Hi, welcome to Seymour's World on Think Tech Hawaii. First I have to say thank you to the hundreds of emails and texts I got on our show from Russia. But I have to admit something to you, and for those of you who asked me about all that vodka that I drank on the show, it was not real vodka. So I did that only because I felt it was setting the scene for what we were doing in Russia. Today's show is going to be very, very special and a much more serious topic. We're going to be talking about medical marijuana, not just here in Hawaii, but around the world. And I'm so fortunate that we have a guest on Skype with us from Pennsylvania. His name is Dr. Philip Kim, and he will introduce himself and he will tell us about all the research that he has completed, not just on medical marijuana, but on medical marijuana and the ailments that he has worked with. So there has been a tremendous lack of information when it comes to doctors knowing what's going on, patients understanding what's going on. We've all heard about medical marijuana becoming the cure-all for all sorts of diseases, and who knows, is it just like the nutraceutical business where nobody knows what's happening? Dr. Kim has the answers for us. But before we get to Dr. Kim, I want to say hello to Irma. Hi, Irma. Hi, thank you for having me. You introduced me to Dr. Kim. Yes. Thank you very much for doing that. My pleasure. But before that, you and I met through our Make Him Smile. Make Him Smile? Yes, yes. And that's where your daughter, Skyler, was a patient at Capulani Hospital. And we came to play music for her. You did? Yes. And so Skyler's been in and out of the hospital for different reasons. In 2009, she was diagnosed with a very rare autoimmune disease, HLH. Hemophagocytic lympho-hystiocytosis, of which she spent a month in the hospital. About two and a half years later, she was diagnosed with systemic luthis erythmetosis, of which you usually just get one class, one type of luthis, but she apparently has two. So managing her immune system is quite the juggling act. And we have monthly clinics. She gets infusions. She's done six months of chemotherapy. But at the moment, she's feeling good. She's in remission.  And we saw the tangible impact that it had on our healing and continued healing. So thank you. I just saw her a couple of weeks ago. And this young lady, she's almost 15 now. She turned 15? Yeah.  Even though she has all these medical issues still within her, she still understands how important living life is every single day. Yes, she does. Which I think it's marvelous. She does. Thank you. Irma, I mentioned to you that I wanted to open up a rehab center here in Hawaii. Yes. And I said to you that I felt that the medical marijuana community in Hawaii should support the rehab center. Now, we could talk about this all day, but this is a short program. So whether marijuana is a gateway drug or not is a question that doctors can answer. Or maybe we'll answer today. I don't know. But when I said that to you, I was so impressed that you immediately knew a lot of the licensees. You were able to direct me to Hawaii and to Justin and to Jason. And these guys are in the middle of doing what they're doing in the medical marijuana community. Here on this island, I'm very well acquainted and I've done a lot of research for one of the licensees in Israel to be able to help them understand what Israel has done. But more important than that, all of a sudden I get a call from you. Seymour, I have this friend, Dr. Phillip Kim, who lives in Pennsylvania, who is doing an amazing amount of research. And thanks to you, I was able to meet Phillip and start talking about what we need to do for physicians to understand where medical marijuana fits in. And right now, the physicians I have spoken to, even my brother who's a doctor, they really don't know. There's such a lack of education. And when I saw the passion that Phillip has for what his business is all about, I said, my God, that is the kind of guy we need to educate a lot of, not just the marijuana community, but our educators, our patients, our physicians, and our government officials who have to regulate this business. So we're going to welcome Phillip. Phillip, can you come on with us, please? Yes. There you are. Hi, Phillip. Welcome to Hawaii. Now the first question I have to ask you, how's the weather in Pennsylvania? Not as good as Hawaii, but it's nice, a nice day today. It's in the end summer today, about 70 degrees, real humidity, but it's great. Good, good. Well, here in Hawaii, I always tell everybody the weather is very boring. You know, it's 80, 85, it's sunny, the trade winds are blowing. You know, just come and visit. Don't come to stay because we have enough people here. But Phillip, we want to talk about what you are doing. So please give us a short introduction. I know you have eight clinics. Yes. And your specialty is in pain management, if I'm correct. Yes, that's correct. Seymour and Irma, I've been, I'm a pain specialist. I'm an anesthesiologist that's full-time pain. I've known since I left my residency in fellowship in 2002. I was a professor at U Penn for a few years. And then I went to private practice and developed a corporation called Center for Inventual Pain and Spine. This is a practice we've grown to about five doctors or eight offices in the Delaware, Pennsylvania area. And what we do is we are basically treating patients with chronic pain. And chronic pain has been the difficulty for many years with the reality that we have patients and we're not able to fix them. I love to be able to fix people, but the reality is a lot of people have conditions which are chronic that will last them for a long period of time. And so this practice has developed as a specialty that will allow doctors in the area to come center as patients. And we do that on a regular basis for all these patients, but we offer many options, whether it's surgery, it's known as basic techniques, medications. We try to do a very multifaceted approach for patients to help with their condition. And part of the thing that we've also seen is we also have developed also to integrate medical practice, which kind of incorporates with the patients with chronic pain and illness overall. And to me, this has been our passion in our practice, how patient with chronic pain. And so we get the patients that people, the doctors send us to that field and everything else. And then we have options, we offer patients. And so for us, the medical marijuana made a lot of sense for us. We have a lot of patients that have these conditions that we try to help with. You know, that's such a wonderful short description of it, but I want to go into a little bit more detail. Medical marijuana itself has been used for many, many years in Europe and Israel where I studied it. And I feel that we need people to understand that it's not just smoking pot that works. Could you explain how you use marijuana for different types of ailments? Yes, it all comes to the understanding that we're now identified and this all comes from Israel in terms of understanding their receptors and the mechanism, how our body has natural cannabinoid and a system that will allow marijuana to work. And the term is medical. Medical marijuana, we understand their ingredients and aspects of the plant itself that can help control conditions. Particularly in chronic pain, chronic ailments can be very helpful. And for medical marijuana fits with the idea that in our practice we have a big issue overall with pain medications trying to find different options and limitations in what's available. And the idea that we have now a new class of medications, a new concept which helps patients is huge. Because we are dealing with an issue in our practice and our frustration has always been on the opioid issues, addiction problems, misuse, overdose. And we all have personal experiences in our lives. I have had patients have these problems and we're always looking for an option. And for the last 10 years or so we are starting to identify with the research in Israel, in the Netherlands and Canada which shows that this makes, can make a difference for patients. And that to me is where we have now hidden to a growth period, understanding that we have a lot of patients with chronic pain, a lot of patients with opioids. We have now means of giving them other solutions beyond just those medications alone. So if you're looking at heroin addicts or all types of opioid addicts, are you saying that medical marijuana could be a way to weed them off it? Or is it something to be used to live with what they're doing? How does medical marijuana help them? Well it's a concept that we have now in other class of medicines. If the patients who are using this for pain, for their suffering, to give them some quality life, now have another means of controlling them without the effects of the opioids. And heroin is one of them as you know. And I believe that in many ways, marijuana is many ways safer than the opioids in heroin. And also believe that it means a good and quality life. And that to me is where we fit with the medical marijuana. We want more choices for our patients. Right. Now how do you compare it to methadone or to suboxone? Well there are different classes. Methadone, suboxone or types of opioids that we use. Suboxone is a mix of an opioid we use for a prediction relief. But we also know those components of methadone can be helpful for pain as well. But they're very different. This methadone itself is an opioid. Some benefits and also some side effects. Why is it taking the federal government so long to legalize medical marijuana? It comes to the