of $8,000 per trade. You can risk less, you can risk more. So I'm in multiple things sometimes at once. And again, I will add the current stats for this year for that. If I have time over the weekend, if not next week, but I'm thinking in my mind about 2024 myself. And so I say this to you too. Focus on your goals. Where do you want to be 12 months from now? Focus on 2024. I want to have more money than I do any year from now. And you should too. Prepare to have a better year next year no matter what. Prepare to trade better. Prepare to have higher earnings next year. That's what you want. That's the goal. We do this to make money. Trading's fun and that's all great and well in Dandy. But at the end of the day, we have to see the results. We have to see the cash. So it makes it worthwhile. And it's fun and exciting when we get trades like today in Walmart. I mean today was a huge call. And I knew it. I knew it. But I did add to that today, which really, we also had a really good entry in that. We had a tight entry in the Walmart today and then we did the ads. But like I was saying in the previous lecture, if you were there and listen to it, if not, you're going to hear it now. It's the American dream to become rich, successful and financially independent. Everyone wants to do that. Whether in America or you come here wanting to make it in the United States, or even if you don't live here and you consider it the American dream to become rich, successful and financially independent and working for yourself. And the market allows that opportunity for you. Whether it's long-term investments for your retirement or active day training, which is what I do. And I teach people how to do it in my class, in my goal and gap course. But you've got to have a strategy. How are you going to do it? How are you actually going to do it? You need to have a reason for taking the trades. And many people just don't. But it's the American dream to become rich, successful and financially independent. People who take risks can make millions of dollars. And if that's your goal, then get a plan of action. Trading is a vehicle for even the average person without a lot of money to in fact get rich. You've seen it happen, you've heard the stories. But it won't happen without a successful strategy. You've got to have a successful trading strategy. And it also won't happen if you don't take risk. Because that's part and parcel of how you will get there. Hard work, risk. Again, all of it can pay off. And there are no guarantees in trading at the market. I always kind of chuckle in the back of my mind when I hear people ask me about stuff like this. Or even when I hear when I do other webinars, I hear the other moderators say they offer guarantees. Those people don't know what they're talking about. And chances are they're not successful. You don't have the right personality, makeup, if you don't understand that trading involves risk. If you do and you're willing to take it and focus on the right things, you can win big. Again, well, what's a good example of that today? Because it's such a big trade and we did two ads. Two ads in it. But that's why risk takers thrive in a trading environment. It's one of the reasons why I'm meant to do this. And I think I'm meant to teach people too. And the winners went big and the losers lose big for many, many people and it will always be that way. Why? Because people just are out there in the market and they're risking money and they're gambling. It's a 50-50 crop shoot, the ones that are losing. The people that are winning win big because they are extremely focused. And that's where you want to be. So how can you attain the American dream? Stay focused on the dream. Get clear with your own expectations of yourself in the market. Start with the amount of money you have and be satisfied and risking what you can afford right now. Even if it's a small account, start small, build it, keep your eye on the goal. Be patient with yourself to grow your capital over time. Learn a good strategy from me. And again, that's my Golden Gap Raining System and then you can apply it daily to your trading picks. If you define the pick you want to take every day, you can hone in on what you're doing. And that's what I do. Again, like the Walmart we did today, don't gamble your money away and poor trades. Focus on quality trades. Get committed to the time and money it takes until your dream is realized. If you do that, you can get there. And I am here to help you. And I am helping people. And again, it's satisfying to see people be successful. And I want to invest my time and energy into helping people that want to be successful and come and take my class and learn from me. But trading is a real job if you take it seriously. Not many people do. And again, if you want to take it seriously, I take it seriously myself. And that's obvious in the results that I cheat from myself and in the people that are with me as well. So the class that I teach is called the Golden Gap Course. And the last class for 2023 is December 16th and 17th. The class is called the Golden Gap Course. It is a full two-day course on how to strategically find pick-and-play stocks that are professional bearish gaps. Class is online. You can be anywhere in the world and take it. And the last class of the year package is on through... So the last class of the year is December 16th and 17th. So I'm doing a last class of the year package to help everybody out who's been following me and wanting to trade all year. This is a great opportunity for you to do it. And a great way to get started. I love this vintage Santa. So cute. Anyways, this is going on through Friday, December 15th. You have one more week to join the Golden Gap Course combo. Tuition is $74.99. If you join and sign up for the Golden Gap Course combo you will get the Golden Gap Course and the Trends Course, which is January 30th. The Golden Gap is December 16th and 17th. And the last class of the year package includes... I mean, you will get this if you sign up but December 15th. And you can start trading actually this week. You will get the Gap Options Course free, which is February 29th, 11 to 3. You will get the live trading room free to the end of 2024. The Ashes newsletter free to the end of 2024 and the Marker Report subscription free through the end of 2024. Again, do not miss out. This is a huge, huge, huge, special, a huge offer if you're interested. Then you will email me at the list at thestockswish.com. Again, you will learn in the class the 26 points. You will learn how to strategically find pick-and-play stocks that are professional bearish gaps. If the class is online, you can be anywhere in the world and take it. Do not miss out on this package. It is a huge offer. Again, email me at Melissa at thestockswish.com if you want to sign up. And we're looking forward to a fabulous 2024 with you.