Sales growth is the top.
But money has to flow down till EPS.
Sales up, but gross margin flat
Company is selling more, but not making better profit on each product. Pricing power is weak.
Gross margin up, but OPM flat
Product margin improved, but employee costs and other expenses ate the benefit.
OPM up, but PAT flat
Business profit improved, but interest cost, depreciation, tax, or one-offs took away the gain.
PAT up, but EPS flat
Company profit increased, but shareholders did not benefit much because of dilution.
So don’t get excited by sales growth alone.
Real growth is when sales growth converts into margin expansion, PAT growth and finally EPS growth.
Growth matters only when it reaches the shareholder.
$760M short on oil. Placed 20 minutes before the Hormuz announcement.
This is the 3rd time.
March 23: $500M short — 15 minutes before Trump delayed Iran strikes. Oil dropped 15%.
April 7: $950M short — hours before the US-Iran ceasefire.
April 17: $760M short — 20 minutes before Hormuz declared open.
The CFTC is investigating.
The ‘peace trade’ was sold to retail. Someone else got out first.
Who knew?
People asked me when will #GOLD hit $5000, I do not know
But I know Gold will be much higher in the future because the fundamental drivers have not diminished but increased
1. US national debt will increase in the foreseeable future
2. Trump 2.0 will push hard on lower UST yield
3. New Fed chairman will push for lower interest rate
4. BRICS, Global South and now US traditional allies will continue to reduce UST holding/exposure and replace with Gold in reserves
5. Private investors (family office, high net worth) are readjusting their portfolio and increasing gold allocation (many had zero exposure in the past)
6. Many investors with paper gold exposure are looking for physical gold to ensure their exposure is not dependent on counterparty
Got #GOLD ?
The Most Underrated Capital in Trading
Everyone talks about financial capital.
No one talks about the capital that actually keeps you in the game:
Mental capital.
People flex profits, “big trades,” and seven-figure screenshots.
Nobody posts the breakdowns after a drawdown…
The anxiety that hits you when the screen opens after a bad week…
The emotional bruises that don’t show on a P&L.
Trading doesn’t just cost money.
It costs you your mind if you’re not careful.
There are two types of capital in this game:
1️⃣ Financial capital – the money
2️⃣ Mental capital – the discipline, patience, and emotional control to survive the cycle
The first one helps you place trades.
The second one decides whether you last long enough to win.
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Drawdowns don’t just hit your account
In a drawdown, it’s not only your equity curve that dips.
Your self-belief takes a hit.
You start doubting your edge.
You open charts and your chest feels heavy.
Not excitement… but anxiety.
And when you’re hot?
Every trade works.
You feel untouchable.
You start thinking you move the market.
That’s when the market reminds you who’s in charge.
Both extremes are dangerous:
Overconfidence destroys you fast.
Hopelessness destroys you slowly.
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The silent burn
I’ve had weeks where I sat on charts 12 hours a day.
Backtesting, journaling, forcing trades that weren’t there.
You don’t notice the burn until you’re fried.
When your brain is exhausted:
• Discipline slips
• Impulses take over
• “One more trade” turns into damage you didn’t need
Not because you didn’t know what to do.
But because you didn’t have the mental capital left to do it.
No guru will tell you this.
Because mental discipline doesn’t sell.
Luxury cars and fake screenshots do.
But real trading is often quiet.
Lonely.
Repetitive.
And brutally honest with your weaknesses.
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I mess up too
I overtrade.
I chase.
I size wrong.
I take trades I shouldn’t.
The difference now?
I don’t let mistakes compound.
Just like in trading —
small losses are fine. Spiral = death.
Mental drawdowns are the same.
If you don’t reset, your head blows up faster than your account.
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What actually restores mental capital.
#Forwarded
For sustainable constant flow of money - #optionselling - small but yes u can make consistent
for dopamine and unsustainable money - #optionbuying -- Big Boom and bust, not that people have not made money - it need high skill and accurate timing- not everyone is.
will never advise anyone to go for buying options
My advise - DO option selling for trading for living incase u r addicted to trade and invest that profit in cash..
or learn investing - go for long term.