Police in Osaka have reported the one and caution statement from Rafa Omangani Nakachinda aged for three of farm number 1794 Kafiwa district. This is in regard to the statement he issued at High Court grounds on December 13, 2021 and the interview he had on one of the radio stations in Osaka. He has been warned and cautioned for the offence of defamation of the president contrary to section 69 of the Pinochote chapter 87 of the laws of thumb. He is currently detained in police custody. Thank you. For now, like we are saying, this has just happened. Yes, this has just happened and I've seen his lawyers around here. We don't know how far they will go with the beating of us if you will be released today or they are not. But what I can confirm is that he is in police custody currently. Why are you not even born? No, this has just happened because bond has got conditions. So if the case is bondable, he has to meet the bond conditions. It just never happened automatically. The bond has got conditions. Yes, so if the case is bondable, then he has to meet the bond conditions and there after we proceed. Yes. What's the situation in relation to the attack that happened here? Yes, we've got seven suspects who we have picked around here for discreditable conduct at the police station. So we have detained them at the police station. You saw the confusion that they caught here. They smashed the windows and caused confusion here. So we can't tolerate this at the police station. We have picked seven of them and we have detained them in police custody. So when you said that we smashed the windows, we can't tolerate this at the police station? Yes, there is a window behind the VSU office, which has been smashed and the fragments hit the officer who has been rushed to the University Hospital for treatment. So if you walk behind the building, you will see the window which has been smashed. Yes, please. And which one? Some suspects. We've got only one cell here. So we can't separate to say this suspect will be this side, the other suspect will be upstairs. No, we've got one cell here. Apart from that we've got the female cell and the juvenile cell. So these are not out? Yes, these are self-casted. This is a police, it's self-casted. So when you are in a police cell, you are in self-casted. Everything is okay. There's nothing to worry about. Please put on your mask so that I can take off my mask. If you all put on your masks, then I can take off my mask. So that all of you are protected. Dear members of the press, indeed on the 12th of August we changed government. However, I don't think that we changed rules, that we changed guidelines on how justice must be dispensed in the country. It is extremely worrisome for us that more and more of our people are being detained before police arrests. We recall the manna in which Hon. Bostev in Kampiongo was detained at this very police station only to be given free transport to Chinsali for him to go and be arrested. Soon after that will be given there by court. Today again Rafiwa Nakachinda has been detained before the police effect an arrest. What is extremely worrisome is that our legal team was instructed to go and ensure that Hon. Bostev Nakachinda is not held in the same cell with the UPND huligans who came to help stones at us here at the police station. Seven suspects have been arrested and they have been kept in a cell in which they are also putting Rafiwa Nakachinda. Naturally we have fear of what will happen to Rafiwa Nakachinda by him being exposed to those huligans who came to cause havoc because of the fact that Rafiwa Nakachinda was being interrogated. We were assured through our legal team that Rafiwa Nakachinda would be put in a separate cell away from those huligans because the police officers themselves appreciate the fact that those seven cannot be put together with Rafiwa Nakachinda. However, I am extremely disturbed to hear that the PRO of the police has preneged on that offer, on that promise and that is saying they only have two cells here and one for males and therefore Rafiwa Nakachinda is going to be kept in the same cell with his assailants. This is very worrisome. I want to say on behalf of the patriotic front that we are leaving the police station following the assurance that was given to our legal team by the officer in charge that they assure us of the safety of Rafiwa Nakachinda. Anything that's bound to happen to Rafiwa Nakachinda tonight has been put together in the same cell with the criminals who came and destroyed property here and injured our members will be squarely on the hands of the police. It is our hope that the police can provide security to all citizens. Nakachinda has not been condemned yet and I wonder whether you even managed to condemn me and it's not the police to condemn me. It is the courts of law to condemn me. It is therefore also total and becoming of any police officer to measure the degree of an offence. No police officer can say to you this is a very serious offence. It is only the courts that will determine that matter and the police must be asked not to be prejudicial on matters like this. Their role is to interrogate and go and prosecute before the courts of law. It is up to the judges to determine the severity of an offence because as far as Nakachinda is concerned as far as his legal team is concerned as far as we are concerned Nakachinda is not even supposed to have spent the night so I'd like to end by appealing to the police the country is watching. Anything that happens to Nakachinda if it's going to be roughed up tonight we shall hold the police squarely to blame. If you have questions my friends you may ask. Very good. Thank you very much and I want to end by saying we are also aware of the fact that a politician visited this police station following the incidents where kadas believed to be from Munali came here to stone people a minister came here tomorrow as we come to follow up the matter of Nakachinda we shall also follow up to make sure that those 7 criminals are presented before a court of law. In the same way that they are treating us they must treat their criminals there is no doubt that those criminals who came to stone us are UPND criminals they are criminals who are known by ourselves they are in the police they must not be released before they appear before the courts of law we shall take very keen interest in this matter because we want to make sure that everybody does what president had and he may say that he is going to govern by the rule of law and if he is going to govern by the rule of law what is good for a goose today we want to see that indeed the law is being applied without any kind of favoritism thank you very much


Okay. Good morning everyone. Welcome to BC 309, our course on urban church planting. Let's get started today. May I request somebody to please pray with a glass and we will start. Anybody could pray and we'll start. Go ahead. Thank you. Thank you. Okay. So in our course now on urban church planting, we have started a new section last week talking about the spiritual side of urban church planting. We want to understand what is what is involved, then how to go about engaging on the spiritual side. So let's quickly review a few things we mentioned last class and then we will move forward from there. So one minute seems to be a question. Srikumar. Yes sir, I have a question. Can I ask now what? Can I ask you? Go ahead please. Okay. Thank you sir. Sir, as we are discussing on this church planting, one thing I just want to know that, you know, how we should, you know, as a servant of God, how we should receive the offerings and the type and, you know, and because it's not the salary, but it is, you know, God's money. So how we should handle it with most of the people, I think that, you know, when they take it, they take it as they're in a very different way. So I just want to know that if you can also help us to understand that how we have to use it and because it's a God's offering. And especially when it is a first fruit or a tide or a seed when somebody is swaying. So how we have to receive it and how we have to handle it. Thank you sir. Okay. So the question that Srikumar just asked is about how do we handle the money, the tides of the offerings that people give to the local church? I think Paul also does this in 1 Corinthians chapter 9. He points back to the Old Testament where, you know, he says, I mean, so the Old Testament sets as a pattern and then that connects into the New Testament. See the Old Testament, the tides, the offerings were brought to the tabernacle or the temple and it was given to the priests for their use. Basically, the priests in the Levites had no inheritance among the people. That means they were dedicated to serve in the temple. And so what it was needed for them to take care of their lives and for the work of the temple came from the tides and the offerings that were provided. So basically the work of the ministry, if you want to put it in simple terms, the work of the ministry was funded by the tides and the offerings that people brought to the tabernacle or the temple.  In the New Testament, Galatians chapter 6, he says, you know, let him who was ministered to in spiritual things, ministered to them back in natural things. That means we serve the people spiritually and they give back into our lives naturally. So in the New Testament, tides and offerings, people give their tides and offerings to the local church. Whatever the form of the offerings, whether it's, you know, they just whether it's somebody says, okay, this is my first verse, whether it is a special offering, whatever people give their tides and offerings to the local church. Now, this is what I feel should be done. So the money has to be handled in a very honorable way. The way that the right thing to do is that all the expenses from that so the money would go, I mean, let's just get into the details and answer this. So the money goes into the account of the church. From there, the people who are serving in the full time people in the church, they are paid their salaries, fixed salaries. And then all the other expenses of the church, meaning, you know, whatever is needed to run the church, meaning the rent, the bills are paid from that money. So just like in the Old Testament, it was used to take care of the functioning of the tabernacle of the temple. The New Testament, the tides and offerings are basically used to take care of the people who are serving in the ministry as well as all the expenses of the ministry. Now, of course, this has to be done in a proper way. That means the pastors, the others who are working are paid a salary, reasonable salary, and then all the bills are paid. What should not happen is all the money shouldn't go to the pastor, you know, in some cases, especially in small congregations or things like that.  