history and I hope that in our next presentation we have a chance to go through some history of medical marijuana in the United States and the world. But it comes to the fact that there has been an ongoing process since the 1930s on the concerns about using marijuana for recreational use. And that's really kind of muddied or clouded the sensation that realized that there are benefits for the medication. There are benefits of marijuana we're not seeing because of our past history of this in the last few decades. So is it a feeling in your mind that what especially here in the U.S. that everybody is looking as medical marijuana as basically a gateway towards recreational marijuana to the selling of actual marijuana for people who do not need it for medical purposes? Yes and no. I don't believe that there are legitimate people out there, clear and company, that are looking to use this recreational. There may be a future in the policymakers and the states are going to go on this and that's the way it's going to be. But I believe the emphasis in this company and everyone that is involved with marijuana wants to help with patients, wants to give the patients that are suffering with chronic pain and notice some other solutions that will currently have available right now. So what studies and policies need to be implemented right now to make this happen? Well, there's actually a lot of studies that come about but it's not in the United States. The issues about marijuana are such that now we have identified and thanks to the Israeli physicians and scientists have found how the receptors located, how the mechanism works in our own bodies, these types of endocannabinoids. These are basically the types of chemicals that naturally release in our bodies to give us life and function in our bodies. We now know there are means which we can add medicines from the marijuana plants. They will cause phytocannabinoids that can help patients with these conditions, that can help them with the pain, help them perhaps get off opioids, give them some life other than what we have right now currently available. So do you feel the responsibility of the dispensaries around the country is to educate the patient who walks in the door or should the patient be educated before he walks in the door? I believe the patient should be educated before they walk into the door. Which is what they do in Israel. Correct. And I believe the patients should not only get self-educated themselves but I also believe the medical field, particularly the physicians, need to get on a path to understand the system that exists outside the United States and be able to offer this at some level for patients. And I believe that's what the constant medical marijuana is all about. We have plenty of patients that have chronic pain in this country. Plenty of patients who are on medication hub controller symptoms do not get the best effect. And this is where medical America can play a role for our patients. What about quality control, Phillip? I mean, you know, I've seen a lot of dispensaries in Canada, in Colorado, in California, Washington, etc. And I mean, there's so much stuff out there. How do we know it's what it's supposed to be? You remember, you know, at one point, vitamin this was supposed to be great for you, then they find out it's not great for you. Where are we with the actual medical marijuana quality control? Well, the medical marijuana quality control is a very important question. Glad you brought that up. Because we are starting to realize that just like the nutraceutical business, just like the agricultural business, whether it's with the growth of wine through the grapes, there is a means of regulating and controlling this to be safe for patients. And that's the first part about this whole regulation and development. We've got to make sure the product is safe. We've got to make sure it's free of pesticides, chemicals, and also stability of the medication, also proper control of what's actually in it is in it. And that to me is what quality control I believe is about. And in one essence, it's a great plan, but we have to make sure for the masses we do this properly and make it safe for patients for many reasons. What type of training procedures do you see necessary from you as a supplier to the physician who is going to prescribe it? The whole process has to be one, I believe, by educating the physicians, the medical field to tell them, medical marijuana is here and it does have a basis. It does have a basis on current research and basic science, current research in the clinicals. And granted, I agree with most of my colleagues in this field, there's a lot more research to be done. We also have to understand it's just not about medical marijuana that we have to explain to patients, also to make sure that it stays in the patients, stays with the patients, and it gives them some quality life. And the biggest part about this, educating the physicians, having to know what's available. Yes, we do need more clinical studies. We do need to be regularly, give us more abilities to do these studies to really understand these four impactful benefits for patients. Well, Philip, we have to take a break, but I'm sitting here on pins and needles with about 20 more questions and I'm getting calls from people who have been watching the show and want to ask you questions. So we're going to come back after the break and we're going to talk a little bit about the history of marijuana and what your company, Cannabis Sink, is doing. I understand you have several locations, correct? Yes. So what you're doing on the research side, I'm much more interested in how you're going to make sure that the proper medication of medical marijuana is administered to the patient. That to me is a very important piece. So I want to take a break. I need some water and I hope you do too and we will come back to Seymour's world in a moment. Aloha, my name is Josh Green. I serve a senator from the Big Island on the Kona side and I'm also an emergency room physician. My program here on ThinkTech is called Health Care in Hawaii. I'll have guests that should be interesting to you twice a month. We'll talk about issues that range from mental health care to drug addiction to our health care system and any challenges that we face here in Hawaii. We hope you'll join us. Again, thanks for supporting ThinkTech. Hi, I'm Stacy Hayashi and you can catch me on Mondays at 11 on ThinkTech Hawaii. Stacy to the rescue. See you then. Aloha, how are you doing? It's me, Angus McTech, wishing you to welcome and join us to see us on ThinkTech Hawaii. Join my co-hosts, Gordo the Texard, and Andrew the security guy every Friday from 1300 to 1345. We look forward to see you. We'll talk tech and we'll have some wee bit of fun.  Aloha. Hi, I'm Donna Blanchard. Hi, welcome to Seymour's world. I'm Seymour Casamersty, my guest, Irma Baptiste. And our guest on Skype is Dr. Phillip Kim in Pennsylvania. Hi, Phillip, welcome back. Boy, that first segment was pretty intense because we're trying to wrap our hands around this medical marijuana issue. And I know as a... not an investor, by the way, but as somebody who wants to use the medical marijuana licensees to help fund my rehab center, I have to make sure they understand that this is such a medical issue. So before we get to our slides, one quick question. The medical marijuana that you're using, are you testing it individually for different ailments or are you testing it as a general pain relief? Both. That's kind of the controversy about this. I mean, we've known and utilized actually a synthetic test of cannabinoids, adrenabinol, for nausea, vomiting. We also use for pain. I've used this for 10 years for patients who are in conditions in the United States. But I believe the plan itself is not just one ingredient. It's multiple ingredients that have value for us as clinicians for patients. And so that's going to be the crux of the future of the research, is to identify all the ingredients, all things that have value for patients, and then really kind of hone in what makes sense for patients. But see, in medicine, we're in the mind of trying to find the magic bullet for these patients. The reality is it may not be one bullet. It actually may be the shotgun approach with the plan itself that may benefit for patients. That's kind of the real issue that I've interested in in terms of the research and the plans. And I know that a lot of good investigators in the United States are starting to look at that as an approach for patients. All right, cool. All right, we want to show some of the history of marijuana and where it's going. So I'm going to ask Zori to bring up the first slide which shows medical marijuana is here in Pennsylvania. Now, do you have a license there in Pennsylvania for medical marijuana? No, the license in Pennsylvania is still in process. As of April of this year, it got approved by the governor, but it's still in process. And how many licensees will be in Pennsylvania? As far as I know, because I really kind of really deal with the medical issues for the company. But I believe there's about five licensees that probably get offered to the state. All right, the next slide talks about the world history of cannabis. Does it really go back that far into the... Oh, it goes back 10,000 years. If you look over to the right, you see actually the symbol, the Chinese symbol for the Kansas plant, or the right and left. It's going down 10,000 years in history of this. You know, the whole thing about the history of marijuana is not just China. India had it. And Africa, they had it. And they know that this was around for centuries. The