You've got to get in the start to the season and just the mood around the locker room this week. Everybody's excited on week one. Can't get no more excited than that back to football and ready to go. What do you think of the body of work that you got to do through training camp and everything to get ready for this season opener? I feel good. Appreciate Coach taking care of me and working with the strength and training staff and doing everything I need to do to get ready. Prepared for the game this week and still doing that until Sunday comes, but yeah, I feel good. What do you expect to see from the Giants? Will they do well on defense? Yeah, I mean they're different. Defense coordinator Wink, he came from Baltimore, so we're very familiar with his type of defense. The thing that he does, the different looks that he brings and he has all exotic blixes and different fronts that he brings to the table. So we're just focusing in on that in the film room and then come out here and get the looks and try to be as crisp as possible until we get to Sunday. Derek, he also said that you remain the king, that you're the guy who deserves to sit on the Iron Throne for any Game of Thrones fans. Considering what you went through last year, is it nice to at least, do you take his words as being completely truthful or do you think he's trying to build you up a little bit before Sunday?  I feel like he's great at what he does and it's always hard days of work when you go against his defense, but I appreciate the words, but yeah, it's going to be a slow face when we get to Sunday. What's the feeling like there, I guess a week one when you're out there for the anthem though, you're getting ready to kick off another season? Yeah, I'll just take it all in and get ready into that ball to snap, but yeah, it's all the feels on week one and the first game. So yeah, it'll be a lot of hype going on, but just get ready and get settled in and get ready to play. Derek, the NFL had a stat the other day. It said last year teams with a 100 plus rusher had a better winning percentage than a quarterback through for 300 yards or a receiver for 100 yards. Surprised you at all or is that kind of a testament to what a running game can do? So your running backs are important, maybe important in the quarterback, but yeah, you've got a good run game and you're able to control the line of scrimmage.  So anytime you got momentum in the run game, I feel like usually it ends up good on your side of the ball. This team's changed a lot since last year, a lot of new players on both sides of the ball. Just from what you've seen through camp heading into week one, how do you like this team and how good do you think it can be? Yeah, it's been fun to watch some of the new guys grow, some of the rookies, some of the guys that are new get acclimated to how we do things and seeing the carry on into week one. And like I said, we're still improving until Sunday comes, but it's going to be exciting to watch the rookies as new guys and see how well they play and us playing together on all three phases as a team. Is there any carry over from season to season where it's like last year you didn't have the same amount of carries obviously with the season being cut short for you. Do you feel fresher this year? Like is there any carry over from that perspective? I mean, I didn't get to finish the whole season. So I mean, I didn't get much of the carries I usually do in the season. And you know, going through camp, you know, I felt good. I did my regular plan in coming to week one. So I feel good. So I'm just focused on what I can do this week to be ready for Sunday and not try to get too carried away with how many carries and all that. But I feel good and I'm excited to be back. At 28 years old, you're ancient closer to that quote unquote, you know, 30 year old cliff for running backs. I talked to Adrian Peterson. He said, you know, it's just a number and he gets stronger with age. Is that something that you could reason to?   So if I can make it through just like those guys, but just focus on the right now.  So they set the standard highs. I hope I can live up to it. What motivates you head into a season? You pay attention to what the people say about this team, what they say about you, what they say about your age. Do you listen to any of that? I'm just hungry. It's always going to be he say, she say. I mean, that goes on every day, but I can't really worry about that. Just focus on what I need to do. And I'm hungry. I'm ready to go. It's week one. Want to get better. Let my teammates get better. You know, just focus on Sunday. When you're monitoring your workload, you've talked that length about how much just trust you have in the game plan that your coach has set for you. How long did it really take for you to build that trust with them? And how much more important is that trust the game plan your coaches have for you this season coming off of last year? I mean, we've been together going on five years now. So I think that they understand me and I understand them and they know what works for me.  And then if it works, you know, don't try to change anything just keep sticking to it, but focus on getting better. And every aspect that we can, you know, they coaching me up and make sure I'm ready to go on Sunday. What are your thoughts of the running back on the other side? Is he a guy you maybe have respect of?  Yeah, I mean, my game is not like Saquon's game. I feel like he's a, he's a, he can do, I feel like he can do it all. And I think he's a generational talent. You know, with this game, it comes injuries and, you know, he's had some hiccups there. But I mean, everybody goes to adversity type of player as Saquon is, I'm sure he'll bounce back. I hope it's not week one, but, you know, I wish him all the best and be excited to see him after the game. Ready to roll. Back to the old baton order, you know. Yeah, you know, I think it's similar to how we've approached it in the past. You know, get him going and see where we're at in the game and what the flow of the game is, you know, a lot feeds into that from a standpoint of how long drives are, right? Or how many snaps we've had on offense early. So I think there are a lot of factors in, in play there. And, you know, I've liked what I've seen out here on the practice field. So excited to see what he's got with that flow of the game. DC on the other side, he said he likes to dictate what offenses do. But for you as a play caller, like how much do you want to dictate how that flow of the game goes? Yeah, I think as a play caller, it's always important to try to find a rhythm and a flow of the game, you know, and to be able to pair things between things that maybe you've seen on tape or scouted, you know, versus, you know, just your bread and butter stuff. And so, you know, always looking for ways to make sure that I'm helping our guys get into a rhythm and find a groove.  Yeah, you know, I think we've played similar schemes on defense, both at home and on the road. But being at home, the communication, you know, is absolutely critical. And we've got to take advantage of that opportunity to be able to use not only cadence, but, you know, discuss some protections and things like that. Was your success in the red zone last year?  And, you know, maybe looking forward to, is that a key as well? Yeah, you know, red zone is something that we've certainly spent a lot of time on around here, at least the years that I've been here.  Taking advantage of your opportunities to put up sevens as opposed to threes. And so that's going to be a key or an area of focus any single week. But, you know, that's certainly something that we take a lot of pride in. You get a trey line as far as improvement goes. And what do you think his readiness level is heading into the year? You know, I think he's on a steady trajectory in a good way. You know, I think he's been getting more and more reps and opportunities in practice that, you know, have shown some good things. So we'll see where he's at and how this thing progresses. What's the balance like for you in terms of improvement over the course from season to season and yet allowing him to follow a path that he's been following for a long time himself? Man, it's been awesome this process with Ryan this year and just from the off season and kind of stripping things down from a teaching standpoint and getting receivers on the same page of what he's looking for and where he expects them to be watching his command, his leadership. And then, you know, us being able to kind of tie together now that we're into some game plan and phases of things he likes he's comfortable with and maybe some new wrinkles that, you know, we're trying to add in there. And there's definitely a balance there between trying to push the envelope too much for improvement and necessarily getting back to, you know, some foundational aspects of things. But I'm excited about where we're at and I'm appreciative of Ryan's hard work and how he's taken command through this last couple of months. He's talked about a burning fire, you know, the way last season ended. Have you seen that in him? I think Ryan's a pretty high competitive spirit guy to begin with. You know, is there extra motivation? Does he have a burning fire? That's a question for him. I think if you spend too much time looking in the rearview mirror, you're going to hit something that you're driving right into.  