Hi you guys! The Sew Together pattern for September is the Sinclair Daisy Top. So together is a little sewing challenge I am hosting on Instagram. All of my Instagram followers voted on the Daisy Top from a group of four other or three other woven top patterns. So in today's video I'm going to be sharing with you all the information you need in order to make the Sinclair Daisy including just information about the pattern, some pattern hack suggestions, fabric recommendations, and a list of notions that you will need to make this cute little top. Before we jump into it, like this video so that others will see it, subscribe, and if you want click the notification bell so that you will get notified every single time I post another sewing video. If you're new here, I'm Lindsay. Welcome! I make all my own clothes and I love sharing my pretty much obsession of sewing with everyone on this YouTube channel. All right so the Sinclair Daisy, let's get into it. All right so the website describes this as semi-fitted at the shoulders, chest, and bust, and then relaxed at the waist and hips. It has two options. One is long sleeves finished with a small pleat and elastic band at the hem, or petal sleeves with a small pleat on one side. The blouse either version is finished with a curved hem. It's easy to make and become a great piece for your wardrobe. I love that Sinclair also includes these techniques to master which for this pattern include pleats, binding, set in sleeves, a rolled hem, French seams, and top stitching. So I don't know if they have, they don't have it listed necessarily as beginner, advanced beginner, or whatever it is, but based on that list I would definitely say confident beginner up to advanced. But if you're a beginner sewist, this is how I was able to learn how to sew so quickly. I took on patterns that I knew were outside of my skill set but I used them as an opportunity to learn and grow. So as I would come to different parts of the sewing instructions, like for example the binding, if I didn't have I'd never done binding before, I would search in YouTube and Google blogs and get all the tutorials I needed to learn how to do binding would accomplish that and then move on to the next one. This one just happens to have quite a few of those that if you're new to sewing garments, you might be doing a lot of watching tutorials before you finish this little top, but it can be done. Another really great thing about Sinclair patterns specifically is that the pattern comes in regular, petite, and tall. So if you normally have to make length adjustments because you're, you have a short torso or whatever it is, this is going to have, this is going to take care of that for you and you don't have to do any pattern adjustments, which is so nice. It also comes in sizes extra small to extra large with six cup sizes, A up to triple D. So it's really inclusive in that way that it has, you know, height inclusivity with inclusivity and bust cup inclusivity as well. She really has thought of everything. So here is the size guide. If looking at this is a little bit like reading another language, I've got the thing for you. It is my fast fit workbook. You guys, this is what I use every single time I sew a new pattern.  And at the end, it spits out what size you should make in your bust, your waist, and your hip. Obviously, if you need to be grading, if you need to make any pattern adjustments, you know, you can figure that out as well. It truly is like, I don't sew without it. So be sure to check the description box if you want to grab the fast fit workbook from my website. Alright, so I know that I have not made this pattern yet, but one other thing I did want to address is the handling of getting your pattern printed. So the way that the large format file is set up is because there's so many bust cups, the way that the large format file is formatted is like multiple front pattern pieces. And so everybody gets the same back, but then there's all these different fronts. And so the front you need may not be on the same sheet of large format paper as the back. In fact, there's only one that's on the same page as the back. I think that that's the triple D, but I could be wrong. So even though you will never like someone who is a like B or C, like me, I'll never need the double D version. You can't really get it printed without including that. That said, something really cool about sublime graphics, which is where I get all of my indie patterns printed. I've talked to you guys about them before. I have a coupon code ithsublime25 and it gets you 25% off your entire order, but something really cool about them that's different than every other large format printer I've ever used is that it's just a flat rate. No matter how many pages are in the pattern, that's it just costs the same, no matter what. Another thing that they do is if you just want one size printed or a few sizes printed, you can tell them what sizes you want and they will just print those sizes for you. So it's like a big end because this one has so many different sizes XS to 2XL, but if you know you're on the smaller range of the sizes, there's no need to print large 1X, 2X, and vice versa. So they'll do that for you for no charge either. And another thing that I really love is when patterns are color coded. So Sinclair uses color patterns in each of the sizes as a different color. Sublime graphics prints in color also at no additional charge. So I know that it is a little bit more expensive to get your patterns printed for you and you have to pay for the shipping and all of that kind of stuff, but you do get a lot of benefits buying from Sublime Graphics than you would either getting it done at your local architectural engineer print place. They're going to charge you per sheet and they're going to charge you to do color and no one prints on tissue paper, which is what Sublime Graphics does. This is their tissue paper here. All that to say, if you're going to have it printed at a large format printer, this pattern, I mean, I recommend it for all patterns, but this pattern specifically, I recommend Sublime Graphics because there's no upcharge for multiple sheets. There's no upcharge for color and you can get it printed on the tissue paper, which is really nice when you're working with lightweight drapey fabrics because that copy shop paper is so much heavier than the fabric is. It's really difficult to move it around without like catching the fabric. Do you know what I mean? Like little corners of the paper caps the fabric and moves up to everything is so shifty and hard to work with already. You don't need to be adding to the stress of doing that. So that's why I really like their tissue paper. But yeah, check the description box. I have a link to Sublime Graphics because they have a funky spelling of their name and also the coupon code is reiterated down there. She recommends lightweight woven fabrics with good drape. Now that is a very broad category of fabrics. What you need to be looking for in addition to lightweight woven fabrics with good drape. Great description but not specific enough. So you can go like for example, if you're shopping at Joanne, Joanne has a whole category of fabrics called like silky types, I think and in there you will find a whole bunch of these lightweight woven fabrics with really good drape.  You can also like you know like dangle the edge of the fabric that kind of hangs off and you can see the drape there. You can see all like folds in the fabric. You're looking for something that has a lot of that and then obviously woven fabrics and not knits. So that's pretty easy to discern. If you're shopping online you can look for things like anything made with rayon is typically going to be drapey not necessarily lightweight though. So you want to look for substrates like shally, rayon poplin would be really good. When you start getting into like rayon twill that will probably be a little bit too heavy weight. Even though it's made with rayon the twill weave makes it a little bit heavier weight and so more intended for like skirts and dresses and things like that. But shally, poplin would both be really good. You have your cotton options like chambray or cotton wool. Now those are really good in terms of weight not necessarily as drapey. So try and find a chambray or a wool that has a little bit of rayon or polyester or something blended in. That'll make it a little bit more drapey. Now it doesn't have to be like the most drapey fabric ever for this design. The drapey or it is the kind of like I don't know the closer it will fall in on your body. The blousier that kind of long sleeve will be even the flutter sleeve will just kind of fall flatter, fall closer and not like the less drapey it is the more the all those things stick out right. The more the all those things kind of hold their shape and kind of stick away from your body. I am using this fabric here. I've had it in my stash forever. I don't remember where I got it but it was from a long time ago. The Sew Together 21 I have doubled up my challenge in addition to making a pattern every month. I also try and use stash fabrics every time so that's what this is. I'm pretty sure I got it at Joanne. If you guys recognize it you can let me know in the comment section below. But it is this really nice um it is lightweight. It is I'll show you the drape. It is drapey. Can you see all those folds that are going in it? But I feel like it has like a brushed quality to it rather than a shiny quality to it. And when I went to shop my stash I have a lot of those like silky types that are like shiny and they they will come across dressier. Like I don't need to show up like that for any circumstance in my life. I think I have a pretty casual sort of business life you know when people meet me online or even in person. They're not expecting me to show up in business attire. So that's why I went for this. I have half a mind and we'll talk more about hacks here in a second. But I have half a mind to hack this into a dress because I just feel like it will get worn so much more. In thinking about that and possibly hacking into a dress it would be very simple to do. All you would do is lengthen this pattern.  