 everyone and welcome. This is Melissa Arma with the Stock Swoosh and it is Martin Luther King Day in a couple of days. Long weekend, market close and Martin Luther King stood for so, so many things. One of the things that they stood for was freedom. So an icon for sure. And it is the beginning of 2021. A lot of people are thinking about freedom in these times. And it's a very, very interesting time to be alive in this world. I will say that and not only that to trade the markets. If you'd like more information, you can email me at Melissa at thestockswoosh.com. And you can call me at 929-3200 Gap. You can follow me on Twitter, Facebook, YouTube or Skype. So I'm doing an MLK special for this week through Martin Luther King Day, which is January 18th. And, you know, also, there's just so much going on right now in the political backdrop of things. And, you know, politics does affect the market. We saw that in 2020. Many of the things that happened in the market, the volatility in 2020 happened because of COVID, but also there was a political backdrop to that because all the states were doing different things with the closures. And so all of the data that comes out, economic data, all of these things affect the market. So, you know, it's a very, very interesting time, like I said, to trade. And the message for Martin Luther King is that all men should be free. It's a very, very important message. And you really got to think about that and how much that resonates in these times and the times that we're living in now in this year. One of the things I like about trading, and day trading specifically, or doing options trades too, is really how you can get in and out of a trade very, very quickly. For me, I prefer to short. I do go long, but I really focus on the shorts. Twitter has been a nice short. Twitter gapped down because of negative news from censorship that happened Monday a week ago. It fell and it continued to fall all of last week. We did a short in it. This short was on, this was on this day here. It's right in here. It was Thursday. And we entered it at 4750, exited at 4675, kept going, almost went to the dream target. And so you really could have made more of this and could have held it longer on the day. Profit was $4,500 with 6,000 shares. You could have taken 600 shares. You could have taken 1,000 shares. Your risk is determined by your experience level and the size of your account. Now, when we're day trading, we're using margin, okay? So if you have questions about margin, you can always email me or ask me that in the upcoming webinar. But Twitter definitely looks lower to me. I'm going to be doing an interview on Monday morning, Martin Luther King Day actually about Twitter and the news that's surrounding this stock. So this was an excellent, excellent trade. Again, it was a short. And one of the things that I do is I teach people how to short. I teach people how to short gaps. And so gaps happen every single day in the market. We do do bullish gaps. We do do bearish gaps. We'll just take a look here at the gap that happened on Monday with the Twitter. Stock closed here on Friday morning, boom, open, lower in the morning. A gap is a difference from the close and the open. That's what a gap is. But then I have a rating system where I look to rate it to see on the daily chart if it's going to rate 20 points or more. If it does, I do it in the direction of the gap. And again, in this case here, this was a bearish gap down in Twitter. And so it was a short. And again, like I said, you could have done it all week. So the Martin Luther King Freedom Special that I'm doing where you would learn my method and then you would be able to get trains that I call like the Twitter in the live room. The class is January 23rd and 24th, 90m to 5pm Eastern time class tuition is $69.99. The deadline is Monday and you would receive the following if you sign up by Monday. Excuse me. You would receive the trading room free through Memorial Day 2021. And the options newsletter free through Memorial Day 2021. So again, you would get the options trades I call and the day trades in the live room. And I call the trades like Twitter in the live room. Everyone that was there in the live room got that train on Thursday. One of the reasons that trading is something that, you know, in these times, like I said, becoming free also means what? Being financially free, being independent. A lot of times people are so feel so trapped in their lives are not really trapped, but they feel trapped. And it takes some thought process and some motivation to look outside the box in that and dare to dream that your life can be bigger, your life can be better, that you could have the financial freedom that you desire. And for a lot of people, I know this is difficult because they feel so bogged down with the everyday chores of their normal life or their jobs or their responsibilities, really. And people just get down and they get depressed. You've got to motivate yourself to do it. You've got to. And again, Martin Luther King is a good icon to look up to. And someone you could say, well, look at all this person accomplished in their life. You have to dare to dream if you want to accomplish something in your own life. You know, life has to have more meaning than just getting up and just dragging yourself to your job every day. You want to be excited about what you do. I love trading. I love reading charts. I love predicting where a chart is going to go before it goes there, like Twitter. And really it is all about manifesting what you desire. When you desire something and you picture it and you actually feel it and you believe it, you can create it. And that is powerful. It's very, very, very, very powerful. I've always been able to do that in my life. I know, again, people struggle with it. But just because you've had a problem being able to manifest things you desire in the past doesn't mean you can't turn that around in a dime. Start right now to believe that you can actually become successful as a trader. But you can learn that you can do it. I talked to so many people and I think one of the biggest hindrances to you people, or obstacles I should say really, is that they don't believe that they can do it. But that's crazy. If you apply yourself and you learn a good system and you listen to the things that I say in the class, listen to the things I say in the trading room, of course you can learn it. You have a brain. You have a capability. The time it takes for everyone to learn and get good, it really varies from person to person. So think positive. Never give up. Remember that life is a gift. And again, this is one of the biggest lessons from 2020 as well. Your life is a gift. My life is a gift. And I feel very grateful that I know how to predict the direction that stocks go. Very grateful for my own personal abilities and my health. 