The month of December is one of my favorite months! I take the entire month off from the markets to prep for the holiday (Christmas) oh Yes!  It is not necessarily all play, I still have a schedule packed with clients to coach. “No trading for you?” asked a client.  “Nope, No….although I was extremely tempted the past two weeks.”  I responded…   You see there is so much geopolitical news. Oil prices have been falling since August.  Falling oil prices is a threat to the Russian economy.  The value of their currency Rouble is in a free fall— not to mention they have spent the last 9 months fighting an economic war against the West (sanctions)    Oh what turmoil but as a trader the amount of money that can be made is immense.   One single swing trade that would turn such tragic Russian news into a happy ending  is RUSS-  Direxion Daily Russia Bear 3X ETF (RUSS) which trades on the NSYE.   Since Dec.1 until Dec. 16th (12 trading days) this lovely ETF returned over 228% in 12 trading days!!! Yes your eyes did not deceive you. You’ve read it correctly.   If you took $1,000 and bought RUSS, in 12 days you would have a return of 228% ($3,364).  Or $10K to make $32,802,….Or $50K to make $164,208.00   You get my point!

Strategic thinking— connecting the world to the markets- the markets/world are intertwined!  Can relating the markets to the world create a high probability profitable trading opportunity?   YES, it can be that easy…..at times