I spotted the November 20 bottom coming—called it before the hammer dropped. During that brutal selloff that took out a lot of traders in CT, we were shorting from the 126k all-time high. The trade setup was clean.

But here's what nobody talks about enough: time messes with your head in ways charts can't show. Even when you nail the prediction, even when the position works out, the psychological weight of watching the market unfold against the backdrop of weeks or months of volatility—that gets in your skull.

Premium members brought it up in the service survey, asking for reassurance and some narrative around what's actually happening under the hood. When you're managing risk across multiple positions, sometimes people need more than just the numbers. They need context. They need to know the reasoning holds up when things get messy.