You would add in you could either just leave it like that and make it like a shift dress. Super cute. You can even do some fisheye darts in the back if you wanted to add a little bit of shaping to your waist. You could also add in a waist seam with some elastic and have kind of like that's kind of like a doubling down on the blousiness of everything. You know you'll have that kind of blousy effect above your waist and then like a really cute skirt on the bottom. Notions wise you're going to need some fusible iron on interfacing preferably woven. If you're confused about interfacing and confused about what that means check this link here. This is my interfacing 101 video where it goes through all the different types and kind of explains woven versus non-woven and different weights and all that kind of stuff. So she's saying preferably woven. I would also say preferably a lightweight, sheer weight, something along those lines. Polyester thread. I don't recommend cotton thread and garment sewing. So polyester thread and then matching serger threads if you are going to be serging your seams. However as she explained there is instructions on doing the French seams which is really beautiful. If you have like a shally, if you have something really lightweight like even more lightweight than what I'm using for your seams are really really nice. So easy to do. You guys can do them. It just takes a little bit of time, a little bit of focus but you can definitely do it. Alright so lots of information about the daisy top. I hope that this more inspired you to make it rather than scared you away from making it. I cannot wait to see your versions again. Like this video so other people can find it. Subscribe and click the notification bell. That is going to do it for me today y'all. Thank you so much for watching and I will see you all very soon. Bye!


Oh please help me hit a button. No, no, no, he jumped. Come on, come on. Have fun with limit break Ginyu. No, I gave it way too much. Wait, I made a mistake. I made a mistake. How's it going everybody? DodgeHodoy here back with some more Dragon Ball Fighters right matches. This time we are playing a team of Bardock, Captain Ginyu, and Dragon Ball Zebrauli. The main person on the team that I want to talk about though is Captain Ginyu because we will be using his B assist, which is basically just allows him to cycle through the Ginyu force. Like at first we are going to have Goldo who unfortunately just got absolutely obliterated. See his assist? Oh, that was a nice reflect. Dragon Rush, hey, got to start it off nice and early. Dragon Rush early in the set just makes them second guess every bit of offense you are going to do for the rest of the set. I got to stop. When they go down like that, I have to remember that usually a reflect is going to follow that one up. So, probably wasn't the best idea for me to mash lights there, just get bounce back level three. Oh, no, we are not going to start it off that early. I am raw attacking just in case anything, if he leaves any big gaps, I am out of here. Alright, that was a big enough gap. We are going to take a Dragon Rush sliding. Who is next on the list? No, Dragon Rush again. We just got to keep throwing them out. That is going to make the block swings hit a little different. Alright, so now that we are after Birder, we have, I believe we have access to the Purple Comet attack. Let me throw the CSS stuff. Get him, boys. Hurry. Ah, two reflexes. So good. I got to follow that up with like a more delayed move. Please. Down kicks into the TN. Dodon Ray. I like that he is still rocking the Dodon Ray. Still a decent assist. I just preferred, do I wake up level three? Let me hit you with this new game you level three. Get the boys out. Goldo, Raccoon, Birder, Jace. Of course, we got to get the group photo as well. You want to hold on to these memories. Wow, I didn't get the blocks after that.  Level one. Probably going to need a level two. I mean, TN does damage. Ah, level one actually did it. Part of me was hoping it needed at least two bars. Do I go in right away? He did volleyball assist. I got a block. Yo, what is up with me blocking? I just don't do it. Blocking? Never heard of her. I never block. That didn't do too much. Chatsy, please. Reflect. It lagged. I got a bit of micro lag. I swear. No, but where was my down heavy though? All right. Guard cancel worked pretty well. Oh yeah, dude. These key blasts are still the best in the game. All right. I don't know if this is death. Maybe if I went for the 2M version. But I'd rather build a bit of bar. Oh, dude. You know what? Sparking doesn't recover all of that blue health. Oh, we actually got the timing too? Oh, no way. I thought that would hit for... Oh, did he reset me? Or was that just a really slow combo?  He did it level 7. That took an amazing amount of restraint. I'm very surprised he just didn't keep co-hosts into the grave. All right. Can I just... Easy peed. That was genius. Why did I forget he could do that? A massive mistake. Damn, that Tien assist is still there too. Come here. All right, all right. Delayed it, delayed it. I don't know what I wanted to do. I think we just got to... We just got to take Vegeta. We just got to try to take him one-on-one. Even though he has a DP, which means offense is never safe. Which means we got a safe jump. Oh, I'm not... I'm not good enough at defense. Drop it, drop it. I'm dead if he doesn't drop it. Oh, wait. There's... I don't even know why he extended it like that. That was risky. I was like, oh, he can't drop it. I guess the dude was going to Super. Then he did that down kick. I got excited. I was like, oh, oh. All right, all right. Bad first gate. Well, not even a bad first gate. We just didn't... We didn't bring it home. Which I'm really trying to do. Bardock? Let's get it. I got to remember that Tien assist doesn't be the best tracking. Another one. He's not... He's really holding blocks. I'm okay with this. Gonna go with the loops. Oh, he dropped it. All right. All right, double drops. Let's just take the knock. Get the gang out. I'm just not doing a lot of mix-ups. That's a low now. That's a low. I don't know if that was necessarily useful, but maybe tricky is the right word. You could have blocked that lower guard. I don't even know what that was. Is he terrified of it? All right, should level one milky cannon do it? Yes, level one milky cannon does get it done. Getting you. The purple... All right, we're back on gold though, right? That's not bad. Yes! That's not gonna catch, right? That's fine. We have the beam now. What's a good way to combo into it? You know what? Who needs a combo? Oh, please help me hit a button. Oh, he dropped. Come on, help me. Oh! Have fun with limit break. No, I gave him way too much. Wait, I made a mistake. I made a mistake. I made a mistake. I forgot about my... Oh, I gave him all of the blue. That's crazy. My IQ point... I thought I had two IQ points. I didn't know I had zero. Oh. He hit me with the raw level three and I... Did he do that on purpose? This is like... I don't even know what to relate this feeling to. I feel like I just took a test where the only question was, what's your name? And I failed. He's gonna beat me. It would be hard to beat me, right? But I'm gonna lose. I'm gonna lose, dude. Just get rid of Tien. I don't deserve Tien. Ah, did he do it on purpose? That's the thing I think he did. Oh, he teched that one, all right. That's his only mix-up option. How am I still gonna get hit by that? Damn, okay. We should probably spark with two characters left alive in level three. Wait, can he even do that level three? I don't even... Why would the Guinyu Force help him out there? No, no, no, no. Okay. I thought he was gonna get both of us. Does he know you can level three the milky cannon? Because he did the level one earlier and it didn't kill. All right, he does know. He does know. I'm gonna lose to Captain Guinyu because I gave him all the... I can't lose, dude. No. Please. Just dive in. Dude, you know how... No, you can't. You can't. You can't. You can't. You can't beat me like this.  