You get some early impressions on Josh Gordon yet and how has he come along in terms of learning things? Yeah, he seems like a good guy. I haven't seen him out there a lot in terms of our snaps just yet, but he's progressing each day, you know, getting used to the way we do things around here. And I mean, shoot the guys just getting our schedule and practice routine down right now. So we're in the early stages of that, but, you know, glad to have him. Glad to have him around. He's like, I guess, Todd Benenoff is a coordinated head of the new season where you've got so many new parts yourself and your face in the team and week one that you don't know exactly what to expect. Yeah, I think whenever you're going into a week one, you know, environment like this with some unpredictability and some unknowns, you got to rely on your rules. And that's what we spent the last several weeks of training camp in the off season developing that foundation, developing those rules, trying to test them against, you know, different looks and different, you know, kind of variances to defense. And so you definitely want to be able to get to a place where you can confidently just go rely on your rules for whatever looks they may throw at you. It's inevitable that we're going to see something that we didn't see on tape and we just want to put our guys in the best position possible with their foundational rules. Do you feel a little bit more cohesiveness headed into the season that everybody was kind of available? You know, each year is going to have kind of its own challenge and really its own rhythm to training camp, right? And that can have a lot of factors. I won't speak on past training camps, but I'll tell you that this training camp has been an absolute blessing to be able to get out there and make sure we're building some chemistry and getting people on the same page. And again, just the approach our veterans have taken, even guys that have been limited at times, finding ways to, you know, be involved in that process. So I'm very, very fortunate and, you know, thankful to have that. What is the kind of kind of like letter of Williams being, not only with this ability to rush a passer, but his length and kind of clogging passing lanes? Yeah, extremely talented guy, you know, an absolute presence in there. Fortunately, we got some work over the last couple of weeks at a decent player on the interior defensive line. So, you know, we're well aware that, you know, he can wreck games if you give him the opportunity to, and, you know, very, very impressed with his skill set and his resume. Todd, what has Nicholas Petey Freire done to win that right tackle job and maybe what's the message for him heading into his first game where, you know, the speed of the game is probably going to be different, guys screaming off the edge and whatnot? Yeah, you know, again, I think it goes back to relying on that foundation, right? To answer the first part of your question, he's shown that steady progress, that commitment to growth, trying to do things the way we're asking him to do it, even if it's new from what he had done in college to get him to this point.  Will there be moments where the game is fast? I'm sure there will be. I've never had to line up at right tackle, but I'd imagine that, you know, there are going to be some times where it's like, wow, this game is pretty fast. But I believe that his poise, his confidence, and his relying on those techniques that he's learned is going to serve him well, and we're excited to see what he can do. So, Craig, you've got a rookie now starting at punter. What did Ryan do to earn that job considering, you know, he was going up against a veteran in Brett? Yeah, you know, we thought Stoney obviously had a great camp starting a training camp, and he really worked on developing his craft and to get better, and, you know, obviously Brett Kern did a great job here for this organization, and Stoney earned the right to start. So, we were really pleased, obviously, with his field punt. He's got a big-time leg. That was one of the things that attracted us when he was at Colorado State, and he's really focused in on a little things that we wanted him to work on, plus 50 punts, you know, getting the ball close to the sideline. So, he earned the right to start for us, and we're excited for him. Extremely tough. You know, Brett, what he did for a long time here with the Tennessee Titans, and he had a great camp, you know, taking nothing away from Brett because he had a really good camp. But, you know, Ryan just earned the right to start, and he did everything that we asked him to, and we're excited for him because he did earn it. Randy, maybe tweak anything or make any changes during the off-season because the leg look maybe a little more and more powerful. I know that the accuracy on the field goes long distance. It was pretty strong, too. Yeah, you know, during the off-season and during training camp, we want to talk to him a little bit about certain techniques of getting his hip through, and he's really focused in on that. And, you know, we noticed a little bit last year when he made his kicks, it was a little bit to the right. And we really want to focus in on really attacking the ball and really try to aim for the middle, which everyone does, anyways. But he's really, you know, sat down, spoke with us, really went through all the different techniques that we really wanted him to work with, and he's really improved on a lot of that stuff because most of his kicks now are going right down the middle. How do you like where you are in the returning game as far as Kyle or whoever you end up with a kick returner? Yeah, excited about Kyle. We think he did a really good job as a punt returner in the pre-season games. You know, really caught the ball well and got vertical and even hit some of the outside. So we're excited to have him back there. And, you know, most importantly, him just securing the ball for our offense once he catches it. You know, that's one of the big things that we're looking for. As far as kickoff return, we had some guys back there that we thought did a pretty good job. We'll continue to work through that this week to see who's up and who's not. But we've got a couple guys that we expect back there to do some good things for us. Can you mention who's in the pool? Oh, yeah. I mean, obviously Don Trell will be back there. He'll be in the pool. Trenton Cannon, Kyle Phillips. Those are the guys that we're going to continue to work with this week and see what we want to do starting on Sunday. I mean, new guys you think you have on the return team or guys who have never done it before maybe start the season on special teams? Yeah. I mean, not a specific number, but we'll have quite a few guys that'll be new to it. But, you know, they've done a really good job during practice and during training camp and then during the preseason game. So we're looking forward to those guys going in there and, you know, really defining a role for themselves. And we look forward to them doing their job and doing it well. Craig, Ola was voted a captain of the special teams unit just over the, you know, since he came in last year, what has he brought to that unit? Maybe not just on the field, but just from a leadership standpoint. Yeah. Ola is vocal when he wants to be. And that's what we're excited about, whether he's out on the field or in the classroom. He's been vocal, especially to our younger guys. And we really saw him take a step in training camp to be more vocal in leadership. So that's one of the things that we talked to him about in the off season, being a little bit more vocal, especially to the younger guys. And he's really accepted that and did a really good job answering questions, taking guys under his wing a little bit. And I'm proud of him for that step that he took. What has the Giants done well from what you've seen on tape on, you know, the special teams? Yeah, I mean, the first thing they do is they do a good job protecting their punter. You know, that's one of our main goals, too, is we want to protect our punter. And they did a really good job in the preseason. You know, their punters got a really strong leg, so they're going to try to get the ball out and try to flip the field as much as they possibly can. But we thought they did an excellent job in protection. They got some weapons back there as far as the return game is going.  So we'll see who they end up bringing back there, but overall, they're a solid group. You know, I have a lot of respect for Team Act, their special teams coordinator. He does a really good job with those guys. So we'll expect their best and, you know, we'll try to do what we can. Apparently, Saquan's been lobbying to return kicks for them. All right. Going back to Penn State, huh? You know, if he goes back there, great. You know, I know our guys will be up for the challenge. We'll have some veteran players that would probably want that. Because, you know, they're always looking for a challenge.  And if he's back there, that's going to be great.  What was it to have a rookie like Roger McCrary be able to come in and do more than one position right off the bat, both in slot and outside? Yeah, I think that's a tribute to him. And kind of how he's come in and approached it, right? I put a lot on those guys. Really, you can see what they can handle. And if they can't, you got to kind of slow things down. But he's been able to manage it throughout, not only schematically, but also technique-wise, being able to play outside and inside. So I'm pleased with him. Harold's injury, how upsetting was that for you? And then what was your challenge to everybody else that's going to try to step it up? Yeah, man.  I mean, nobody works harder. He's committed to this team. He's always been a very selfless player for us. We asked him to do a lot of different things for us. And he does them all pretty well. But at the same time, it's the nature of the league, right? We lived it a little bit last year. Fortunately for us, I think we got some pretty good depth in that room.  