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They are pushing a swing point with volume. They want higher price, lower yield. King dollar. King dollar down 29 ticks trading at 97.370. The euro is at 111.95 to one U.S. dollar. The yen is at 110. And the pound is out here at 129.94 to one U.S. dollar. So overnight we had some volatility, no doubt. Bottom line is that we'll see where this little baby shakes out. We're at Wednesday. I thought you were going to say overnight we got the President of Texas. Oh, we did. We also got the President of Texas. You're going to say we also got that. There's a lot going on. There's a lot going on here. Let's go over to our M. Mr. Kevin Hicks at TD Ameritrade. Think of Swim as we do each Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday. And don't forget, folks, right here, every trading day, you want to understand options, option strategies, futures, great program, 11 to 12, eastern standard time. Really easy to get. Just go to YouTube, hit TFNN. Subscribe right on your phone. It comes up all digital. Picture every day. Great education every trading day. Kevin Hicks, what's going on? Good morning, Tom. Good morning, Tommy. You know, guys, every day during earnings season, or at least most of them, there's one stock that takes kind of the headline. And yesterday was clearly lift with their first earning. The EFTN was weighing on this company. So the breakout because of direct consumer and their streaming business is real. You know, we're bringing up the numbers as you're speaking, Kevin, right? And it's pretty dramatic for a company that that's large. I mean, in 2015, they took in $52 billion. This year, $71 billion. And $82 next year. Don't stop. I mean, wouldn't it be cool to have a monster company that you could grow like that? Pretty cool. Yeah, you know, the Parkinson Resorts are growing that thing for $4 billion. And then they broke the record for the Avengers Endgame, right? Yeah. That franchise is really just starting, even though it's been out there for a while.  They can do a lot with those brands, definitely. Oh, yeah. They have a lot of things going on. How he explains the direct consumer business and the EFTN, and all these tell the tale for, I think, the way the stock moves tomorrow. And we got, so we got the TD platform up right now. We're looking at a $4.77 move. Right. Expected move. Yeah. This is folks, you know. Right. So that just under 3%, pretty small. Yeah. Smooth. Yes. I mean, we had more than a 10% move in some of the names we've had this week. So, you know, 3% or below 3% in this case, that is on the low end. We're going to have to take that into effect when we trade these options today for sure. Yeah, no doubt. And you know what was interesting?  Like the type of loss that they threw in for the year was incredible. It was like 1.14 billion. I know. That was in a quarter. But there was expenses on that. There was IPO expenses. There was stock-based compensation in there. But Lyft, they've got to make it through the next week. Let's face it with the Uber IPO. But they had a lot of good news that they put out yesterday. Most importantly was the passive profitability that their CEO put out. So their revenues went up 95%. Yeah. That's a big number. That's a huge number. And what you do have, there's no doubt, is that this isn't going away.  She almost doesn't know anything different, meaning that from going to college, going out here, you know what I mean? Between going to work every day and going out, that's... Who owns a car, man? Get with the time. It's pretty close to where we're going. That was, I mean, she was like, hey, hold it. That's where things are going for sure. 100%, Tom and Tommy. And that's why it's so important to get the young consumer's view. You know, and some of them do, but the percentage is dropping. And, you know, we're in the city of Chicago, which the big urban areas is where these ride-sharing firms flourish.  Yeah, I tell you. If Lyft shuts down, half this place is going to be late for work. No. You know, it's amazing Kevin. So even in St. Pete, right now, of course, you know, we have cars, but the reality is that I use Lyft down here all the time, because I said, just for parking, you know what I mean? Whether you're putting money in the meter of parking, it's cheaper than parking. And, of course, in Chicago, it's really cheaper than parking.  We're only at the $10 spot down here, but you guys are at $20 or $30. So it's like, you got to be kidding me, man. Guys, there's a new designated driver coming out, and his name is Uber and Lyft. Yeah, definitely. You got to love it. Definitely. Listen, folks, right here, every trading day, you want to understand options, option strategies, and the strategies of the name of the game, folks. Whether it's a bull market, a bear market, you're going to understand strategies and understand them on a time level, which is just absolutely fabulous. 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So, in the UK even, I guess drivers blend a nine-hour boycott. And I believe the same thing's happening in multiple cities in the U.S. Yeah. So, at least eight cities. New York, Chicago, San Fran. Kevin Hanks, I was going to say, they better watch out what's happening in Chicago. Yeah.  I think it was rush hour here. Excuse me. Okay. Maybe it's a similar nine to four or something. Yeah. And if we do Lyft, if you get over and take a look at this, the number that they threw in is pretty incredible. So, you got it down two bucks. Can we go into the news? Yeah. Probably the top one, as they impress. I'm sure it's going to have... So, yeah, they say they're probably positive. It was quite a volatile overnight session in terms of... Yeah. It was just flat when I was doing the 10 o'clock update. Let's see what they got here. No. So, these are just analysts raising their bump. Yeah. It really... It was the amount of the loss that they threw in to this quarter here that was extraordinary. It's like, in the quarter they lost... There it is. 1.14 billion. Yeah. They lost more in the quarter than they did in the whole year. And it's like... Excuse me. You know, it's like, okay, they're throwing the kitchen sink in. Let's see if we can start again. Yeah. So, here we go. So, the loss of 1.14 million for the first quarter, compared to the loss of only 234 million a year earlier, the widening loss was driven by 894 million charge for its stock-based compensation. So, I mean, that's, you know, 80, 75% of it. Yeah. Excluding that expense, the loss was 211 million. And they had revenue of 700 million. That's what the company likes, revenue rising almost 100% to 776 million. There's no doubt. Yeah. It's a big number. So, we get oil out here too, right? We sure do. We had a bill last night of 2.8, I think. Yeah. I think you were right. The API was about 2.8. We looked at the EIA, much more even-muted. I think a bill of only like 340,000 barrels. Let me pull up crude oil. So, there's our crude chart. We're trading right now at 6,160. We're going to have that June contract chomping in. So, we'll start with the 11 a.m.s. Let's see how these line up. So, again, 6,160. We're going to have an option of 6,175. And it's kind of nicer. It's not bad. This is exactly what we do with the earnings, as in that one-day market move, right? Right. We figure out basically how much they're going to charge us to hold this. Not bad. You have a, excuse me, swallowed. 