2021 is about you. You, your family, things you want to accomplish this year, dreams that you want to accomplish this year. Know that you can do it. And also one of the benefits is that you can trade from home. Whether you're doing day trades or options and many people are working their regular jobs still from home, you can trade from home too. And that is extremely beneficial because you can make extra money on the side and transition to becoming a full-time trader if that's what you want to do. But you've got to take learning seriously. And if you don't, you're not going to be successful. It's really as simple as that. You will lose money in the market. It goes too quickly. You take a train. You can lose, like, as quickly as you can make money, you can lose money if you don't know what to do. And many people who trade the market don't know what they're doing. You know, the percentage of people that actually lose money in the market is far greater than people that are successful. Why? Because the percentage of people that don't take trading seriously or investing money or taking trades or thinking thoughtful about their trades or why they're doing them or their risk or having a strategy, there's more people that don't know what they're doing than do know what they're doing. It really has nothing to do with how much money you have. You can make money in the market with a small account if you know what you're doing. But people that have small accounts and don't know what they're doing are even more ill-advised. You've got to chunk it out, build it up, take it day by day. Whatever amount of money you have with the proper trading, you can build an account up. You can grow from a part-time trader to becoming a full-time trader and making a career for yourself if that's what you really, really want to do. And for me, I like doing the options and the day trades. You can also do swing trades with my method. And I read the market and I rate the market gaps using my method as well. So I use the 26 points. This is what you learn in the Golden Gap course. This is a strategy. This is what I teach. This is what I do. That's how I chose to do Twitter last week. I go through and I rate the gap. And I go through all the process and if the total points is 20 points or more, then I take it in the direction of the gap. And again, as I said, I prefer to short. Why? Because short moves move to the downside. Okay, selling action comes in a lot faster than buying action. And I like to be in out of trades quick. You're under less stress. And also big moves can happen fast to the downside. It's called panic. Okay, when people get upset, they sell. They sell their positions. It creates panic. And the panic happens in the gap. And then again, the red, which is the selling comes in very, very quickly. And the shorter you're in trades, actually the less exposed you are. So that's another benefit of getting in and out of trades fast too. So, you know, I call my system the Golden Gap because it is like finding gold in the market. It's just something that just happens out of nowhere when you see a gap. And then when you see one that it's a quality gap that rates high, you can do it. So 2021, your year to shine if you want to, it's all up to you. You can come, you can learn my system. You can learn my method. You can learn my strategy from me. And I truly believe that you can do it with the right attitude. I'm doing mentoring sessions with a couple different people right now. They've shown huge improvements. And also I think doing mentoring sessions with people really helps their attitude too. With support with the right system, a strategy, you can do this. And again, people are supposed to fill out the worksheet. They get a worksheet with the class. I fill out my worksheets every single morning. I never ever fudge it. I take very seriously what I do and the picks when I'm looking at something to go long or short. And again, mentoring really can help you. It's a system and the attitude and the way specifically the way that I look at charts. It's a skill set trading. And that's what you'd come and you'd learn from me. Also a nice benefit of trading. Again, if you're doing this for a career is the hours are great because it goes every day at four. And it's only Monday through Friday. So 9.30 to four and we don't trade all day anyways. You have plenty of time with your family. And again, Monday we're closed. So you get holidays too. If you find you have questions after the class, you can always email me. You can always call me. I make myself available to people. I've been doing Skype sessions with people to try to help them. A mentor can be invaluable. Sometimes it's just one thing that has to be tweaked in whatever it is that you're doing that you don't understand. But the goal is to make money. That's the reason you're doing this. As fun as trading is, you have to have that at the forefront of your mind. So everything I do, every trade I take has to do with gaps. If it's not a gap that rains 20 points or more, I don't do it. Okay. That is how you're going to make the money. The loading gap teaches you where it's going to go. And again, getting back to the theme of freedom, freedom with Martin Luther King Day, freedom with 2021, freedom from the lockdowns, freedom from a boss, freedom for yourself and your life. It's all coming to the forefront now. And these are things that you need to start planning for and thinking for for your life. But if you want to helping hand your, you have, you know, all the availability in the world of many, many people you can come to and go to to learn, but not everybody's method works. My method works. And not only that, one of the benefits is coming to me is I have such a niche for reading markets and such a niche for reading stocks. And I really, really am helping people individually. And that kind of service and help you're just not going to get everywhere. And I really have developed wonderful friendships with clients and have developed people into great traders. And of course, they're making money with me. So, you know, when you think about it, if you really want to take this seriously and you really, really, truly want to develop into a good trader, my program definitely can help you do that. So the class is called the golden gap course. You will learn the golden gap rating system in the class, whatever the reasons you're doing this for a part time income full time, again, a career for your family or just more time. All of those things trading can provide for you, but you have to take it seriously. Knowledge is the key to making the money. So think of the knowledge first. Okay. And motivate yourself. Think of someone that you admire. Many people admire Martin Luther King. Help that to motivate you to push forward in your trading in your life. So the Martin Luther King freedom special includes a golden gap course and the trading room and the ashes letter freeing through Memorial Day 2021 classes next weekend, 23rd and 24th deadline for this is Monday. Email me if you want to sign up class tuition is $69.99. And again, here's the dates. I really, really, really, really, really hope everyone has a healthy, healthy and happy weekend. And if you're interested or have questions, email me and Melissa at the stockswish.com. Take care everyone.