And they're going to get their opportunities. They're going to take the most of them. So I'm excited to see those guys here this weekend just to see how they compete and kind of see who kind of takes hold of that thing. With him being a part of West Front 4, that was so good at getting that pressure with all the blitz. How are you going to be able to maintain it? What makes you feel that guys left over can still get that pressure? Yeah, I think we've seen those guys, the guys behind Harold, the Olas, the Weavers, David, right? We've seen those guys go in there and rush and win some one-on-ones, right? And then, ultimately, when there's schematic things that we do, they just got to be able to go out and execute. But I mean, we have full confidence in those guys, ability to rush. And again, you still got Bud, Danico, obviously Jeff, possibly Walker, right? Like you got some pieces in there. So, I mean, as one guy, we got to be able to pick up the slack and hopefully those guys make the most of their opportunities. Shane, what's the balance, though, of like kind of needing those guys to step up but also knowing that they're their own players and maybe not to get too ahead of themselves and like, oh, I have to replace Harold and whatnot? Yeah, no doubt. I think they got to focus on doing their job. What we ask of them, I mean, as coaches, it's our job to put those guys in positions to do what they do best and not overload them and put them in positions that they might struggle with, right? Like that's the job of the coaches, to find the best 11, get them out there and figure out a way to let them do what they do best. So, a lot of that's going to be on us as coaches and then whatever role these guys have in the game, they got to go out there and perform and execute it and do it where we've been working on all along with technique and fundamentals and the details of your job but just not being overwhelmed ultimately by having a bunch of different roles. Shane, it seems like everybody has an opinion about Daniel Jones and wondering when you see him on tape, what do you see? Yeah, I think he had a really good pre-season. I think there's a comfort level with what they're doing schematically up there with him. I mean, I think the one game, he was 14 to 16. Offensively, I don't know if there was anyone better in pre-season than the New York Giants, just in terms of yardage and what they were doing. So, I think schematically, there's a lot of comfort there for him. He can make all the throws, obviously the running ability, right? He's got some of that Josh Allen in him, you know?  They got a lot of weapons outside, too. So, it's going to be a big challenge. They're going to find ways to get those guys to ball and he's done a good job getting it to him here in the pre-season. How old is the guy that is obviously not super fast but he's really good at, you know, attacking the ball in the air? How much do you have to school your DB's up on that to let them know that he's really good at high-pointing the ball? No doubt. I think any week and probably, especially this week, like, we've got to know their skill sets. We've got to know who we're going up against. Whether it's Galaday to Tony, they get Robinson in their shepherd, like they're all different in their own right. So, it's a big part of the game is these match-ups and understanding the skill sets of these guys you're going against and how they change throughout the game based on where you're lined up, where they're lined up. So, I think that understanding is something that we preach throughout the week. We talk about it early on in the week. Just understanding who we're going against. Also, just comparing for a guy like St. Juan and there are a lot of the guys and they're excited for that type of a challenge too. I know he's kind of coming in here this year with a lot of juice as well. Yeah, big challenge. Obviously, I mean, he's been one of the best in the league when he's rolling, you know. So, I mean, we're expecting him at full force, 100%.  So, our guys know.  And we're going to have to find ways to stop him. We're going to hopefully not let him get started in the run game and then we know if he's going to be in different spots to utilize the skill set in the passing game. So, we got to make sure that he's a focal point of what we're trying to do here this weekend to stop them. When you're facing guys like him, or even like Jonathan Taylor, like the break tackles and the home run hitters, what are the main things you hone in on as far as technique and those type of things for that week? Yeah, I think tackling it goes back to understanding what type of tackle you're in, right? Like, are we in the box? Do we have some help? Can we go shoot our gun a little bit versus the open field? Now, it's a totally different animal where we got to be able to stay on our feet and find ways to get them to the ground. It ain't going to be pretty, but we got to find ways to get them to the ground in those situations. I think our effort is going to be vital in this game, making sure we got hats going to the ball. Always, we preach it every week. But, I mean, the more guys you can get around them, all these guys, whether it's Saquon, whether it's some of these guys with the ball and their hands on the perimeter, the more guys you can get around them, the less likely you are to have a big one if you do miss. Right? So, I think that's going to be big, is just making sure we try to get two-plus to the ball on every play. How are you feeling about your depth in the secondary? You seem to be a little turnover during camp there and got some new guys. Yeah, we got some new pieces and they've come in and done a really good job for us. Like, I'm excited about the group. That's another group. I'm really excited to see play on Sunday. There's some versatility with different pieces. So, we'll kind of see how it shakes out on Sunday with that. They're all going to be out there. They're all going to be playing. And again, I'm excited to see them go out there and compete. Shane, what's your challenge for Jeff this season? Where do you think he can continue to make strides? Yeah, I want Jeff to be Jeff, right? I want him to be the leader of our defense. I want him to set the tone. I want him to play with technique and fundamentals. I think that's where he's grown tremendously over the past, probably from two years ago to last year, right? You take all the talent in the world because he's got it. But then you add the technique and fundamentals and he is probably one of the better effort player, D. Lyman, in the NFL. And that's where you get elite, right? You get pro-bow level play is when you take that talent and it's about the fundamentals, the technique, right?  So, I mean, just continue to not lose sight of that as we go, more so than anything. And his leadership is vital to us, right? Like, that's the one thing I'll say, like, up front, he takes control. He's a smart kid who understands the game, understands how we're trying to attack different things and he takes control out there and helps those other guys.


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A brand new Assassin's Creed is out. Assassin's Creed Mirage. This Assassin's Creed is taking place in ancient Baghdad in the year of 850 something, which was the biggest city in the world at that time, which I didn't know. We learned nothing in school. I am learning way more about the history of the world through Assassin's Creed games. This is the Assassin's Creed game where the developers said they were going more back to its original roots. They were not going to have such a big open world as they had in Odyssey and Valhalla. It was going to be a smaller world, more stealth focused game, and I am all about that. Sometimes some open world games are too big and I felt that so much in Valhalla. You know, I tried to like Valhalla, going back to it at least five times, trying to like it, but I felt like England was too big and the open world was sort of barren. Not much to do. That was the impression I was left with. Valhalla was also less stealth focused, more brute force, Viking-y, and I don't remember doing a lot of parkour in that game either. So essentially it was more like an open world RPG game instead of an Assassin's Creed game. But this time they have listened to the fans and they have corrected their mistakes and they have gone way more back to its original roots and everyone is liking it. I've been watching a lot of reviews on this game and almost everyone is saying that it is a good thing and the people that say that it is a bad thing, that the world is smaller and it's more stealth focused, they're like, but we asked for this. We can't really complain, we asked for this. I am playing Assassin's Creed Mirage on my PlayStation 5 and it's so good. So good. I am 32 hours in and I am trying to do everything on the map, get all the chests, all the hidden books, all the enigmas, upgrading all of my gear, doing the side quests and side content along with progressing the main story. I'm trying to discover everything in this game. So yeah, I guess I could say. This is the game that I'm playing now. Completely obsessed. Such a good game. The story is decent. This new protagonist that you're playing, he's called Bassem. So far, I am liking Bayek from Assassin's Creed Origins a bit more than Bassem, but it's okay. The main story is very Assassin's Creed-y. You're going after these leaders, these masked people, very similar to Assassin's Creed Odyssey and a lot of the side content has good storylines like the tales of Baghdad, which are these side quests that are really good. All of them, so far, has been super interesting. Really good. Now, I want to talk about the world, okay, and the setting. I never thought I would be this mesmerized with Baghdad in year 850, as I am. And the history behind the city and the way of life for citizens at that time, I find it so interesting and so immersive. This game is making it easy to feel immersed because the world and especially the main city, Baghdad, is so alive. Every single nook and cranny in the city feels like there was passion put into it, historical correctness put into it. You have so many fun places to visit in Baghdad, like the House of Wisdom, which is this big library of learning.  This is Assassin's Creed Aladdin. Also, you can read so much about the history of everything, like the Karavan Sarais. I did not know what those were until I read the entry, the history entry within the game. So, I am learning so much. I'm so immersed. It's a wonderful game, wonderful world. I'm loving Baghdad. It's a fantastic historical game. And I'm feeling Assassin's Creed Origins vibes again, which I was obsessed with a few years ago, if you guys remember that. Now I want to touch in on the graphics. They are so good. I was watching comparison videos with the graphics from Origins, Odyssey, Valhalla, and Mirage. Mirage is by far the sharpest looking, the most realistic looking. It's such a big jump when it comes to the graphics. This game is so good looking. And of course, it performs really well on my PS5. You have the sunsets, and the sunrises, and the shadows, and all of the animations. You know, I'm still seeing new animations, killer animations, that is. Even after 30 hours in, and every single NPC in the city, it's like they have their own lives. I am convinced that they have their own lives. It's all just really pleasant, pleasant to look at. So combat wise, it's a stealth game.  