15 cent head start to the downside, right? You're going to have value. So, your bullish one, it's about 15 cents out of the money. You start getting value at 6,175. So, that's just going to be all premium 10 bucks. And the bearish one is where you're going to have 15 cents of intrinsic value. Then you're going to pay some premium on top of that. So, you're looking at 36 bucks. Okay. It represents 36 pennies under 61, or in either direction. For right. 6,175. A little bit bearish though. Head start. Let's see where, close these real quick. So, that was the 11th. And that was, what was that again, 30? 36. 36, okay. And, okay. So, this is kind of cool. We can figure out. Now, the noons line up at 6,150. So, this is a great example where you get used to it, right? Say, ah, you know what? That trade's okay, but I was a little bit bullish really. Yes. Well, these give you the option to now have that intrinsic value on the bullish side. Your bullish trade becomes the one that you're paying 26 for. Your bearish one is going to become the one that you're paying. There we go. A little bit more. 42. 42. You have the extra hour, right? But again, kind of cool that now you have 8 to 10 pennies on the bullish side. Right. And let's see where some of these dailies line up. So, you get the first one. Okay, that's 6,150. I'm just going to jump to these dailies at the same time. And that's going to line up only at just at 6,100. But this is good. This will give us, so, same exact price point as the noon. There's your bullish. It's now going to be $34. You got 10 cents of that intrinsic value in the bearish. We're at two hours. Two and a half hours. Yeah. $56. Okay. And of that, you have a $15 cent head start to the bullish side. Okay. So, let me take a look at the CLM. I think we're on. Yes. Tune contract. Yeah. So, hit $6107 this morning. Oh, this is interesting, too, because what we had is that on Monday, he didn't come down with volume. Oh, we had a little press, and yes, they were Okay. So, let's see. Yeah, because we've been moving a lot with the market. I mean, as you see those two, I mean, it's basically that could be an S&P chart with the gap down. I know. The huge move Monday, the gap down again. Yeah. Well, I'm going to go for a lower price. Okay. You got that low yesterday at 10 o'clock in the morning. You can see that that's sticking out like a sore thumb. Right there. What is that? That's $60, $66. Yeah. Remember, it was $60 and $666 was the low. So, we'll see where this baby goes. Yeah. You know, and there's no doubt. We've brought this up before that the oil contract in general, you know, back almost to the last year and a half, where oil goes over the S&P goes there, they've been following each other. Definitely. You know, let's see if they got any analysis in here as they start there. Good. They got some what to watch for us. I like these as we get ready. So, outflows and inflows. Last week, parts of the U.S. South, again, met with a bunch of bad weather, ranging from heavy rains to tornadoes. Well, there was little reported in terms of waterway closures. The weather might have slowed down marine traffic, sapping both imports and exports of crude and products. Isn't it wild how the economy works? It is. The weather of these, how it plays in, right? We've seen refinery problems in terms of their a lot of real fundamental nature aspects of what's going on. And here we go. Refinery is utilization as at the lowest level for this time of year since 2016. Well, it's only 2019. Let's not... It should improve as plants come back from maintenance during the course of the month. Crude bulls are looking for a pickup in refiner demand to eat into the highest stockpiles since 2017. Crude inventory figures have recently started to get a bit wonky. Refinery utilization is flat-ish. They're expected to ramp up as they come back online. The main oil products have seen draws. Crude imports remain near multi-month lows, even if they've risen the last couple weeks. You know, we're two weeks away from the beginning of the drive-in season, three weeks. I mean, May 30th, that's Memorial Day is the number. Yup. Yup. The other interesting numbers though, because oil's still high compared to the same that the most amount of oil that we have in storage since 2016. I agree. I agree. And we've seen it, right? We've seen these numbers have huge builds. Right. 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This segment is brought to you by Think or Swim. For more information, just click the Think or Swim banner on the front page of TFNN.com. Folks, gas inventories, crude inventories fell 3.9 million barrels. Big number. New territory. I don't think we've had a fault like that in a while. And to see where we're trading at, a little spike, as you would expect, right? We'll get into the real numbers, but it was pretty close to either being flat or a slight build. API showed a build, right? $2.8 million. So higher prices. Less oil, higher prices. $61.86 million. Quite a little spike. We're just trading. Coming into that number, $61.56 million. $61.57 million. Because I even, during the break, I pulled up the $61.50 million right next to it. It would have cost us about $40 to put on both sides until noon. And right now, you're almost trading $40 up in terms of the bullish contract on that move. This is going to be deviant art here today. Oh, look at that. They even have... So the whisper number was slight build, but the median analyst estimate was looking for almost 2 million barrels to the upside. Gas, down $596,000. Estimate was to decrease of a million. Let's see. Refinery utilization down versus an estimate being up half a... So that's pretty amazing because you think that, like, I was going to say that, okay, so maybe the refineries that, you know, taking the oil out, but that's saying that, no, that's not the case, you know? The discrepancy's not there, you know? Yeah, yeah. And maybe, maybe it's so many moving parts, it's awesome. Crew production. Well, you're not even producing it in the beginning, right? Maybe that was down ahead of it. So, because you have refinery crewed inputs down, crew production down. Crewed inputs down, too. Yeah, right. Not helping the market, though. A little bit of a pop, but we'll see where we go. No, I didn't mean the broad market. Oh, okay, yeah. You still got the S&Ps down 10. Yeah, this is going to see... This is, you know, so wild. So, we've been talking about, like, the last couple of times that you've had the... A huge build and then pull back, right? Yeah.  