You're good enough, but... Do you understand how cruel it is to do this to a... Oh, no. I don't want to die. I just want to mash instead. Please. I'm just... I'm literally nervous. He didn't know what side I was gonna land on. No. You know what? I don't even care that I won.   Okay. All right. Anybody else sweating right now? All right. Big hit. Big starter. The reason I did that is because Goldo says probably not gonna be... I probably still could have combo'd off of it. He tagged. I thought he was gonna land, and I was gonna try to hit him with a jab Dragon Rush. Unfortunate. I should be able to tech them. All right. Have I teched a single Dragon Rush this set? My defense has been reverted back to season two. Oh, there we go. Hey. Oh, no. It's still...  Oh, the low. That was quick. All right.  No techs again. All right. He's starting to throw them out more frequently. Hopefully, I can tech some when they actually count over his head, and it's fine. Did I at least call Berder out? Oh, I did it the wrong way. Perfect attack into Dona Ray. All right. All right. That's a dead sell, at least. I mean, we're kind of beat up way more than him, but... All right. Double hit. That should kill. Little bit of Saiyan Spirit. Go back over to the islands. You can't tell that this game has been a stressful one. Ah, he teched. See, he can tech. All right. Another good hit. Clean hit. I dropped that, like, halfway through, and I knew I wasn't going to get it back. I wanted to try to go for the level three. So many Keyblade. Don't switch out. All right. Good. Good enough for me, I guess. Keep them in the corner. No. Wow. That hit. Get them, boys. Get them, boys. Hey! My guys. Give me that. Give me that Vegeta. I don't know if that one was on purpose, because you know where I'm going. I'm going straight out of here. Give me that blue health back. Hey. I guess who's got a Vegeta assist, boys. I don't know why I did that. Ah, way too slow. Bardock's probably dead. Bardock is a goner. All right. All right. Well, we still have a Vegeta assist. We still have a Vegeta assist. No. Why didn't it heavy? Oh. I don't like this game. All right. Couldn't confirm. Really not interested in this. Ah, that did not work. Wow. That jab did? All right. Well, I can't complain. Oh, that was so fast. I would have really liked the spark, but I think Broly's legitimately dead. Look at the bar. Wow. That was an interesting way to do it. Don't get me wrong. He'll still kill. Really? Interesting. You can see what I was going for. It even showed when he went for the dragon rush. I went for the EX armor. To be fair, he could have killed me. I don't know why the dragon rush came flying out, but... No, that beats that.  Yeah. Ginyu's assist changed to the ASS. I'm dead. Really? Yeah. He didn't charge it up. That would have been the worst. You know how hard that was to block? If you're just watching, you're like, damn, that was an easy block. No, that was tough. That was crazy. That hit me on two different sides, I'm pretty sure. And that was hard to block. If it worked like how I did, because I did block on two different sides there. Just vanish. That was... What? That mixup hit good. I was like, what? That Super Dash came to the other side. What a bad way to lose that. I went for the dive kick, and we lost to Ginyu too. Damn, that sucked. Dude, I'm still floored by that Super Dash turning around over the body. Vegeta got his body back. I'm going to assume Ginyu's old body just bullied Vegeta into switching back. What is it? Two-one? Yeah, I think it's two-one. All right, can we bring the... I need to bring this back. I died this... This is why I can't play Ginyu, by the way. I lack the necessary brain power. That was dumb, but I'm not against taking it. Okay. All right, I mean, I'm not against this at all. Neutral jobs, you got to love them. Two bars will probably seal the deal there. Not probably. Two bars will definitely seal the deal. Rikun, what was that?  I'm going to wait for... Well, I wanted to say I'm going to wait for a Super Dash. He's been Super Dashin' a lot neutral. I just have not been punishing it. Oh, we're reflecting it. Dude, my defense this set has been garbage. I don't really know why. I've actually been kind of enjoying defense a little more lately. I've just been doing better at it. Not in this video, though. This video has been a wash. Level one going to get the job done.  That was such a great start, but now we're tied up. So the momentum is back in his favor. Oh, no. That reach is pretty good. I like that reach a lot. All right, what are we on? Jace? Oh, my goodness. I don't know why I clicked Dragon Rush. Now, I've been hit by so many, I'm just clicking it every time I get attacked. Oh, this is so much damage. I want to give him my body, but every time I have it's ended up destroying me, so I don't think I'll be doing that again. Two overheads. I'm fine with that. Get a little blue health back, or you can swap me out. I'm actually okay with either. There's no armor activated. I'm not okay with the resets. Drop me, drop me. Not like that, though. It's getting in that part of the game where I... Is it spark time? I think it is. He's going to be Peter. I played it too risky. I wanted to wait again for his Super Dash, but I realized in Spark, I don't think he would try to push the initiative when I have Spark. That was so fast. I'm dead. Oh, nothing. What? We're getting outplayed. I can't, I can't tech. Three bars. Can he kill? I think at this point, if he wanted to, he could level one, level five. Yep. Damn. Do it. Do two. Even two is enough to kill. Okay, hold on. I could come back. I could come back. I could come back. I could come back right now. I could come back. Limit break, Broly. I got the damage on deck. I'm not done yet. Don't check the times. Don't check... Hey, don't hover over the video if that red bar is getting close to the ending.  The video must have glitched. Just give me time. I'll edit the video because the video definitely ain't ending here. Oh, no. Okay, hold on, hold on. No, no, no, no, no, no, no. Oh, no. That's it. Thank you for watching the video. Damn. I just wish we played better with Ginyu. No, Bardock died too. Damn. That was the wrong way. We had a good start, too. I couldn't get it done with this team. Great games to my opponent. Thank you all so much for watching. If you enjoyed this video, let me know down below.  I think it's pretty good. 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Hi, this is Susie Henderson with EDUCAUSE. Thanks for joining me for EDUCAUSE Online Presenter Coaching, a series of recorded sessions for online speakers on subjects such as Adobe Connect features, how to design your presentation for delivery within Adobe Connect, and how to share your desktop or specific applications within Adobe Connect. Our goal is to provide you with the tools and resources you need to be a successful online presenter. In the next few minutes, we will talk about EDUCAUSE Speaker Concierge Web Resources and online event technologies. Are you familiar with the EDUCAUSE Web Resources that you can access anytime you have an internet connection? Do you know how to easily locate them? To quickly and easily locate the Speaker Concierge resources, scroll to the bottom of any EDUCAUSE web page to find the resource links shown here. In the second column, under Conferences and Events, locate Speaker Concierge and click on it. 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This is part 4 of my series What Next After Entry Level Boots. In this video I'm going to look at the mid-range level of work boots and in particular those that look like Pacific Northwest work boots. So after trying out your Thursday hero or Thursday logger or your Iron Rangers as a chunky star work boot, you've decided to look further. But for now, you might balk at shelling out $600 USD or more. Here are a few to look at in the next level. G'day, my name is Tech and welcome to my channel boot, Lossophy. I acknowledge the traditional custodians of the lands I work on, the Wajik people. As I said, this is part 4 of my series What Next After Entry Level Boots and in part 4 I'm taking a look at the mid-range of boots that might look like the chunky American Heritage Pacific Northwest work boots. I think I need to say up front that there is no substitution to the quality and durability of the PNW brands like Whites, Knicks, JK and others. They have fulfilled the needs of blue collar workers in America with their very harsh needs woodland fighters and loggers since the turn of the century in some cases. However, those incredibly well-boot boots sell for US $600 USD and above and after you enter into the boot world with a $200 or $300 USD boot, it's a hell of a step for a second pair of boots. So before you make that decision for your third pair of boots, you might want to try out