BREAKING: The SEC just officially eliminated the $25,000 minimum rule for day trading.
This is the biggest change to retail trading in 24 years.
Since 2001, if you wanted to make more than 3 day trades in a 5 day period, you needed at least $25,000 sitting in your account at all times. If you dropped below that, your broker would lock you out of day trading completely.
This rule blocked millions of retail traders from actively participating in markets simply because they did not have enough capital.
That rule is now gone.
The SEC today approved FINRA's proposed change which replaces the fixed $25,000 requirement with a real time margin system.
Instead of a fixed dollar threshold, brokers will now monitor your actual risk exposure throughout the day and adjust your buying power based on the real risk of your positions, not an arbitrary account balance.
Now you no longer need $25,000 to day trade. You just need enough margin to cover the actual risk of your open positions.
HOOD โ Simple Trade Setup (1W)
This one is getting interesting.
Down ~55% from $153 โ $69
Now holding support for multiple weeks in a row
Thatโs where things start to shift.
What Iโm seeing:
โข Base forming around $69โ$75
โข Sellers exhausted after that flush
โข RSI curling up from oversold
โข Price compressing (this leads to expansion)
This isnโt strength yet
This is early accumulation
Entry ideas:
โข Aggressive โ start building in this range (~$75โ$78)
โข Safer โ wait for break above $80โ$82
Risk:
โข Lose $69 โ setup is invalid
โข Likely move down to $65 / $61 area
Targets:
โข $90โ$100 (key reclaim zone)
โข $110โ$120 (prior structure)
โข $130+ if trend fully reverses
Bottom line:
After a 55% drawdown + multi-week support holdโฆ
This is where reversals START
Not where they confirm
Manage risk and donโt get greedy
#hood
How high will inflation go?
According to a recent Fed study, every $10 rally in oil prices can increase inflation by ~20 bps.
Oil has already surged from $55 to $80 per barrel, implying +50 bps of inflation pressure.
This could push CPI from 2.4% to ~2.9%.
When oil prices rise above $90/barrel inflation becomes hotter, with ~3.2% inflation expected at $95/barrel.
Our chart and below Article summarize why oil prices are now the key leading indicator to watch.
Inflation is heating up.
Ondas Inc. is delivering integrated autonomous systems designed for continuous deployment, interoperability, and scale across defense, public safety, and critical infrastructure. $ONDS
Global central bank liquidity has broken out๐จ
We're now in the crisis phase of whatever is happening in the global banking system or solvency of nations.
Then entire system needs another bailout so expect a manufactured crisis in the next 60 days.
#ONDS 4hr chart
ONDS is consolidating after a strong impulse leg, forming a clean bull flag. Price is compressing inside a downward channel while holding above prior structure, with volume contracting during consolidation a classic continuation setup.
โข Prior BoS confirms higher-time-frame bullish structure.
โข Pullback is holding above key trend support and VWAP region.
โข Repeated reactions off the lower flag trendline suggest active dip buyers.
โข Volume profile shows a low-volume pocket overhead, favoring expansion on breakout.
Trade Setup (Continuation):
Entry: Break and acceptance above 14.10โ14.25
Invalidation: Higher-time-frame close below the lower boundary of the bull flag
Targets:
โข TP1: 15.25 (prior high / supply reaction)
โข TP2: 16.50โ17.00 (measured move from flagpole)
Bias: Bullish continuation while HTF structure holds. A confirmed HTF close below the flag shifts bias neutral and opens the door for deeper retrace before continuation
The below means if you made $25/hr in 2020 and never received a raise, youโre effectively making about $17/hr today.
To simply keep pace with the average increase in core living costs, you would need to be earning around $35/hr just to break even today, even, not ahead.
You are not saving your way to freedom, and you canโt cut spending enough to get ahead and stay ahead โ itโs not possible.
The only way forward is to eliminate liabilities and invest your money.
BREAKING: The average price of ground beef in the US is now up to a record $6.67 per pound.
Prices have surged +72% since January 2020, when they stood at ~$3.88 per pound.
Over the same period, chicken breast prices have risen +36%.
Furthermore, coffee prices have surged +52% since January 2020.
All while the "other food" category, which includes sugar, sweets, fats, oils, snacks, and prepared meals, has soared +31% over the same period.
Food inflation remains far too high.