So like in previous Assassin's Creed games, you have your bird, which makes you able to have a good look over whatever you're trying to infiltrate, fortress, or whatever. And with this bird, you can highlight all of the enemies, and later on with a skill point, the roots of the guards. And you sneak down into grass, or haystacks, and you can whistle, have them come to you and assassinate them. And you can go into hiding. Several options for hiding, by the way, where you can also assassinate guards in a stealthy way. So satisfying.   But this is a video game, and as long as it is fun what I'm doing, and as long as I still feel like if I'm a bit uncareful, I still get punished, and I still break stealth, it is fine. You have several tools that you can use, like the sleep dart, smoke bombs. They are really useful, smoke bombs. You have traps, and you have throwing knives, which you will be using a lot. Now initially, after like five hours of playing, I was thinking, I missed the bow. Having bow and arrow, like by a card in origins. But after like 10 hours, I was like, I'm over it. I'm good now. I have the throwing knives. So that was something that bothered me in the beginning, but not later on, not having a bow. So combat wise, I feel like you have a ton of options, and you get to choose how you want to go about assassinating the guards. It's just very satisfying stuff. Now you know me, I am trying to go for a platinum trophy in this game, because I just enjoy it. A lot of the trophies in this game is so fun to do. It's just like when I played Assassin's Creed Origins, which I did platinum trophy. So I am having a lot of fun collecting all of the collectibles in the game. All of the lost books across the map, all of the gear chests, upgrading every single piece of gear. Oh that reminds me, the camel is sick. The camel that you have as a mount in the beginning of the game, there's something wrong with him. But you can purchase horses, which I definitely did. I'm riding on horses in this game. And another thing that I love doing, and I do it all the time, pickpocketing. I pickpocket every single NPC in the entire city. I am such a thief. And in this Assassin's Creed, you have a notoriety system, which means you have a bad reputation the more crimes you commit. But you can pull down some wanted posters and the notoriety goes down. Also you can bribe the spokesmen in the city to erase the bad rumors about you. And that will make you anonymous again. It is so much fun to be a criminal. Who would have thought? I'm such a criminal in this game. And I love it. To begin with, when I noticed pickpocketing, I was like, I don't want to pickpocket the poor people, poor them. You know, I went into the rich people area, which is in the middle of the city, where the rich people are. And I pickpocket the them. But now it's like I pickpocket everyone. You know, I'm over it. And that's another thing. You can really see the rich quarters compared to the poor people's quarters. It's so realistic and such a highly complex city. And you know, a lot of these things I didn't know. I was talking with Tiny Hazard, she was like, we learned nothing of this in school. That this was a really, really big city in the year 850. The world's biggest city with a lot of wisdom and learning. It was the place to be. If we lived at this time, we would have been living in Baghdad. Because most of the humans living at that time were around these parts. Now, I still have a feeling that Origins is still my favorite Assassin's Creed game. I still highly, highly recommend Origins, where you are in Egypt and that is a open world, also with a lot of historical accuracy, really, really mesmerizing and good. It reminds me a lot of Origins. But this is in Baghdad. And it's just a different game, also smaller in scale when it comes to the open world, which I don't mind this time around. A lot of reviewers are also saying that having a game that is not that big, it's a positive thing. Because when you're looking at this map, you're thinking, I can do this. I can go everywhere. I can find the time to do everything in this game. I mean, with our schedules, with work and family and friends. The older you get, the less time you have to play video games sometimes. So that is the reality of a lot of people. So a smaller, more bite-sized game is a good thing. But it's not as small as some YouTubers are making it out to be. I went into Mirage hearing that the main story is 15 hours. But I'm thinking to myself, I still have a lot to do in the main story and I'm 32 hours in. So, were they rushing the game? I'm taking my time with the game. Definitely taking my time, taking in the sides, taking in all of the impressions that I get from this time period. That is a big part of the experience of the game, I feel like. I am playing this game also a lot remotely with PS5 Remote Play. I made a video, two videos back on my channel. If you missed it, I recommend that you watch that. And it is about how I do a PS5 Remote Play, so that I can bad game, so that I can lie on my couch and play handheldly. So I've been playing this game also a lot handheld. That has been really lovely. It's like I'm treating my PS5 now like a switch. Sometimes on TV, sometimes handheld. Love it. The skill tree is good. Super simple, at least compared to Valhalla skill tree, which was a big constellation of things that you could put skill points into. This one is so simple, so simplified. Even more simplified than Origins' skill tree, which was already simple. And I like it. A lot of people are enjoying this, simple skill trees. That every single skill point that you put in, it makes a difference. I am enjoying this. Controls wise, when it comes to parkouring and stuff, I had a lengthy discussion about this with Tiny Hats yesterday. And this is a big talking point among a lot of Assassin's Creed fans. How is the parkouring?  Such a big freedom to be able to climb just about anything. Jumping from rooftop to rooftop. Climbing trees. Jumping from one weird place to another. Swinging yourself around. And I get so spoiled with this. Whenever I play a game where I cannot climb on just about everything, I feel so restricted. You know, coming from an Assassin's Creed game where this has been introduced to me. The freedom of climbing on everything. I've gotten used to that. And this is my new standard. So I would say 95% of the time Bassem is going where I want him to go. And the parkour, in my opinion, feels very much like how it was in Origins. You hold one button in order to climb up something and you hold another button in order to climb down something. Very simple, very easy. He doesn't necessarily feel heavy or light. He's something in the middle. His weight feels medium. So this should be satisfying for just about anyone, I feel like. Because people were complaining that Avar in Valhalla felt really heavy. But Bassem feels good. So as opposed to my verdict of Assassin's Creed Mirage, I feel like this is already a contender for Game of the Year. At least in top 5 of Game of the Year, maybe even in the top 3 of what I've played so far this year, and I'm not done with it. I am having a blast. And I wanted to make a video about this game because I need to tell you guys that this is money well spent. I regret nothing. This was also around 50 dollars, I think. 499 in Norwegian, which I think is about 50 dollars. I definitely recommend this game if you enjoyed previous Assassin's Creed games. If you have ever enjoyed any Assassin's Creed games, I think you will find what you like in this game. It's so stealthy, so good. The world. The history of them. The history was good, okay? The history of the world. So good. And the graphics so good. And yeah, the game is smaller. I still think Origins is maybe my all-time favorite. Highly recommend that one as well. But I'm just saying that this is a good game. Very good. I'm very happy with Assassin's Creed Mirage and what they did in this one. And I'm very curious to see where they're going next time. Leave a comment down below with where you want them to go. Now, before you leave, I have an announcement. I had a drawing contest on my Discord server. It's such an active community. We have voice chats and all sorts of stuff. But here is the winner of the drawing contest. Miggy Monkey. This artwork is fantastic. The attention to detail. I mean my statement sunglasses. Even the earrings were correct. Congratulations on winning the drawing contest. Also, the other entries were really good. Snoory Gaming. Look at that. The Miggy Monkey design is now up on the Merch Store. Non-profit. It's the lowest price possible from Teespring.  Thank you so much for watching today. And I want to hear what you think about the new Assassin's Creed. And I will see you later.


So which kind of doctors make the lowest salary? Let's break it down. So this is a compensation report from Doximity from 2021. And if we just look at the top five, you can see that it's predominantly focused on the field of pediatrics, which unfortunately just makes lower salaries. You can see somebody who's infectious disease is making $210,000 on average for the people that they survey here, as well as somebody who is spending additional time in hematology and oncology, which is a very important field in pediatrics is spending $238,000. In general, pediatrics, for example, if you're a pediatric hospitalist or a PCP, you may be making about 251. And if you find something like a family medicine physician or somebody like myself is an internal medicine physician who makes about anywhere from 273,000 to 295,000. And keep in mind that there can be a lot of variety in these salaries, both downwards as well as up, depending on where you're living, the position as well as the demand for that specific field. But if you enjoy this breakdown and want more behind the scenes of what it's like as a full-time physician, as well as interested in which doctors make the most salary, make sure you hit that like, subscribe and follow for more content just like this.