And then I don't know how they manage things, but that's not, you know, it should go to the church, the local church should be an organization where money is received from their people are paid and everything is properly accounted. I know in some places they say the tithe goes to the pastor, the offerings then go to the church. I don't see that as a valid use of money. I don't think that's right. I should all go to the church and then everybody's paid a proper salary and so on because of all the tithe goes to the pastor. The pastor's getting the major part of the money and then there's nothing left for the church operation and others. So everything goes to the church from there, money is allocated and so on. I've seen other, or rather I've heard of other variations where, you know, where, like I said, the tithe goes to the pastor. Sometimes the pastor gets tithed from multiple churches and, you know, so all the churches that are supposed to under that they give their tithe to the pastor and then something offering goes to the local church and I think all of that is an unfair distribution. It has to be fair. It has to be done properly. So everything goes to the local church from there. Everybody's paid a salary. Everything is accounted for is how I would recommend doing it. The New Testament, per se, doesn't give these instructions. So the answer should be let's do what is right and fair and what is right and fair. I think it's a proper, it's just basically the organization should be run in a proper way. Did I answer your questions for tomorrow's, if you have a follow-up question or any more details, you could ask. Thank you. Thank you, Pastor. Thank you. Okay. Christopher, please go ahead. Oh, yes, Pastor. Thank you. My question is a related question with regards to, you know, where there is surplus. Is there any provision, surplus from, you know, the expenditures of the church and the operations and the salaries? Is there any provision for, you know, I mean, as per the Bible, where, you know, the less fortunate get some percentage of the, of those, of that surplus. That is one area. And the other one would be in planning forward, just like in a, you know, in a, maybe in a corporate environment where you have some plans about, you know, how the, how the institution or, you know, a company plans forward on, you know, where they want to invest money. Is there any, again, provision for that? And what happens in that planning process where these types and offerings actually reduce for whatever reason?  So what happens in that, in that planning process and how does that sort of, you know, get taken care of? That's pretty much my question. No, those are two questions. So in the Bible and in the context of the local church, we do see, and this is an, I'm thinking about First Timothy chapter five. I'm also thinking about James chapter one and two, where the instructions are that in First Timothy five, especially he talks about widows, you know, widows, orphans, James chapter one, who can be supported by the church. Of course, the first instruction there is if there is a widow and she has a family, then let the family take care of her and let her not become the responsibility of the local church. But if that situation is not there, if the widow has served well in the local church and has been serving the church, then the church is, should take care of her. That's First Timothy chapter five. And then, of course, to orphans and to orphans and the poor. So there is no, there is no, you know, like I say, there's no percentage dictated by scripture, other than the scripture saying, you know, take care of those who are in need. They're telling the local church to take care of those who are in need. Provided there's nobody else around them, the family to take care of them. That's the instruction we see in these passages. So, so the local church should, you know, in addition to the tithes and offerings come into the local church, they are paying their salaries or the people are working. They are paying off all the bills, the expenses, and then they should also use, you know, or as needed to take help, take care of the needs of the people who don't have family. They don't have people who can take care of them. So to that extent, the local church is instructed to take care. Now, again, it could vary from church to church. Some churches are able to do it. Some churches don't have the means to do it. And so now I don't think we can, you know, demand for a local church to do it. But according to whatever extent they have the capacity to, they can extend help and support and so on. So that's the first part of the question. The second question in terms of planning and so on. Yeah, so definitely like, you know, we're learning in the other course, we must, the church or the ministry must be run well as an organization must be administered well. And part of that is making sure the money is allocated for various purposes and then also planning happens for budgeting happens for the future. If, for whatever reason, the inflow of contributions go down, then obviously there has to be a pullback. Again, this is not a uniform rule, but generally I'm just speaking from a natural point of view. There would be a pullback on where, you know, what what the church is allocating for various ministries. But again, it varies from, you know, how the Lord would lead the congregation to do. So typically they would pull back on areas where they don't need to necessarily be spending money and then focus on a few areas that they need to. So that again has left to the leadership as they decide basically they want to, you know, they should administer everything properly. They don't want to get the organization into any form of debt.  So therefore things have to be managed properly. Yeah, so and I don't see anything wrong in that. I just feel that there has to be proper stewardship of money and careful expenses, be careful of the expenses. You know, one of the things we did, I guess I'm sharing content of the other course here, but we probably repeated when we come to the finance part. But one of the things from the very early days, when we're in the smaller days, early days when things are smaller. I used to tell our person over the managing the money is to make sure that every month we have a surplus of 200,000 to lack. That's our medium to always make sure that our expenses are less than our income, you know, by so that we have a surplus of two lakh rupees every month, at least. So that, you know, we can keep that money aside. So that wasn't the early days when we were small and, you know, that and so then that that kind of discipline continued. So now we, we are able to do a lot a lot in surplus. Some months when we exceed our expenses exceed our income, which we are very aware of, because sometimes you may do a huge event, a huge conference or we may do something very big. And so then it doesn't really matter. It doesn't affect us because there's always a big surplus from which we pull out and it just evens out in the next month, the following months. So we are not afraid when in certain months, even if we go over by a lot, it doesn't matter. Usually that happens when we do a huge printing, you know, suppose we print for five titles, which is what is happening right now. Since, you know, we've resumed the printing of our books, there are huge volume of books being printed. So obviously the expense will be huge, but then it doesn't affect the overall bottom line because there's this surplus that is being put towards this. I hope I answered your question, Christopher. Okay. All right. So let's get to this. Now the spiritual side of church planting, which we were just looking at. So we were talking about the spiritual aspects. Last week we started this. We said the real battle of souls is a spiritual battle. We were saying, okay, that we understand what the devil is doing is blinding the minds of people. We went through these scriptures where so the real battle is we are bringing people out of his influence over their minds. And Satan can use, you know, various kinds of deceptions over their minds of people. So in urban centers, usually it is a lot of ideas, ideologies. You know, the Bible talks about doctrines of demons. That means these are philosophies and ideas that are inspired and motivated and supported by demonic powers. So these are things that blind the minds of people and we have to deal with that. We will talk about prayer coming in, you know, and dealing with this, but we're just talking about what's happening. So the other way the enemy hinders is by just intensely holding people in bondage in various forms of, you know, we can use the term spiritual prisons or you can call it strongholds. This usually is seen or is expressed in that center, urban center through various, you know, evils that can be seen, immoral sinful deeds, addictions, social evils and so on. So there are spirits of disobedience that are at work. So Ephesians 2 verse 2, the Apostle Paul writes about this and he mentions that, you know, yeah, of course he's talking about believers before they got saved. And he says, you know, we had the spirits of disobedience at work. Ephesians 2 verse 2, we walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit would now works in the sons of disobedience. So notice there is the course of this world of fashions, the patterns of this world that held us. Secondly, there was a prince of the power of the air talking about Satan and his influence. And thirdly, he's talking about spirit who now works in the sons of disobedience, the spirit of disobedience, just working in the lives of people. So this is the second part, holding people in bondage, specifically to various forms that we can see in a city. So we'll have to deal with this. And first round 519 he says, the whole world lies in the crepe or in the under darkness. So darkness is covering holding people in bondage. Another important, another area the enemy works is in actually hindering the proclamation of the gospel through various ways, you know, in numerous ways. And can we just read these scriptures very quickly? So we get an idea, we get the idea of what Paul is writing to us about. Somebody could read this Romans 15 3031, then we'll go to 1st Thessalonians 2. Somebody could read these for us please. Pastor, can I read? Go ahead please. Now I beseech you brethren for the Lord Jesus Christ's sake and for the love of the Spirit that you strive together with me in your prayers to God for me. That I may be delivered from them that do not believe in Judea. And that my service which I have for Jerusalem may be accepted of the saints. That I may come unto you with joy by the will of God and may with you be refreshed. Now the God of peace be with you all. Amen. Thank you. So Paul is asking for prayer. He's asking the believers at Rome to pray with them. He says, strive together with me in prayers.  