the look, if not the heritage of those chunky work boots. But first, if you're new to heritage-style quality stitched boots, even though you may have heard of the boots centered on the US Pacific Northwest coast, you may not be so sure why they are so esteemed. The PNW story almost certainly starts with Whites boots, founded in 1853, but settled in Spokane and Washington State since the 1910s. The geography and industry of the Pacific Northwest sort of dictates the type of tough boots they made. Loggers for the men who worked in the logging industry as loggers and packers, industries that opened up the American West in the early 20th century from linemen to railroad workers and construction crews. And where there are forests, there are fires, so bush firefighters. Over time, as workers centered in the boot-making industry or were attracted there by those who came before, other brands emerged from Dana to Nix to JK, Druze, Franks, Wesco and so on. Actually, Wesco is an old one. Today, some have fallen by the wayside. Others struggle to find the talent and experience and to refresh their older generation of workers with new workers while competing with better wages in other industries. Yet, at least since the late 2000s and despite the extremely large hiccup of the pandemic, the PNW boot scene is alive and well. What attracts boot collectors and blue collar workers and fancy boot nerds from all over the world to those brands is the history and the enduring quality build. Hand stitching, hand-welting, quality materials, layer-on-layer of thick leathers in the soles and the arches, fire-proof outsoles if you need them and certainly protective leathers. And the look. If you like the hard and tough-looking work-boot aesthetic, nothing beats a Pacific Northwest work-boot or even some of the casual lines like White's MP boots or Nix Falcon and Americana models. I said when I reviewed the Nix collaboration with Parkhurst that when you put it on, it just feels important that it is something of import. It's not just the way they're built. I won't deny that it's also because of the way they look.  If you take a look at any of their websites, you'll see a lot of different models, from the downright aggressive logging and firefighting boots to their mock-toe work-boots to their casual models that are made like work-boots. However, despite the different models, they tend to look heavier, which means a rounder toe box, a heavy heel, not necessarily a high logger-style heel all the time, but just a sure-footed heavy heel and the overall character chunkier shape of the lasts. So understanding that you won't be able to put them through the punishment as real PNW boots, but still giving you the value in a lower price, what can you try as a second boot going into that aesthetic? Here are two I'd like to put forward as might fit the bill. The first is a mock-toe boot from a real PNW brand. This is White's Fulton Boot. The second is another mock-toe boot, the Brass Boot from Grant Stone. Let's take a look at the Grant Stone first. For those of you who don't know, Grant Stone only started in 2016, but have gone from strength to strength and grown since then as a direct-to-consumer company selling only through their website. This and the fact that their boots are made in China with lower cost-of-living costs there make their boots in the mid-300 US dollars, but I think worth a good hundred or so more due to the quality of construction. It needs to be said that we do see Made in China as being second-rate, never mind the politics, but the iPhone has proved as wrong as does Grant Stone. I am not the only boot reviewer who rates Grant Stone's production quality as well and above many Australian-American and British brands at that price level or even more. Their Brass Boot was their first mock-toe boot and available in a variety of different leathers and two different outsoles.  I chose this Brass Boot in Earth for this contender. Earth is a waxy commander, a wax suede from famous English tannery, Charles F. Stead. The darker, rough-out-looking leather and heavy lugged sole rivals the aesthetic of a P&W boot. The fact that the mock-toe stitch on the vamp is more in-board makes the toe-box profile rounder and chunkier than a regular mock-toe. This makes the profile of the Brass Boot similar to the look of some of the P&W work boots and accentuated by the heavy lugged sole. You can see my full review up there. The Brass Boot, like all of Grant Stone's boots, is put together using the Goodyear Welts Construction method. This is that expected step-up into quality footwear from cement construction, the cheaper boots that you may have been used to. Goodyear Welting is where a thin strip of leather called the Welt is sewn to the insole and the turned-in uppers on the inside, and then on the outside the Welt is stitched to the midsole and the outsole. This is said to be very water-resistant because no stitch holes go directly through the outside of the boot into the inside. This construction model also means that when the outsole is worn down, you can get a cobbler to re-sole it for you because they can cut the outside stitches, peel off the worn outsole and then glue and stitch a new outsole on and then stitch it on without even touching the Welt or the uppers. The sole construction of the Brass Boot uses American Bovine Benz Leather, Vagitan for Sturdiness as insole, midsole and Welt, as well as the insertion of a natural cork filler in between, and it has a steel shank for arch support and stability. While probably not really a work boot, it is built sturdily enough to be used for light manual work and is certainly sturdy and protective enough for working around the house or going on trails and walks and hikes. This model, using Charles F. Stead's Waxy Commander, offers a protective, outdoorsy leather that withstands scuffs and scratches and patinas really well. The next boot you might want to look at is one of the lower price range models from the P&W brand, Whites. Whites boots make the famous MP service boot my grail, and those, as well as their premium work boots, use a hand lasted rolled Welt construction method where a form of stitch down is crossed with a Welt to make an extremely water resistant and durable boot. However, the hand lasting and hand stitching is costly, and so their hand lasted boots sell for $600 to $700 or more. In filling in the lower price range, Whites have started making good year welded boots that can be made faster. Their first entry was a mock-toe boot called the Perry, and today they have several models in that price range. This one is a taller boot called the Fulton. You can see my review here. Before I go into the Fulton, I might just tell you that in this particular boot, the mock-toe stitch popped open just in the corner of my left boot, only days after I got them. It is important to tell you that, but also for you to realise that with most handmade products, no factory computerised lines here, these things do happen. If I had complained, I suspect Whites may have provided a refund or a small enough credit to make the price of these equal to seconds, but my attitude is, unless there's a massive problem, these things happen. You have to live with it. OK, so let's look at the Fulton. It is good year welded, as I've said, so made the same way as the brass boot, so all the advantages of water resistance and the ability to be recrafted. One difference in the construction is the actual mock-toe stitch. In the brass boot, it's a pretend or mock-toe. The stitch gathers and puckers up the leather on the vamp to create the U-shaped stitch. Here on the Fulton, there actually are two pieces making up the vamp. You have the sidewalls and the top piece, and the mock-toe apron stitch, stitches those two pieces together. This does make it more flexible, but there is the potential of water getting through and as mine has proved, it could be a weak point if the stitching isn't good enough. The uppers are a distressed leather which, looking at it, is I think an oiled newbuck. Newbuck starts off as full grain leather, that is the top piece of a hide with the toughest grain or skin side on top, but is then lightly sanded to remove the shininess of smooth grain leather. This makes it more capable of taking scratches because of the fibre structure once the top has been sanded or otherwise called corrected. The most famous example of newbuck you might recognise is the Timberland yellow boot, and if you know that, you know how velvety but protective that can actually be. In this case, the leather is also pumped full of oils and waxes in the tanning, very similar to Crazy Horse, which further waterproofs and protects the leather. Under your feet, Whites have put on this, on a Vibram, that's a very famous Italian outsole manufacturer, on a Vibram honey lug sole which combines the best of the worlds of grip and comfort, being deep lugs but with a softer compound. What you do give up is a little durability because the soft rubber will probably wear a little faster than hard rubber