Romans used it. The Greeks used this. I mean, this to me has a major history. If you read about it, it's just fascinating. That's what got me interested in this. Then on top of it, it got introduced by the Spanish in 1545. There is a very famous Irish physician, Dr. William Brooke O'Shaughnessy, that brought this up from Europe also to the United States. And that's what I really introduced. But it's more than just... I gave you some basic key points in history. There's more to this than I've shown in this slide. I'm very glad that you are showing this slide, Phil, because I go to China quite often and you know they believe in very natural products. And I know that there they still use cannabis in China as a treatment for all sorts of illnesses. I don't think it's documented enough for our FDA standards, but at the same time it is part of treatment. Let's see the next slide. So this shows marijuana or marijuana, I think you called it. Weird orgies, wild parties. Go ahead. So what you're seeing right there is actually... What happened with this, and the whole process is that in marijuana, we had a ruling in 1937 on the US Marijuana Tax Act. The purpose of this was there's a guy by the name of a doctor, not doctor, but Henry Asinger, who was a head drug star at the time that felt that marijuana had a history and felt that this was a drug which was used to basically get high. It was a drug used to have orgies, had these parties. This is what that slide's all about. And this is the sad part about this. This led to our current scenario in the United States with marijuana as a recreational drug. But what's very interesting about this at the time frame was there are a lot of doctors who are totally against this in terms of the ruling against marijuana at that time. Marijuana Tax Act was basically an act where you got charged that dollar, I believe, for trying to prescribe it or even dispense medication, which basically economically stopped the trade. But there are doctors at the time, Dr. William Osler and Dr. Shancie, that really felt that it was at that value. They knew the history in generations before this actually came to the United States. And fortunately what happened then led in 1942, when marijuana had been removed off the U.S. farm field, basically it's a compendium that would be officially the drugs that would be allowed for use for medical use in the country. In 1970, marijuana got be classified by the FDA as a class one. Basically it meant it was unlawful and you could not use this drug at all based on those laws. Well, we're looking at your slide called National, which shows what has happened over the last couple of years in August of 2013 and December of 2014. And of course we all know that it is still an illegal substance in the U.S. and that makes doing business selling marijuana and growing marijuana a very difficult procedure. And that's not something we want to talk about today. Let's see the next slide. That's the U.S. states with medical marijuana. So that's amazing. I didn't realize there were that many already. Yes, so about 24 states as we count. And the ones in grain are the ones that have some type of law for medical marijuana. That to me is impressive over the last few years and over the decade. We started to see this because I believe the information that is coming from this program and any programs is now starting to see that people are understanding its history, its benefits. And we're already starting to realize that everyone's seeing what I've seen in my practice. We've got a lot of patients with chronic illness, chronic pain. And now with the opioid epidemic we're starting to realize maybe the patient can be helped with another type of medication. Philip, we have so much more to cover. This is my most important slide. Please explain this one, potential therapeutic uses. Now is this proven when you say potential? Have you used it for a lot of these disorders, illnesses? These are potential therapies that we know have identified through international studies. And a lot of this is also based on some basic studies in terms of with the animals and preclinical studies. We also have some clinical case reports, clinical studies, trials that show that these are conditions. The first one I have here are potential benefits. And to me this is where we understand, now we understand the system and now we understand the whole mechanism how the medications work. Now we're starting to identify different conditions. And a lot of the conditions you're seeing here are chronic ailments that we suffer, a lot of patients suffer, not only in just the United States but also in the world. I think this is where medical marijuana makes a big difference for patients in the future. Wonderful. Now we've got to, we only have a couple of minutes and I do want to ask you a couple of questions. Sure. The research labs, there's been talk about we don't have a lot of research labs. What are you doing about it or what do you suggest we do? It's a tough question because what's unfortunate because of this classification is very difficult to get funding and research. Just as an issue for an investigator like myself, you have to get a review board to evaluate the validity of the study to get it done. But you also need funding. And if you're restricted by the federal government it's very hard to get research money to do these proper studies. What's your opinion Philip, how long before the federal government says okay? Well they already have okayed it to a point. And the recent rulings a few months ago was the FDA was going to try to allow more research to be done for medical reasons. And I believe that's going to be the future of the bill is to allow more researchers to do more of the studies, more evidence to show it's benefit for patients, more evidence to show what can help overall and also to worry about the concerns that people have laid with the potential use for adolescence, the issues concerned to possibly for addiction issues. There's a lot out there we need to learn about. And we're learning as we go through this but we like the bill is to do more research. And I believe the next few years people are going to start to benefit from marijuana and we'll find its use in our therapies. I thank you so much Philip. I'm so sorry I want to continue this conversation and I may ask you to come back on the show again if you don't mind. But unfortunately our time is limited and you have done such a great job of explaining where we are with medical marijuana. The best I have ever seen and that's after two or three years of working on it. So thank you. Thank you.


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A very good evening friends, I welcome you all to the Hindu newspaper analysis brought to you by the Shankar A.S. Academy. A kind request to you all, for those who haven't yet subscribed to our YouTube channel, please subscribe and hit the bell icon so that you will get regular updates regarding our current affairs video. And also, don't forget to like, comment and subscribe the video. Before getting into discussion, I have an important announcement to you. It's regarding the much awaited pre-storming test series. Each two of the test series is about to begin on 15th of October and the first test will be conducted on 22nd October. A total of 48 tests including MOC and CSAT will be provided with it and the test series will be conducted in both online and offline mode. So go and register for the test series and boost your prelims score. With this happy announcement, let us get into our discussion. Today's date is 7th October 2023. Here are the list of the news articles which we are going to discuss today. So without much delay, let us get into the discussion. Look at this news article. Yesterday, the Supreme Court said that it will constitute a seven-judge bench to hear the issues relating to money bills. See, several analysts have raised a concern about an issue which can seriously affect the accountability of the executives to the legislatures. So what is the issue? The issue is the central government has recently introduced several legislations like other bills in the name of money bills. I hope we are all aware of the fact that the money bills can be introduced only in Lok Sabha and Raj Sabha cannot even amend or reject it. So several political analysts are concerned about the current government that it is creating several legislatures in the name of money bill to just bypass the scrutiny of Raj Sabha. Remember, the current government is not having a majority in the Raj Sabha. So because of this concern, several eminent peoples have filed petitions before the Supreme Court. Thereby, the Supreme Court announced that it will constitute a seven-judge bench to hear the petitions relating to money bills. This is all about the news. So this issue of circumventing the accountability of the legislatures is often asked in the main examinations and prelims examinations. So in this discussion, let us understand some points about money bill. First of all, know that the Article 110 of the Indian Constitution deals with the money bills. So the Class 1 of the Article 110 lists out several matters like taxation, regulation of the government borrowing, custody of Consolidated Fund of India and so on. So if any of the bills deals with the matters which were listed now, then such bill is term less than money bill. So now I am putting it in a technical way that money bill is a bill that deals with the taxation, government's borrowing and other matters as mentioned in Article 110 Class 1. Now we will look at the futures of the money bill from exam perspective. The first point is money bill