Verse 31, to be delivered from those who are in Judea. Here there are people in Jerusalem specifically who are against him, who are waiting to, you know, to do harm, arrest him, so on. As he's praying, he said, join me in prayer for this because he's planning to go into Jerusalem. And we will see. Let's go to 1st Thessalonians 2, 18. Somebody could read that. Shall I read faster? Please go ahead. Because we wanted to come to you, I, Paul, again and again. But Satan hindered us. Thank you. Thank you. And 2nd Thessalonians 3, 1, 2, 3. Can I read faster? Yes, go ahead. 2nd Thessalonians 3, 1, 2, 3. Finally, brothers pray for us that the word of the Lord may speed ahead and be honored as happened among you and that we may be delivered from wicked and evil men for not all have faith, but the Lord is faithful. He will establish you and guard you against the evil one. Amen. So in all of these scriptures, we see, you know, Paul facing opposition from the Jews. Second, he mentions directly Satan hindered us. Thirdly, 2nd Thessalonians 3 talks about, you know, unreasonable and wicked men. So there is opposition to the work he's doing coming in different ways. People who don't understand what's happening, people who want to hinder the work and then Satan himself trying to do things to hinder the proclamation. So in different parts of the world, this can be expressed in different ways. How the hindrance to the furtherance of the gospel comes, you know, and so we need to be aware of it. We don't need to be intimidated by it. We don't need to stop the work just because there is hindrance to the work of the gospel. But then we engage in prayer that we'll talk about that later. How do we counteract this prayer? You can see that Paul asked for prayer, you know, in Romans 15, 2nd Thessalonians 3, he asked for prayer. So pray with us or pray for us in view of this opposition that we are facing. You pray. Fourthly, the way the enemy would work is by just seeking to infiltrate. This is like, okay, he's trying to get in to and disturb what's happening in the work itself, in the local church. And we see this, especially in Revelation 2, when the Lord Jesus is speaking to these seven churches, you can see that the Lord is very aware of demonic presence in those cities. You know, he says there is to the church of Smyrna, he says there is the synagogue of Satan. Synagogue means assembly, a group, a gathering of people who belong to Satan and they are going to do harm to the church in Pergamos. He says, you know, you're in a city where Satan's throne is Satan is dwelling there and there is, you know, wrong doctrine that's coming into the church, the doctrine of Balaam. The church has, you know, unknowingly welcomed this doctrine. It's causing people to go away into idolatry, into immorality. And the church in Pergamos has, you know, allowed this thing to come in. The church in Thyatira, there was another problem. There are false prophetess, Jezebel has gotten to the church and she's again doing the same thing, convincing people into immorality and idolatry. The church in Philadelphia, the Lord recognizes that there is a group that belongs to Satan. That means there's people, they're actually, they belong to Satan, they call the synagogue of Satan. But he says to the church in Philadelphia, I will cause them to come and bow before the church. It's very powerful. The point is, in every city where the local church was, there was also Satan doing things. In Smyrna, they were facing physical persecution. Pergamos and Thyatira, false doctrine had infiltrated the church and is disrupting the church. Now, of course, it was the responsibility of the church and the leaders to protect the church. That's why they have, they're called shepherds or overseers. They're supposed to protect, they're supposed to guard the church and prevent this from happening. But in these two cases, it had already infiltrated the church and it already, you know, affected people, causing people to go astray. The church in Philadelphia, I think it's beautiful. The Lord recognizes that there is a group of Satan there in that city. But he says they're going to come and bow before the church. That means the church is going to exercise dominion over these people who are actually backed by demonic powers. And so that's, I mean, that's a great place to be. That's the type of church we should be. You know, it's okay if in the city there are, there is demonic activity going on, but that will come and bow before the church. And the church will exercise dominion over those things. So just to quickly review the enemy is at work. How is what's he doing? He's blinding the minds of people, holding people in bondage. He attempts to hinder the proclamation of the gospel, Satan and his demons. And sometimes the demonic powers attempt to weaken the church by infiltration that already come in, cause things happening.  Yes, you know, we have talked about all the natural things, the planning, the organizing, all of that is important.  All that is there, but we must not forget we are involved in a spiritual work and there is spiritual battle involved. So we have to be ready spiritually. We will make a big mistake if we only focus on the natural preparation and natural engagement and forget and neglect the spiritual side. So as especially as leaders, you know, as people are pioneering the work, you and I should give ourselves to a lot of prayer and, you know, be aware of this and we will talk about how to go about doing this. So the church is called, you know, our responsibility is to basically be like to the Gentiles, to open prison doors, to bring those out of darkness, out of the prison house. Let's read these verses because I think they're just beautiful. Isaiah 42 verse 1 and verse 7, then. Go ahead. To open the blind eyes to bring out the prisoners from the prison and them and them that sit in darkness out of the prison house. Now it's very interesting. Isaiah is prophesying about Jesus, the Messiah. So as a 42 one, when he says my servant, my elect one, that's referring to Jesus Christ. So he says I put my spirit upon him so the Lord is anointed. He's going to bring for justice to the Gentiles. So Isaiah himself prophesied that Jesus was going to be a light to the Gentiles. So, you know, this is amazing because 700 years before Christ came, Isaiah is pointing to the Messiah, the servant of the Lord. And says he's going to be a light, not just to the Jews, not just to the Jewish people, but he's going to be a light to the Gentiles. He's going to bring for justice to the Gentiles. And in verse six, he says, you know, going to be a light to the Gentiles. But then in verse seven, as part of being light to the Gentiles. Okay, let me say this. So Jesus reaching the Gentiles is being fulfilled through the church. Because remember in his earthly ministry, he was, he came only to the house of Israel. So how is Jesus fulfilling Isaiah 42? Now he's fulfilling it through the church. The church is his body that is being a light to the Gentiles. Jesus is not here physically, but through his church, the body, he's being a light to the Gentiles. He's fulfilling Isaiah 42 through the church. And as part of that fulfillment in verse seven, he's saying, you're going to open blind eyes. You're going to bring prisoners from the prison and those who are sitting in darkness from the prison house. So what is the picture here? People who are imprisoned are going to be brought out, are going to be set free. Who's going to do it? The church. Jesus is going to do it through his church. So the church has this responsibility to bring prisoners out of the prison to open blind eyes. And obviously he's talking about spiritual things here. He's not talking about literal physical prisons. All the God may use some to do something like that. But he's essentially talking about the spiritual dimension, opening blind eyes and bringing people out of demonic control. Isaiah 49 repeats that. Can somebody read it? 8 and 9. Isaiah 49, 8 and 9. That says the Lord, in a time of favor, I have answered you. In a day of salvation, I have helped you. I'll keep you and give you as a covenant to the people to establish their land or portion that resolute heritages. Saying to the prisoners, come out to those who are in darkness up here. They shall feed along the ways. On all their heights shall be their pasture. Thank you.  Those who are in darkness, come into the light. So that is our call today as the church. So the church is therefore now commissioned to do the work of bringing people out of darkness into the light of the gospel, of bringing people out of the prison, setting the captives free. Like we said, the devil is holding them in bondage. The church has to bring them out, liberating them, setting them free. And then Jesus made it very clear. Let's jump now, sorry, to Matthew 12. We'll read these two passages because it's interesting to put them side by side. Matthew 12, 28 and 29 and also Luke 11, please. Matthew 12, 20 and 29, somebody could read it. Sir, Matthew 28 and 29. Yes, please. But if it is by the spirit of God that I cast out demons, then the kingdom of God has come upon you. How can someone enter a strong man's house and plunder his boots unless he first binds the strong man? And indeed, he may plunder his house. Thank you. Thank you. And Luke 11, 21, 22. Sir, can I? Go ahead. When a strong man armed, keep at his place, keep at his palace, his goods are in peace. But when is stronger than he shall come upon him and overcome him. He take it for him, all his armor, wherein he trusted and divided his points. Thank you. Thank you. So in both these passages, Jesus is dealing with the subject of deliverance. Matthew 12, 28. He says, if I by the spirit of God cast out devils, then the kingdom of God has come to you. So he's talking about casting out devils. He's talking about deliverance work. Same thing in Luke 11, 20. He's talking about casting out demons with a finger of God. So we're just talking about the Holy Spirit. So he's talking about deliverance, casting out demons. And in that context, he's saying, we have to bind the strong man or we have to overcome the strong man, then we can spoil his goods. So basically in delivering people and bringing deliverance to people from Satan's hold on their lives, what we're doing is we are dealing with a strong man. We're dealing with the demonic power that's controlling them. We are overpowering it. We are binding it or we are subduing it so that people can be delivered. So Jesus demonstrated that for us by the spirit of God and then you and I today continue that same work in bringing deliverance to people by the Holy Spirit. And we see several more scriptures here, Matthew 16, 18 to 19. We are familiar with that, which Jesus said, I will build my