Yeah, I agree. You're going to love markets, folks. No doubt about it. Definitely. It's pretty wild.<PHONE_NUMBER>. Let's go take a look at some of the higher volume equities we have out here. So, you get... Let's see. GE is up six pennies, nothing much there. Bank of America four... I don't know where that big action hole... Oh, Lyft is a big one. That's down 233. 3D systems, oh, this thing's getting killed. We want to see... This is the... 3D products, okay, that, you know, how to develop the printers, the whole... 3D printers, yeah. Look at this thing. Not good. And when you pull this chart up, oh my God, you're talking about time going quick. I remember, you know, this was like $92 in 2014. Oh, boy. Look at this. Yeah, $97, 2014. That's what it's... You know, the hype came out... Never be afraid to take some money off the table if you get a victory like that, man. Yeah, huge... At least put some kind of stop in there. Huge victory on the way up. Now what you have here, coming into Lowe's and in a big way too. And they... So they came out with numbers last night. There we go. Yeah, so revenue a big miss. Yeah, and look at the loss. They went from one cent... They were supposed to... Expectation was one cent, they lost nine. No, yeah. So that's like almost break-even. Losing ten pennies a share, nine pennies a share. And yeah, they miss on earnings. And just looking at forecast, anything. I'm sure the forecast aren't as rosy on that type of first quarter. No, heavy, heavy number. We go take a look at... Let's see, so that's 3D. That's one of the movers out there today.  Oh, yeah. Snap, right? Yeah. Yeah, 25 cents. Yeah, that's lucky that it got a little pop on the last... Look at it, it doubled the last five months. That was quite a pop, it was. Yeah, bring this back. But that's where the problem is. Yeah, slightly. As in, yeah. It was quite a pop, but you went from 30 bucks to five. Yeah, totally. And so they're saying that when Uber, too, that they already have enough demand to put Uber out at the high end. I had seen that as well, yeah. So this speculation, folks, is 44 dollars to 50. That's what they're looking for. So we'll see where it shakes out. Let's go over and take a look at those S&Ps. So... As you jump around, that's sort of a cool stat. You might have heard of Bloomberg earlier this morning. They were talking about Lyfts only in North America and Canada, I believe. Okay. Uber has huge opportunities for growth abroad, but it's not as easy as just, like, going abroad in different countries and getting the technology. They're saying that Uber takes in cash in, like, six different companies. Cash, they're somehow operating... Cash society, like... Oh, really? Yeah, exactly. And that's what they're saying. Like, they want market penetration in countries that don't even have the digital technology yet to be doing what's really going on somehow. Wow. At least paying. No, no, what's the rate? That credit card or whatever it is, so cash. So it's interesting, right? That is. A lot of opportunity for Lyft to go abroad, but man, I never imagined that that's what they would... that's how business was working in a few select areas. I forget which ones. Oh, yeah, yeah. No, no, for sure. For sure. Well, it's DD in China. Yeah. And everything there is on your phone. Yeah. I mean, it's pretty amazing. Yeah. You know, and as I said, what was kind of shocking is that the largest bill is at 101, which is $12. Okay. That's the largest currency bill that they make. Yeah. Isn't that crazy? Yeah. You know, it's like, okay, so it totally makes sense. You know, you're not stashing any 50s, 100s, or 500s anywhere. Yeah. You know? That's not how government sees in power letting China. China doesn't want you stashing cash. No government does. Right. Yeah. China gets to decide it, though. Yeah. They actually get to write the rules without people having to say, so... Let's go take a look at the NDX100, the strength versus the weakness. So you get advanced micro as up 2%. You get electronic cuts.  Okay. And they say the digital platform is performing for them. Okay. They try to mess, but... Okay. It's wild. It's going to go digital.  That was about the deal, right? On the downside, you get NetEase down 2.9%. Netflix is off 2%. Interesting. Yeah. Once Netflix come over there, they come over already. Let's take a look, so... Because they'll react to maybe Disney. Yeah, they already came over there. They came over there as early... Well, look, they're hanging right at the highs. This is still a great little job. I just said, it'd be interesting that Disney could say something that reacts to Netflix tonight in their government's call, apparently, because you saw the reaction when Disney said that they were coming out with $7 for a subscription fee. Which is pretty intense. Oh, Netflix didn't want to hear that. No. No. And then you get clacked down to $2.5. This equity got hit yesterday, too. It came over with numbers yesterday. Gapped down, continues to have some... So we're down from... Look at how these stocks go, man. In three days, you're down from $129 to $114. Yeah. You have a great looking expansion on the way up, but it is absolutely amazing how fast you can come down. I guess they have some trade problems going on, too, the way that they gapped on Monday in terms of, you know, some exposure there. I mean, we can go into their region because they really reacted, it seems. The manufacturer yield management process monitoring system is a semiconductor business, yeah. Can you go into them? Whether they're revenue or watch area? Yeah, they don't break it down too much, but... But it is Asia-Pacific. Yeah, look at that. 3.2 billion. That's up there. So when you're looking at this number, folks, that means that's where everything gets made. Yeah. So that's where the tap tissues come in. Yeah. They're going to be moving right... You're going to see a lot... It's going to hurt both sides as in, right? You can't just... And you're going to see a lot of factories move. Yeah. Move quickly, because you can. Stay right there, folks. Tommy and I are coming right back. We have the Dow right now down to $50. No, Dow's down to $40. S&P's down $13. Come right back. If you're in the CD market and looking for a secure investment, the Tiger First mortgage program may work for you. The security for these first mortgages are building lots in the tax opportunity zone in St. Petersburg, Florida. 