can be introduced only in Lok Sabha. Second point is money bill can be introduced only by a minister of the central government and not by any other members of the parliament, as in the case of other bills. Third point is money bill can be introduced only after the prayer recommendation of the president. Now, continuing our discussion, we know that in case of money bill, Rajesh Sabha has limited powers. Once Lok Sabha passes the bill, it will be sent to Rajesh Sabha for recommendations. See the word only recommendations, it means Rajesh Sabha cannot reject or amend the money bill. However, it can make recommendations and send the bill back to Lok Sabha. But there is also a catch. Here the bill should be sent within 14 days from the date of receiving of the bill from Lok Sabha. See once the Lok Sabha gets back the bill from Rajesh Sabha, the following options are available before it. They are Lok Sabha can either consider the recommendations or reject the recommendations. This means that in case of money bill, Rajesh Sabha's recommendations are not binding on the Lok Sabha. So if Lok Sabha accepts or rejects the recommendation, the bill is deemed to be passed by the parliament and it will be sent to obtain president's assent. We should be also aware of the fact that if Rajesh Sabha does not act on the money bill within 14 days, then also the bill is deemed to be passed by the parliament. So from these basic facts, we can observe a thing that the role of Rajesh Sabha is very limited with respect to money bills. Now coming to president's assent, see once the president receives the money bill after being passed by parliament, he can either accept the bill or withhold his assent. But the president cannot return the bill for the reconsideration of the parliament. What does it mean? It means no suspensive veto is available with respect to money bills. But generally the president's give his assent to the money bill as it was introduced with his prayer approval. Finally, let us note one important fact. See if any question arises whether a bill is money bill or a normal bill, the decision of the Lok Sabha speaker shall deem to be final. This means it is up to the speaker to decide whether a particular bill is money bill or not. But Supreme Court in Hadar case ruled that the decision of the speaker to classify a bill as money bill or not is under the preview of judicial review. It means the Supreme Court has opened the gates of scrutiny for the speaker's decision. This is all about the discussion regarding money bill. I hope we have discussed all the facts related to money bill. To reverse it often as this topic is very important from our example's perspective. Having learned these basic points, let us take up the next article for discussion. Look at this news article. Yesterday, the Monetary Policy Committee of the Reserve Bank of India has conducted a meeting. See in this meeting, the committee has decided to keep the policy repo rate unchanged at 6.5%. See this is the fourth consecutive time the committee has decided to maintain the repo rate at 6.5%. In addition to this, the MPC has also given two important macroeconomic indicators. First one, it retained the real GDP growth forecast at 6.5% for the financial year 2023 and 2024. Moreover, the committee has also estimated that the average CPI inflation for the current fiscal year would be 5.4%. In this meeting, the RBI governor observed that the high inflation is a major risk to the macroeconomic stability of the country and it also affects the sustainable growth of the country. So, he said that the Monetary Policy of the RBI will continuously focus on aligning the inflation target at 4% on a sustainable, durable basis. So, this is all about the news article. In this discussion, let us understand some basic points about the inflation and monetary policy committee. See, these two topics fall under the macroeconomic topic of the syllabus. So now, let us start with the inflation. The term inflation refers to the general increase in the prices of goods and services in a country. Generally, the inflation is caused due to excessive money supply in the economy or it may be due to the increased demand for a particular goods. That is, too many money searching too many goods. See, if the people have excess money, they tend to spend more. It may increases the demand and the prices of the goods. This is the basis of inflation. The inflation and the associated problems are the major concerns for any country. So, to control the inflation, RBI uses various monetary tools like Reporate, Reverse Reporate, CRR, SLR and so on. Using this monetary policy tools, RBI controls the money supply in the economy and thereby controlling the inflation in the economy. So, to decide on the policy rate of the monetary tools, RBI had an institutional framework called Monetary Policy Committee. So let us see some more points about Monetary Policy Committee. Monetary Policy Committee or MPC was constituted by the central government under RBI Act 1934. Here, MPC is basically a committee of the RBI. See, it is responsible for deciding the benchmark policy rates like Reporate, Reverse Reporate and so on. Note that the MPC is assisted by RBI's Monetary Policy Department in carrying these functions. Now, let us see about the composition of MPC. See, MPC is a six member body. Out of these six members, three members will come from RBI and remaining three members will come from central government. The members from the RBI side includes RBI Governor, Deputy Governor who is in charge of Monetary Policy and an official nominated by RBI Board. Then the other three members from the government side is appointed by the central government. See, this appointment is based on the recommendation of the Search Come Selection Committee. Now, let us see the composition of the Search Come Selection Committee. Here, it consists of the Cabinet Secretary, the RBI Governor, the Secretary of the Department of Economic Affairs and three other experts who are experts in the field of economics or banking. So, this is all about the composition of MPC. Now, let us see the main functions of the MPC. See, the main function is to maintain price stability and achieve inflation targets which are set by the central government. So, the primary goal of the committee is to maintain the inflation target at 4%. Here a threshold is also given that is plus or minus 2%. It means it can go up to maximum of 6% or it can come up to 2%. Here note that the decisions in MPC are usually taken based on the majority vote. See, if there is a tie, the RBI Governor will have a casting vote. So, at some times the vote of the RBI Governor will be the deciding factors. Also, note that the recommendation of the MPC are binding on the Reserve Bank of India. So, the RBI has to implement the recommendations of the MPC. That is all about the basics of inflation and MPC. So, in this discussion, we saw about inflation and the tools which are available to fight inflation and we also saw an important organization called Monetary Policy Committee. So, with this learned points, let us take up the next article. Look at this editorial article. This article talks about the GST tax collection. While the GST revenues have shown an overall growth, there are also signs of slowdown in recent times. So, to address this, there should be a careful monitoring and investigation which should be done by GST Council. This article gives us some data about GST collection. GST revenues has slowed down to 10.2 percentage last month. Why this is important means this is the lowest revenue collections since July 2021. And moreover, the growth from domestic transaction and service imports has also slowed down in recent months. Revenue from goods imports have decreased four times this year, despite a significant increase in imports in the month of August. So, these are all the current trends in the economy as being given in the article. Now, before getting into discussion, let us look at the syllabus. In prilims, this topic will come under economic and social development, sustainable development, poverty, inclusion, demographics, and social sector initiatives. And in the main spot, it comes under GS Paper 3 under the topic of Indian economy and issues related to planning, mobilization, growth, development and employment. This is all about the syllabus. Now, before getting into discussion, let us look at the question. The question is, goods and service tax was acclaimed as the watershed move in India's indirect tax reforms since independence. In this context, explain the performance of GST over the past six years. Here, the key word is Examine. The word Examine means we have to inspect positives and negatives of the topic. In this answer, we have to say what are the benefits or achievements of implementing the GST. Then we must also write some points about the drawbacks of GST. Now, coming into the structure of the answer. The statement in the question says, goods and service tax is considered as a watershed move in India's indirect tax reforms. So, in introduction part, we have to write some basic information about GST. See, if you're having any data or report regarding the GST, you're welcome to use that in your introduction part. Now, coming on to the main body of the answer, the main body can be split into two parts. The first part should contain the success of implementing the GST. And the second part should talk about the drawbacks of implementing it. Now, finally, in the conclusion part, you can give a balanced view of the GST. Now, this is how we have to approach this question. Now, let's start with the introduction. See, here the question is