church. And the gates of hell will not prevail against it. So he says, I will build my church. He's talking about you and me. He's going to build his church. The very next line is talking about spiritual conflict. And the gates of hell will not prevail against it. Now, I'm sure you've studied this, but I just want to just remind ourselves about it. Jesus said, Matthew 16, 18 to 19. He says, I will build my church referring to establishing the church on this revelation that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of the Living God. Then he talks about the gates of hell. So he's using a picture from the Old Testament or from the Bible times about the city gates, where the elders of the city sat, they administered justice and so on. They controlled who came and who went out of the city gates. So the gates represent control. And here Jesus is talking about the gates of hell, meaning gates controlled by hell, areas of demonic domination. And remember, we go to the gates. The gates don't attack us. The gates are stationary, but we advance to the gates. So when Jesus says, I will build my church and the gates of hell, meaning the areas of demonic domination, the church must advance to these areas of demonic domination and they will not be able to stop the church. So that's the message. So the church has been authorized by heaven. He said, I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven. The church has been given kingdom authority to advance to the gates of hell. And the gates of hell, those areas of demonic domination will not stop the church. So that is vested. We can see it from the Old Testament from Isaiah 40. We can see it in the New Testament for the ministry of Jesus. And through what Jesus said about the church, that the church has been commissioned to bring deliverance, to bring people spiritually, to bring prisoners out of the prison, to bring people out of darkness. So we have to engage in doing that, to be involved in that kind of work. So we are thinking about pioneering a church. We think about a local church. This is an important aspect of what we are entering into. We are entering into the spiritual conflict. We are entering, stepping into our responsibility of saying, we're going to open blind eyes. We're going to bring prisoners out of the prison house. We're going to say to the prisoners, come forth, to those who are sitting in darkness, show yourselves. That's what we are getting ready to do. This is a spiritual side. And the spiritual side is something we must engage in. And like I said, initially the church planting team probably are the only ones who are aware of it. Or sometimes they themselves may not be aware of it, that hey, in order to start a church, in order to start a Christian ministry, there's actually a spiritual side that you and I have to engage. And so we need to train our people. And that's one thing that you've been here at APC. I really wanted to, to some extent, maybe people understand, but to a large extent, maybe not.  They think, okay, how do I address this need? How do I take care of my wife, my children, my family? You know, all just the practical things of life. Now to get them to think in terms of, okay, we got to share the gospel. We got to engage in spiritual warfare.  So we must equip them to overcome their own personal struggles and personal challenges. But the goal is also to equip the church to be able to come into this place where we begin to engage spiritually. And if the church can engage spiritually, you know, the way they're supposed to engage, then we can do the spiritual work of opening blind eyes, opening prison doors, of bringing people out of darkness and doing those kinds of things. But then we have to prepare the people.  He won't know what to do and it's also dangerous. He won't know which way is the enemy firing and, you know, how likely he'll get shot. So what do you do with the civilians? Well, you've got to train them. You've got to equip them. You've got to show them how to use the weapons of war and then be moved together as an army into battle. So part of pioneering the church and as we are developing the church, as we spoke about earlier, taking the church through its stages of growth and development along the journey is to equip them for this kind of spiritual battle and then getting them to engage because that's the spiritual dimension, the spiritual side of planting a church in a city. Are you with me so far? Thank you, sir. Sir, I just want to know, so is it possible that, as you said, if the church is not prepared with the spiritual side, can it also influence the believers who are attending the church? Irrespective of the church growth, maybe the church, it seems to be like church is growing. But if the church is, the individuals are under oppression or depressions or they are in bondage and the church is not aware about that or church is not focusing also apparently on this side. So just my question is that, is it possible that the spirits can, even though they are coming to church, there is a huge crowd but they are still in the oppression and discouragement, is it possible, I just want to know that, if the church is not prepared for this thing? Thank you, sir. Yeah, so this doesn't obviously have, the size of the church and the number of people in the congregation, it's not important at this time, like if people are not equipped, they won't know how to resist the devil. They won't know how to fight spiritual battles, not only for themselves but to win people in the city. So basically we need to equip people in for spiritual warfare for their own good, to overcome the enemy in their own lives, to walk in victory in their own lives and then extend that to fighting for the lost, battling for people who are held in the prisons, enforcing Christ's victory there. So to answer your question, yeah, if believers are not equipped for spiritual warfare, then definitely the enemy gains an advantage of them.   And then definitely they will not be able to engage in spiritual battle for the unsaved. Yeah. Thank you, sir. So our next topic now is to understand how do we engage in spiritual battle, which we will pick up tomorrow. But any questions till what we have covered today? Any other questions? Okay. All right. So let's wrap up for today. And we will pick this up tomorrow. We'll talk about, you know, how do you engage in spiritual battle? Well, how do we equip the people to engage? Okay. Good. Somebody please pray with us and we can dismiss. Anyone can pray. Precious Father, we thank you and praise you, Father God, for this wonderful time and for this wonderful revelation and teachings of Father God. We pray that Father, let it be rooted in us and Father God and let it lead us, guide us and let it increase our faith, let it enlighten our understanding of Father. Thank you, Father, for using your servant of Father God. Thank you, Father God, for God preparing our heart. Thank you, Father God, you are covering everything under your precious blood of Father God. Thank you once again, Father God, for this opportunity to learn from you and which is strengthening us of Father God to know you more and Father God to move ahead, to plan the churches, to establish Lord Master, your plans in our life. In Jesus' name we pray. Amen. Thank you, sir. Amen. Okay. Thank you, everyone. Enjoy the rest of your day. I will see you all tomorrow. God bless. Bye now. Thank you. Thank you, everyone. Thank you the best. Thank you. God bless. Bye now.


My name is Arta Kwam and I am an elementary reading teacher in Wichita, Kansas. In this lesson, I am going to show you how I teach rhyme production to early childhood students. After students have mastered recognizing rhyming words, I want to move the students to rhyme production. Production is making and generating the rhymes themselves. I would give the students the word cat. They would need to swap the onset k for another consonant sound or sounds such as b. The students would sound out b at making the new word bat. Another example would be full at making the new word flat. Cat, bat and flat are all rhyming words. One activity to practice generating rhymes is to fill in the blank activity. I would start by reading pairs of sentences, one complete and the other ending with a missing rhyming word. In doing this, I make sure to use sentences with words that are familiar to students. I might say, I found some grapes a whole big bunch. I think I'll eat them for my and the students would respond lunch. Sometimes if students are struggling with generating the rhyming word, I will give them the onset and the rhyme and have them put the parts together. For example, if they can't think of the word lunch, I would say, how about all bunch. What's the word? And the students would say lunch. The rhyming words at the end of the two sentences are bunch and lunch. Let's try another one. My mother's ring is very old. It's made of silver and of. I pause and wait for the students to respond. Together they say, gold. The rhyming words are old and gold. Let's practice one more. My teacher said to sit up straight and ask us all to count two. And the students say, eight. The rhyming words are straight and eight. And I would continue with a total of five to seven words. I might need to include the section in my lessons for a week or so until students are efficient at it. I would make sure to use different categories such as types of fruit, insects or colors. After practicing these orally together, then I would move on to having students generate rhyming words on their own. We would practice this by doing the next activity. As a teacher, I say, then students take turns giving me rhyming words for cat. After I say the initial word, I will give them think time. This is very important, making sure they all come up with their own word. And then I would ask them to show me a silent thumbs up when they have a rhyming word and are ready to share. Then I would randomly call on students. They might say, that, hat, slat, chat. Remember, these do not have to be real words, but they do need to rhyme. And having the students take turns, it gives me a chance to quickly assess their skills. After we have practiced a few days with adequate think time, I might move on to having students share rhymes with their shoulder partner, the person they are sitting next to. I would say, mop, the students would think and then share with their shoulder partners. I would make sure to have them look at me when they are finished sharing. That way, I know they have all had a turn. Let's practice another one. I say dog. Then the students take turns listing rhyming words for dog, hog, log, jog, fog. The goal being that when they have mastered rhyme production, they can give me a rhyming word for any word I give them. These are some ways I would teach rhyme production to early childhood students.