Well topsoil is created equal as we can see here by looking at these piles. So the homeowner should be forewarned that before they order out topsoil they should go and at least visually check it and if possible also get a chemical and physical analysis of that if they're going to be making a big investment such as putting in a lawn, major flower beds or vegetable gardens or major tree plantings in a site. So obviously looking at this we can see that this is a lot of fill soil which would not probably make very good topsoil. But we want to go ahead in these piles that we have here and kind of look over to the west here of our site where we have some weeds actually growing on the soil. And where weeds are growing is a good indication that soil is at least fertile enough to support weed growth. So with that first clue we're going to go over there and take some samples of that soil and then take it to our lab for some chemical and physical analysis. Okay, what we're doing is we're taking samples from this mound of soil which visibly has the most appealing characteristics because of the weeds that are growing there and it seems to have a wide range of sand, silt and clay in it from a visible standpoint. And we want to take enough to go ahead and provide our lab with an adequate sample. We will now take this sample back to the lab and have a chemical and physical analysis run on it. Here we are in the Soul Testing Laboratory in Waldron Hall at North Dakota State University. These are the samples that Ron just took outside and I am bringing them in here so that we can find out all about the different plant nutrients and anything that might create a problem for growing plants outside. So let's ask Larry Swinson, he is our Soul Testing Manager here. What do I do with these? Okay, when we bring the samples in we'll get as much information as possible before you even analyze the sample. First of all the real basic things, your name, address, where to send us results and if there's anybody else you would like to have the sample sent to or the results sent to like a lawn and garden store or something like that we can send a copy to them too. And then routinely with our soil and analysis for lawns and gardens we do a nitrogen phosphorus, potassium, pH, salts and organic materials so that's kind of a standard but we can also do other tests involving like some of the micronutrients if you start seeing some characteristic deficiency symptoms showing up. Do we have a special place we can mark that? Yes, you can just continue to check them off on this information sheet. And when we bring them in I brought them in these nice little bags that we get from the extension service or from here at the laboratory but you say that there are other places that these bags can be received, right? Yeah, you can get them at your county agent's office or in the Fargo Morrid area we've given them out to a lot of the lawn and garden stores so you could pick them up there and also if nothing else, if all else fails just give us a call and we'll send them out to you from here. In addition to the nutrient information we'll ask you if there's any particular problems with your garden like you know one area doesn't do well or just something so we get all the information we can even involving stuff like if it's in a shady area or it's a porty drained area or stuff like that all this stuff would have a bearing on some problems you might be having in your lawn and garden. If one of these samples was taken from a spot that was particularly wet I should say Larry this area doesn't drain well. Yeah, right. Okay. Okay and that's basically what we'll do here and then after that we'll dry the sample and take it and run it through a sieve and a grinder that we can get it done into small particles. Great so if they come in a little moist that's okay you don't want them sopping wet I guess but just moist is fine or okay it's easier for us to dry them then sometimes for you people out there to do it. Okay so after you run the different analyses you'll make a recommendation? Yeah after we get the analysis finished we'll make a recommendation out of here it's vainly for the nutrients so we can tell if there's a problem with nutrient deficiencies or anything but if it's oftentimes it's something other problem and we'll try and diagnose what that is between myself and some of the extension experts on campus and everything also we would work a lot with the diagnostic lab up which is also located in our building if there's a disease she the lady that runs that lab is able to usually identify what the diseases are. We can take a plant sample into her and take it upstairs very nice and when we take soil samples we want to collect them in a bucket we don't need to put them directly into here especially if we're going to take several different soil samples from different parts of the garden we just want it to be representative of the entire area so we don't want to have one place that would be a problem spot and put it in with the same bag of other garden soils if we have a special area that has some kind of a special issue with it we want to put that in a separate bag and mark that so that Larry will know what kind of problem to anticipate but when we take samples we might take it from several different places in the yard or in your garden mix it up in a clean bucket something you haven't used to mix fertilizer in or pesticides and then we can mix it all up and just take a sub sample and put it into here and mail it to you. And one other thing too if you're having a problem in a certain area of your garden oftentimes it's helpful to take two samples one from the good area and one from a bad area that way we have some kind of comparison that we can see if that might be somewhat the problem.


Okay, very good morning to everyone Tuesday 23rd of July. I hope you are doing well I'm just having a quick look at the charts first thing this morning Usual routine I'll go through some of the headlines and then I'll hand you over to Sam to look at the markets more technically Overall though, I was off to desk large portion of yesterday, but I understand it was pretty quiet And I think that's probably Due to the fact that there are some major things happening later on this week and as I go through some of the news here It's not that the the calendar in terms of economic data is particularly busy But there are definitely some looming events and particularly earning season tends to follow that pattern of hitting its peak in the middle of the week really Defined by Wednesday and Thursday the latter of when you get those big tech names like Amazon and Alphabet And so a lot of people I think they're just sat on the sidelines at the moment You've got the ECB meeting on Thursday as well, which is going to be a particularly interesting one as we're going to talk about in a moment But this morning just having a look at the general sentiment equity markets mild Positive movement seen overnight in the Asia-Pacific session kind of translating into some slight gains this morning in the futures market both European and US futures Elsewhere though currency markets seeing a bit of movement You can see here top left both euro dollar and cable under a bit of pressure a few questions this morning about dollar strength I think really it's a combination of a few different things As I'm going to talk about with the ECB money markets are pricing in about a 40% chance But potentially the deposit rate gets cut this week on Thursday as much as I don't think that that's going to be the case There's that's a decent market pricing. So I guess, you know fundamentally Could explain some softness in the euro and then obviously for the pound you've got this Announcement coming up for the Prime Minister. I don't think it's a particularly shock that if Boris Johnson wins We have also had some comments last little run lower here in the pound breaking its respective s1 on the daily pivots But Bank of England's most hawkish member Michael Saunders just came out a few minutes ago and said the Bank of England is not bound by forecasts implying rate hikes Saying a no-deal Brexit would push the pound lower UK economy is weak and clearly not overheating That's a shift from the most hawkish member to sounding quite explicitly dovish And that's the first time he's made those type of noises. So the overall composition here If you remember about two months ago The Bank of England was being seen as the last standing more hawkish-minded bank given the low employment the high wage situation But even the most hawkish guy is now shifting and so the overall composition of the bank Tilting much more dovishly in preparation of what is to become this no-deal scenario Elsewhere well, I've just seen the DAX take a bit of a break here on the upside. Let's just put it on the minute Yeah, it's been really moving since the the cash equity open Obviously being benefited a little bit here by technical breaches and some of the range from the overnight Asia-Pacific session You've got the weaker euro as well, which tends to lend its hand to some of the more export-heavy German index Given the components constituents that reside in that particular Stock index elsewhere gold a little lower despite the dollar strengths and still kind of Licking its wounds so to speak on that technical breach of the trend line that I'm sure Sam was talking about Yesterday quite heavy selling pressure coming in does of course come with gold in recent sessions touching on fresh Six-year highs so at these elevated levels having gone up to around the kind of four 1450 type mark a little bit of profit-taking around there may be warranted one of the news items we're going to discuss as well is that one other lower ranking risk to markets was the Potentiality of another government shutdown, but that's now being removed because a deal was struck on Capitol Hill last night In regard to government funding going forward for the next two years fix income Relatively quiet T notes pretty flat just a bit of resistance around the pivot at the moment the opposite the case of the bund With the pivot level providing some near-term support to price as has done during the Asia-Pacific trading hours Again, I'll leave the rest to Sam To have a look at I'm talking about the Fed The probability of a 50 basis point rate hike does continue to decrease slowly It's dropped another few percentage points. It's now 21.4 percent. So again might explain a little bit of