🇺🇸 10 US Defense Stocks Likely To Benefit From Trump's $1.5 Trillion Military Budget Proposal:

• $LMT | Lockheed Martin - Aerospace & Missiles
• $NOC | Northrop Grumman - Stealth & Autonomous Systems
• $RTX | RTX (Raytheon) - Missiles & Radar
• $GD | General Dynamics - Ships & Combat Vehicles
• $LHX | L3Harris Technologies - Electronic Warfare & Comms
• $PLTR | Palantir Technologies - AI & Data Analytics
• $KTOS | Kratos Defense - Drones & Hypersonics
• $AVAV | AeroVironment - Unmanned Aerial Systems
• $ONDS | Ondas Holdings - Wireless Networks for Drones
• $HII | Huntington Ingalls - Naval Shipbuilding

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United States considering lump-sum payments up to $100,000.00 per resident of Greenland to buy their country.

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Jim Cramer said that investors should avoid buying stocks right now.

In financial and trading circles, Cramer is known for how often his calls seem to play out in the opposite direction.

That reputation gave rise to the well known “Inverse Cramer” meme.

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🇺🇸 The US Supreme Court is rumored to rule on Trump’s tariffs on Wednesday, January 14.

Still, it is worth paying close attention to today’s US session close. Lately, many major headlines have been dropping right after the session ends.

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‼️ 11 brutal truths about trading most people learn too late

Most traders quit not because they lack motivation or intelligence, but because nobody explains what trading really looks like once the honeymoon ends. From the outside it seems flexible and free. In reality it is mentally demanding, lonely, and often unfair in ways beginners are not prepared for.

1️⃣ Trading is not a normal job, and that becomes obvious very quickly. You spend long hours alone in front of screens, making decisions with incomplete information. You can execute a perfect trade by the book and still lose money. At the same time, you can break every rule and walk away with a win. This randomness makes it hard to feel in control and breaks the simple idea that effort always leads to results.

2️⃣ Retail traders also start at a structural disadvantage. Institutions have better data, more capital, lower costs, and technology that allows them to react faster than any individual ever could. Once you accept that the game is unfair by design, losses stop feeling personal and you begin to think in terms of probabilities and positioning instead of justice.

3️⃣ At its core, trading is a probability game. Even with a real edge, outcomes are never guaranteed. High probability setups still fail, and flawless execution does not protect you from losing streaks. What matters is not individual trades, but the long-term value of your decisions over hundreds of repetitions.

4️⃣ Blind perseverance does not work. Many traders spend months or years repeating the same mistakes while calling it discipline. Progress only starts when you regularly review your trades, identify what is hurting performance, and focus on fixing one weakness at a time instead of trying to change everything at once.

5️⃣ Obsession with money is another silent killer. Watching PnL during trades shifts attention away from the market and into emotion. Performance improves when the focus moves back to process and execution, and money becomes a byproduct rather than the goal in the moment.

6️⃣ Markets are built to create urgency. Sudden moves, fake breakouts, and emotional swings exist to push traders into rushed decisions. Learning to slow down, wait for confirmation, and accept missing some opportunities often saves more capital than chasing every move.

7️⃣ One of the hardest skills is knowing when not to trade. Poor market conditions, heavy news, or an unstable mental state are all valid reasons to step aside. Capital protection during bad periods matters more than activity.

8️⃣ A trading plan only works if it covers real behavior. Risk limits, rules after losses, responses to different market environments, and clear boundaries for emotional decisions all need to be defined in advance. Most traders abandon their plan during drawdowns, which is exactly when structure matters most.

9️⃣ Infrastructure also plays a role. Poor execution, unreliable data, and excessive information streams create mistakes that are often blamed on psychology. A clean setup and limited inputs support better decisions.

1️⃣0️⃣ Trading is competitive by nature. Every position has someone on the other side who is trying to do the same thing better. That requires continuous self-analysis, removing weaknesses, and treating trading like a performance discipline rather than a casual activity.

1️⃣1️⃣ Finally, luck dominates short-term results. Even with a strong edge, long losing streaks are possible, and sloppy weeks can still make money. Understanding this helps maintain sanity during drawdowns and keeps focus on the math over time instead of individual outcomes.

Most traders are never told these things early.
By the time they learn them, many have already quit.