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Listen, there are a lot of decisions you have to make when you're getting a custom suit and the sheer number of choices you have over every single detail can be completely overwhelming. One of the things that I've found to be most difficult to decide on over the years has been how to choose a lining for a jacket. So in this video, I'm going to take you through the five different options you have and why you might choose one over the other to help you make not only the best decision for you, but one that you will not regret. I'm Brian Sakao and you're watching He Spoke Style where we give you the information and inspiration you need to dress well, have more confidence, and unlock your potential. Now before we get into the five options you have when it comes to suit jacket linings, let's first go over the five purposes of a lining. Number one, lining your suit jacket or sport coat adds weight and structure to the garment. Two, it makes it warmer, which helps make it more comfortable and cooler weather. Three, if you have a lining in your jacket, it's going to sit better on your body, which could help reduce the possibility of the fabric bunching up. Four, a lining is going to hide the inner construction of the jacket. And you could argue that actually seeing how the jacket is assembled and stitched together is kind of cool, but if you want a very clean look, a lining will help with that. And finally, a lining can help make the jacket easier to put on.  So if you have that lining, which is typically made with a breathable, light, durable, and silky feeling material called Bemberg, that's what helps get the jacket on smoothly and easily. Now the biggest choice you are going to have to make before deciding on which lining you want to get is to figure out what the intent is. Do you want something that's versatile or are you looking for something with a little more personality? That is a decision that is completely up to you. But as I take you through each of the five options, I think you'll start to zero in and get a feel for what makes sense and what is most comfortable for you. The first and most simple option is what's called tone on tone. This is where the lining of the jacket is pretty much the exact same color as the jacket itself. It's an extremely versatile option. It doesn't call attention to itself. It's a very easy choice to make. So if you're someone who's looking for something that's timeless, subtle, and under the radar, I think this is a great choice for you. And it's actually how I style the majority of my suit jackets and sport coats. Now tone on tone doesn't have to be so plain. And there are ways that you can do tone on tone, but still have a little more subtlety and interest. If you take a look at the lining of my hopsack suit here, you can see that there's a very subtle paisley print. So if you want that classic look with a little something special, this is something I would definitely consider. Your next option is to use a contrasting or complementary color. This is going to be a little bit bolder. It will stand out a little bit more, but it doesn't necessarily have to be completely ostentatious or flamboyant. This is a good choice if you want something in that classic realm, but with a little more personality. And also if you have, let's say, something like a glen plaid with a thin line of color running through it, that could be a really good color to pull out with your choice of lining. To figure out which contrasting or complementary color combinations you'd like best, you can go online and find these color wheel generators where you're able to pick your primary color, which in this instance would be your suit fabric color, and then generate other colors that pair well and harmoniously with that color. I also really recommend this small Japanese book called A Dictionary of Color Combinations. It's got tons of different color palettes and is just a really great source of inspiration for finding colors that work together. And I'll link to both the website and the book down below in the description.  Typically on the subtle side, classic patterns like herringbone, stripes, checks, or polka dots, for example. These are great choices for that timeless looking style with a little bit of, I guess you'd say, classic menswear flair. The thing that's difficult to kind of envision when you're considering a pattern like this is that when you're just looking at that little fabric swatch, it can seem really bold. But when you actually see it fully lining the jacket, oftentimes you don't even see the pattern itself. From a distance, it just looks like a nice texture or a bit of contrast. It really is one of the most difficult things to imagine. So it can be beneficial to see a couple of options like this in person to get a sense of how it will look on the finished garment. Option number four is a statement pattern. We're talking big, bold, and eye-catching. So like a big gingham check, a bold plaid, damask, a tropical motif, even a larger picture. If you're someone who's really outgoing, big personality, it likes to be unique and show off that personality through your clothing, this is a great option for you. But even if you're not that kind of person, I still think it's something to at least consider. Take me, for example. I like very simple pieces with classic styling, typically choosing tone on tone, but there are a couple of garments that I have with a more statement lining. Take this tweed sport coat. The lining I chose for this is a very bold paisley, bold in terms of size, but it works with this particular jacket because it is such a singular and unique piece. So choosing a lining that kind of complimented that uniqueness was an obvious choice for me. And it's nice to have one or two pieces that really do have that little something special. Option number five is to go full custom. This is where you can get whatever you want on your lining. Some companies like Michael Andrews, for example, allow you to upload your own image, which is then imprinted on the lining, making for an extremely unique piece. If you wanna have something custom and personal and special and truly unique in that way, you really can't do any better than a fully custom lining. Now choosing a lining is just one of the many, many decisions you're gonna have to make when you are buying a custom suit. And the bad news is that none of them get any easier. Over the years through the many custom suit experiences I've had, I've really dialed in what I like and have figured out how to guide people going through that process. And I've rounded up those tips for you and that playlist right over there. So if you're ready to jump into a custom suit and have questions about how to make the right decisions, I think you'll find many of the answers you're looking for by clicking there.


