Hello everyone, hello everyone We'll get started here in a minute big movement going on in Bitcoin today the world's kind of on edge, but we're making some serious transitions so today we're going to get go over go back to our original series and talk about our Development program of achieving peak performance going through the different steps to build the foundation in your trading career to really Have a sustainable trading program And something that you can a solid foundation you can really build on and so We've gone over before you know knowing yourself and Having improved self-awareness and really that's the biggest foundation of the whole Whole thing is really know who you are and really get in touch with you know What puts it pushes your buttons and what buttons you can control and what buttons you don't you know know when to Hold them know when to fold them So before I get into the presentation, we're you know going over know your enemy So know the competitors in the field of trading what you're up against Just so you know you're going into eyes wide open And you know you don't you know there's a lot of Pete, you know Sayers out there that you know trading is easy you can make a million dollars and you know live on a yacht Well, that's just that's just not the truth And you need to run away from those people because they they're just out there to take your money so they can live on the yacht trading is really difficult and it takes a big effort and There's no magic bullet, but when we you know stick with the facts we can You know really achieve peak performance. So before I get into it just on a disclosure This is all this presentation is all for educational purposes You know any trade recommendations or anything that we go over is really just educational for your own insight We if you are trading we recommend that you're using risk capital because if you're not it's going to affect your decision-making process My name is John Slazas I'm a been trading since the 1980s and I started an analytics business in 84 and and then became a member of the Chicago and workhamfield exchange in 89 And I traded in the S&P pit for a little bit, but really I found myself running outside the pit to the Back then the CQG machine Or was it a ADP com trend? And you know, I just you know, this is before electronic trading. So it's You know just kind of you know getting my bearings on the bigger picture to then you know execute so it never really was a scalper, but You know they have in supporting traders for my career with analytics You know and we provide you know quantitative analytics through both aspiring and professional traders The analytics cover futures equities options crypto You know them, it's you know, basically it's the it's the same thing across across the board so that all of our methods can be applied in any asset class and You know, we've really been more of a word-of-mouth business and you know traders that work with us You know tend to stick with us because we become part of their Part of their process, you know, we provide good information And that's our mission, you know to create a positive impact and help traders achieve their full potential You know, and we do this by empowering traders with fact-based solutions And what's important about that is the fact-based when you understand the truth It's really going to enhance your self-awareness, which is going to improve your decision-making Knowing what is and Our approach, you know helps traders to execute trades company By Enabling them to get into and stay in a state of flow So, you know when you're not thinking and you're just doing your acting and you're performing to your peak And that's that's what our analytics are meant to do you give you that that fact foundation to really help you to You know trade intuitively These are all the different Presentations that we've done and we're just going over knowing your enemy So, you know the this is coming after know yourself So you have to understand yourself you need to know what you're up against you need to know You know who are the players and then you know the other presentations will get into more of the detail of Understanding the battlefield, which is really the environment When you when you understand the environment you can identify the winning strategy when you can identify the winning strategy You can identify the tactic to use and then with your tactics understanding, you know when when it's best time to execute and then Once you are in an opportunity being aware of the the risk factors associated and You know and knowing when that you need to back off So we're good know your enemy, you know, so the trading game, you know every winner The profits is at the expense of a loser So this this trading game is a zero-sum game So when when you lose money somebody else made money and more times than not it's the professionals That are doing that and who and who are these guys? Well, these are the professional trading houses and I'm going to simplify things, but you know, basically they're large funds and High-frequency trading firms So by understanding who your adversaries are and studying their tactics and strategies, you know This can help you to identify their tells so you can make more informed decisions You know when you're aware of what they're when their presence is being felt when it's not Understanding the truth. So large funds They, you know, you know, their basis is to accumulate more capital to manage they get paid management fees and incentive fees and You know the management fees can really add up and so that you know one of their goals is to have low drawdowns and a lot of AUM That's what large money and pension funds are looking for. They're looking for very low drawdowns. They're not looking for, you know These these excitable returns because that actually scares them because that spells volatility.  