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The company said thieves employed phishing and viruses to command commandeer, the 7,000 Bitcoin, and it was possible hackers might still control some users' accounts. This is wild, man. Yeah.  Yes. And, you know, as I said, the trust issue is great there. I would agree. But if this is one of the biggest ones, too, it's going to be intriguing to see, like, okay, how do they do this? And what are you going to have to sign? Well, that's the difference between regulated and unregulated, right? As in, too, you know, that this company operates under no regulations, whatsoever, really, in terms of not like you are if you're a Fidelity, that you actually take customer money. Right. Doesn't mean bad things might still not happen, but at least you have the size of Fidelity behind where they would be responsible. I really want to see what you have to sign. I agree. Okay. You always want to sign. Yeah. So, the heist builds on the explosive growth and cryptocurrency crime and investor scams jumped more than 400% in last year, totaled roughly 1.7 billion in losses, more than half of that total, 9.50, was taken from exchanges like Binance and Wallet. So, they said that theft affected one of its internet-connected wallets, which contained about 2% of the total Bitcoin holdings. Companies said no user funds will be affected and the insurance will cover the losses. Again, not sure what, yeah. What about they're paying for insurance? That's what I was, yeah. Who's paying for that insurance, too? Yeah. And is it Warren Buffett that's re... No.  Yeah. Wow. Wild man. Yep. Absolutely wild, so... Let's check back in on oil real quick and see where we're trading. Oh! Little acceleration. Just a pop. As we speak, above $62. So, the contracts we were looking at had exposure of $61.50, the noons. So, about 50 pennies above there is gonna cost us $40 for both sides. So, one way of saying that, right, is it's above the expected move, right? Right. The expected move by noon was pricing in at $40, because that's what both sides were gonna cost you. We're now at 50 cents. Excuse me, 40 cents, 50 cents. So, you can make that decision whether you want to... And there's your bullish trade, which would have about 46 pennies with a little bit off right around it. Maybe, maybe higher prices. Yeah, it's... Finally got a draw. Let's take a look. So, I know this is delayed, but let's see what it's looking like. It is delayed, but looks like we already got the spike. There's the pop. $61.75. This is a long way to go. Well, no, that's right. We're up to $62 now. We're up to $62? Yeah. So, the high of Monday was $62.92. So, let's see the XLE, but that's doing any juice in that. Up 18 cents, nothing much there. So, that means that Exxon is still not moving out here. Yeah. There you go. Chevron. It's going to be interesting to see how this battle shapes up.  This is interesting. So, you've got a building cause here. A lot of moving pieces in that market, man. So, jumping back to Disney, this will be an interesting one, man. I'm going to tune into Fast Market coming up after our program. I want to hear what they have to say. Let's go back. What's the expected move again? $4.77, I believe. We've got that Analyze tab. $4.68, we're looking at from that move. And if you remember what's interesting is, yesterday we were looking at Lyft. Lyft trading at about $58. Yep. Had the same exact expected move, right? $4.80 and something much bigger percentage. And it would make sense. Lyft's going to be a lot more volatile than company like Disney, as Lyft reports their first earnings ever. So, $1.34, we're looking for like $4.67. But the numbers, man, so they're looking for a decline, actually, in earnings to $1.57 a share. That'd be the decline of 14%. Maybe that has to do with all the spending they're doing in terms of the acquisitions and building out the content and so forth. They see revenue of $14.54 billion. And they say dipping from a year earlier. I'm not sure why that would be the case, though. Yeah, so they're looking for that shift to direct a consumer strategy to weigh earnings in the near term. So, any upside to estimates will likely spur positive sentiment. I guess, I mean, when it broke top side, investors liked the idea that they got that whole Fox deal done. And then they spun off part of it already. Salem Networks. Salem? Not Salem. No, it's Sinclair. Sinclair Networks is going to get the sports part. Yeah, 21 of those regional sports networks, yeah. And they got it for like $10 million, and they said they just marked it like 20 million not that long ago. Really? Yeah, but what happened? There's not many buyers. Exactly. When it's a forced hand. Men going into a situation where the person has to sell. Right. They have to sell. That's not a fun negotiating standpoint. No, no. And there was a lot of their tough industry right now to make money in, I guess. Oh, yeah. Sinclair's just going to take a shot. Listen, yeah, there's no doubt, man. So, there are the numbers. They're looking for $157 a share. They're looking for $14.54 billion. And as they break it down, we were just going over, right? Parks, huge numbers, man, in general. $5.63 billion of that $14.54 in 90 days is going to just be parks and resorts. That's the biggest, look at that. It is. And we'll pull up the description because remember on the description it's their biggest annual basis. Studio Entertainment 2.1, Media 4.62, and Consumer Products Interactive Media 1.4. Who's the sell? 91 buys, nine holds, one sell. Yeah. Brave Soul who's out there. Yeah. With the sell on Disney. But the other side that is, they're going to have to spend a lot of money. I don't think they said they'd be profitable on that Netflix competitive app for like three or four years, right? And they're going to be spending billions to try and compete with the likes of Netflix and Amazon. Right. They definitely have the best name, but they're up against Reed Hastings and Jeff Bezos. So that's a tough one. If you pull up Amazon, this thing is just hanging in its eyes, man. Amazon, it was actually flat there for a moment to the penny. Yeah. It doesn't happen. I know. Right now you're 1921, folks. And Google, once it pulled back there, Google's having a hard time holding price. And I guess we had the development conference, Google and Microsoft out here the last couple of days. There's been a lot of press about it. Yeah. See this one here. Google unveiled cheaper pixel smartphones on Tuesday after the company's line of premium hints has failed to sell in large numbers. Slower processes and cheaper materials helped Google price the Pixel 3 with the 5.6 inch screen at $399. Okay. And they got a slightly large one for $479. Yeah. And that's, I guess, half the price of the company's existing pixel phones. Yeah. I mean, you know, if you're charging $1,000 for your phones, again, you want to talk about competition, then you're competing with the top of the line iPhone, man. Right. Yeah, competition, let alone the top of the line Samsung, right?  