Hello everyone, welcome to Options with Doug, streaming live daily on Bookmap Discord and the Bookmap YouTube channel at 1.30 p.m. Eastern Time. Before I get started, I need to go through the disclosure. General disclosure, all Bookmap limited materials, information and presentations are for educational purposes only and should not be considered specific investment advice nor recommendations. Risk disclosure, creating futures, equities and options, involves substantial risk of loss and is not suitable for all investors. Past performance is not necessarily indicative of future results. The focus of my presentation and the focus of the Options-Doug chat channel and Discord is options, order flow, the impact of options markets on stocks and futures and the influence of market maker hedging flow on price action. I have a two-step process for trading and the first is planning and I use positional analysis. I look at how traders and market makers are positioned in the options market and how those positions change from day to day to develop a thesis regarding the expected trading range and volatility for the day as well as a directional bias. And the second step in my process is execution and I use real-time order flow and book map and real-time market maker hedging flow and spot gamma hero to confirm my thesis and for setups for entries and exits. And just to be clear, I will be talking about setups today and I will be talking about setups in an underlying asset and I will show some options trades from time to time, maybe today. But in general, I will be talking about, again, a setup in an underlying asset that can be taken any number of ways with shares, options, or futures. And now let's get started. My questions and comments are welcome and I will be watching the options-dug chat channel in Discord and the chat in YouTube for your questions and comments. Then finally, my agenda for today, what I wanna talk about today, first of all, economic data for today, events and earnings, and then also talk about upcoming economic data and events. Then I'll go through my positional analysis, then I'll review a few key setups and then I'll talk about the live market. Okay. So first of all, news items. There were a couple of data items that came out this morning. The PMI data that came out at 9.45 Eastern time, and this apparently did seem to have some impact on price action. Price reversed lower just a couple of minutes after that data release and that was much less than expected and also anything under 50 indicates contraction, non-expansion. And then also the jolts, number of the job openings came out at 10 a.m. and that was a little bit better than forecast. All right, so that was the data this morning. Then for the remainder of the week, there I think there is more PMI data, Fed speakers throughout the week and then also I believe the debt ceiling vote should take place sometime this evening. And then finally on Friday is the jobs report at 8.30 a.m. Eastern time. All right, let's take a look at positional analysis now. This is part of my planning process and this is the book map ES futures, SAP 500 futures. Before I dig into this chart, I'm gonna take a look at a larger timeframe. I'm gonna start with an SPX 30 day one hour chart and showing that SPX is now is still trading within a fairly narrow range right now between 4150 and 4200 and there are some key levels on this chart that I wanna point out. First, here's the lower and upper edge of the expected move for the week and SPX is trading well within that. And then also that's shown by the purple line, the purple dash line and the dash blue lines are showing the lower and upper edge of the expected move for the day. And now it appears that SPX is trading just above that level. There are also some key spot gamma levels on this chart. These are provided to spot gamma subscribers from a variety of platforms. And let me point out the key levels. First of all, here's the put wall at 4,000. That's the strike with the largest net negative gamma that can be expected to act as support and that there was no change from yesterday. And then the 4150 is the absolute gamma strike. That's the strike with the largest absolute gamma and that is there's no change there from yesterday. That is 4150 and then the volatility trigger at 4175. That is spot gamma's proprietary gamma flip level and it appears that SPX is trading just above that level. What that level signifies is below that level, market makers position on the gamma curve is negative. In a negative gamma environment, they have to trade with price to hedge their delta exposure and that tends to increase or enhance volatility. And then on the other hand, above that level, market makers position on the gamma curve is positive. In a positive gamma environment, they have to trade against price to hedge their delta exposure and that tends to subdue or decrease volatility. And then finally, the call wall remains at 4,300. That's a strike with the largest net positive gamma that can be expected to act as resistance. So the only change in level for the SPX was the volatility trigger move slightly lower from 4185 yesterday to 4175 today. So that is a 30 day one hour chart for SPX. And let's take a look at one other SPX chart. This is a one day one minute chart. So now it looks like SPX is definitely trading above the volatility trigger and the lower edge of the expected move for the day. And Sarkis notes and YouTube sound is a bit low. I've heard that before. I'm sorry, there's nothing I can do about it. My microphone gain is set to max. If you're having trouble on YouTube, I suggest joining us in Bookmap Discord. It is free for everyone, whether do you have a Bookmap subscription or not. And we often, there are very many, many interesting discussions in Discord about options, future stocks, et cetera. All right, so those are the levels that are in play for today. And it looks like the 4,200 level up above could be a target if the price continues higher. All right, so again, here's Bookmap, ES Futures. And I have a couple of columns here of notes. The first, the Spot Gamma Cloud Notes. These are the same levels that we just looked at. Again, provided for a number of platforms, in this case for Bookmap in the form of Cloud Notes. I also have my own column of notes here. So I have the same SPX levels. So here is the 4,175 volatility trigger. SPX, I also have SPI levels on this chart. There's the 4,19, that is a combo three level. And that did act as resistance this morning. Just after the 9,45 AM data in other SPI levels, there's the 4,18, large gamma three level. And there's the lower edge of the expected move for the day. And that is for ES, not SPX. So slightly different level. All right, so we'll talk about setups in a few minutes. So those are the levels that are in play for today. And again, for SPX, the only shift in level was the volatility trigger shifting lower. For SPI, the volatility trigger shifted higher from 4,19 to 4,20. So a fairly small shift higher. And then the put wall actually shifted lower from 4,15 to 400. And the call wall and the absolute gamma strike remain the same for SPI. All right, so that is the S&P 500. Again, we'll talk about setups in a few minutes and get back to the live market as well. All right, let's take a look at the NASDAQ now. So this is the NASDAQ futures, NQ futures in book map. And I'm gonna take a look at a QQQ chart to take a look at some levels that are in play today. All right, so here's QQQ, let me just expand this a little bit. All right, so for QQQ, this is the 350 level here that did act as resistance this morning. And the 350 level is the absolute gamma strike. And that remains the same from yesterday. And then not shown on this chart is the call wall at 360 and that increase from 350 yesterday to 360 today. And in the spot gamma AM founders note, they noted that was most likely because puts were added to the 350 level. And remember the call wall is the strike with the largest net positive gamma. So if puts are added to the 350 level, then it's likely that the, that makes sense that the call wall could be at 360. And then also here's the volatility trigger for QQQ at 349 and that increased from 339 on yesterday. And it looks like that may be acting as resistance now. All right, so those are the primary levels that are in play for QQQ. And I'm showing all these levels, again, in my cloud notes for NQ. So here's the resistance area this morning. That was also lined up that that's the QQQ 350 lining up with the NQ 14,400 big round number as well as the NDX QQQ combo level at 14,355. That's a combo three level. And then now here's the QQQ 349 volatility trigger that level potentially acting as resistance. And note that NQ traded down and below the lower edge the expected move for the day. And those upper and lower edges daily expected moves have acted as very good support and resistance for NQ. They've been very reliable levels. So again, the lower daily expected move for NQ acting, apparently acting as support. All right, again, we'll talk about setups in a few minutes. I'm going over the levels in play again for QQQ, the volatility trigger shifted higher, the call wall shifted higher, most likely due to the addition of puts at the 350 level. Okay, so those are the shifts in levels and the levels that are in play. Let's take a look at one other thing, actually a couple of other things. First of all, this is the Vana model for SPX. And I like to look at this every day. What this chart is showing is how market makers Delta Notional showing on the vertical axis changes with changes in price shown on the horizontal axis. There are two curves on this chart and the gray curve is showing how market makers Delta Notional changes in price only. And what this is showing is if price increases from this level, market makers will need to sell futures to edge their Delta exposure. And that's typical in a positive gamma environment. And what the purple curve is showing that adds implied volatility to the equation. This curve right here. What this is showing is if price increases, then market makers will have less Delta Notional to hedge as predicted by the Delta only curve, the gray curve. On the other hand, price decreases. Market makers will have more Delta Notional to hedge so as price starts to fall and implied volatility increases, they will have to sell futures to hedge their Delta exposure. And that's typical of a negative gamma environment. All right, let's see where SPX is trading now. And I've got around 4182. So let's locate that on this chart, 4182. All right, so 4182 is above the volatility trigger. What this Vana curve is showing is if price continues to increase up to a certain point, market makers can buy back short hedges. So they will be providing a tailwind to price up to a certain level, then they'll have to start to sell. On the other hand, if price decreases from this level, they'll have to sell futures to hedge their Delta exposure. And that will tend to enhance a move down. All right, so that is the Vana model for SPX indicating how market makers can be expected to