commander soles. Whites will usually construct their insoles with layers of thick leather in the arches building up the arch support. In the Fulton, they do have a steel shank but not so much those layers of leather building up the arch and so you do swap some of the price for some of that famous arch support. Overall, this is a solid boot from Whites and comfortable but be aware that you're buying it for the mid 300s and not the full build hand stitched, hand rolled, hand sold $700 tank. I'd like to show you a couple more alternatives. Now I've put them into a second category, not because of the price but they're still in that mid 300 US dollar range but I put them into a second category because they are made to order meaning you'll have to wait while they make your boots. So this is the Bordon Tucano boot and this is the Fortis Dacar service boot. Let's take the Tucano. This is made by Bordon Colombia. All the links will be in the description box below by the way, just go look for them there. Bordon is a Colombian brand in South America, new to the quality boot world but they have made a splash with their stitched down construction boots. This Tucano is in an Italian wax suede similar to the brass boots Waxy Commander. It is a stitched down boot meaning that the uppers instead of being turned in and then sewn to the insole and welt are actually turned out and sewn directly to the midsole and the outsole. This is said to be even more water resistant than Goodyear welting because the flared out uppers kind of turn or wick the water away but it is marginally more difficult to re-sole because your cobbler is going to have to be very careful about how they remove the stitches and how they have to re-stitch into the original holes otherwise it will end up being a colander. Here the Colombian vegetarian midsole is a Vibram hard compound commando sole and above it is a cork filler for comfort and then above that is a leather sock liner that is also lightly padded for comfort. This is a chunky looking boot that can easily be used as a P&W style work boot and I've taken it everywhere. Bordon do two or three group MTO sessions in a year and so you may have to wait for your boots not only for those MTO sessions to open for them to be made but go take a look at the website from the link below so that you can have a look. This next one is the Dakar service boot from Indonesian boot maker Fortis Boots. Bandung in Indonesia just south of the capital Jakarta is another world centre for quality boot making. The Indonesian craftsmen learned their trade from generations of exposure to quality boot making from their Dutch colonialists up to the turn of the 20th century and then since independence has continued to regenerate their expertise. You can order some remarkably excellent quality boots from Bandung boot makers in which you can specify lasts, uppers, outsoles even the construction. Using locally tanned leather you can get an amazing boot for US 350 and for Italian or US uppers leathers maybe an extra hundred or so. This really is the centre of an almost bespoke made to order handmade hand stitched boot industry. The disadvantage is that they are small boot makers working out of small workshops. This means that communication is difficult, their English isn't great and almost certainly communication is through social media like Instagram and WhatsApp rather than through email or websites. And being small workshops you may have to wait weeks for your order to be completed. But if you look at this boot it's worth it. This is Fortis' service boot design on the Adakar last. As you can see the aesthetic while called a service boot is very similar to a chunky P&W work boot more so than a service boot I think. It has a chunky round toe box in the aggressive commando lug sole. The construction method is called Felscheun or Dutch for few shoe which is a former stitch down. It is sturdily made by hand. Again I've taken this boot everywhere and hiked through the bush in winter rain and sun dried limestone cliffs where I live. If you can't do some light construction in these I'd be very surprised. Manual labour aside though these look terrific with the chunky toe box and the lug sole combination with the DNA of something looking like a P&W boot. The uppers in this case are made from a local leather that's called Crazy Horse and it's made and tanned in a similar way to the distress newbuck of the White's Fulton except that it's chrome tanned. To me it has withstood all kinds of scratches and scuffs and carrying is easy with any kind of boot oil or cream or leather balm. Being distressed there's no need to baby this thing. So there I end with 4 different choices in the mid US $300 range to look at as your next step in P&W style boots. No you're not getting a cheap P&W boot except maybe for the Fulton but you are getting a mid price boot that looks like a P&W work boot and all of these can actually be used I think as a rugged light work boot. None of them are pretend cement construction fashion centric boots pretending to look rugged. 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Hey everyone. Yeah, I know crappy webcam again. Sorry My main camera's fine. I'm just having some lighting issues I got this new really bright light up here, and it's like messing with the other guy I got some adjustments to make but that's another you know there We have some big news to talk about here when it comes to Nintendo switch aka the switch pro Okay, I know it's not really a k a but actually we do have switch pros up to talk about because Nintendo did a really weird Firmware update a firmware update that seemingly did nothing before I get into that I gotta remind you I haven't done it a little bit. So don't get mad at me We do have a giveaway going on for $100 in cash money to enter All you got to do is subscribe to the channel comment on this video You get additional entries for commenting on every video in the month of April you get 10 entries for commenting on podcast episodes Details and all this are done in the description or the pin comment. All right So we have this information from Nintendo's 12.0 update so if you guys haven't updated your search is that go ahead and do it the patch notes basically just say hey look We fixed a bug with the data save backups And this is really really strange because the data save backup system and fixing a bug with that Well, that's nice in every then those cloud backups. It's nice to fix But why would this be a 12.0 update the prior version by the way was 11 point zero point one They literally jumped basically a full version. They didn't do anything in between Normally these like minor system updates are in between versions not full updates full updates contain things like new features The you know, the new little red Nintendo switch online icon, you know, the ability to reorganize our games That they usually contain like a slightly major feature or at least a significant one for some reason And this one didn't accept something's been discovered in the firmware So let's go over to Twitter So oatmeal dome is a well-known switch hacker And he says it appears the 12.0 point zero update has added the capability for the Docs internal firmware to be updated Can't see an obvious reason why cradle is the Docs internal name thanks to switch route and its maintainers So, okay, you know Cradle firmware updater don't input returns. Okay, so whatever right like okay So Nintendo is including this ability to you know update the doc Which is interesting because as you point points out the doc itself only contains USB chips a my DP to HDMI converter and then flash memory to store its firmware I'm not sure what the point of an update would would be considered how basic it is inside So I'm aware it has never received one before so yeah What's far as we're where the doc has never been updated before and this updater doesn't even claim that it's updated anything It's just it's giving the ability to update the doc And that's weird because the only real thing on the doc that you could think could be updated is the USB ports the USB ports are Like techno odd like technically technology wise their USB 3.0 ports That's what I was trying to go to but they don't run we've proven this over time They don't run at USB 3.0 speeds. They're running as USB 2 ports. You could argue a firmware update Potentially might be able to run them at USB 3.0. We don't know for sure We'd have to know what the exact USB modules are on the actual board It's possible that while the ports themselves are 3.0 It could have just been because they're in mass production and super cheap and the actual module on the board is only a 2.0 module We don't know this for sure You don't start ripping off chips and all this stuff to figure that out So at this point, we're not even sure that it can run at 3.0 despite having 3.0 ports But you could argue anyways, okay, maybe Nintendo is finally gonna enable those 3.0 ports Which really aren't going to do anything for Nintendo If anyone thinks this means oh, no, this means you can