Yeah. And Apple has phones that are $400, $500, $600 on the lower end. And it would seem that even those lower end phones should probably extraordinary now. I agree. You don't need a $1,000 phone. I almost have one, right? But everything. $400 phone, sure. Stay right there, folks. Tommy and I are coming right back. Let's get started. It's amazing to think that Tom O'Brien started his weekly Gold Report 17 years ago with the first issue published April 7th, 2002, when Gold was trading at under $300 per ounce. 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Cancel at any time during that trial and pay absolutely nothing. Get your two-week free trial to Basil's newsletter of the opening call today by visiting TFNN.com. For more information, just click the think or swim banner on the front page of TFNN.com. Up six Nasdaqs down, one S&Ps down seven and a half. And yeah, so this 1201 Friday, this is going to be official now because I believe they have to put it in the Federal Register anyway, so they did. US Trade Representative's office took the formal step of implementing the Tafts on Wednesday by polishing a Federal Register notice confirming the duties will increase as of 1201 Friday. China says this has plans to retaliate a minute after the US duties take effect. What happens at 1203? I wouldn't want to be a farmer. So US goes 1201, I don't have to laugh, but it is. China go 1202. What happens to 1203? No, it doesn't stop there, of course. That's the point. And then, so Trump said another tweet on Wednesday that China is just a farmer, so the Vice Premier is now coming to make a deal. We'll see, but I'm very happy with 100 billion a year in tariffs filling US coffers. 100 billion a year. Where do those 100 billion tariffs come from? From us. Yeah, exactly. He's so happy. We are paying up folks. He's so happy. We're paying up. And what you're going to see, this S&P, just fundamentally, that's where this thing is going to have some problems. And yes, to answer the question, 1201 in the middle of the night. Yeah, in the middle of the night. First minute of Friday. Yeah. So you're going to have the first minute of Friday. Yeah, so everyone's going to have to be up if you're trading the S&P futures, man. Oh, you better have your numbers in, man. Yeah, it's all going to be built in, I would say. You know, if they somehow get avoided, that's where you better wake up. Yeah. That's it. I mean, it's coming. You know, I imagine at the end of the day, Thursday, it's going to be factored in 95%, 90% probability unless there's some kind of change, in which case to be a reaction. I imagine 1201 goes seamlessly unless something changes. We'll get swings of 20 or 30 40 S&P points. Well, that's safe. That's this week. What's going on today? Market's taking a break, man. Yeah. Stay right there. No, there's no doubt. Stay right there, folks. We've got a fast market coming up next. And we've got our man, Mr. Bowser Chapman, Steve Rhodes, Dave White. Be back this afternoon. Thanks, man. Well, go get them, folks.


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Thank you to all of our partners.  Brandon, you also told me, as you can hear the chance from the crowd. Let's go, Brandon. Brandon, you told me you were going to kind of hang back those first two stages and just watch and learn. What did you learn that helped you there in those closing laps? Oh my God. It was learning how each line didn't stay to one. Did everything shift at top to bottom so much?


Sir, it's really a topic as it's a real one. Yes, sir, we can always follow you to class. Yes, sir, give print out. Sir, I don't even mind if you only take the one day class first. That's why I was planning to take the test in the class. I've prepared two questions for J.E. 500, the whole three of those questions. So I'm on it, preparing those back in the class. 500 really tough questions. Really tough, thank you. What if you don't want it? What if you only want the extra? And if the code is simple, this one. Can you write it down? No. We can answer it. Oh, why do you want the extra? Exactly. If sir, you can write it down.  It's all you know. It's all you know. It's all you know. It's all you know. It's all you know. It's all you know. It's all you know. It's all you know. Oh, I know. Exactly. It's correct.  No. Say what? I think that one. I think that one. I think that one. It's that enormous. This makes more sense. It makes more sense. But I mean, how is that? We don't make sense. No, it's not the same. How do you do that? How will the teacher? How will the teacher? How will the teacher? First, see, the best way to understand the weekend. I swear. I swear. If you pay a card, you just keep writing it. Sir, got it. He got it wrong. It's not like that wrong. Okay, it's probably wrong. But here is what happened. So first, you have an endless account. So now what happens is that you end up getting 4 h and also charged with it. Now, by conjugation, this will come over here, so we can have a positive charge over here. Sir, sir, sir, sir. Sir, is it going down the correct path? Sir, is this the product? Yeah, I think so. That's the product, right? Yeah, it should be. I think it, I don't... Yeah, I think so. Yeah, but I don't know the... You don't know what should happen. See, you don't get it. You don't get it. See, you don't get it. See, you don't get it. See, you don't get it. So, this will directly come over here. Sir, sir, sir. That's all you can do, sir. No point in the positive charge. Okay, sir. Sir, sir. Sir, sir, sir. So, then, plus would actually work. Sir, sir. You don't know what to do, sir. Plus would actually work. Sir, sir. Sir, sir. Exactly what I mean. Yes, sir. See, what happens, first of all... Yes, sir. This, don't fail. Yes, sir. Oh, then... Okay, okay. Then, we try to... Ah, now I get it. We want to... I want to... Oh, what? Let me sort it out. Sir, sir. Very much so, sir. Sir, one second from Zu0nnain's... Oh, my God, they want... No matter where the почему is, okay, look at it here. Very logical. Very repetitive. Sir, where do you see school... What. Very... In갔 don regulator, sir... Got to get there or let it escape... Stay right there. So, that would be... Inglehouse, Beneries over there. There where the school? No, that... This is the one that gets items. No. No. No. No. No. Listen, listen, listen. I got this. From here in Midnight, it's been two years. Yes, sir. I think right in the morning. I'm just gonna say that. I'm just gonna say that. You see, yes. There's a lot of taste. There's a lot of taste. Not all of it. No, there's no taste. There's a lot of taste. There's a lot of taste. There's a lot of taste. See, what is this? Mad really, for sitting in the middle of the night.  