about GST. As we have seen earlier in the introduction, we can write some basic points about GST. See, we can write like this. Like GST is a destination based value added tax that was introduced in 2017. And moreover, it was aimed to streamline the indirect tax structure and ultimately create one nation, one tax and one market in India. This is how you can give a very simple definition. In introduction, you can also add some points like GST has replaced the previous complex tax regime. Why it is complex means it comprises of 17 different taxes and surcharges such as sales tax, VAT, service tax, etc. This is how you can give a crisp definition to your answer. Now, coming to the body part of the answer. See, in first part, you should write some positive aspects of the GST. So, put a simple subbed like positive aspects of GST. Under this, we shall explain the achievements of GST one by one. Since this is a 10 marker, four or five solid point is enough to answer. Firstly, GST simplified the tax structure. GST has replaced many indirect tax and united them under common roof. For example, taxes like VAT, sales tax, luxury tax, entertainment, entry tax and assessment tax have been all brought under GST. So, this has ultimately reduced the compliance burden for the businesses and it facilitated the interstate trade. Secondly, GST has increased the revenue collection of the state. Looking to this, the GST boosted revenue collection through a broader tax base and a better compliance system. For example, if you take the data, the total gross revenue collection in the first half of the financial year 24, that is this financial year, it stands at 9.92 lakh crores. This is a 11% growth compared to the previous year. And moreover, if you look at the average monthly gross collection for the first half of the financial year, it stands at 1.65 lakh crores. This is also a 11% higher than the average monthly gross collection for 2022-23. Thirdly, GST has increased the tax returns. This means that more businesses and individuals are filing their GST returns with the tax authorities. As GST aims to bring more businesses under the tax net, it ultimately widened the tax base and it naturally led to increased tax returns. And moreover, stricter implementation of the GST regulations, including the increased penalty for non-compliance, can encourage more businesses to file their returns to avoid any legal consequences. Fourthly, GST has helped the formalization of economy. As we saw, the tax base has expanded rapidly after the implementation of the GST. 6.6 lakhs new agents previously who are outside the tax net have been brought under GST regime. Also, the implementation of the eva bill system has helped to simplify the transportation of the products across the various states of India. Fifthly, GST has reduced the regional disparities in tax collection. GST introduced a uniform tax rate across various states and UTs, promoting price transparency and reduced regional disparities. Sixthly, the establishment of the GST council represents the spirit of cooperative federalism. Here, both central and state governments can come together and take action on key policy decisions. For example, the rationalization of the tax rate on several items have over the years been updated taking suggestions from various states. Lastly, digital transformation. The GST regime encouraged digital transactions and improved tax administration through GSTN, that is Goods and Service Tax Network. This technological upgrade reduced the tax evasion and simplified the tax filing processes. So, these are the major advantages of the GST regime. Now, coming to the second part of our answer, here we shall explain what are the challenges in the GST regime. The first is complexity. Despite the GST aims to simplify the tax structure, GST remains complex. This is due to multiple tax labs in the GST system. For example, various products have various taxes like 5%, 12%, 18% and 28%. Frequent change in the tax rates and the procedures have created an alternative set of complexity in the GST structure. Second important challenge is, it is a big challenge for small businesses. Small and medium sized enterprises faced initial difficulties in adapting to the new system. The compliance requirements and the need for digital infrastructure posed a serious threat for them. Third important challenge is anti-profitering issue. There were concerns that businesses are not passing the benefits of reduced tax on to the customers. So, the government has formed a national anti-profitering authority to address these issues. Fourth challenge is inverted duty structure. Here, inverted duty structure simply means the tax rate on inputs like raw materials, components are higher than the tax which are imposed on finished products. So, certain industries such as textiles and manufacturing face an IDT which affects the completiveness of these industries. Fifth important issue is the fuels are not yet brought under the GST. Petrol and diesel were kept out of the GST ambit leading to the complex tax rate for these essential commodities. This exclusion has resulted in differential fuel prices across states and there are various challenges in managing these fuel tax policies. Last important challenge is revenue shortfall. While the GST was expected to significantly boost the revenue of the government, there have been periods of revenue shortfall which are seriously impacting the governmental finances. This news article that we have seen also supporting this argument. So, these are the important challenges associated with GST. Now, we have explained the benefits and challenges of GST in our body part of the answer. So, having completed the body part, let us see the conclusion of the answer. See, I have already told you that we have to give a balanced conclusion to our answer. So, the conclusion can be like this. The GST has undoubtedly brought a significant change in India's indirect tax system. It also faced challenges related to issues like complexity, compliance and the impact on small businesses. So, overall, GST has been a significant step towards a more efficient and integrated Indian economy but it requires continuous evaluation and refinement to achieve the full potential of GST and our economy. So, this is all about the discussion. So, with these learned points, let us take up the next news article. Yesterday, our Home Minister, Amit Shah, chaired a meeting to review the security situation in left-wing extremism affected states. In this meeting, he announced that the left-wing extremism will be totally eliminated from the country in two years. Further, he also stressed the need for consistent surveillance in the areas which are already freed from left-wing extremism so that the problem will not happen again. So, this is the crux of the article. In this discussion, let us understand the genesis of left-wing extremism and some of the efforts taken by the government to address this issue. First of all, let us see about left-wing extremism. See, left-wing extremism is a form of armed insurgency against the state. They are motivated by their leftist ideologies. The core aim of the extremist is that they reject the parliamentary democracy and aim at waging an armed revolution against the government. But while saying this, we should not also neglect the fact that the main reasons behind the hatred towards the government is because of several factors. They are poor governance, lack of development in the tribal belt, an oppressive activity of the state and society in general. It has pushed the tribal population, the landless peoples, to the margins of survival. As the old saying goes, underdevelopment and extremism are the two sides of the same coin. Having seen this, let us see about the genesis of the problem and the ideologies of the left-wing extremists. The left-wing extremism or naxal insurgency in India originated in the year of 1967 as an uprising in naxalbari village in West Bengal by the Communist Party of India, Marxist. See, they are a group of people who believe in the political theory derived from the teachings of Chinese political leader Mao Zedong. The naxals strongly believe that the solution to socio-economic discrimination is to overthrow the existing political system. So with this basics, let us see the states which are getting affected by left-wing extremism. See, the districts which are affected by this issue are demarcated by the union government as red zones. Nearly 90 districts in 11 states are considered to be affected by this left-wing extremism. Since these regions are in the central, eastern and southern part of India, they are almost called as red corridors. But with the continuous action of the state coupled with the developmental activities, reduce the left-wing extremism problem in India. And currently, there has been a decline of more than 52% in left-wing extremism related violence. And there is a reduction of more than 69% in deaths and 72% in security force personnel death. And there has been a reduction of 68% in civilian deaths. And all these data are between the years of 2014 to 23. Now moving on our discussion, let us talk about the steps taken by government to tackle this issue. Firstly, Home Minister came up with the strategy of Samadhan to tackle this issue. It is a strategy to frame short-term and long-term policies. You can see here, displayed here is the expansion of Samadhan. See, I am giving you a brief on this and you can use this while writing answer on internal security. Here, S stands for smart leadership, A stands for aggressive strategy, M stands for motivation and training, A stands for actionable