hook up an external GPU You know, we're gonna get that external compute device that was in those patents years ago No external GPUs run on USB C and Thunderbolt Exclusively those ports are twice as fast if not faster than USB a 3.0 ports And even on those faster ports the GPUs are still gimped. So yeah No, this isn't gonna be for an external computing device I know the only reason really upgraded to 3.0 would be I guess for better latency with wired controllers Maybe I don't even know I mean Maybe Nintendo is gonna release like a webcam module because certain webcams obviously run way better with USB 3 So there are devices out there external devices that are better with USB 3 and specifically USB 3.1 But as far as we're aware, there's not really anything in the works for a Nintendo that should matter or need that kind of dock update But turns out there's more details in this. So when you leave it right here, you're just kind of like a whatever Where does switch pro come into play? We'll scroll on down more information here What's this say? Nintendo switch for more update about my earlier tweet about the 12 point will be in the upgrade the dock firmware There is also this setting is crda underscore FW underscore update underscore supported CRDA is Cradle dock for Alula Alula is the codename for the new switch model We learned that Alula was codename for the new switch model a while ago from scryers M and others out there But here you go here it is CDRA FW update supported. This is not referenced really anywhere else CDRA again Alula guys This is an update This is an update for well, you know according to Mike Heskin here is backing this up By the way, this is an update that looks like it's specifically for the upcoming switch pro It's an update for the new dock now again We don't have that dock and as far as we're aware this update has done nothing to the current dock So here's what this does kind of confirm it I think we've always known the switch pro is gonna have a new dock, right? It's going to have a new dock I think we've always known that the current dock cannot output at 4k Even if it wanted to it just can't it doesn't have the capability it doesn't have the right HDMI port It literally couldn't do it from a hardware perspective So they were gonna need to have a new dock anyways if you were gonna get 4k output and this update appears to be for that Now you might say well why the hell do they have an update for a platform That's not here and not even announced publicly yet Because devs have it and these updates also go to dev units and when they go to the dev units It updates their dock what this update does to their dock. We obviously don't know because we're not developers does this change Potential outputs does this change specs, you know is Nintendo locking in the final specs for docked mode Is that what this updates about even though you would think those specs would be internally? Maybe they're not maybe they're handled through the dock Maybe it's it's changing power delivery on the dock to hit and certain I have no idea We don't know what this update does because we don't have a dev unit We don't have a dev unit in our hands to look at what this update factually changed on the dock And I don't we're gonna hear about it because despite the fact that we have had some leaks from the dev units come out to the public in terms of capabilities of the switch pro We're not getting everything people seem to be pretty You know pretty stick to it when it comes to the NDA on this platform, which is fine Nintendo is Very very sticklers about the NDA stuff So the fact we've even heard the dev units out at all is already kind of a miracle So yeah, this is just this is something that we're gonna have to keep in the back of our minds That this is just another confirmation our second confirmation in the firmware that switch pro is real guys We've been talking about this for a while that hey everyone's looking for evidence everyone wants to know How do we know the switch pro is real? Nintendo's already referenced it once in a prior firmware update and now they've referenced it again with something That's updating the dock which already goes to just further evidence that we're getting like a doc update at all Is already evidence but having the doc update specifically reference a Lula is We got it folks which pros coming It's not like you didn't know already But for the doubters out there the evidence keeps stacking up and I get it for some people until Nintendo announces it none of it matters and I understand that sentiment just get ready. Am I saying E3?  It's not real wait till September.  Alright guys. Thank you guys so much for tuning in I am Nathan and RoboJazz from the center prime and I'll catch you in the next video


What is going on everybody, Estas here. Welcome back to another video. So in this video, we're going to be doing an overall market update, looking at the Dow Jones, the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq. We're going to be talking about two trades that I made today on the 25th of February and 2019, as well as taking a look at some other stocks and ETFs that did very well today and that I personally see potential in for the rest of this month and heading on into the month of March of 2019. So for everybody out there that's new to the channel, my name is Estas and I make videos dealing with swing trading, day trading, long-term investing and my personal philosophies and strategies when it comes down to investing and trading in the stock market. So for those of you guys that want to learn more about that, feel free to subscribe to this channel as well as hit that notification bell so you're notified every time that I do make a video and also feel free to join our free Discord group chat down below in the description as well as our free Facebook group. We're talking every single day there about trading, investing stocks, news, strategies and just networking with each other. I believe we have about 600 people nearly in that Discord chat. So join that guys 100% free. You'll get a ton of value from it, I promise. So let's talk about what ended up happening today in the overall stock market starting off here with the SPX. Actually, before we even talk about that, for all you guys that didn't watch my previous video that I uploaded earlier today, go check out that video after this video because I talk about what actually ended up pushing up the stock market today and a bunch of Chinese stocks, which was Trump delaying the trade war deadline, which was originally March 1st. He's pushing it back because China and the US, they're coming to actual terms. They're coming to an actual agreement. There is signs that there's actually going to be an agreement, which is actually what Trump said a couple of weeks ago. If there were signs that there was going to be an agreement, he was going to push the trade deadline back, which is exactly what ended up happening last night on Twitter. He pushed it back, which pumped a lot of stock optimism today or optimism into the stock market rather. And a lot of the stocks we talk about on this channel did very well today. So we're going to get deeper into that again. Take a look at that video earlier today if you want more news on that trade war update. And let's talk about what happened today in terms of the SPX. Well, the SPX guys closed the day up around $3.44 today, up around .12%. The Dow Jones up around $60 today at the close, up around .23%. And the Nasdaq up around $33 at the close, up around .46%. And for those of you guys that were paying attention to the markets today, you know that we opened up very strong and we ended up downtrending for the rest of the day. And we can see that here on the one day, one minute. We opened up strong. We gapped up in terms of the SPX here about .5%. At the highs, we were up around .8%. I believe .75%, .8%. And there at about 11.07 a.m. Eastern Standard Time, we topped off at around 2813, which happens to be right at that resistance that we've been talking about over these past couple of videos. And we ended up downtrending for the rest of the day, closing the day at about 2796. And what is this telling me, guys? Well, this is telling me that we're trading in between the resistance at 2815 and the resistance at around 2790. That, again, we've been talking about over these past couple of weeks in these daily market update videos. So let me just quickly go over those two points very quickly. Here on the 90-day 30-minute chart, we can see it a bit clearer, right? We've been talking about this channel here, the resistance, which is looking like we're topping off right now at the top of this channel and the support here on the bottom. And we've also been talking about these resistances, right? The ones that I just talked about. So what it's looking like now, guys, well, we broke above this resistance at around 2790. And we're trading in between this one as a new support and this previous resistance at 2815, which we actually just got rejected at, right? We can see rejection