You can master all the charts, setups, and fundamentals, but if you don’t manage your emotions, your account won’t survive long. 💣 FOMO (Fear of Missing Out): You see the price pumping and jump in blindly. Ten minutes later... you're down 15% and have no idea what went wrong. 💰 Greed: You’re already in profit, but you want more. You skip taking profits and add to the position, and suddenly the market turns against you. What could’ve been a win becomes a painful lesson. 😬 Revenge Trading: After a loss, you feel the urge to "win it back." But that usually leads to a second, third, and even bigger loss. Trading isn’t a casino — chaos gets punished. 😡 Emotional Decisions: You’re mad at the market. Mad at yourself. Then, you enter a random trade, no stop-loss, full size. That’s not a strategy. That’s a meltdown. ❓ So what should you do? ✅ Stick to your trading plan; ✅ Feel emotional? Don't enter the trade! ✅ Keep a trading journal — log emotions + outcomes; ✅ Remember: The market owes you nothing.

It looks like both Israel and the US are hitting Iran. Markets likely to be volatile. Gold and Oil likely to spike until things settle.

When you are entering a long term position, it is important to not overreact The market goes up and down 50/50 of the time So if you are entering into the market right now, you are probably still a bit early. That's fine as long as you understand that Feb is usually down and Mar / Apr is when things turn around So when you enter into a long term position, you need to give the market room to breathe Expect to hold for 12 months (which is not really that long in the world for investing) But you should get positive results in 3-6 months This is different from monthly passive income options, where you enter into trades with an expiry date of 30-60 days.​ Cheers, Eric --- Eric Seto Chartered Professional Accountant (CPA) Chartered Investment Manager (CIM) Founder of 5MinInvesting.com In March, my goal is to help 20 people with no financial background master investing. You will learn two strategies: • Long-term investing with options — learn how to find discounted blue chip stocks using technical and fundamental analysis You will also learn how to hedge during a bearish market to protect yourself • Monthly passive income — learn how to generate cash flow for retirement or replacing/boosting part of your salary using options Here's a step by step guide on how to join Investing Accelerator for free: https://www.skool.com/invest-retire-community-1699/how-to-join-investing-accelerator-for-free If you’re interested, you can hop on a free strategy call with me or Michael to see if you are a good fit. When you are ready, you can schedule a call here: https://bit.ly/48mJlgR Remember to go to the Classroom tab for additional investing resources. Disclaimer: This communication is provided for educational and informational purposes only and does not constitute investment advice, a recommendation, or an offer to invest in any fund or strategy. No advisory relationship is formed by receipt of this content. Any references to strategies or markets are general in nature and do not reflect the performance of any client account or investment product.

​The US added over 100,000 jobs but... 1. Some critics say the data is incorrect 2. The US is considering pulling out of the trade deal USMCA This led to a jump for Wednesday's open and quickly reversed within an hour ​If we end this week with the same bearishness, then we will likely continue to be bearish for another week. From a technical analysis perspective, we observe that there are large orders selling the market while the bullish orders are smaller and much more incremental.​​​​​​​​​​ If you want to be part of Investing Accelerator, here's the 33% discounted link to join directly and skip the onboarding call (LINK) Cheers, Eric ---- Eric Seto Chartered Professional Accountant (CPA) Chartered Investment Manager (CIM) Founder of 5MinInvesting.com In February, my goal is to help 20 people with no financial background master investing. You will learn two strategies: • Long-term investing with options — learn how to find discounted blue chip stocks using technical and fundamental analysis You will also learn how to hedge during a bearish market to protect yourself • Monthly passive income — learn how to generate cash flow for retirement or replacing/boosting part of your salary using options Here's a step by step guide on how to join Investing Accelerator for free: https://www.skool.com/invest-retire-community-1699/how-to-join-investing-accelerator-for-free If you’re interested, you can hop on a free strategy call with me or Michael to see if you are a good fit. Schedule a call here: https://bit.ly/48mJlgR To date, we have 740+ students in Investing Accelerator. Remember to go to the Classroom tab for additional investing resources. Disclaimer: This communication is provided for educational and informational purposes only and does not constitute investment advice, a recommendation, or an offer to invest in any fund or strategy. No advisory relationship is formed by receipt of this content. Any references to strategies or markets are general in nature and do not reflect the performance of any client account or investment product.

I came across this process of how we learn and wanted to post it for the group. We all start somewhere on this list, and we should want to progress to #4 as fast as possible! Level 1 - Unconscious Incompetence (Ignorance): You don't know what you don't know; you're unaware of your lack of skill. Level 2 - Conscious Incompetence (Awareness): You realize you lack the skill and understand the gap in your knowledge. Level 3 - Conscious Competence (Learning): You can perform the skill, but it requires intense focus, concentration, and effort (e.g., learning to drive). Level 4 - Unconscious Competence (Mastery): The skill is automatic, intuitive, and requires no conscious thought, allowing you to multitask or perform it flawlessly. Key Characteristics: Automaticity: Actions flow without deliberate thinking. Muscle Memory: The skill is embedded in your physical or mental routine. Intuition: Your responses are correct and instinctive. The only way to reach level 4 is to PRACTICE - PRACTICE - PRACTICE Growing up, how did we learn to add and subtract, and then multiply and divide. Remember those "nasty" word problems in algebra? A property analysis is basically a word problem we need to solve. Where are you on the list? You don't have to post to the group, but be honest with yourself. Here is the perfect example we can ALL relate to: Tieing your shoe laces. Remember how hard it is the beginning. Then we get better but still slow, then we do it enough that it is easy. Eventually we do it without thinking or making a conscious effort. In fact, try this: close your eyes and without using your hands to tie your laces, write down on paper the step by step process like a recipe how you tie your shoes, you may not actually be able to do it without using your hands to tie your shoes.