There's the bar space of- Double bar- Then we can't just- Okay then. Minus H plus. There are two check-in booths. Yes. Ah, so we're gonna be like, you know- Yup. I know. Okay, right? You're gonna be like- I think it's the third or the fourth one. I'm just gonna- This is the third one. No, it's not. It's two years and most of the time. And then I'm like- See? But we all need to be in the middle of the night. This is the middle of the night. It's the second week of the night. Basically, it's five o'clock. Yeah. Right? It's the second week of the night. I don't think so. I don't think so. Yeah, we're gonna be four weeks. Actually, why do you have to eat on the chrome, though? Why do you have to eat on the chrome, the邭? I think. Why do you have to eat on the chrome, the邭? Ah, I don't think so. Four weeks. No. That's not- So, because I'm always- Yeah. Yeah, for now, I'm not... I'm not an ICCL fan. No, I'm not an ICCL fan. No. No, this is the fourth one. It's the second one. Okay. You said it's the fourth, right? This thing was the second one. Yeah. Okay, it's the fourth one. Okay, so- This is the centimetres. So, can you give us the final product and if we ask, can we give them a question and then I can't think of anything. I can't think of anything. Where is it? It's gone. This is not the end. So you forgot me, Tyler? Yeah, I forgot you. Why did you find the other side? No, it cannot. Why do you say that? If you draw this curve like this, Instead of this curve, If you draw this curve like this, You need to pass it, pass it, pass it, pass it. Let's come and get it. So, but then that will be less stable than the first one, right? Why? Why? What's the matter with this? See, what do you mean by that? That's a very short point.  If you draw this curve like this, You have to pass it. So, because the last one, I can't think of anything. Sir, actually, the second one is more stable. Yeah, right? No, no. This is more stable. No, it's stable. It's stable. Okay, whatever. So, the next one is just for more stable. What do you mean by that? Yeah, next one is just for stable. What is the part we get into this curve? Sir, each curve is just for stable. Sir, this is such a curve.


Welcome to world's best videos. We've come out of the list of family secrets. I will horrify you Let's get into it. Year 2012 kicked off with many losses for Diane Sott's family Her husband died without warning seemingly of natural causes five months later her autistic son Sean died from what was to believe a seizure related Conflication and the following year her daughter Sarah needed emergency medical attention for flu like sickness that turned out to be organ failure Sarah survived but not before experiencing brain damage the large amount of terrible events and Diane Seemed strangely not bothered at her husband's funeral She was almost happy and death of her son did not remind people of much feeling of love hate gill Etc. At all when her daughter Sarah was admitted to the hospital Diane shocked the doctor with offensive quickly spoken and casual comments When she should be serious She would also tell jokes and talk about vacationing their pastor noticed odd behavior and contacted law enforcement and didn't take Interrogators long to sweet talk and encourage a confession out of Diane She had been poisoning our family with flavorless anti-freeze that she bought online She felt her husband needed to go because he would get violent outbursts She found her son's autism too heavy and difficult and her daughter Sarah piled up a Significant college debt too much of a financial drain when she was interrogated She said that she did the crime alone her daughter Rachel's diary said differently Rachel revealed in her diary that the goal was to Eliminate the entire family until it was just her and her mother Darren West lived his life believing He only had three kids after being released for committing drug offenses He discovered something unspeakable in his garage a dead infant It was far from the only one between 1996 and 2006 Megan Huntsman had secretly given birth to seven of West's children and Choke six of them to death the seventh was a stillborn She was hopelessly hooked on meth and you she couldn't nurse both a child and the addiction 2015 Huntsman received six life sentences three of which had to be served consecutively in 1971 13-year-old Charlie Brant Launched into a homicidal rampage He shot his father in the back and shot its pregnant mother in the bathtub He then proceeded to kill his older sister when the gun jammed his sister proceeded to fight her brother all while reminding her brother How much she loved him showing her affection worked and her brother stopped his father survived the shooting But his mother died he was in charge with the murder of his mother and Psychologists were at a loss the family forgave Charlie for murdering golf channel executive Michelle Jones thoughtfully welcomed Brant Her uncle by marriage and his wife Terry to stay with her in Orlando while her came blew through their part of Florida Brant stabbed his wife seven times in the chest beheaded Jones and cut her heart out. Afterward He hanged himself. Well, that concludes the video guys Hopefully guys did enjoy it and if you did remember to smack that like button also let us know in the comment section Below what you'd like to see next and if you haven't already subscribed Please do subscribe to keep up with the world's best videos


