📈 US Earnings Season Kicks Off This Week

This week starts the US earnings season.

The largest banks report Tuesday: Goldman, Citi, Wells Fargo, JPMorgan, and BofA.

On Wednesday, Morgan, BlackRock, and BNY follow.

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⚡️ JUST IN: Trump says we're taking over the Strait of Hormuz.

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Remember to check the schedule of the Strait of Hormuz operations when making trading decisions.

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⚡️ JUST IN: Trump says the Strait of Hormuz will remain open, reinstates a blockade on Iranian ships and customers, and imposes a 20% security charge on all other cargo shipments.

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❕ Most Trading Problems Aren't Strategy Problems

A lot of traders spend years searching for the perfect setup, indicator, or risk model. In reality, their strategy isn't what keeps them from making money.

The biggest losses usually happen after a completely normal losing trade.

You get stopped out, become frustrated, convince yourself the market "owes you one," and take another trade that wasn't in your plan. Then another. Position size gets bigger, patience disappears, and by the end of the day you're trying to recover losses instead of following your edge.

Here's an exercise that's worth doing.

Open your trading history from the last few months and separate your losing days into two groups.

📊 Days where you followed your plan, respected your risk, and simply lost because that's part of trading.

🛍 Days where you ignored your own rules, revenge traded, moved stops, overtraded, or increased size because you were emotional.

Now remove the second group and look at your results again.

Many traders discover they don't actually have a strategy problem. They have a handful of emotional days every month that erase weeks of solid execution.

That's why your trading journal shouldn't just record entries and exits. It should answer questions like:

🪙 At what point do I usually start breaking my rules?
🪙 After how many consecutive losses does my decision-making deteriorate?
🪙 Is there a specific time of day when I consistently trade worse?
🪙 What mistake costs me the most money over an entire month?

Those answers are often more valuable than another chart pattern.

The traders who survive for years aren't the ones who never make mistakes. They're the ones who recognize when emotions are starting to take over and stop trading before one bad decision turns into ten.

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⚡️ JUST IN: Trump will address the nation on Thursday at 9 PM ET.

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⚡️ JUST IN: US inflation falls to 3.5%, below expectations.

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⚡️ JUST IN: Warsh says the Fed should not be in the bailout business and must avoid rescuing any sector, including crypto.

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⚡️ JUST IN: Trump held a Situation Room meeting on Tuesday to discuss a massive offensive in Iran.

The planned offensive will involve strikes broader than the current actions near the Strait of Hormuz. Trump was joined by JD Vance, Marco Rubio, Pete Hegseth, Dan Caine, John Ratcliffe, Steve Witkoff, and other senior officials. The meeting focused on plans for devastating strikes on strategic targets in Iran.

Trump warned Iran to "better make a deal" or risk having "nothing left."

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⚠️ Lucid Lost 58%... Then Surged 93% In Minutes
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Lucid ($LCID) had one of the wildest trading sessions of the year after reports claimed the company was working with restructuring advisers and considering either bankruptcy or going private.
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The stock collapsed 58% within minutes.
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Then, just as quickly, it rebounded 93% from the lows.
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The company has neither confirmed nor denied the reports, leaving traders with nothing but speculation.
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Moves like this create huge opportunities, but they also raise serious questions.
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If the rumor was false, regulators will likely examine whether the market was manipulated.

If the rumor was true, they'll want to know whether anyone traded on material non-public information before it became public.
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Either way, millions of dollars changed hands in just a few minutes, and today's trading activity will almost certainly attract regulatory attention.

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⚡️ JUST IN: June PPI Inflation falls to 5.5%, below expectations of 6.2%.

Core PPI Inflation dropped to 4.7%, under the anticipated 5.2%.

Month-over-month PPI inflation declined by 0.3%, marking the largest drop since April 2025.

The chances of rate hikes are decreasing further.

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⚡️ JUST IN: Trump says Iran called him "a while ago" and they "want to make a deal."

The US stock market continues its rally, reaching a new high for the day.

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⚡️ JUST IN: The US has explored the possibility of an air assault on Cuba, according to CBS.

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⚡️ JUST IN: Trump says he just received a call from Iran and they want to meet with him.

Trump claims they want to settle so badly.

US oil prices continue rising, trading above $80 per barrel.

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