here earlier today. We just saw it on the one day, one minute. We topped at about 2813. And now we're closing the day down around 2796. So we're pretty much trading in between this channel here horizontally right now in terms of this SPX chart. And we're also trading at the top of this resistance right here. It's looking like we got rejected by the resistance on the top of this channel. So overall right now, guys, what I'm looking for for a further pullback to the downside in terms of the overall markets is for us to break this new support at around 2790 in terms of the SPX. And ultimately for us to start the head back down to the support level of this channel, which would put it at, you know, right around 2750 in my personal opinion, if we were to extend this a bit, if we were to pull back to the bottom, it would be around 2750 where we would expect for the support to bounce. And of course, if we didn't bounce there and we broke to the downside, that would be a huge, huge bearish move. But as of right now, guys, we got the first step in the rejection to the downside in terms of the resistance at the top of this channel. Another step that we got rejected by that other resistance from a couple months back at around 2815. Now all we have to do is break the support, head to the bottom of this channel and of course the 50SMA, which would act as a support right around 2760. If we broke that, we'd be heading to the bottom of this channel at around 2750. So on a technical basis, guys, you know, it does look like we are due for a pullback in terms of the SPX, right? All in all, in 2019 alone, guys, we are up 20%. Yeah, you heard me right, 20% in the SPX and literally less than two months. So that's a 10% return in January and nearly a 10% return in February. You can't look me in the eyes with a straight face and say that this is going to continue, right? We are willing. We are going to see a pullback soon, very soon, in my opinion, in the SPX. We're going to see a healthy retracement, right? Like we saw back here from 2670 down to about 2620. We saw a healthy one, you know, a couple of weeks back here from 2730 down to about 2685. And the fact that we've seen straight green push, guys, we've been trading literally on the resistance for the past couple of trading days of this channel, literally with minimal pullbacks. You know, the bigger pullback is going to come, in my opinion, in these next couple of days, whether it be this week that we're trading in right now or next week, I do think we're going to see a nice little correction in terms of the SPX. And of course, let me know what you guys think down below. And if this optimism with the trade war news lasts, right, it lasts a couple more trading days, a couple more trading weeks, and we ultimately do come to a trade war agreement, you know, I don't know what the market's going to be doing, right? Is that going to push the market up even more in the short term here, potentially testing these all-time highs? You know, that could also happen as well, guys. So right now, we're kind of in an iffy situation where the markets are up 20%. We could potentially see a pullback. But we also have this optimism that the markets could continue to push up based on a potential trade war agreement to come in the next couple of weeks. So we're in a path right now where we can either go one direction or the other direction, kind of a path where we're splitting into two separate directions. And I don't know which way we're honestly going to go. Let me know down below what do you guys personally think? I'm pushing more towards a little pullback here, you know, to the downside. But of course, you know, the trade war optimism, that could pump a lot more green into the stock market over these next couple of days and weeks. Who knows, guys? So judging off here in the Dow Jones, guys, the Dow Jones industrial average, we've been talking about this resistance as well at about 25, 800 that we broke above last week. And we're trading in this channel just like the SPX from the two previous resistances back towards the end of November. And of course, in the beginning of November from around 26, 200, in the beginning of November, that's a resistance that we are at right now. And the one at the end of November, beginning of December, is at around 25,800. So we successfully held that old resistance as a new support last week. And today, we popped up to the top of that channel and also to the top of the resistance at around 26, 250 dollars. So on a technical basis right now, guys, just like the SPX, this end to see the Dow Jones does look like it's pulling back. We see the resistance here, 26, 200. And of course, at the top of this channel, like I did say, and on a 30 day 90 minute, we can see it even better, right? It's almost like we perfectly got rejected at that resistance. So what am I going to be watching for, guys, over these next couple of days? Well, if the Dow Jones does break 26,200 dollars in these next coming days, that is going to be the last resistance to the all time highs that we saw back in the beginning of October at around 27,000 dollars, guys. So we're actually pretty close up to that all time high right now, literally 2, 3% off in terms of the Dow Jones. So if we do see some more optimism coming, we see a couple of more green days, guys. The Dow Jones is going to be at all time highs again, which is absolutely insane. And if we're just judging off how much has come up in 2019 alone, we're up nearly 17% in terms of the Dow Jones. But on a technical basis, guys, again, I can't stress it enough. It does look like we are due for a little pullback here. You know, in terms of the Dow Jones, same exact thing with the SPX, the S&P 500. And judging off of the Nasdaq guys, again, like we said today, up 0.5% roughly the best indices out of the three main ones that we look at for the US stock market. We are seeing some resistance at around 7100 right now for the Nasdaq, which we've actually been talking about over the past couple of weeks. But a good thing here, guys, is that we finally pushed to that higher high from consolidating roughly at around 7050 to 7060 to 7070 over the past couple of trading days, really from 2 slash 15 February 15 up to around the 21st of February. We were huddling and consolidating around this area, the fact that we pushed to a higher high. That's just confirming that we're continuing the uptrend pattern here in the Nasdaq. But we do have resistance right here at 7150, guys. And if we break that tomorrow, the next spot we're going to be headed to is around 7225, about 100 points higher than where we are right now. That's going to put us at the resistance from the beginning of November. Also close to the top of this uptrend channel that we've been trading in over these past couple of days in terms of the Nasdaq. So keep an eye on that level, guys. Super, super important. So that's what I'm looking at in terms of the overall stock market here. Again, more optimism could be coming due to this trade war news that we got. And especially if we do come to a trade agreement. But like I said in my video earlier on today, just if we come to an agreement with China, just because we did come to an agreement with them, that does not mean the stock market is going to fly up for the next one, two, three years. The global economy is still slowing down. And just because we are probably going to come to an agreement, that doesn't change the fact that the overall economy and the global economy is slowing down. And we could see some more downside in the next coming months. The trade war, the deal does not change any of that, right? So let's talk about what I ended up trading today. For all you guys that have been watching the videos for the past week now, I made a video last Sunday, I believe, or Saturday or Sunday, talking about three stocks that I'm swing trading. One of those was Microsoft closed that position last week at about $109, $110, left some profit on the board there because we did fly higher. No problem because I did take a 2% gain on that swing trade. Another one was J&J. And another one was Cat, ticker symbol, C-A-T. And Cat is one that I actually ended up closing out this morning. And let me show you guys where I ended up closing this one out on the longer-term basis. And for those of you guys that didn't know what my plan was originally, well, my plan originally was to enter on the break of this resistance at around $137.75. That's exactly where I ended up entering. We popped up. Remember that day that Cat was up about 3%, 4%? That's the day that I actually ended up getting in on this big green candlestick here. Held it for a couple of days. We pulled back, tested that same area. And today, we popped up all the way to my sell target price at around $142. My whole entire goal on this trade, guys, was to fill the gap from $138 up to $142. Did I get all of that? No, I did not get all of that because I got in roughly at $138. And I sold off this morning before the final push. I ended up selling off literally right at market