intelligence, D stands for dashboard-based KPI. Here, KPI means key performance indicators for CAPF and state police personnel. And H stands for harnessing the technological advancements. A stands for action plan for each theater. Here, we should know that the situation of left-wing extremism is different in different states. So, each state will demand a unique strategy. And lastly, N stands for no access to financing for left-wing extremism groups. These are the eight pillars of fighting the extremism. Here, the second point is, the scheme, the Samadhan scheme focuses on strengthening the police infrastructure by constructing secure police station, the training centers, the residential police housing facilities for the police personnel, and equipping police stations with required mobility, modern weaponry, and communication systems. On the other side, on the administrative front, many reforms are being made. These includes separation of investigation from law and order, specialized wings for social and cyber crimes are initiated in various states. Then, the technological reforms are pushed, including modernization of control rooms, fast-tracking crime and criminal tracking network and system, CCTNS, and pushing for national intelligence grid, NAT grid, and pushing for incorporation of new technology into policing. The fifth step is, here, the state governments are already having surrender and rehabilitation policy. The central government supplements the activities of the state government through security-related expenditure SRE scheme, especially made for left-wing extremism affected areas. Apart from this, the developmental activities including road connectivity and communications are already taking place. But these activities should be rapidly scaled up in this area to completely eradicate the problem of underdevelopment, which often leads to extremism. So these are the points that you have to remember about left-wing extremism. See, this is an important topic under internal security in General Studies, Paper 3. So please, revise the points that we discussed. So with these learned points, let us take up the next article. Look at this news article. Recently, the Supreme Court has refused to stop the release of Bihar's caste survey data. While the petitioners argued that the data was collected unlawfully, but the Supreme Court has rejected this argument. There were also concerns that compiling and publishing this information would violate the privacy of the individuals. But the court has also rejected these concerns. The court ordered the Bihar government to file a response on this matter. So this is the news given here. In this context, let us see the benefits and challenges of a caste-based census in India. Now we shall look at the advantages of the caste-based census. The first advantage is it will address the social inequality in the country. See, caste-based discrimination is still prevalent in many parts of the country. So conducting a caste-based census can assist in recognizing the disadvantaged communities and ensuring that they are given a priority in policymaking. So by understanding the distribution of different caste groups, targeted policies can be implemented. This will help in addressing the social inequality and uplifting the marginalized communities. Second important benefit is it ensures equitable distribution of resources. So without accurate data on the population of OBCs and other caste groups, it is difficult to ensure the equitable distribution of resources. So a caste-based census can help in this regard by providing an insight into socioeconomic conditions and needs of the different caste groups. So it can guide the policymakers in formulating the policies that cater to the specific requirement of each group. That way it will ensure inclusive development. Third biggest advantage is it will monitor the effectiveness of various affirmative actions of the government. Here we should know that the affirmative actions means the policies like reservations for OBC and other groups which are primarily given to ensure social justice. However, without the proper data, it becomes very challenging to evaluate the impact and effectiveness of these affirmative policies. So a caste-based census can help to monitor the implementation and outcomes of such policies. And it will enable the policymakers to make an informed decision making. Fourthly, caste-based census will provide a comprehensive picture of Indian society. See, a caste census can provide a picture of the diversity of Indian society. It will shed some light on the social fabric and the various interplay between different caste groups. This data can contribute for a better understanding of the social dynamics of caste in our country. So these are some of the benefits of the caste-based census. Now looking at the other end of the spectrum, let us see some challenges regarding the caste-based census. The first important concern is the concern of stigmatization. Here, some people believe that caste census will further entrench the caste-based identities. This will stand as a block for an effective nation building, because often caste-based identities might lead to infighting among our citizens. So publicly available caste data could stigmatize the individuals and communities. And it may also affect the social interactions and opportunities within them. And secondly, important issue is regarding the misuse of caste data. The political parties might use the caste-based census to invoke their vote bank politics, which may also lead to conflicts within the society. Thirdly, there may be inaccuracies in the caste-based census. So determining the caste accurately can be difficult due to some phenomenons like intercast marriages, individuals identifying with multiple caste groups, et cetera. These may lead to a potential inaccuracies in the survey, the last these years regarding the administrative challenges. Government said that the caste census is complex, and it's logically very difficult to conduct. So here are some of the issues related to caste-based census as given by the author of this article. So that's all about this news discussion. And let us take up the next article. Look at this news article. The news is, yesterday, United Nations Human Rights Council, UNHRC, urged the Indian government to protect the family of Manipur-based human rights activist, Mr. Bablu Laitankbhai. The UNHRC wrote on the X platform and urged the authorities to protect the Bablu's family. See, this is all about the news. Now, let us move on to the news analysis part. Here, we are going to discuss some points regarding an important UN-based organization, which is United Nations Human Rights Council. Let us see some basic points about this organization. See, the UNHRC is an intergovernmental body that functions within the UN-based system. It was created by UNGA, United Nations General Assembly, on 2006. See, this body was created based on the UN resolution numbered 60 bar 251. Here, we also need to be aware that UNHRC replaced the S2L UN Commission on Human Rights. See, the headquarters of UNHRC is situated in Geneva, Switzerland. Now, having seen the basics about UNHRC, now let us see some of the roles which are performed by this organization. First of all, UNHRC is responsible for the promotion and protection of human rights around the globe. In addition to this, it also assess and address the human rights violations across the globe. The third most important function of the organization is to make recommendations to stop human rights violations because these recommendations are very vital for stopping the HR violations around the world. The other important function of UNHRC is deliberation function. See, UNHRC conducts discussions on all thematic based human rights issue and situations which requires continuous attention of the world. These are all some of the roles performed by this organization. Now, moving on to the membership of the organization, the UNHRC consists of 47 member states and they are being elected by United Nations General Assembly. Now, here we should note that the membership is not fixed in this organization. Here, once when a particular country got elected as a member, it will serve for a fixed term of three years. After that, a fresh election will be conducted to choose the members. So, to put it simply, it is just like our Lok Sabha elections where fresh elections will be held after the expiry of its term. Now, coming back to our discussion, note that a country is allowed to stand in the election for the second consecutive term in UNHRC. However, there is a catch. Here, the countries are not eligible for an immediate re-election after serving two consecutive terms. Here, there is a catch. However, the countries are allowed for re-election. These countries are not eligible for immediate re-election after serving two consecutive terms. Here, we should be aware of the fact that the 47 seats are not open to any one particular area. The membership is distributed among different geographical regions to ensure a balanced and equitable representation. So, this allows UNHRC to obtain diverse view while discussing the human rights matter. Now, looking to the current scenario. Currently, there are 13 seats for African states. There are 13 seats for Asia Pacific states. Eight seats for Latin America and Caribbean states. There are seven seats for Western European and other states. And six seats for Eastern European states. Here, we need to be aware of the fact that India is currently one of the members of UNHRC. So, this is all about the membership of the organization. That is all about the news analysis of