react as price moves up and down and implied volatility changes. And then finally, let's take a look at some key levels that I watch every day. This is the Spot Gamma Index and Gamma Notional for SPX by NDX and QQQ. And this is indicating market makers position on the Gamma curve for these index indices. So first of all, the Spot Gamma Gamma Index, that's a proprietary measurement of total market Gamma and it ranges from minus four to four for being indicating positive Gamma and that would indicate, again, market makers would need to trade against price to hedge Delta exposure. And we can also look at the, just the numbers here. So market maker Gamma Notional for SPX is positive and that number did decrease from yesterday, it became less positive, but still positive. And then for SPI, the number is negative, but they became less negative than yesterday and then for QQQ, the number is slightly negative and that yesterday the number was positive. So slightly negative Gamma for QQQ and SPI and positive Gamma for SPX. So these numbers are not significantly large or small, somewhere in a, I guess, kind of close to a neutral range. All right, so that is the positional analysis based on this. I was really looking for a range day with not much of a directional bias for the index products. I think really what has been driving the market for the last few days, actually the last few weeks is large cap tech stocks. And then most recently with the artificial intelligence AI stocks kind of leading the way. So here's the heat map for the S&P 500 today. And of course, in the recent few weeks, these stocks have been leading. Apple, Microsoft, Google, Nvidia, Amazon's not showing on here and I'm looking for Tesla. Don't see it at the moment. Oh, here it is over on the right. So these stocks have been leading and they're not so much today and it looks like today is more defensive, healthcare, utilities, consumer staples leading today as well as Apple, which is typically a fairly defensive stock. All right, let's take a look at some setups now. So again, thesis for the day, looking for lower volatility based on the gamma notional, positive gamma notional and somewhat of a range day. All right, so let's take a look at some setups now and let's go to take a look at hero. This is for the S&P 500. What this chart is showing is price for in terms of SPX and market maker hedging flow or hedging pressure for a combined signal of SPX, spy, and ES futures into one combined signal. Notional value right now is positive. Positive 631, 661 million. So this is showing options, trades, calls and puts and market maker hedging activity. And before I zoom in on this chart, let's just take a look at the individual components. So here's SPX and that is positive notional value for the day, 581 million, spy, and this is very negative minus 2 billion. And this is pretty similar to yesterday that spy traders were taking negative delta positions. So they're most likely selling calls and buying puts, negative delta positions, or could just be the put buyers dominating. And then the final is ES futures and that's positive 2 billion. So that's canceling out the spy trades and it's up to SPX to get the positive 2 billion. To give us the total signal here. All right, so let's zoom in on this. All right, so this is at the start of the RTH session. And what this is showing is, I'm gonna zoom in on this now, that this first setup for the morning was a confirmation short. So traders right after the 945 AEM data and remember that reversal that we looked at in the bookbap chart. So hero indicated that traders were taking negative delta positions and price responded lower. All right, so let's go take a look at bookbap now. I'm gonna zoom in, let's go back to ES. All right, so here's the reversal that I talked about earlier. Trend break, reversal at the spy 419 level as well as the ES 4200 level. Note the shift in order flow. All the aggressive sellers coming in there. You can see that with the pink volume dots and then also cumulative volume delta shifts from rising to falling. That's shown by the blue line here, the dark blue line and then the falling yellow line is showing sell stop orders, fueling the move lower down below the lower edge of the expected move and actually below the volatility trigger until finding support around ES 4175. And note all of the bookmap showing all the buyers coming in there with the limit by orders. So that was the setup confirmed by hedging flow and stops and also order flow. So there was a question in Discord earlier on what I use for confirmation. And here it is. I'm looking at order flow. We just looked at hedging flow with SWAT Gama Hero and stops and icebergs and it takes a while but the larger traders, oops, wrong tool, larger traders start selling the move lower with iceberg orders they use to hide their size. All right, so there you go. Take F, not sure how you pronounce that. That's what I use for confirmation. There it is. Again, hedging flow and order flow. Very good confirmation of the trade and fake outs. He had asked about before fake confirmation. If you're concerned about that, just buy a put and let it play out. So I think there was a very strong confirmation for short here, no question about it. All right, so that is the short setup this morning in the S&P 500. Let's take a look at NASDAQ now. NASDAQ, let's go take a look at Hero for NASDAQ and this is a combined signal similar to the S&P 500 for NDX and QQQ. Assume it on this. And this was in the morning, the setup was more clear. This was a nice, nice divergent short. So Hero started falling. Then Price follows a few minutes later, giving you time to look for a level to lean against for short. All right, so Truman asked in YouTube, if the blue or yellow colored lines in bottom chart go below zero, that indicates a cell stop or cell iceberg. We'll look at that in just a minute. All right, so there's the divergent short setup for the NASDAQ this morning. Let's go to book map now. All right, so what Truman is referring to are the lines in the sub chart here. And this is the blue line showing iceberg orders. And this is what large traders use to hide their size. And I'm not looking at above or below zero. I'm looking at the slope of the line. So I know here large traders are buying with iceberg orders. And then that stops and starts to drop. And now it has picked up again. So that is the light blue line showing iceberg orders. These are in some mode and that's what I prefer. So I have the sub chart indicator again for icebergs light blue line. And then I also have the on chart indicator to show the incidence, the particular order. So there's the, there's cell iceberg orders there. Shown by this, I don't know what, I don't know how you would describe that icon with the E34 slash two or E369 slash four indicating 369 contracts executed for different transactions. All right, so that is the iceberg indicator. And then the yellow line is showing stop orders. And a rising orange yellow line indicates buy stop orders. So that was kind of a, that was a buy stop fueling that sharp move higher buy stop orders, stop, stop run up to this level here. And remember that an hero showed that options traders started to fade this move. They were taking negative delta positions. So then the stop orders level off and then stop orders, cell stop orders helped to fuel the move lower. And then finally this pink line, it changes from pink to dark blue. That is cumulative volume delta all in accumulation or some mode. So I'm just looking at the slope of the line. But then if you do want to look at the numbers and sometimes it is important, you can look at the total numbers over here. This is for the entire session. And really stops and icebergs don't come into play until the 930 cash open. All right, so we saw that options traders started fading this move higher a few minutes before price move lower. Let's zoom in on this. So this again, there was a stop run up to the, that kind of cluster levels there and then order flow shifts bearish as options traders were taking negative delta positions. Note the aggressive sellers coming in, all the pink dots and moves price lower to the lower edge the expected move for the day. So very clear short set up there in the NASDAQ. And there were a number of ways to take that. You could have sold futures or bought a put in QQQ. And let's take a look at that. So here's QQQ put. So per contract taken off at the lower edge of the expected move, about $115 profit per contract. And that is buying the 350 put that expires today, 31 May at the 350 level. So a couple of ways to take that trade again. One was just selling futures, either full futures or micros or you could sell QQQ shares or buy a put. And really one of the easiest ways to take that trade was just to buy a put. All right, so that's the NASDAQ this morning. Nice short set up, strong confirmation. Let's take a quick look at some stocks and then we'll go to the live market. All right, so here's AMD. Let's take a look at HERO for AMD. So HERO here is showing that traders, we'll zoom in on the warning just a bit, were started selling calls and buying puts shown by the falling orange line for calls, falling blue line for puts, and the notion of value is negative for both of these. Let's take a look at the total line. So options traders were fading this move. Let's take a look at one other thing. Now I posted a setup for AMD yesterday and this is one of the AI meme stocks that has gone parabolic in the last few days, really after the NVIDIA earnings last week. And let's just take a look at something. I'm gonna take a look at the, an options chain for yesterday. It's a little bit more pronounced from yesterday. Sorry, I just updated to Microsoft 11 and there's still some confusion about certain things. So anyway, this is from yesterday and this is an options chain that helped provide confirmation for setup yesterday. So what I wanna point out, again, this is an option chain for options that expire on Friday, 2 June, expires on Friday. And this is an option chain again for AMD from yesterday at the close yesterday. And what I wanna point out, the thing to look at is the implied volatility for puts and for calls. And note that the numbers for the calls are higher than the numbers for puts. And this is somewhat unusual to have such a skew. So let's take a look at, right now, at the time that I took this, AMD was trading at about 125. So let's take a look at, let's say a five point out of the money call. So the 130 call. And I'm judging the expense of this by the implied volatility. So that is 70%, 70.33% for a call that is five points out of the money for AMD. Now let's take a look at a put that's five points out of the money. Let's say one to be down one. So there's the 120 put at an implied volatility of 57%. So 70% for calls and 57% for puts. And that is pretty unusual that there's such a call skew. And when this is really how the, I don't know from the AMC GameStop, Meme Stock, Mania several years ago, this is really one thing that contribute to the end of that is that the implied volatility for the