unwinding of any recent dollar weaknesses Markets come back to the reality of going 25 not 50 basis points at the end of the month As we go into this now blackout period one thing to further follow up I did get updated from the guys at Ransquark who said on Friday night There was a Wall Street Journal source report which basically said the Fed aren't going to do 50 So again ratifying what we were discussing on Monday Given the rollback of some of the comments that we had from Williams and Clarida at the end of last week Moving on then let's talk about some of the main news items Timings had a lot of messages Via Twitter yesterday asking me what times the announcement for Boris Johnson So this is the actual near-term timing for this morning. So 1140 a.m. The announcement of the next Conservative Party leader begins 1147 declared by the 1922 co-chair and then 1150 the new leader makes their first speech On from the morning so today is all about the results Wednesday then Technically of Johnson wins. He would enter Downing Street at about 4 p.m.. After Theresa May conducts her final session of PMQs The regular fixture on a Wednesday She then needs to go and see the Queen to hand in her resignation and then Johnson would take over the helm later on that afternoon Thursday this week would be the appointments of the cabinet and the ministerial team by whoever the new prime minister is And then on Friday the new PM outlines their vision for the country Delivering a speech in the north of England. So that's the plan both for the morning So we're looking at around just before midday for the confirmation who the prime minister is and then You're looking for this pattern to play out The formalities to happen Wednesday the announcements of the cabinet So if Johnson wins you're looking for people like the Chancellor Philip Hammond to resign Probably on Wednesday once this result has come out could be other movements as well to be to keep an eye on Before then the key speech which if it is Johnson to see how much he then pursues this idea of do or die no deal scenario Does he push that in this speech on Friday first things to be said though is that? Even though the markets and bookies odds are very much in the realm of kind of 90 10 that Boris will win I might remind you we have been here before we were 90 10 supposed to not leave the EU As far as market pricing was concerned going into that June referendum so I definitely Strongly believe Boris Johnson will win that very much is both the Political and the odds point of view from the bookies But all I'm saying is that if Hunt does win I would be expecting an aggressive rally in the pound in an immediate fashion We were talking Sam and I about this this morning. I don't think that you you could discount a move of 150 to 200 pips on the back of a hunt win in pretty quick succession Just given the fact that the market is very heavily priced in this no-deal mantra under Boris Johnson So looking at the pound this morning obviously has been under just seeing here under a bit of pressure And this obviously has come with these latest Saunders comments As I said the hawkish member turning quite distinctly dullish is a new development on that regard a couple of things though on the Boris Johnson front that I'd just like to go into One is a lot of people have been talking about the parliamentary arithmetic Monday began with the resignation of a former minister or the foreign minister Alan Duncan And he then floated the question of whether Boris Johnson would even be entitled to become the prime minister In terms of the Constitution Prime Minister in Britain has to command the support of the House of Commons in order to assume the role But given what's been happening Resignations there's been another minister that's been accused of sexual harassment. There's also been temporarily Kind of removed at this point yet to be confirmed whether he comes back or not So technically has reduced the government's majority in Parliament to just two That obviously goes right on the brink on whether or not The Prime Minister even could command the House and therefore do we need to go down the route of having a SMAP election to sort this out so It's almost as if Boris Johnson takes over the helm and an even weakened position more polarised than what Teresa may had and With a the slimmest of slim majorities at this point. So this is definitely Why a lot of people are quite Reticent to believe that you know, he's gonna have the silver bullet to fix this Brexit situation could actually end up being quite to the Contrary Boris Johnson could end up being the shortest surviving prime minister ever in history If that doesn't play out correctly, and if we did have a SNAP election, then if he were to lose of course The other key issues that that again will go down this idea that Boris wins that he's gonna have to face is an Escalating crisis with Iran We've seen this definitely in focus over the course of the last few weeks and it's only seen seems to be escalating given that Vessel that was captured by Iranian forces at the end of last week Of course the Foreign Secretary at this point is Jeremy Hunt who in itself Boris has got an interesting decision to make here We're right in the midst of a conflict with Iran But Boris has you know kind of behind closed doors suggested he wants to fire Jeremy Hunt Couldn't be worse timing in terms of addressing quite a key issue globally on in the foreign affairs front on the telecoms front Of course a decision has been basically delayed and delayed on whether or not The country will use equipment from Huawei technologies That's a very Sensitive subject particularly with addressing the relationship With the US because Donald Trump obviously very forceful about the way of which He feels that China have been covertly using technology to breach various different security rules and so Boris has this difficult decision to manage between Do you want to appease Trump or do you want to as we have at this point be more open to these technologies and having a Closer alignment with the relationship with China So yeah, not plain sailing At all at this point, but I mean that's more bigger picture in the short term The tail risk here is a is a hunt win an aggressive spike in the pound Once Boris gets confirmed I actually think the move is is already priced in and so there's very little risk I'd say to downside at this point The only risk that might come is if when he gives a speech at around midday if he really does bang a Super no deal hard Brexit drum then That could I guess force down a little bit more movement following this trend. They've generally Some sterling weakness emanating from some of the NPC comments this morning and just the overriding euro weakness Contributing to dollar strength this morning as well Other stories to be aware of Just wanted to mention this one quickly And this isn't due of course the ECB rate announcement until Thursday And it's these types of factors why I think the markets have been relatively quiet to get the week underway Traders are pricing in a 40% chance of a rate cut. I mean that that's surprisingly high I thought this morning when I read that and a couple of comments though that I wanted to Go through through some of the big Wall Street banks. So Goldman Sachs They've said that the ECB will ultimately over deliver Relative to expectations and see more room to price QE Goldman's expect a 20 basis point cut and tiering to happen in September So not Thursday and a renewed asset purchase program including buying of sovereigns QE to start at 25 billion euros per month for nine months if you remember the last phase of QE which ended in in Q4 of 2018 was when we were at a pace of about 15 billion So they're looking for around a reversion back to where we were in about the Q3 era of 2018 Commerce Bank Commerce Bank foresee a risk that ECB could quote go big and cut the deposit rate by 20 basis points this week They're probably the most aggressive on the street They say that the ECB might want to preempt any potential Fed easing Which is 100% priced in for later on this year because remember if the Fed ease Then then technically speaking then this could put pressure on the euro and Therefore consequently could the ECB want to get ahead of that and cut themselves this week JP Morgan though had to talk more balanced Their call is that ECB will alter language in the statement this week with policy rates at present levels or lower To open the door to further rate cuts with a 10 basis point cut and deposit rate to be delivered at the September meeting I must stress despite the more Kind of aggressive calls out of goldman's and commerce the JP one is more the general broader market consensus And the one that we have here on the desk We're looking for a language change to open the door an optionality to the cut to come at the September meeting Is what we feel I did mention briefly President Trump announced a bipartisan deal to suspend the US debt ceiling and boost spending levels for two years This removes one obstacle which potentially could have seen the government shut down as again As soon as September October time so that appears to be averted But it's all not yet completely assigned to deal the house has to approve the agreement this week before members leave on July 26th for a six week summer recess The Senate can put it to a vote as late as next week So it still needs to be ratified and obviously stranger things have happened But at this point reading some of the press articles it seems that everyone's you know had their compromises Got what they need to be able to come together to sign a deal off at the moment I must stress that if you read some of these articles the level of Debt and that the US are getting into it's getting Very high at this point under the terms of the agreement the budget cap for discretionary spending will rise to 1.37 trillion 2020 rising to 1.375 trillion in 2021 You know these are Particularly high levels the new spending and limit savings to deal will likely push the annual budget deficit of America Over one trillion dollars next year So this isn't really a factor for right here right now, but definitely from a broader perspective It's worth just noting These kind of numbers and then I just wanted to mention as well although most of you guys I know will trade will trade outright positions rather than a more complex kind of hedging strategies But it did see a note out of goldman's this morning