That's his You know, that's kind of the benchmark, you know, and you know a lot of the analytics that we do are all focused around that month to month So, you know managers start the month out with all their risk capital available and you know, they You know, how they end up that after the first second week, you know, that kind of starts to change their behavior Somewhat on what they're willing to risk what they're willing to give back, you know, if they really kill it and have a 5% first week of the month They're going to continue to press it, but they're definitely going to adjust their risk parameters so they can lock some of that in They're not going they're not going to give that back because they're looking for consistency and So and they trade on a higher timeflame They're looking at you know points that define shifts in the state and that's what's that's what's critical for these large funds You know points where they need to add or hedge So, you know, the they don't care about interday price action. They carry about, you know, basically, you know What you know one point? During the trading session, you know to execute where if potentially that's a point that's going to shift this the market state You may come into play during that session. It may not But they have that point identified and then the other thing that's important to understand about large funds is there, you know, they're constantly rebalancing and You know, they create specific behaviors during during the opening and the settlement of a trade period and this affects the price behavior and so You know crypto isn't really is 24 7 versus legacy exchanges, you know, they have this defined opening.  When's the stock market close? I mean basically when do the banks want you to settle up margin? You know Most you know, a lot of firms are still under that we haven't really transitioned to a complete DeFi system So when we do that will be different But until we do the legacy time frames are going to be important too So it's just being aware of what those are and being aware of that There's the the price behavior is going to act differently during that settlement and opening phases So what's the large fund strategy? You know, they're managing their P&L and they have a risk overlaid You know to manage their performance history to attract more money more AUM And so they you know their strategy a lot of the strategies low drawdowns, you know, that that's their main focus low drawdowns You know, it's not so much the returns the returns will come You know that they're going to focus on low drawdowns and this is an ongoing process of taking and reducing risk And this plays out in that they're during that opening and settlement range of the trade period You know rebalancing is a strategy, you know, they regularly adjust their positions to manage risk and maintain the portfolio balance You know, they're they're very risk adverse and They actually have specialized groups that monitor and direct trading desk You know orders for you know, passive strategies to minimize market disruption And what this what this means is that a lot of times they're going to enter around the VWAP The VWAP is a fantastic Fact-based tool that you should be aware of you should always be aware. What is the VWAP and what is that? It's really, you know, the midpoint for the trading period So you can absolutely monitor the VWAP on Daily timeframe, but you can also look at what you know, where are we? What's the midpoint on the weekly timeframe? You know, those are important factual Points in the market that you need to be aware of Position management, you know funds make decisions based on higher-tame frame structure period So, you know understanding that they don't care about, you know minor you know Volatility moves and churns within inter-day structure. It's just noise, you know, they're not concerned with that microstructure dynamic You know inter-day liquidity is seen as an opportunity to initiate, you know, multi-session programs You know, which can produce relentless moves if they align with structure and when they don't align the structure They're going nowhere But when the funds want to get in and there's an alignment with structure, that's when you get those railroad moves So in terms for large funds and their tactics Yeah, they're primarily trading on the opening and settlement And a lot of times, you know, the people that are executing for the funds Are not the people who are making the decisions of to buy or to sell You know, they're just there to execute. They're getting a directive buy or sell And so they they want to minimize their slippage and they're going to do, you know The best they can and and they're gonna and what happens is their team, you know Their liquidity happens a lot of equity happens at the settlement and the opening and off the VWAP And that's what they do to balance, you know, what the trades that need they need to get done And so as traders, you know, we need to expect more volatile swings in those trade periods during the opening settlement phases and Increase liquidity at that, you know at the VWAP and those are you know So that's that's important and you can use the VWAP as a kind of momentum level as well So if we're talking about a 24-hour market, what's the opening? Well, you know, the opening is like the first four hours of trading And that starts at 12 a.m. UTC. I'm in Chicago. So for me that starts at 7 p.m. central standard time and you know, and then the settlement period is It's also a four-hour period in front of that figure So which comes into alignment when the legacy markets start to close for me around 3 p.m. And those are in that's the context of those during those periods you have to be aware You know, there might be somebody that needs to just get out of a trade And so they'll just drive the market one way during the settlement time And you know, this happens a lot when you have a market that makes a big trend move Let's say during the day and then near the you know the last four hours a day Just railroads, you know People are start to cover and then people need a margin up and then it just turns into a you know a Super big squeeze back to the upside and then markets, you know You know settles and then rolls out into the next trade period and all of a sudden the negative momentum just resumes You know and the people that you know got squeezed out because they they couldn't afford to hold their position You know, they're gonna they get come in the next day and and you know the markets lower And so the you know understanding that there's a big price behavior is gonna be different during the opening and settlement is important You know funds use, you know, oh, you know, they're they're looking for liquidity wherever they can get it And especially in the crypto space it can get then and you need to you know, they're looking To execute on with futures with