Hi everyone, after 6 years of anonymity, here I am. Brando in the flesh. I’m a day trader with 14 years of experience. I started with $6000 and after many ups and downs I ended up living the life of my dreams. Here’s my story below. 👇 I grew up on the east coast near Boston. My Mom and Dad were war refugees from Vietnam. They came to the United States on a small boat 35 years ago in search of a better life. They did their best to raise me and offer the best life they could when I was growing up. I’ve lived a very normal and quiet life until I was 19 years old. This is when I discovered the stock market. One day,I looked at the company American Apparel and the stock price in the library and saw the potential of how much money could be made if I bought at a certain price and sold at a higher one. A friend of mine introduced me to options shortly after and the rest was history. I graduated from College and continued my journey towards becoming a profitable trader. The first 3 years are BY FAR the hardest. The number of strategies, indicators, stocks, and education available was a sensory overload. I didn't know what to use or what to read. So I just read them all. I was fortunate in my first few years to get lucky trading a few stocks such as $BAC $INO, and some weed stocks during that 2013 range that helped build up my account tremendously. After the first three years I realized that LESS is MORE. You don’t need 10 indicators to tell you a stock is going to go up. You don’t need 5 different strategies to be a profitable trader. You just need ONE. The most important thing that I found was helpful is PATIENCE. 99% of the world is impatient. I knew If I could master this, I could have a big edge against the majority of retail traders. I spent a lot of time meditating. I spent hundreds of hours sitting alone in silence trying to clear my mind and focus on the present. Eventually I got really good at it. I noticed my ability to wait for trades got better. In my 4th and 5th year of trading, I was able to wait days to weeks at a time for the best trades. This was one of the A-HA moments I had in trading early on. Since then I’ve refined and mastered the art of patience and leveraged it to my advantage. Fast forward 14 years. I’ve retired my parents. I’ve helped my brother, and countless others. I ask for nothing in return from anyone. I don’t ask for any favors and I certainly do not try and steal from anyone. I’ve lived my life with the utmost integrity and I did things MY WAY. I can’t be bought and sold. Money and Power have zero influence in my decision making. My sole purpose on this earth is to help as many people as possible. I look forward to teaching you all and guiding everyone through the stock market for many years to come. Cheers! 🙏

Weekly Trade Ideas: Oct 26 to 30 $MU Oct 28 800P Watch: 853 ✅ Targets: 821, 734 🎯 $SMH Nov 27 550C Trigger: 525 ✅ Targets: 538, 550 🎯 Stop: 515 🛑 $SMH Nov 6 500P Trigger: under 525 ✅ Targets: 515, 500 🎯 Stop: 527 🛑 $QQQ Oct 28 695P Trigger: under 700 ✅ Targets: 695, 693 🎯 Stop: 705 🛑 $SPX Oct 28 7750C Trigger: above 7700 ✅ Targets: 7750, 7772 🎯 Stop: 7669 🛑 $SPX Oct 28 7570P Trigger: under 7620 ✅ Target: 7570 🎯 Stop: 7650 🛑 Full plans on each ticker's card. Options carry risk of loss. Not financial advice.

$QQQ Trade Idea: Oct 28 695P Trigger: under 700 ✅ Targets: 695, 693 🎯 Stop: 705 🛑 $QQQ had a very volatile week. It moved from 707 on October 16th to 727, then back down to 701 by Friday. If QQQ gives up 700 this week after Tech earnings and FOMC, it can drop to 693, 685 next. Puts can work under 700. If QQQ gives up 685, it can drop to 661. The setup I'm watching. Options carry risk of loss. Not financial advice.

$SPX Trade Ideas: Oct 28 7750C and Oct 28 7570P BULLISH: Oct 28 7750C Trigger: above 7700 ✅ Targets: 7750, 7772 🎯 Stop: 7669 🛑 BEARISH: Oct 28 7570P Trigger: under 7620 ✅ Target: 7570 🎯 Stop: 7650 🛑 $SPX dropped from 7770 to 7612 last week. If SPX fails to hold 7620 after FOMC, we can see another dip to 7500 next. Puts can work under 7620 this week. I don't see any reason to flip bullish unless SPX reclaims 7700. The market will be more straightforward to trade after FOMC on Wednesday, so be patient until then. Two plans I'm watching. Options carry risk of loss. Not financial advice.