UNHRC. Now, let us quickly revise what we studied about this organization. In this analysis, we first saw the basics of UNHRC. Next, we discussed about the roles of the UNHRC. Finally, we saw about the membership of the organization and the geographical distribution of the membership. That's all about the news discussion. With this, let us move on to the next part of our analysis that is preliminary practice question discussion. Today, we are having four questions. Let us solve them one by one. See the first question. Consider the following statements regarding the money bill. The statement one says that it can be introduced by any member of the Lok Sabha. Statement two, prior permission of the president is required to introduce the bill. Statement three, the recommendations of the Rajasabha are binding on the Lok Sabha. Here, we know from our analysis discussion that the first statement is wrong because the money bill can be introduced only by the ministers. Seeing the second statement, it is correct because prior recommendation of the president is mandatory for introducing the money bill. Seeing the third statement, the recommendations of the Rajasabha are not binding on the Lok Sabha. So, by eliminating option one and three, we know that only the second statement is correct. So, the correct option is option A, only one. See the second question. Consider the following statements regarding the monetary policy committee. First statement says that it decides the RBA's benchmark interest rates. See the first statement is correct. The second statement is it is a 12-member body including the governor of RBA and it's reconstituted every year. Here, the second statement is incorrect because from our discussion, we know that the MPC is a six-member body and the members of the Monetary Policy Committee will be appointed for a period of four years and moreover, the members are not eligible for the reappointment. So, the second statement is wrong. Third statement is it functions under the chairmanship of Union Finance Minister. See, this statement is wrong because RBA governor is the chairman of MPC. So, here the first statement alone is correct and the statement two and three both are incorrect. So, the correct option is option A. See the third question. This is a previous preliminary question appeared in the year of 2009. Here, consider the following statements. The first statement is, between the census 1951 and 2001, the density of the population of India has increased to more than three times. See, the density in the year of 1951 is 117 persons per square kilometer and in 2001, it stands at 324 per square kilometer. So, on seeing this, the density has only tripled and it has not increased more than three times. So, the statement one is wrong and the second statement is between census 1951 and 2001, the annual growth rate of the population of India has doubled. We can see that the annual growth rate of population density in 1951 stands at 1.25 percentage and in 2001, it stands at 1.93 percentage. So, it has not doubled. So, this statement is also wrong. So, the both statements are wrong and the correct option is option D. See the last question of the day. Answer the following statements. Write to education, write to equal access to public service, write to food. How many of the above are the human rights under universal declaration of human rights? See, from the common sensical approach, we can easily say that all the three would have been mandatory under human rights. So, the correct option is option C. And moreover, the main question based on today's discussion is listed here. 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All right guys, all right guys welcome back to another stream. Hope you guys are doing great Again, sorry for being partially late Maybe I might just make these my default times I'm always gonna be waking up at this time But interesting day yesterday If we look at it here Pretty much Yeah, normal day 10 o'clock move down 12 o'clock change directions That's about it. I Was yesterday's analysis You guys tomorrow We'll look at it. It's one of you Gets more interesting but other than other than what we've done yesterday nothing sort of too outlandish We just look at the makeup of it Very heavy short look at it if you zoom out and see what everything's been doing recently in terms of 15th from now Got some mixes, but again Majority of the area we're currently trading is very sort of heavy short, which is interesting Say the least as it sort of sort of dictates and I was sort of town for the For the area. He's all look at that. I mean this area here Majority of them would have been liquidated in this area. I mean you see that massive 8,000 so That's a bit difference here for long step. It's you got punished I mean these guys are punished here on this swing and furthermore These guys will punish again on the second one again Just clockwork in terms of bringing these guys down and pushing them The fact that we are going heavy short, which is especially at these highs here, which Which I found interesting monitoring in the night. I'm like, hmm It's definitely sort of something you sort of slide I I Don't know Is there a drug it's an abbreviation you mean CVD at the bottom commutative volume Delta Yeah, CVD Yes, it's a Delta. No, it's Delta not Papa. There you go Delta not Papa Yeah, cumulative volume Delta I mean, it's true enough. We are still going down even on this. So here we are short, but you can see how Sort of booze here. It's not necessarily liquidations it's probably looking at sort of how it's sort of going down into some mixture of healthy mixture, let's just say of both Short liquidation long liquidations and stuff of that Yeah, yeah, definitely using CVD is a lot is a lot better, but I also had THC is Far more effective in terms of trading then Yeah, this is this is right on blue hair.  Yeah, same thing everything's Delta Chart range volume profile They go to a range volume profile. This is standard. This is Delta DMT. Yeah, I've heard of DMT It's too many abbreviations when he's when he stopped the abbreviations Actually, yeah, today's a decent important day. So let's actually kind of come back into focus here I'm an eighth area. We did have that news released and we do have sort of speakers coming in 1050 this time so that something that you guys want to mark out 1050 11 looks like is Well, we're gonna have our majority Yeah, majority share for US trading nothing else coming out side of that So it would be interesting to see what ends up happening with sort of creeping ourselves back outside the range again, which is I mean we creeped here We don't really want to keep creeping outside the range. Otherwise, this ends up becoming Works sort of trade to 50 pin it boom We're already trading on the undercarriage of the gaining balance, which is interesting enough Self-care of this we don't need this you guys you guys know that yesterday was just you long at two o'clock and and you profit But looking out with the way things are tapped. I mean it's out into here. I think some holds out especially considering Here's Like longs, but mostly short his shorts his shorts push down everything short here everything short here Liquidity is gonna be up here like that's the thing liquidity is here Very little liquidity on the lower side of it Even in longer terms of liquidity points is just all majority of them It's higher not lower, which is which is a Less than ideal if you're talking to people in terms of who Want to be so long because if they're higher they're obviously gonna push up, but at the same time it's not very sort of Bitcoin hasn't been looking strong recently.  You got your heavy shorts. You got that sort of stacked At least sort of clear that I think fear that Then probably look for down. I don't know. I mean we've got this same person coming in and out depending on how close we get to the to the base To the cross that sort of threshold It's all coming back. I mean this one came in a lot earlier again just around here going short of shows it's sort of a hand but Generally you can see sort of This sort of short area that we want to clear I mean we do have these sort of partial longs that hang out hang out like it's all nail Which it's not necessarily a good thing. I mean we want to sort of come back here I think and essentially sort of move boom not stashed Gonna go click click boom I'm not gonna have things sort of peeling away. I mean sure we're doing it a bit early in terms of moving moving directions but We can always come back to ourselves. I said double bottom If anything, I mean we're now sort of trading in the midst of doing this.  I mean looking at sort of Ears here that's pretty much what we're looking at Nice consolidation on the low side. I mean we talked about how this is here probably collecting shorts again It's it's Everything's looking to at least go partially higher. I mean you can see like how weak the volume is on the second swing here to catch long it's not really sort of Getting too many sort of longs. I mean Looking at this. It's just more anti to grab shorts past this point here Uh, so it's something that you we want to look for I think at least sort of retest some something higher to go up even higher on the upside. Maybe Maybe we get some upsides today. Uh, I know that sounds like Like the wrong thing in terms of wrong thing that I usually don't like saying is uh be bullish But I don't know man Been kind of feeling bullish recently I'm joke There we go Then mark up futures. I got a current member. I did mark up futures.  Yeah, you can't even make the show. Uh, there you go. That's what everything exists in There's your resistance.  