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The Fed has allowed its balance sheet to shrink by nearly $400 billion from the peak earlier this year, to $8.6 trillion as of the latest data today. https://t.co/Bk4QtRbGj0

The 30-year US mortgage rate moved from 7.08% to 6.61% over the last week, the largest one-week decline (-47 bps) in rates since November 1981. https://t.co/z8NvGZH0mD

After two decades, Nancy Pelosi announces she will step down as House Democratic leader. https://t.co/jnlzU6cxiH

1.) FAR too many traders overtrade, mistakenly trying to grind for lousy $20-50 profits on tons of scalps dozens or even hundreds of times/day. What's worse, sometimes you'll be wrong so it's tough to make $1k-$10k let alone $100k+/day. Scalping is VERY time-consuming/unrewarding

Disney's drawdown hit 57% last week, which is larger than its drawdown from 2007-09 (56%). $DIS Charting via @ycharts https://t.co/lhphljE1xx

2.) A lot of the best trading rules I've learned over time are counter-intuitive...you can make much more $, be much less frustrated & have higher odds of success by trading less & being extra-meticulous while waiting for ideal setups that can yield far more than any little scalp

“This year's market gyrations are better explained in terms of central bank liquidity additions and subtractions than in terms of shifts in their language…it is likely to take more than just words to create a durable rally in risk assets:” Citi’s Matt King

FTX collapse brings new urgency for crypto regulation. https://t.co/sp4aeD3kjN

I know the last two days have been a little slow, but we know in a blink of an eye we can have a $10+ day! I show up ready to go every morning and that is what I need from you! Wake up tomorrow saying "Today could be the biggest win of my life." your attitude is everything.

Bears have now outnumbered Bulls in the AAII sentiment poll for 34 consecutive weeks (since April 7). With data going back to 1987, this ties Feb-Oct 2020 (also 34 weeks) for the most persistent negative sentiment that we've seen in this poll. $SPX Charting via @ycharts https://t.co/JMIqG9Vne3

3.) Having the patience/discipline to wait for the best setups that pay the most over time is very difficult & it's part of the reason why I travel so much so as to distract my degenerate-self from overtrading. I trade SO much better when I'm sleep deprived & trading on weak wifi

FTX is ‘the current version’ of Bernie Madoff, crypto investor says @matt_kohrs. https://t.co/MuJD7ZtSrt

Nancy Pelosi announces she will step down as House Democratic Leader $SPY

‘This situation is unprecedented’: 10 crazy things detailed in FTX’s bankruptcy filing https://t.co/PkxBB71A1N

What happened? Reversion to the mean. During the 2020-21 mania Disney was bid up to a 6x price to sales ratio, by far the most extreme valuation in its history. After the decline, its P/S ratio now stands at 2x, which is back below its historical average. $DIS https://t.co/aN3bpLyLoQ