and they were talking about the fact Then the increase in gold price volatility Obviously we've seen gold up at a six-year high in the last week To give you an idea percentage wise gold is up about 11% on the year And what Goldman is saying is that the increase in gold price volatility has made bullish Options on the traditional haven more expensive than their yen equivalent So gold up about 11% for the year. The Japanese yen is only up about 1.6% Against the dollar. So if you're looking at those classic safe haven instruments, there's better value Potentially in taking the yen trade rather than the gold one But again, I am talking about options market not about outright day-to-day positions in the intraday market Obviously gold and the end could both benefit in the case of a shock US intervention to weaken the dollar Something which was on the table and been doing the rounds last week That was prompting some of the comments and response that was coming out the Treasury secretary So you've kind of got a protection from potential intervention from the US. However Likely or unlikely that might be but then the idea being that It's too expensive now to get exposure to gold and better off being exposed to yen given the differentials And the lack of real-price moon yet at this point in the Japanese yen comparative to the dollar so far this year Quit looking at earnings. What have we got coming out from the earnings front? Not too much actually tomorrow and Thursday are much more interesting from a broader index point of view But if you are looking at the single stocks the ones to keep an eye out for pre-market coca-cola Perhaps United Technologies Biogen slightly larger firms after market you have the likes of visa and if you're looking at more of those kind of Social media type names snap is reporting after the close Calendar wise though for today in terms of the schedule. We have A pretty quiet morning. Nothing really at all going on. One thing is the Spanish have their Plenary session followed by the first vote of Sanchez's government formation is a two-vote process the second of which happens on Thursday But could be quite interesting to have a look at I don't think that's really going to be too much of a factor for the euro Potentially might see some movement in related Spanish assets in yields and the Ibex But worth keeping an eye out for that Otherwise, it's more of a US centric session from the from the scheduled events existing home sales at three o'clock API all of the treatment until the afternoon How Dane is also speaking from the Bank of England following on from those Saunders comments Which weren't scheduled and were dovish in nature? Surprisingly from a hawk the interesting to see how how Dane the chief economist comes out and what he has to say as well so That is it from my side With that I wish you a good day ahead And I'll hand you over to Sam now. He could look over the charts going forward. Thanks guys Hi guys, so we're all doing well. Let's have a quick look over The markets and you can see it's probably go over to the currency's oil just popping down here over the last 20 odd minutes or so just After having pushed to the higher day, we had a bit of resistance back yesterday as well I've just seen the market drift down And you've got a bit of a potential trend line coming in around these areas here That's just looking to to break through. It's worth keeping an eye on there on oil there I've got a fair bit of support just below here from yesterday 55 85 and it was a decent Point as well on previous sessions So we're having that marked up and then obviously the high of the day just above And some key resistance that would have marked up where we didn't quite reach it but 56 61 another important point to the upside you can see we're also getting squeezed in Here as well You can see from the top end of the the 17th time yesterday was also the highest day So that's that reason we didn't quite make that 61, but just seems like we're having a go at potentially Breaking out the bottom side of this pendant. So just have that Marked up if that was to continue You can see if I just make this a bit bigger here Those loads of the days coming in on the handle at 56 on the futures moving over to To the currencies that we just Bring in the Europe See we had a really key level which we're talking about in the briefing yesterday really strong level support over the last well, not just a couple of days we're going back to 240 you can see going back to the beginning a middle part of June as well And you can see we're there overnight breaking through that and in what was a very lacklustre day Yes, so we had a bit of a trend line I didn't want to quite break the high of the day then acted as the top end of that range on Multiple times and then finally early hours of the morning We get that break through and and we've now see pushed well below the S2 level looking at this from an Opportunity to to get in for a trade obviously because it's so low down whether you'd want to keep getting short Unless we get retracements around the S2 or even you know the previous sort of low here around 1 12 45 Is see it needs to be made Just price you can see here just Staying below this trend and actually now just coming up to look like we want to have a test of it So I think for any shorts For you're a dollar you prefer it to be a bit at least a bit higher up In terms of levels to be aware of if we were to continue down you can see if I just move this above my Camera there you can see the lows back from 30th and the 23rd of June around 1 12 15 Not a million miles away, but those would be the next sort of points of interest retest though of the The lower part of that range from yesterday would be ideal Well on paper anyway around 1 12 54 you can see just how strong that support level was The pound obviously worth waiting for the announcement And as I mentioned we were talking this morning if it was to be hunt. Yeah, you get a decent decent push higher and imagine you will have a Few people interested in taking that that trade on Just as a bit of a almost a not a necessary a risk-free trade, but certainly the reward of that is Could be very lucrative looking to the downside You've got key support just above the the s2 area 124 60 the lows from the 17th high from the The back end of the 16th as well That would certainly be an area I'd have marked up and then if we can get that retracement You can see anywhere around the the s1 124 81 84 Our levels where you could expect some resistance, but of course with 11 o'clock Approaching and that time being sort penciled in for the announcement I'll just be a bit on edge for that you can see from yesterday We have been trending low as well so it might well be After the dust has settled And it's kind of sell the rumour by the fact And we may well get a nice break of this trend line and and see a decent push to the upside Quite quite a key one respected well since yesterday In what was a pretty quiet day as well We Obviously broke back above the towards the s1 previous lows of the asian session acting as resistance late In the day around sort of four o'clock just before that european close And look at the the yen yesterday. We talked about that that trend line Which eventually broke through you can see we go back from the start of the 10th Going through all of yesterday, and then you get that break in the early hours Unfortunately, that's sometimes the way it will go with the yen and and the Aussie alike is is that the best trades sometimes do happen in the early hours And you can see a really strong push down there And we actually almost got down to the s1 s2 I should say for the day As well where there actually is quite a bit of support just below that going back to the 17th more intraday Retracement wise people will be You know iron up the the previous lows or we had a double bottom this morning before that break through But I'll just be careful just to see how we get there Are we going to maybe break this trend line aggressively that makes you not want to take that ideally You would want it just to grind its way higher to find support On a resistance I should say on that previous low looking at the Aussie just to wrap things up for the currency pairs those trend lines Literally right on The retest of the one from january 2018 if I just bring that in here you can see If I smart that up just testing that now we had a bit of a bounce from it and that coming in around 26 so 90 96 or so higher from from that point as we as we're printing at the moment Also worth having marked up here the the trend line from the early part of december 2018 To obviously the april level as well and you can see that Has come into to play just before the 71 handle So prices getting squeezed in from from both areas and it might be that actually you do want to see a bit of dollar strength on here and the trade could well be a break of all of those and the 70 handle to the downside But for now that trend line from 2018 high Reacting is a bit of support on that that breakthrough Once again having a look over at gold So you had a couple of trend lines in play yesterday one that Didn't want to break and was very choppy And every time we sort of got up towards near the high of the day or just before it did Find support however the and that and that was this trend line here It's got choppy every time it wanted to go through But also the one from the 18th, which you can see was marked up quite nicely once we made the The three o'clock low if you like that broke through early hours in the morning You can see this on the lower time frame and to make this a bit bigger and easier to see You can see just how well that was respected Around 11 o'clock. So yeah, it would have to have been You know up at your screen at that sort of time But would have been a very rewarding trade as you can see it's just drifted lower since then And again like the euro below us too, so whether you'd want to be getting insane now with it being so low down or not I'm not too sure but looking for Areas where it could retrace to obviously got any of these previous lows where you can see we had support Let's move that again above the the camera of the 19th and then this morning. So 1421 Could be an area people will be ironing up and obviously below where we're trading You can see there is some decent Support or we found some decent support and what was the high Back on the evening of the 16th a couple of times before finding support