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Hey guys!

I will be sending out my Alpha Report for FREE every day the market is open! I always want to create more value for you guys and this report is only going to get better! Enjoy!

-Brandon

Today’s Heat Map👇

Thursday January 16, 2025👇

• Market opened up GREEN and bounced around to end solidly in the red.

• More banks reported earnings today, plus we got more economic news that gives us a gauge of the strength of the economy.

• More on this below.

Fear & Greed Index For Today👇

• 29 Yesterday & 28 Today.

• Stocks fell today due to weaker than expected economic data.

• I feel that we are closer to 50 vs what this says, so kinda in balance.

• Always keep your emotions in check on pumps & dumps!

• Short term market movements are usually irrelevant.

• Volatility is opportunity.

• Be greedy when others are fearful.

Be fearful when others are greedy.

Today’s Economic Updates👇

• 30 year fixed mortgage rate falls to 7.09% today vs 7.11% Yesterday.

• 10 year treasury bond yield falls to 4.61% today, vs 4.65% Yesterday.

• 2 year treasury bond yield falls to 4.24% today, vs 4.27% Yesterday.

• December retail sales increased by 0.4%, vs 0.6% expected.

• Initial jobless claims came in at 217K, slightly above the forecast of 210K.

  (more on this below)

Our Current Economy👇

• So today we got data about retail sales & how many people were looking for jobs.

• December retail sales increased by 0.4%, vs 0.6% expected.

• Initial jobless claims came in at 217K, slightly above the forecast of 210K.

• Consumer spending was a tad weaker than anticipated (retail sales), and more people filed for unemployment than expected.

• While this isn’t great news for the economy, it could be seen as positive for the market since softer spending and a slight uptick in jobless claims may help ease inflation.

• This could potentially bringing us closer to more interest rate cuts being priced in.

This Is The Issue👇 

• Yes we want rates to be low, but we don’t want them to be low in a recessionary environment.

• Remember what I say, we would much rather have rates a little high in a strong economy, vs low rates in a recession.

• I don’t think we are very close to a recession, but we must be careful to not keep policy too tight and hurt the economy too much.

• Check out the chart below for interest rate expectations.

• I think my Goldilocks situation is playing out so far where I expect the economy to slowly weaken a little bit.

• At the same time, I think we will “weaken” to a “normal” level”

• As this happens, more interest rate cuts will get priced in, which is good for stocks as long as the economy stays strong.

Earnings Season Continues👇

• Bank of America, Taiwan Semiconductor, United Health, & Morgan Stanley reported earnings today.

• I listened to all the earnings calls and read the reports.

• This takes hours to do, but if you wanna be an informed investor, this is what it takes!

• Overall it was pretty good!

• I break ALL of this down in course members ONLY discord so you don’t have to!

• Consider doing my course and coming into Discord to get my live updates, trades, and access to me all day long in real time!

• This is ONLY for course members.

Words To Live By👇

• Do not make plays to make plays.

• ONLY make high margin of safety plays.

• Do not buy something just cause the share price is going up

• Continue to DCA into quality stocks/ETFs at good prices.

• When you find undervalued companies, use options to magnify gains

• Check out my links below for my course, free guides, & intrinsic value calculator!

👇Check Out My Links👇

👇Price Targets For End Of Year 2025

(updated daily)

• QQQ - $565

• VOO - $575

• IWM - $240

• SOXX - $240

• TSLA - $400

• NVDA - $190

• AAPL - $250

• PLTR - $60

• AMZN - $245

• GOOG - $205

• MSFT - $460

• JPM - $260

• TSM - $230

• SOFI - $12

👇Price Targets For End Of Year 2030

• QQQ - $830 (assuming 8% annual ROI)

• VOO - $830 (assuming 7% annual ROI)

• SOXX - $360 (assuming 8% annual ROI)

• TSLA - $1,200 (assuming 18% annual ROI)

• NVDA - $645 (assuming 25% annual ROI)

• AAPL - $375 (assuming 7% annual ROI)

• AMZN - $550 (assuming 15% annual ROI)

• MSFT - $1,000 (assuming 15% annual ROI)

• TSM - $660 (assuming 20% annual ROI)

  (of course a lot of these will split, this is non split adjusted)

👇My Favorite New Trades 👇

I either plan to enter, or have already entered these trades.

(updated daily)

These are in order from least risky to most risky!

• VOO - DCA Shares - 3 year min hold duration

• QQQ - DCA Shares - 3 year min hold duration

• SOXX - DCA Shares - 3 year min hold duration

• JPM - DCA Shares - 3 year min hold duration

• TSLA - DCA Shares - 5 year min hold duration

• NVDA - DCA Shares - 3 year min hold duration

• AMZN - DCA Shares - 5 year min hold duration

• NVDA - Sell Puts - 1 year duration -Strike of $115

• SOXX - Sell Puts - 2 Year Duration - Strike $180

• GOOG - Sell Puts - 1 year duration - Strike $160

• TSM - Sell Put - 1 year duration - Strike: $165

• NVDA - Buy Calls - 1 year duration -Strike of $135

• TSLA - Sell Calls - 1 week duration - Strike $470

• PLTR- Sell Calls - 2 week duration - Strike Price $85

• MSTR - Sell calls - 1 week duration - Strike $95 OTM
  

  (Join premium discord to see my exact trades in real time, ONLY for course members)

👇Current Value of My Trading Account👇

(updated daily)

👇Yearly Account Account Value

• December 2018 - $0

• December 2019 - $45,251

• December 2020 - $150,191

• December 2021 - $267,524

• December 2022- $290,315

• December 2023 - $506,223

• December 2024 - $927,796

• IN PROGRESS 2025 - $962,397

👇Portfolio Thoughts

• Amazing growth from 2018 to Current all off of a total contribution of $90,000.

• That is over a 10x in 7 years!

• I did this in a very low risk and conservative way.

• I feel the market got a little stretched and this pull back is healthy.

• If bond yields continue to climb, I expect pain in the markets to continue.

• I will continue to find great investments / options plays that will pan out to explode the portfolio in the long run.

• Month to month and even year to year volatility is irrelevant.

• I see volatility as opportunity!

• My goal is $5,000,000 in this account by 2030.

• I see this as very achievable and if the market dips further, I will capitalize heavily, just like I did in 2022!

• Stay the course and keep your emotions in check!

👇How My Trades Have Performed Since 2023👇

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