options, you know on exchanges with OTC trading And they do that to hedge their you know their positions and So, you know without full transparency to all these different liquidity providers, you know a large order in One asset or one exchange does not mean a directional bias It just may be a hedge to a cash position or an option position We just you don't know so it's it's it's something to Consider when you're doing your microstructure Analysis of what's happening there, but that that program might you know, they may have they may have a program and it's gonna execute It's gonna make them moving as a day trader. It's a big move So it's valid But just be aware that you know like I mentioned before when those moves happen that structure alignment They can mean something even bigger You don't want to get in front of those trains So tactics of large funds are it's low velocity, you know execution tactics, you know, they trade less frequently But when they do they come in big You know with crypto you kind of have to work into situations But you know and they'll do that when they're establishing positions, but when they want to get out They're gonna want to get out quick As quick as they can without disrupting the market. So we have to you know, respect the market momentum, you know It's supported by an intensity of trade When you see the intensity of trade happening with your tools and you need to maintain You know, you need to always maintain your risk parameters and you know avoid hoping You know, don't hope for a counter trade move when big funds start to drive price in one direction Those are clear out your you know your account days and You don't want to you want to be you can spot these These things happening by being just aware that that they are happening and they do occur So large ones trade at higher time for us struck higher time frame structure And they're trading where the structures align You know and many, you know Retail traders and And smaller traders are going to rely heavily on subjective technical indicators And they're really irrelevant to the real money that moves the markets.  That's their view They're in that micro that micro space And they can get there quicker and they know their order books So when you're trading on an exchange, there aren't so many of these players on all the different exchanges And so they own those order books and they they can classify and monitor different types of participants that come into the market They can mark orders They can define thresholds of pain What is it going to take And You know and they game the order book to force weak hands in and out of you know, in and out It's an art form, you know, and you need to be aware that this is this is this is the game they play and You know high frequency trading that they you know, they execute in very small amounts. They just execute a lot They're not they're not trading big size. They're trading very small size So what are some HFT strategies?  They're gonna be in front of that trend They and you know, and they may be aligned with people that are creating those trends and especially for crypto You get a lot of a lot of news cycles that happen and you need to be aware of it and respect it because they can you know They can produce a momentum move You know, they do do arbitrage market-making You'll basically take you know training on both sides, you know Providing liquidity and some of them are paid liquidity providers And then there's you know, they do have predatory algos in order book manipulation, you know, definitely on the futures business, you know The government is all over these guys, you know in crypto not so much So there's a lot of things that you know futures traders get HFT firms get fined for and sometimes they're just you know They're just running a strategy, but you know, just all the different cancel replays and Different games that they start to play and I'll get into that now We'll go through each one of these So high-frequency traders are always going to the first in terms of executing of a news or social media event So you just can't compete and this is why I you know I really recommend traders move away from let's say scalping You just can't compete against the machines and if you and even if you're doing it on your own You can't compete against co-located microwave HFT firms They're not all that sophisticated, but there are some and it just it's a zero-sum game Like you get the speed game and it's changing and it's changing because there's that games over and so now You know there is an opportunity for discretionary traders and that's what we're talking about and that's what you know We're here for to help support you to become those risk takers Because the world's changing But in terms of speed and getting on to news, you know, we definitely want to avoid chasing news events with market orders You were the last one there You know, you need to you know, you can scale in with limit orders They're aligned with structure You can participate on a small level to just get in but then you follow that up with limit orders Because because the what will happen, you know, you'll just you'll get stuck in that that initial flush You know when these events occur at structure and provide opportunities, you know, once they're validated so if you get You know event that start that is going to turn the market it's going to occur at a structure point and And then it's going to need to be to be validated, you know And if it's not validated, it's more likely it's just noise and an HFT searcher for stops So there's gonna if it's an if it's an opportunity for a major move. Yeah, you can get in super small Yeah, you can and then you're waiting for the market to validate and then you can get serious But the validation is typically going to going to control the market for some time if you're getting a Major shift and that and that's That's when the news event is aligned with structure So they they high frequency trading algos They control the microstructure and they do manipulate the order book to mislead day traders And there are many predatory algo tactics that they use for this purpose You know front running Layering now get into all these stuffing smoking spoofing Ping orders and dangling, you know all these it's very sophisticated terms But for front running this this is old-school, right? So if an HFT, you know, they're gonna use their speed advantage to identify an incoming order before it's executed and place their own order ahead of it You know the profit from the price change.     