open, honestly, guys, within the first five, six minutes of market open, because we were up nearly 1.52% from the close on Friday. So I wanted to just lock in my profits there of around 22.5%. And of course, we saw the push up to the resistance at about $142, which was the goal sell price. But again, since I was already up 22.5%, we were a bit overbought here because we gapped up pretty heavily. I just wanted to play it safe, take my profits there on CAT. And that's exactly what I ended up doing. Ended up closing off this position today, guys. So this ended up being like a four-day swing trade, three-four-day swing trade. The Microsoft trade was about a two-day swing trade. And I'm actually still holding J&J, which was another one that I was in from here at about $134.50, $135 on the break above this old resistance. So that's what, you know, quick little update on my J&J trade. I'm still holding that one. CAT, I ended up closing that one out. Of course, Microsoft, I closed that one out last week for those of you guys that have been paying attention to the channel. So another one that I ended up trading today, and I actually talked about this one in my morning video today. This morning's video was you guys, ticker symbol U-G-A-Z. And this is another ETF that I've been talking about over the past couple of videos. And guys, this one pretty much uptrended, you know, from about 12.45 p.m. all the way to about 2.45 p.m. Eastern Standard Time. And what I wanted to do in terms of my U-G-A-Z trade, and for those of you guys that don't know, U-G-A-Z trades based upon natural gas. I wanted to see natural gas fill the gap from about 270 up to about 290. And what do we see, guys, based off these technicals? Well, it's doing exactly that. And for those of you guys that watched my video earlier this week, I believe, no, it was actually over the weekend. It might have been, yeah, it was Friday's video. Friday's video, I talked about this exact strategy in that video. I wanted for natural gas to break $2.72. That's exactly what we saw today with the gap up. I wanted it to hold 270, 272, 273 as a new support since it wasn't old resistance. We broke above it. It's now a new support. I wanted it to hold it as a new support and then slowly start to fill the gap back up to 290, which we clearly see it did that today. It's at $2.85. You know, at the close, it was up about 4% today. Ridiculous move. It did exactly what I ended up, you know, what I wanted it to do for me to trade the ETF, which is U-G-A-Z, and that's exactly what I ended up trading today, guys. So based off the one day, one minute here, I actually did not end up taking a day trade for the first half of the day because I didn't really see any opportunities out there. The stock market was pushing down in general, so I didn't want to force anything. I wanted to wait and see if any opportunities were going to open up to me, and we saw that opportunity here as natural gas really got out of that 277, 278 range and started to climb into the 280 range. What this did for me, guys, is it opened up that opportunity for U-G-A-Z, right? U-G-A-Z at around 12 o'clock, we can see exactly what I'm talking about here. Once natural gas broke into the 280 range, this one went bananas, right? From 33.50 up to around 34.80. That's like a 5% move, roughly 3%, 4% move there in U-G-A-Z. And of course, guys, I day traded this one in and out very quickly for about a 1.2% profit, I do believe. 1.2% profit. Very quick scalp trade on U-G-A-Z here, guys. So that's what I ended up doing in terms of my day trade today. Cat took my profits there about 2.3%, I believe, to be exact with you guys as well. J&J still holding that particular stock here as a swing trade with a gold price to sell at around, what was it, like 140, I believe? 140-ish, 140 flat right around here on this previous support, which is now obviously a new resistance. So that is the trading update for today, guys, the overall market update. Now, let's talk about very quickly what I see potential in for tomorrow very briefly. So, of course, I do see potential in J&J to potentially add more money into this one. Don't want to spend too much time here. Well, pretty much what I want to see is really the continuation of the uptrend to the upside and for it to hold 136-ish as a new support tomorrow and for us to continue to close the gap to the upside. Another one that I see potential in, guys, that I actually talked about this morning as well, didn't end up doing anything was UWT, guys. We saw the big pullback in UWT from around 1630, all the way down to about 1450. It literally lost $2 per share in terms of this ETF. So this opened up a nice chunk of profit. And, of course, if we see crude oil, which is the future that UWT trades based upon, if we see crude oil hold this old resistance as a new support, heading into tomorrow and slowly start to climb out of the $55 range and into the $56 range, this is going to be a very good sign that we're pushing back up in crude oil, opening up more margin for UWT for a potential day trade in tomorrow's session. So I'm watching UWT, guys, very closely. Let me go here to my active watch list. I do have some other stocks. I'm forgetting off the top of my head here. Another one that did very well that I'm actually still looking at is Square. That's what it was, ticker symbol SQ. So SQ right now, it ended up gapping up nearly 2% today. But what are we seeing? We're seeing resistance at around $77.50. So if we do break this resistance tomorrow, guys, just like we ended up filling this gap here from the support up to the resistance, if we break this resistance and hold it as a new support, we're going to start to see the gap fill. Oh, my God, it keeps going in. Oh, let's see. Okay. If we slowly break above this resistance, like I said, and we hold it as a new support, we're going to see the gap fill back up to around $81. So tomorrow, guys, in Square, that's what I'm going to be watching for. And if we do successfully break that, right, this could be a nice two, three, four, five-day swing trade in Square ticker symbol SQ. Let's see, M-O-M-O. This one's a bit overextended, but I still like how it's reversing. A little inverse head and shoulder pattern here. To the upside, this one could end up being a pretty good play, but I would love to see a pullback down to about $50-50, maybe $51 flat to get in at a better price. And of course, we'll be riding it back up to $53, which is the previous support, which is now a new resistance. So another one we saw sell off heavily today, guys, was Cron ticker symbol C-R-O-N. This one's not looking too good right now, guys. I would love to see a potential bounce on $20, but if we do break that, that's not going to be that good of a sign for Cron. Another marijuana stock. Let's see how this one ended up doing today. More selling in C-G-C, just like we talked about, guys, it struggled to get out of that resistance on the 50 SMA, not really looking to trade this one until we break out of there to fill the gap back up to potentially $51. Until then, not looking to trade C-G-C. Let's see, what other ones are we talking about? Microsoft ended up doing pretty well this morning, actually, guys. It got all the way to the top at about $1.12 this morning. People started to take their profits pretty heavily, I believe. Yup, right here. We popped up $1.12. We opened up, literally dropped $0.70 at the bell like that. That's people taking their profits, guys, because Microsoft has been on an absolute tear over these past couple of days. So honestly, this one could pull back. It's really screaming for a pullback right now. And if we get to the bottom of this channel at about $108.109, that could be a good entry point for another swing in Microsoft. So obviously, guys, we saw some Chinese stocks today do very well. Alibaba ended up closing the day up nearly 4%. JD.com, I actually haven't checked this one since the morning. Let's see what this ended up closing at, about 1%. But we do see it popped up nearly to $27.50. So it did drop about $1.25 from that peak pre-market hours. Another one I was watching, what was it, IQ? Is this IQ? Yeah, this says, wow, there's a lot of profit taking in this one, guys, up to $30. Popped up pretty heavily over the weekend.  That's nearly a $3 loss from the pre-market highs. Pretty, pretty interesting there. But overall, guys, you know, I'm watching a couple ETFs here, you know, the typical ones that we trade. And of course, the large caps that I mentioned. And if the markets do sell off tomorrow very strongly, like they potentially could, TVIX is going to be a very nice play, which is actually a good play, you know, heading off into the end of the day here, right? This one offered a great uptrend all day due to the markets, like we saw in the beginning of this video, opening up green and then slowly down trending for the rest of the day. So let's say we do end up selling off in the markets tomorrow, TVIX is going to be a great play to continue to push up. 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