$MU Trade Idea: Oct 28 800P Level to watch: 853 ✅ Targets: 821, 734 🎯 Invalidation: sustained reclaim of 853 🛑 853 is the line I'm watching. If buyers lose it, 821 could come into play next. Big week for memory stocks: $SKHY reports Tuesday evening U.S. time. $SNDK reports Thursday after the close. Both could influence sentiment toward $MU. I'm watching their outlooks on memory pricing, demand, and margins, and how stocks actually react. Here's my plan: 853: Buyers need to defend this level. A break below followed by a failed reclaim would put the bearish setup in focus. 821: First downside target. Watch whether buyers step in or the bounce gets sold. 734: If 821 fails and $SNDK gets a negative earnings reaction Thursday, this becomes the deeper downside level I'm watching. It's conditional, not an automatic target. If 853 fails and rejects the retest, MU Oct 28 800P could work for a quick downside move. A sustained reclaim of 853 invalidates that breakdown setup. Those puts expire Wednesday, BEFORE Sandisk reports Thursday. They're a separate short-term trade, not a way to play that earnings reaction. Size for the full premium risk and take profits along the way. No need to front-run the breakdown. If buyers defend 853, respect it. Let the level fail first. Then trade the reaction. Options carry risk of loss. Not financial advice.

$SMH Trade Ideas: Nov 27 550C and Nov 6 500P BULLISH: Nov 27 550C Trigger: hold or reclaim 525 ✅ Targets: 538, 550 🎯 Stop: 515 🛑 BEARISH: Nov 6 500P Trigger: lose 525 and reject the retest ✅ Targets: 515, 500 🎯 Stop: 527 🛑 Buyers had their chance to push higher this week. They couldn't hold it. Now we're back at a key decision point. Last week, I highlighted 538, 525, and 500. SMH closed this week at $527.20, just above that second level. Friday's bounce reached $533.34 before fading. There still isn't enough confirmation to call a bottom. Here's my updated plan: 527 to 525: Immediate support zone. Buyers need to defend this area and build higher lows. Repeated tests without a sustained bounce keep me cautious. 535 to 538: The first area buyers need to reclaim and HOLD. Former support at 538 now becomes potential resistance. A bounce into this zone that gets sold would keep the setup weak. 550: Upside target if buyers defend support and reclaim 538. 515: Invalidation for my shorter-term bullish trade. Below that, I step aside and reassess. 500: The next major support if the recovery fails. With $MSFT, $GOOGL, $AMZN earnings and FOMC coming up, there are plenty of catalysts. Their AI spending outlooks could move the entire semiconductor group. $SMH remains my proxy for that reaction. If $SMH holds or reclaims 525 and starts building higher lows, I'm watching Nov 27 550C, targeting 538 first, then 550. Invalidation below 515 on SMH. If $SMH fails to hold 527, loses 525, and rejects a retest of that zone, Nov 6 500P could work. Watching 515 first, then 500 if selling accelerates. A sustained reclaim of 527 invalidates the breakdown setup. Those targets and invalidation levels refer to SMH's price. Options can lose value quickly, especially the shorter-dated puts. Size for the premium risk and take profits along the way. My broader scaling plan remains 25% at 535, 25% at 525, and 50% at 500, subject to reassessing the setup. That scaling plan has different risk rules from these options trades. If the calls invalidate, I'm not holding them down to 500 just because that was another buying level. I don't need to predict which direction comes next. I need a plan for either outcome. Be patient. Let price earn your conviction. Options carry risk of loss. Not financial advice.