Headline News Update Hi everyone, Basel Chapman here on this Monday, the 25th of October, we're getting closer week today. We get the wrap up for the month of October and this is quite amazing. Look at this, the Dow in the monthly chart has started a leg E. In the weekly chart has started an alternate count, a T-Stash B. In the daily chart, remember the Chapman week we are always looking for at least a buy signal to go to a buy mode, taking it to minimum of a peak D. It could go even higher, but the fourth highest peak, that's an obligation. We're at leg D on Friday at 35,765. Today, there's a chance we make peak D if we don't go above that, but we got real close. We're within 20 points of that. And right now you're up 38 to 35,714. Interday high was at the 57 area, so we're watching this closely. Why are we watching this closely? Because the MACD is strong, the stochastic is flat to 96%. That is terrific. On balance, volume is terrible. It's way down and the relative strength is good. So this daily chart has mixed signals with the signal that has kept us long. It's been this nine-period moving average way above the 14 and the price is way above the nine, and you made the cup formation, lopsided cup in a rectangle pattern. And we've gone above that. 35,631 is the key support on the shorter term. Well, let's go to the S&P. S&P at this particular moment. S&P has not made a new recovery high. Well, all-time high that is. The high on Friday has not been hit. Today, 4556.96. It's got to get to 45,9.67. So it's just slightly off. But I'm suspecting there's a chance that today we actually make a PXC in the S&P in the SPY. And then tomorrow, the next day, we make that leg D. So what we're looking at here is we're getting close to some kind of at least a short-term digestive phase, QQQ, acting okay. It's up $1.14 and 375. It's really struggling to get out of that range and get into the 380s. 3802 was the high. Well, just quickly, I want to look at gold. Gold, this particular point, is up very sharp. It's up 12, doing very nicely after that leg D. Crude oil is something we've got to monitor this week because it's right up against that up channel resistance line. It's at 85.16. And the TLT we'll talk about when I get back to my Tiger Technicians Hour. Hope to see you there. Check out my opening call. Got some really nice calls in that opening call.


One welcome back to another session in dentistry and more today we have a small topic in orthodontics that is Jackson's triad. So it comes in the orthodontic treatment that is the objectives of orthodontic treatment. So how we should plan our orthodontic treatment. So it was summarized by Jackson. So before moving to the triad so let's see the normal scenario. So when a person he or she goes to an orthodontist mainly for the aesthetic concern. So he might be feeling his teeth are more proclined or more protruded or his jaws are more forwardly placed. So any such concern mainly the aesthetic concern. So that is why the patient goes to the orthodontist for the correction of his problem. But on a orthodontist point of view he should be looking not just the aesthetic problem but also the structural balance and functional efficiency. So any orthodontic treatment so the main objectives of orthodontic treatment should be based on these three factors that is one is functional efficiency the structural balance and aesthetic harmony. So when these three things combined or comes together there will be the perfect result. Summarize the objectives of orthodontic treatment as functional efficiency structural balance and aesthetic harmony. Let's see one by one. The first one is functional efficiency. So functional efficiency it means a person might be feeling because of this malocclusion he might be feeling many problems like in mastication that is chewing in phonetics in speaking a few words or he might be having some other problems like proclined teeth people usually have oral breathing. So many problems he might be having so the normal functioning is not happening. So we need to correct the functional imbalance so the imbalance of the functionality of the oral structure that is it includes the teeth, bone and muscles. So that should be the first objective of any orthodontic treatment correcting the functional imbalance. So it says that malocclusion which affects normal functioning of the stomatone ethic system. So we should always aim at improving the functionality or functioning of the orophacial apparatus. So the orophacial apparatus includes teeth, bone and musculature. Musculature means the lip muscles, cheek muscles and other muscles. So which is present within the oral cavity. So there should be a balance of orophacial apparatus that is a functional efficiency. The second one is structural balance. So it is almost like functional efficiency but it is more at an anatomical level. So we have basically three systems in a orophacial region that is the dental alveolar system which is the tooth. We have dental alveolar system, then skeletal system which is bone and we have soft tissue. These three systems. So there should be a harmony between these three systems. There is a dental alveolar system which is tooth related, skeletal is bone related and the soft tissues. So these three systems should be at a proper balance. So the forces which is transmitted to and against the bone should be in a balance. That is the structural balance. So there should be a structural balance between these three systems. There is dental alveolar, skeletal and soft tissue. And the last one is a aesthetic harmony which we were talking in detail in the beginning. So what is the reason many people or most of the people who goes to an author on this it is to correct his aesthetics. So whatever he feel it is purely subjective. So the person feels his aesthetics is compromised so he needs to or she needs to improve it to where a desired level. So we have common standards. So still aesthetics always a subjective concept or subject. So we need to improve the aesthetics. It could be a tooth related problem or a bone related problem or a soft tissue related problem. So we need to improve the aesthetics. So that is aesthetic harmony because this is the reason mainly people seek author on the care and most of the male occlusions are associated with very unsightly appearance of the teeth and which can which will affect the individual's self image, self esteem, well being and success in society. So the author on the treatment should always aim at improving the aesthetics of individual. So these are the three things where the Jackson summarized as the objectives of author on the treatment that is functional efficiency which is a which indicates the functionality that is the arrangement of teeth or the basic function of mastication and other functions should be at a proper balance and the structural balance which includes lendovalvella, skeletal and soft tissue. There should be a balance between these three or the forces transmitted between these three and the aesthetic harmony which is the main concern of patient. So these three includes in the triangle of Jackson. So that is all about Jackson's triad is a commonly asked short note in university exam. So I hope you understood the simple concept of the triad. So I will come up with a new topic in author on Dix. Thank you.