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GM

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when you realize everyone is sacrificing their lives for a currency that is printed out of thin air

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If you're 40, don't waste time wishing you could be 20 again.

Instead, imagine you're 90 and just woke up back at 40, with 50 more years ahead of you.

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"The Dollar isn't backed by anything"

The Dollar

You don’t experience reality.

You experience your interpretation of reality.

Change the interpretation, change the life.

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How to be a disciplined person

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What do you need to succeed as an Intraday Trader?

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“Big opportunities in life have to be seized.”

~ Warren Buffett

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Trump: If credit card companies do not lower interest rates to 10% by January 20th, "then they are in violation of the law, very severe things."

"They really abuse the public, I am not going to let it happen," Trump adds.

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❕ Powell fires back as criminal probe shakes markets

Fed Chair Jerome Powell broke his silence after federal prosecutors opened a criminal investigation into him.

He said the threat of charges is the result of the Fed setting rates based on its own assessment of what serves the public, not the preferences of the President. This is the first time Powell has responded directly after more than a year of avoiding comments on Trump’s attacks.

Markets reacted immediately.
Stock index futures fell more than 0.5% following his statement. The timing matters, with the Fed expected to pause rate cuts again on January 28.

With roughly six months left in his term, Powell is now openly framing the situation as pressure on Fed independence.

The clash between politics and monetary policy is back in focus, and volatility is likely to follow.

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⚠️ Key Events This Week

Markets head into the week with several rate-moving catalysts lined up, led by inflation data, a potential Supreme Court tariff ruling, and an unresolved political shock around consumer credit.

🔴 Monday

● Markets react to Trump’s call for a 10% credit card rate cap

Trump proposed a one year cap on credit card interest rates at 10%, effective January 20. Credit card stocks have not yet priced this in due to the weekend gap. Either issuers absorb a margin hit or large scale card cancellations follow. With elections approaching, mass cancellations look politically unlikely, keeping pressure on lenders.

🔴 Tuesday

● US CPI Inflation (December)
Key driver for rates and USD. Upside surprises support yields. Softer data supports equities and risk assets.

● US New Home Sales (October)
Housing demand check as elevated mortgage rates continue to weigh on affordability.

🔴 Wednesday

● US PPI Inflation (November)
Wholesale inflation data that can confirm or challenge CPI trends.

● US Supreme Court tariff ruling expected
Markets are watching closely. Any ruling tied to Trump era tariffs could quickly spill into FX, rates, and equities.

🟡 Thursday

● Philly Fed Manufacturing Index (January)
Early signal for manufacturing momentum. Often volatile.

This week is less about growth narratives and more about policy risk and inflation signals. Expect sensitivity in rates, USD, banks, and consumer credit names, with volatility likely around data releases and headlines.

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🚨 US Financial Stocks Premarket:

🔴 $COF | Capital One: -10%
🔴 $SYF | Synchrony Financial: -10%
🔴 $AXP | American Express: -5%
🟡 $C | Citigroup: -4%
🟡 $JPM | JPMorgan Chase: -3%
🟡 $BAC | Bank of America: -2%
🟡 $WFC | Wells Fargo: -2%
🟡 $V | Visa: -2%
🟡 $MA | Mastercard: -2%

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❕ Trillion dollar IPOs are coming in 2026

There has never been a better lineup of private companies waiting to go public than right now.

We haven’t seen anything yet.

The only IPOs in this entire list that are fairly valued are Stripe and ByteDance (TikTok).

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JUST IN: White House said Trump did not ask DOJ to investigate Powell.

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💡 The Market Doesn’t Care Who You Are

There are doctors, lawyers, and everything in between who try to play this game and get f*cked.

It has no prisoners.
There are no exceptions.
You will lose.
You will blow accounts.

What you can’t do is keep repeating the same mistakes over and over again while shifting the blame to “the markets”.

The best way around this is to be completely self conscious of the mistakes you make and stop blame shifting.

Self reflection comes from reviewing performance and being brutally honest about the mistakes you made and about where you can improve.

The best traders are exceptionally good at losing. That inherently makes you better at managing risk and staying in the game long enough for the winners to count.

Learn to think differently from others.
It will pay.

Don’t take it personally if you do the same thing everyone else does and continue to lose.

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🚨 Iran's currency has collapsed and is now officially worth $0.

It is a clear indication that shows the end of a regime where the fall of its currency reflects its systemic instability.

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