There you go. There's your resistance Uh nice and Nice and accurate Then you can see why why why value these uh This uh as a support and resistance line just Is it like it's not even cherry buffing. I picked in like, okay, cool. There you go Who kind of fun? It's always nice coming back to as I go at it. Sometimes I don't even need to try They got it. There you go. Boom I'm still trying to make heads and tails. I mean they They didn't really get too much of this wall here, which is interesting But they did kind of snag it here I mean you got buys that instantly got like taken out here.  This just looks very weird and it falls off a cliff probably Face of the earth for no apparent reason Other than just to fall off the face of the earth Uh And now we're getting long here and you can see these spots of longs here So it can easily just fall or fail And we can continue going down, which is less than ideal But it wouldn't make sense because it does look like we've got an inverse head and shoulders and On yes, so it Might drop and and then Then do something but the fact that we've already dropped again once this is your second time outside the weekly rage. It's just It's just exhausting. Come on, man. Uh, if you look at where we are at max, I think the air Two two air two three three. Yeah, it's not too bad. I mean looking at all this here There's sort of your max in terms of where you ideally want it In terms of weekly range wise, we've been just sitting out the 250 one, which is Which is the decent because you can stick your bid and Just slightly under 250 and be fine Uh, but next sort of stop and eat into this. I kind of want to see 500 area 500 area does have the that's where the bids are as you can see that it's exactly where that, uh where that bid is 500 below this entire weekly range, which is interesting Uh, if we're looking at things just objectively but Generally again, it's probably going to be a long day. You've got You've got that as um as a larger Entity of it as a being a possibility then then not I mean we'll flip over the other ones and we just see what we can get Gold continues to go down again back down again Come on hit that weekly man hit that 787 787 come on baby That he needs a new pair of gold slates How could I see it in the chart how many orders there are on book map If you don't have this current current configure column, uh It's just show bids show ask On current order book or you you can just find it here current order book There you go and split the display if you want Yeah And inversely if you like because I I drag it I rather have this side or this side But you can just sort of do that Then you'll just tell you how many how many views there are Book map in general. I mean, I don't really look at the numbers too often Uh Because it's just more Relativistically is that okay. This is this is sort of easy This is more More sort of resistive there was more resuming Uh The less I mean the more you start to see around it, but Just because The relative point changes the maximum point changes as you can see here. There you go. These start showing up If we go to the ones on the left hand side He's just showing up, but again you have these numbers here Anything that shows you current order book, uh Something beyond book map or anything else again Don't don't discriminate against platforms Uh Again, that's where your 50% ends up being as you can see at the uh at the high side here Uh, we'll sort of drop that Log in looking at this larger double bottom It is climbing, but we know it's it's mostly short. So it makes sense to try climb I don't know if we're targeting a triple top Uh out of this, but I don't know. It's just it's just all of it seems weird That's just the best way to describe Describe it It just it just looks weird Like it might it might be one of those days. You just say What am I even fighting for? Uh Friday, I think it looks a bit a lot better. You got 8 30 years instantly coming in you got PT data And you got 10 or 12 then you got 10 15 instant speech just batch back nothing's all resting here Uh, I mean it looks like an interesting Friday close Uh, I mean today is just probably going to be another one of those days where we don't really care until 11 o'clock Well, and truly Yes, yeah, I don't I don't really care what this was doing until two o'clock like two o'clock. There you go We've got a trade Yeah, maybe 11 o'clock we we get a trade if 11 o'clock we find ourselves What's up here? We sure it's just going down Uh inversely again if it sort of finds itself here would sort of make probably most likely pushing up Uh, the fact that we have been building short, uh Prior to news release again It is sure we've got some longs here, but again majority of this split is short Uh, so we'll probably drive down early uh ahead of 11 from the most part of things But as soon as we start collecting sort of shorts, uh, of course you got an error Uh Soon as you start collecting that, uh It sort of just tells me that we're probably gonna Uh Gonna sort of climb back at some stage Look at the theorem see how far what it's doing if again found itself back under the monthly just Game ended itself I mean ever since it caught itself here Wrote down doing cash on the daily Tried to hold it, but now it's down again went all the way down to the four hour Uh, I mean we decided I talked about this design on on that video. I made My channel think my first video like A couple of six months, I think Uh, but again, you can see that again same same sort of deal. It's just trapping sort of here again We might we might not know that if they're long the shorts, but it's just we've got volume here I mean looking at it on the long time frame. We know that most likely short uh Alongs and and this is where you start seeing shorts But generally it just sort of thinks that it wants to come down for the most part Or he wants to sort of shake things up Uh, I mean bitcoin the only reason I am sort of uh, if he on it it's because everything's sort of down Was es so I mean this might be sort of short I need to pull up book map to actually of tell It's just this I mean this can split either way the fact that we're sort of collecting It could just split and and become one of those inverse heads that we sort of actually play out on The fact that the volume has been low here Which which is nice in terms of the probability of this playing out, but same time Yes, yeah, and you know what you're probably going to play out So we might see it up until here And it's just we've got an expiry that comes back down If we don't retest then we're not looking for anything But ultimately we just see see these as longs and and then Shop off the face of the earth that can continue our trajectory downwards So we have options In terms of what to do this it seems pretty sort of Gattered So I know more of the same things got dot I think look a lot stronger, but again more of the same thing into the daily I'm back seven even it'll probably make that make its way back down to seven six seven or six six And again just just holding Yeah, nothing more to say from my side again. It's just one of the things where It's just decent no soft landings Oh no Oh no Interesting he's passed the pot up all and AI offers interesting For full GDP rise just uh good damn That's I'm Yeah, that's good That's very good actually Vix's jumping. Oh, that's never a good thing This is how bloody hell It did jump Ah, but relatively so it's pretty low volatility looking at it But the head that he did jump just shows that ah people wanted some volatility big up oopsie I'm gonna do it with my life You guys, uh, I mean, yeah pretty low volatility compared to everything else, uh, but the fact that it's jumping is interesting Nothing to write home about but it just generally shows that uh were probably Probably coming Something dangerous uh Yeah, I mean this 22 it costs on 22 December. Let's see 21 December. See what happens here uh go Anyone December memory doesn't anyone. There we go. It's this nice little bottom Uh, I mean we ended up going down in volatility and just ended up stagnating for a really long time Before January 6 we ended up going higher in January so sit are we with 21 coming in here? We ended up going down stagnating all volatility January 26 came along and we started going up in terms of increased volatility slowly, uh, but again Increased volatility means more movement like this Which is to be expected. I mean, hopefully we can go up a bit and down a bit again But again, I think it's just got higher to go lower If anything uh, but I think sort of too concrete. That's like that's why I don't like today It's just It's just wishy-washy. It's just more. Okay Wait for 11 o'clock see what happens And that's probably the best advice I can give today In other time. I mean tomorrow's another time bound days. It's just a lot of time bound days And I think with that I'll call it Because I want to go back to sleep for a bit wake up. I can wake up at 11 o'clock Yeah, no need to be awake till 7 Uh, thank you guys so much for coming. Uh, another bit again late and also on the short side of things uh, but Yeah, let's say it's a bit of a Bit of a weird day I think It's just more wait for it. We've got double bottoms playing out, but we also got biting into resistance. So It could flip either way so It's just no use placing yourself into any sort of predicament until you see sort of first wear 10 o'clock leads and most importantly Where the next sort of hour goes until 11 o'clock and when you can counter trade it But other than that Hopefully you guys have a lovely day. I will catch you guys tomorrow and Have a trade safe