Central to all of Alfred Hitchcock's films are relationships, some romantic, some friendly, some rivalries, or what is perhaps his favorite, one-sided voyeuristic relationships. However, when looking back at his extensive work of all of his films, I feel like relationships play the biggest role in Vertigo. A big reason why is that there are only a few characters in the movie, and throughout the film they all interact with one another, and it's these interactions that push the story forward and eventually lead to character development. Today I want to focus on these relationships, track the evolution of them throughout the course of the film, and see what they can reveal to us about the nature of our characters. The first relationship established is Scotty and the unnamed policeman who died at the beginning. Although this is a minor aspect of the film, it does have a dramatic impact on Scotty. From the moment that the officer dies, Scotty is traumatized from the event, in part because of the height, but also more importantly, because he is responsible for the death of a good man. This is the first example of the past having an impact on the present, a major theme of the movie which we'll be taking a closer look into shortly. But before looking into that, let's examine the relationship between Scotty and Gavin. This is a relationship of manipulation and betrayal, and it helps tell us a lot about Scotty. The only reason the two meet is for Gavin to try and get something from Scotty. During this scene, Gavin romantically remembers the old San Francisco, a time with Gavin tries to control Scotty. It's his attempts to try and recapture that power and freedom. This relationship also tells us a lot about Scotty. He's a good person, he's happy to do a favor for a friend. This relationship is central to the film's narrative, one thing that becomes very clear when looking at the different relationships of the movie is how they move the story forward. Gavin begins to weave together a fanciful story to Scotty. Watch her coming out of the apartment. Someone I didn't know. She even walked a different way. This story is then continued as Scotty starts to follow Madeline around. Scotty is entrenched in the story, wrapped up in deceit and mystery focusing on red herrings all the while being manipulated, just like we as the audience are. Another important relationship is out of Scotty and Midge. Midge acts as an anchor, tying Scotty down to reality, or at the very least, telling the audience how crazy this idea of ghosts and possession really is. She still cares for and loves Scotty, even though he doesn't pay her the attention that she deserves. No matter how bad he thinks his life is, there is always someone who really does care for him. Despite that, he shows her no love. She is independent, free-thinking, and acts as a companion to Scotty. In his book, Colt Crime Movies, film scholar Danny Perry writes, This is Hitchcock's way of saying that given a choice, weak men will choose the helpless over the independent, the mysterious over the honest, the sexy over the plain, the icy over the accessible, and the fantasy woman over the real ones. Scotty isn't drawn to Midge because she's real. All of her flaws are there to be seen, but Madeline is flawless, or at least the one that Scotty sees.  Scotty and Madeline's relationship begins from afar. I should probably note when I'm discussing Madeline, I'm actually talking about Judy playing Madeline, not the real woman. Anyway, as I was saying, when Madeline is first brought into Scotty's life, it is from afar. Gavin hires Scotty to follow her, so when he sees her, he can't actually interact with her. One of the most important moments of the movie is when Scotty first sees her. There's a lot that can be said about the scene and how well it is constructed. One element that I want to point out is the set design. Scotty first sees her through a doorframe, showing us that he isn't seeing the full picture. We also later see her surrounded by mirrors and hallways, making it hard to distinguish which version of her is real and showing her an amaze of deception. However, in terms of narrative, this scene's biggest reveal is Scotty's sudden and uncontrollable lust for her. Pay attention to how the red background intensifies, showing off love but also danger. He continues to follow and watch her from a distance. Throughout these scenes, Hitchcock employs a number of tracking shots, placing the audience in Scotty's shoes and making his obsession ours. However, his obsession is still intangible. It doesn't become real until the scene at Fort Point. When Madeline tries to commit suicide, Scotty rescues her, making him a part of her life. This scene has always stuck out to me. I think the scale and the epic size of the Golden Gate Bridge elevates the importance of the scene on a narrative level. From this point forward, Scotty's obsession becomes a reality. As Afra mentioned, she is the perfect construction, but ultimately just that, a construction. He begins to treat her almost like a work of art, much like the Carlotta painting. Again, the idea of the dead having an impact on the living can be found here as well. However, Scotty thinks this love comes to a quick end after Madeline's death at Mission San Juan Batista. Of course, the Madeline that he knew, Judy was still alive. Instead, Gavin killed his wife and used Scotty as a witness. This, for a good reason, brings Scotty to an all-time low. That is until his relationship with Judy begins and that low reaches new depths. By chance, he runs into Judy and tries to rekindle the relationship that meant so much to him. However, he quickly finds that the real Judy isn't anything like the pretend Madeline. In tries, he might tumble Judy into Madeline. He is unsuccessful. What is so interesting about Judy is her desire for Scotty. When pretending to be Madeline, she developed a love for Scotty, and just like she was pretending to be someone else, he was doing the same, trying to become perfect for her. The two of them fell in love with their perceptions of the other person and tried to rekindle that love with the real person, but came back with nothing. They both fell in love with something fake, and only after coming face to face with the real thing, did they realize that the fake was no good after all. You played the wife very well, Judy. Made you over, didn't you? Made you over, just like I made you over. Only better. Hey everyone, I hope you enjoyed. It's tough calling Vertigo Hitchcock's best film just because there are so many great ones, but if I had to pick his absolute best, I'd probably go with Vertigo. It has so many interesting ideas about humanity, identity, love, and art. I realized that we're at the end of the year and I was yet to discuss any of Hitchcock's work, so I quickly had to fix that problem. Anyway, if you enjoyed this video, be sure to drop a like and hit that subscribe button. In case you missed it, I put a link to my last video that looked at 12 Angry Men. Be sure to check that video out if you haven't seen it yet, and I will see you next week. Thanks for watching.