calls, the implied volatility for the calls became so expensive that it was not, it just didn't make sense to buy those calls. And in this case, it's made a lot more sense to sell this on high implied volatility rather than to buy it. And that's what traders were doing yesterday. And that appears to be what they're doing again today. So I'm showing this from yesterday that the skew is not quite as pronounced after the drop yesterday. And there's not as much demand for buying calls, right? So again, that's from yesterday and similar for Nvidia. And we'll take a look at the live options change today. So let's go take a look at book map for AMD. So AMD downtrend, let's see 120, see if that's a spot gamma level. AMD, no, it's not. The 125 is the key gamma strike. So AMD is trading below that strike. And similar for Microsoft, not quite as strong an AI component, but definitely included in the AI cohort. So there is Microsoft and traders are buying puts and buying calls, put buyers winning, right? Let's go take a look at Microsoft and book map and another downtrend. Let's go back and take a look and see if there are any spot gamma levels. So the call wall, 330 is the key gamma strike and the call wall, this level. And was the target for the move down this morning. Note the high liquidity at that level. Call wall, key gamma strike target. So now Microsoft is trading again above its call wall. And then finally, let's take a look at Nvidia. And this is a huge drop. Huge drop in Nvidia. And let's take a look at Hero for Nvidia. All right, so Neo Core asked, what was that SKU taking just after the open, the SKU chart that I showed that the options chain for AMD was taken at the close yesterday. So that again, that's an options chain for AMD for June 2nd, Friday expiration that was taken yesterday. All right, Nvidia, note the 400 key gamma strike acting as resistance and traders taking negative delta positions and they can continue to do that and they're selling calls and buying puts. And they could be selling the calls to finance the puts, which would make a lot of sense. Let's go take a look at book map again. So remember 400 is the key gamma strike and price reverse shock sharply at that level, 400 key gamma strike and good for an almost 20 point move lower. So those traders selling calls and or buying puts made a fortune today for Nvidia. And let's take a look at, let's go to thinkorswim. We'll take a look at an options chain for Nvidia. Well, this is one trade that I was looking at. This is a 132 butterfly, kind of a high probability trade. And at the time the, and this is for the second, June 2nd, and the one standard deviation move was right at the breakeven around 412. So what this is showing is if price increased, you could make a maximum profit if you held it right, right there to expiration, you know, four to 500. Otherwise you take a $59 credit. So one way, one kind of conservative way. Let's take a look at the options chain. This is for Friday. Right now, Nvidia is trading around 385. So let's take a look at say the 400 strike implied volatility 60%, and then so that's 15 points out of the money. Then we'll go to the 370, and that's trading for 53%. So again, there's still somewhat of a call skew in Nvidia as well. Certainly probably not as pronounced as yesterday. All right, so Truman asked, do you think AI stocks will be the new meme stocks? And yes, they already are. Now again, this may not, you know, who knows how long this will last. This, you know, again, this effect of the implied volatility increasing indicates an increased demand for calls. And at a certain point, and as we've seen yesterday and today, that increased demand, increased price, increased implied volatility tends to attract call sellers, not call buyers. So that tends to kind of stop the call buying that is driving price higher on these stocks.  So Sean asked, so with IV so high, why not sell some call spreads way out? Yeah, I'm sure traders are doing that.  I'm just showing kind of an immediate example of the closest expiration, June 2nd. And I showed another way to trade that with that ratio butterfly. You know, again, there are any number of ways that, you know, infinite number of combinations of expirations and trades that you could take with options. The point is that there's a call skew that implied volatility on the call side is higher than the put side. And they're just, you know, I guess a couple of other stocks. I haven't looked at these yet. Let's, we'll take a look at an options chain for Marvell also included in that cohort and slightly higher implied volatility for calls. There's another one. And I think this company C3 AI reports earnings after the close today, the volatility on the call side and the put side's high, little bit higher on the call side up to 400%. All right, so that's, you know, just another tool that you can put in your toolbox to look at these stocks. All right, let's take a look at live market now. Let me check for questions and take F, ask can I access to the live stream chat for questions in the future.  So apparently you're watching and then you can post your questions in the options dash Doug chat channel. All right, so block whiz ask if you get a chance. It would be great to see how to map QQ Q level in the NASDAQ book map. All right, so let me show you what I do. And I don't have the badge shown on this chart. Let me find another chart. So what I have block whiz is a series of think scripts and I posted all these in the options dash Doug chat channel. And here is one that calculates the NQ QQ ratio and it calculates it in real time. So I just watched this for a couple of minutes kind of take a, you know, take an average. So what I'm using today is the NQ to QQ Q ratio of 41.133. That's what I'm using today. And again, I've posted these all in the options dash Doug chat channel and discord. Just take a look at the pin icon in the upper right and you will, you'll find all of the the scripts. And these are, this is for think or swim. And if you don't have think or swim, you can take a look at the script and perhaps write a script for whatever platform you use. All right, so there's a question to take a look at NQ. So here you go. NQ again found support at the lower daily expected move. It took a while, a couple of tests, deep test almost down to the 14,250 level. And note that larger traders are starting to buy with iceberg orders looking at the rising light blue line. And you can also see the orders for buy iceberg orders as price makes the low down at the lower daily expected move. Let's take a look at hero and see what options traders are doing for NASDAQ. And they're, for Nvidia, they're still taking negative delta positions. Let's take a look at NASDAQ. And NASDAQ, now they are options traders are starting to fade the move and they actually started around 130. So at 140, let's take a look at that on the NASDAQ chart. So here's 140. So they at the QQQ 349 level and that's the volatility trigger. And also the NQ 14,350 level, they started taking negative delta positions. And since then order flow has also been negative. Note the following cumulative volume delta cell stops. And then also now larger traders are starting to sell this with iceberg orders, sell iceberg orders. So I would certainly be looking for a short here. Let's take a look at the SB 500. Now that doesn't, that's not a recommendation. You know, that very well could be wrong. It looks like order flow, all these aggressive buyers are coming in. It looks like some aggressive sellers coming in, some small pink dots, something to keep an eye on. Let's take a look at the SB 500. Looks like the ES has made it all the way back up to the 4,200 level. And then the also the SPI 419 level that acted as resistance this morning. Let's see what options traders are doing with the SB 500. All right, so we know for NASDAQ, they're fading the move higher, look at the SB 500. And options traders may be starting to fade the move higher as well. Let's just see if changing the look back period to 30 minutes gives us a little bit more clue that yes, options traders were fading this move higher. And let's take a look at VIX. And VIX is definitely continues to drop. All right, kind of a mixed picture for the SB 500, but options traders are starting to fade this move higher at the resistance level from earlier in the day right here at the SPI 419 level. All right, that's all I have for today. Take-off and block whiz, I hope I answered your questions. It looks like you're both in the live stream. So again, I hope I answered your questions. And Truman says, I use VIX as a poor man spot gamma. Is that a decent idea? Yes. Now keep in mind that the VIX is an equation. It mainly looks at options around 30 days to expiration. So it's not perfect, but it's definitely something to look at. And it can be a very strong confirmation of price moving higher or lower. I look at VIX all the time. All right, so options traders continue to fade the move lower. We looked at NASDAQ, they were fading the move lower, also with the SB 500. All right, that's all I have for today. It's been an interesting day, interesting week so far. And I will see you tomorrow. Thanks for all your questions and comments and have a great rest of your day. Thanks, Mike.


Hi and welcome to the session. Let us discuss the following question. Question says, how many sites does a regular polygon have if the measure of an exterior angle is 24 degrees? Let us now start with the solution. Now measure of each exterior angle of a regular polygon is 24 degrees. So we can write measure of each exterior angle is equal to 24 degrees and we have to find the number of sites a regular polygon has. Now let us assume that number of sites of a regular polygon is n. So we can write let n be the number of sites of a regular polygon. Now number of exterior angles of a regular polygon is equal to number of sites of a regular polygon that is n. So we get number of exterior angles is equal to n. Now total measure of all exterior angles is given by product of number of exterior angles and measure of each exterior angle that is n multiplied by 24 degrees. Now property of a polygon states that the sum of the measures of the external angles of any polygon is 360 degrees. Now these two statements help us to conclude that n multiplied by 24 degrees is equal to 360 degrees. Now to find the value of variable n we will divide both the sites of this equation by 24 degrees and we get n multiplied by 24 degrees upon 24 degrees is equal to 360 degrees upon 24 degrees. Now here 24 degrees will cancel this 24 degrees and we are left with n on left-hand side is equal to sign is as it is and 15 times 24 is equal to 360. So we get 15 here on right-hand side. So value of n is 15. Note that this term has no unit as it represents the number of exterior angles. Now as per our assumption n is the number of sites of a regular polygon. So we can write number of sites of a regular polygon is equal to n is equal to 15. So this is our required answer. This completes the session. Hope you understood the solution. Take care and have a nice day.