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Big Tech earnings + FOMC. This week could set the tone for the rest of Q4. Here’s what I’m watching October 26–30: MON: $VZ $CDNS TUE: $V $HOOD $SOFI $STX $NXPI $KO $UPS WED: $MSFT $GOOGL $NOW $KLAC $VRT $GEV THU: $AMZN $INTC $SNDK $COIN $MSTR $RDDT $RBLX $LLY $MA $CAT FRI: $XOM $CVX Microsoft and Google report Wednesday after the close. Amazon follows Thursday. The focus: cloud growth, AI spending, and whether that spending is translating into profits. :chatgpt-content-reference{index="0"} FOMC is Wednesday, October 28: • Rate decision: 2 PM ET / 11 AM PT • Press conference: 2:30 PM ET / 11:30 AM PT CME odds reported Friday put a pause around 92%, leaving roughly 8% for a hike. A pause is heavily expected, so the bigger catalyst could be the Fed’s message about December and further tightening. :chatgpt-content-reference{index="1"} There are NO new economic projections or dot plot this meeting. The next update comes in December. This week, watch the statement and press conference for changes to the inflation and rate outlook. :chatgpt-content-reference{index="2"} My proxy play for the semiconductor side of these AI earnings: $SMH. Microsoft, Google, and Amazon’s spending plans can move the chip stocks supplying that infrastructure. Strong spending supports demand, but the market still needs confidence in the returns. Same key levels I mentioned last week: • 538 • 525 • 500 If we get more downside, my planned allocation remains: 25% at 535 25% at 525 50% at 500 Those percentages are of my planned SMH position. I want to see buyers defend these areas and chips start building a base. Losing 538 puts 525 in focus, then 500 if selling continues. Plenty of catalysts. No need to force a trade before the reaction. Pre-plan your risk, stay patient, and let price confirm.

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Massive week inbound in the market next week with FOMC + Tech earnings. The market isn't in panic yet. Wait for 1 more big flush then consider going long. $SPX to 7500 and $QQQ to 685 possible if we see a sell off in the next 3 days. Get some rest and regroup for next week. I know a lot of people are struggling. DM if you need someone to talk to.

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$QQQ held above the 700 support at the open now at 708, it needs up 2 more minimum to gain some momentum to the upside, $SPX held the previous ATH at 7620 so far, needs back above 7700 to look better next week Chip and memory stocks starting to inch higher as well.. $AMD up 11, $SMH up 7 pts today, $MU up 30 pts.. Let's see if the market can push back higher later today

TRADE PLAN for LOTTO Friday 📈 Another gap down today... $SPX 7620 is the line in the sand for the bulls, if this level fails.. 7500 comes, $QQQ 700 is also a key support level, if it breaks we can see 693,685. In the short term we've seen a BIG dip. The short side may start to look like a crowded trade as we approach FOMC next week. We need to see if QQQ can pop above 710 and SPX can get back through 7700 to look more bullish. There's still no signs of real strength yet. $SMH needs a 10-15 pt pop today to set up for a move higher next week, $MU needs back through 900 and $SNDK above 1400. $AMD touched 501 last night and ran to 520+ but is now at 511. Let's see if chip and memory can start to rally higher in the next 2-3 trading days. BE careful trading the upside, it's still a hard trade at the moment. Good luck everyone!! 🫡

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TRADE PLAN For LOTTO Friday 📈 Alright we are in the extreme fear category BUT no real panic yet. There's still lots of pressure on Semiconductor and AI related stocks. I think we see one more flush before FOMC next Wednesday before we start to carve out a bottom. The fact that $QQQ broke under last Friday's lows is not a good sign for tech. $QQQ under 700 we can see 693,685 next. $SPX to 7500 in play if it breaks under 7620 as well. Tread lightly and make sure you're not going all in BEFORE FOMC. That's how you get cooked. $SMH can drop to 500 on the next leg lower, this is most likely where a short term bottom will form. $NBIS 145 is the prime buy zone if it drops there next week. $SNDK if they flush this one more time we can see 1000 before midterm elections. It's a risk off environment until after FOMC. I've been saying this since last week. Survive a bit longer we're getting closer to a bottom. 🫡