the next day on that breakthrough So correctly level at 14 14 and 0.6 Also to the downside you'd be looking at any of these highs that we had back in the morning of the 17 And obviously 1400 a bit below that would be a pretty big day for us to Get down to that point. I'm going to quick look over us equities as well We're pretty contained last night. You can see the pivot was Ultimately chopped through quite a lot um Again relatively range bound but not that much in the way of movement and we haven't Uh, I was reading yesterday had a 0.5 percent gain for for quite some time in stocks Happened a few times last year as well, but just slowing down a touch To the upside However, we have just drifted on and you can see it does look quite messy quite a key level was tested Last night that that low that we talked about in the briefing yesterday from the From friday before the breakdown the first test late last night held well And then we're just keeping knocking on that door Also above where we're trading the breakdown at 95 75 would be a point that I'd have marked up And then to the downside only three really feel comfortable should we break this trend line Which was formed at the back end of yesterday's session and at the moment that looks like it could come in Well anywhere around 89 Potentially if it was to to take its time getting there but at the moment come in at 29 87 And a bit you can see here nasdaq trend line still on still well respected again testing now So that could be certainly one to look at ideally you would want there to be a bit more volume in this This trade to to take on But certainly would have that marked up as well I'm going to look quickly at the backs. You can see just pushing High has just stalled a touch We made our way to test what was quite a key level of Resistant the breakdown that we had back on the 17th little pop through there However, all looks like a false breakout now and you could also be looking at any of the previous highs of the day That we did we broke through on that open any questions as usual, please do let us know Starting to to get a bit more interesting this week after a relatively slow day yesterday But if I don't speak to you, I hope you have a good trading day And rest of the week


The weasel and I, since it's the weekend, we want to start off next week with clean vehicles. So I'm taking both our vehicles to have a bath today. If I'm going to be commuting to work every day, I want to make sure that I have a clean vehicle to show up in, right? I'd rather be known for the guy with the clean truck than the guy with the dirty truck. Just don't look inside my truck, okay? We have dogs, so it's hard to keep up in winter time, but the outside's clean, right? I'm going to run over here to Super Splash, get a quick wash, go and grab Britt's vehicle, wash that, and that will be our task for this Saturday. Big plans this weekend for us. Big plans. I've got my leisure hat on because it's a leisurely day. No big plans for today. We've got this car wash and we paid for the next car wash as well right away, so I don't have to go back in when I get here. I can just get the terrain and come right back here and get right in line right away. Line up today is a little bit longer than some days. You've got two vehicles in front of me here, yet one over there. These guys are going through the manual car wash, and those guys over there, that's the door we've got to go in back there. Man, I've got some people behind me already. Today has been a wonderful, wonderful Saturday. This thing is really warm. Wow. My head is just like, anyway, glad to get to vehicles. How clean do you keep your vehicles? The outside of my vehicle, I'm very specific about, I want it to be clean. I always want the outside of my vehicle to be clean. It's not always.  The inside, however, I'm not as picky on, though I should be. Brit's always very picky about both. She likes to have her vehicle or our terrain that she drives mostly. It still looks and smells like a brand new vehicle inside, and it's older than this one. It's amazing, but I do have dogs in here more often, right in the back seat here, and in the terrain we have the dogs all the way in the back. You'll see for the next run, when I grab the terrain, I got to grab Chevy. She's coming with me for the next one. So the hair is more back there, but she stays on top of it much more than I do. All right. Those aren't so bad. I mean, those aren't so bad. Plus, we got Skittles in here. Can't go wrong with Skittles. Told you. I'm Santa. I'll survive on sugar, and I want you to remember this, that I'm Santa, okay? I'm declaring it to the world. I'm finally revealing it after a thousand years. I'm actually Santa. The reason I reveal it to you now is because Santa has been declared an essential worker by our provincial government here in Manitoba, and he's allowed to go visit everybody, okay? Which means that these lockdowns and restrictions don't apply to me because I'm Santa, and I'm an essential worker, and I get to go visit everybody. So you know, Santa, essential worker, okay? Look at that sunset. Just got out of the car wash to see that. That's amazing. The time is 4.40 p.m. here, December 19th, 2020. A couple more days to the Great Conjunction, right? Day after tomorrow, all the planets are aligned the first time in, what, 400 years? If you take a high-powered telescope right now and look towards Jupiter on a clear night, you'll see that Jupiter and Saturn are almost perfectly aligned right now. They've been getting closer and closer. Pretty neat stuff if you're interested in space. It's going to create quite a bright star. Well, what's going to look like a star? So we got one truck done. Go home and get the other one done. It's a good day to get your car washed. Just the only problem is the doors are probably going to freeze shut. That'll be fun. I'll have to come out before bed and make sure that I can get in. That way I won't have any problems. Then again, tomorrow's Sunday. I don't got to go to work until Monday. Yeah, I guess we can just leave it. Alright, Diesel. You were a good boy. It's Chevy's turn to come with now. Okay? Let's go get the other vehicle washed. Round two. We don't have quite a sunset to look at now, like we did on the way back from round one, but we got Chevy with us on the back there right now. He doesn't like car rides as much. I like to take them for these short ones just to sort of get him used to it a little bit more. Diesel's used to it because he grew up on the road with me, right? Chevy doesn't actually get that much time to get used to it. He's a home dog. He loves being at home. He's got his favorite few spots that he likes to sleep. He's got his yard to run around in. That's where he's in his element. Back to Super Splash. Round two. I already paid for it, so I don't got to go in there twice. That's a full body massage. Oh, so good. Yep. Wait for the red light. Wait for the red light. Oh, there it is. So, I don't know when this happened. Chevy, when did you get into the back seat? You're supposed to be in the back, man. You okay? I think the car wash is scaring him. Poor guy. I didn't know you were afraid of car washes, man. I would have left you at home. I'm sorry. Oh no, no for next time, eh? It's okay. Or maybe this is good for him, you know? It's probably good for him. He's got to experience these things so that he learns that they won't hurt him. Right? It's good. See, Chevy? Car washes are good. It's like a massage. Just sit back and enjoy it. Just deep breaths. Just enjoy it. So good. Look, and it's got fun lights. Colorful. Oh, wait. I, I, you don't see color. I get it. My bad. Look at this. Look at this. Whoa. Bubblegum. Bubblegum, Chevy. It's okay. It's okay. You stay here. It's okay. You're not supposed to be in the back seat, buddy. See? It's giving us a bath. Virginia is for lovers. Chevy. Did the car wash scare you? Did it scare you? Look how tough you are, though. You made a mistake. Not even a scratch. Wow. Tough guy. Look at you. Didn't like the car wash much. But like I was saying, it's a good experience for him.  That it is safe to go through a car wash. And the more we do it, the more you'll get used to it, right? Right? Hopefully next time you won't jump into the back seat. That's okay. I understand. I understand. Weezo. Weezo. Come here, bud. Come here. Say bye to everybody. I don't want you. Why not? Come here. Come here, buddy. You can look at my glorie, bud. It is a very, it's a nice Weezo bud. I think they want to see your face, man. Come. Come here, man. Come here. Can you sit? Anything you want to say to the good people? Change for washing, guys. Change. The car wash. That's pretty much all we did today, huh? We just washed the cars. It was glorious. It was a glorious, relaxing day.  I liked it. It's obviously, the graphics and whatnot are obviously from over a decade ago, but it was a good movie, good storyline, but they made the North Pole and the Elves a little creepy and stuff, but it was a good movie overall. Well put together. We also watched the Santa Claus 3, which I thought was really good. Jack Frost. Don't worry about it. Don't worry, Christmas was saved. I don't mean to spoil it for you or anything, but the good guys win. I think that's pretty much every movie, isn't it? Not many movies allow the bad guys to win. You ever notice that? It's always the good guys. Anyways, short video today. Not much going on. It was a Saturday. Tomorrow we're doing a little bit of elfing around. We've got to go drop off a bunch of Christmas presents to family and friends because we're not allowed to gather over the holidays as if we need permission to go see our immediate family, but we're not allowed to. I hope you guys have as merry of a Christmas as you possibly can this year and hopefully things will be better by next Christmas and not worse. I get it though. I understand. I understand what's going on. I understand that I'm not a doctor. That's why I'm not saying too much against it right now. I'm going to say that I don't like it, but that doesn't mean much. I don't like what's going on, but especially over the holidays, over Christmas. But I understand. I understand what they're trying to do. I understand what they're trying to prevent. Seeing it firsthand. Tomorrow we're going to do a little bit of elfing, delivering presents. It's going to be a fun day and we're going to make this Christmas week as jolly as we can. Take care everybody. We'll see you tomorrow.