I mean there's Yeah, I mean this happens a lot with the order books these days, you know all of a sudden, you know the market said it goes to a key area and You've got a position on and all of a sudden the order book just dries up and all of a sudden the bid offers are just super wide And it just sits there for like 10, you know seconds And it's you know, it's just like what's going on and it and they have these they just wind those parameters out And if you panic, you know, you're gonna hit those extreme levels And as soon as you as soon as anyone does a trade it the book will come back You know, I'll even throw out micro trades just to hit it just so that the algo will just you know Everything will come back into a line, you know, and that's a tactic to use You know if you see that happen order book dries up and the quotes go to the extreme levels Just throw a micro trade out there just to hit it and then to you know get things to normalize a little bit You know, especially if you're you know, if you are stuck you were trying to work out a trade You know, it's a way to kind of trick the algos that someone's coming in Sometimes it works sometimes It won't work if unless you do the right amount of size, but a lot of times you can just do it with micro size So what are counter measures on this, you know, we focus on the facts, you know by observing price action Within you know within the macro structure in the context of the state We can avoid being played by HFT tactics, you know, if we can understand, you know, where are these alignment points and Understand that trading outside of the alignment of the market its noise and this is where a lot of these, you know Predatory algoes in the HFT tactics that they use that they that they win This is where they take their money when you when you're outside of the of alignment of the market And we're gonna talk about that and some of the tools we have that define that that that alignment As I mentioned before, you know, the HFT trading is high velocity of small order size You know So you need to pay attention to that, you know the sides of the trades what clip size are being executed You know, if it's a flood of super small orders at extreme levels, it's more likely attempt to exploit weaker traders You know versus when a market starts trading in large lock clips, it's a sign of a potential turning point So what happens, you know, you get a Breakout of a level or break out of a structure point and Or a shift in momentum, let's say at the VWAP, you know, the markets is trading below the VWAP Now it shifts above the VWAP and then you get this flood of micro micro orders in and And you know, and if you don't have your size, you know button dialed up, you know, you just get this stream of You know green, you know new orders that are coming in and You know, it gets it gets that that visual gets you excited to do something, you know But understanding that okay now we're getting a momentum shift above the VWAP and we're getting some large lock clips coming through Okay, that's a different story The funds are starting to wake up and they're starting to do something here and they need to buy and if the thing and if they start buying and this is a Momentum area it could it could flip the momentum for a little bit here. And so we want to jump on that train statistical arbitrage you know is you know basically Hi, however, you would see taking advantage of discrepancies from different exchanges and their ultra, you know, they're executing this ultra fast You know back in the day was really it was kind of difficult to do this then people Figured it out and made a lot of money doing it and that game changed But It does add to the cancel replays in the market So when you see, you know, all the different cancel replays is coming in a lot of times It's based off of the statistical arbitrage You know a lot of these HFT guys are paid to provide liquidity, especially in, you know You know tokens that aren't traded that much and the you know, they're they're basically making markets And capturing that, you know the spread between the bid offer You know the issue with this though too with market making is the market goes in one direction, you know, they'll they'll you know They're they're gonna continue to trade against that, right? And so they'll build up a position and They'll need to get out of that position and so that's you know, and that's what they that's when They'll do they'll just they'll stop providing liquidity in one direction so they can get out of their other direction and And that's really the what starts, you know, these huge Crashes and moves is you know the lack of buy side liquidity You know they they just pull it So knowing your enemy, you know, you need to be aware of the tactics that are used by large funds in HFT and Protect yourself by understanding the order book dynamics And knowing that these these games are occurring who's who is the participant? Is it a fund? Is it an HFT? Avoid chasing events and focus on the macro structure Using facts rather than subjective indicators Like I mentioned a good fact is the VWAP good fact is, you know, the previous session high the previous session low Previous session close those are all good fact-based things to understand You know if we have a an event that occurs in the market an event causes the market to go above the previous session close Or previous session high It's a lot different and it's supported with large clips coming into the market It's a lot different than if we're getting a Event by event that's happening, but the market's still below the previous periods close and it's and and the liquidity that's and the orders that are coming in are small lots So, you know, that's will give you insight to you know, how do you play that news event? But you know, definitely, you know avoid chasing and incorporate defensive measures into your strategy, you know Basically risk first, you know, what is the risk and always be aware?  It's going my way now, you know I'm gonna I'm gonna you know bank some money today That should be your trigger that you need to adjust your risk browners That should be a trigger that immediately when you get that feeling is move your risk and tighten it up and lock in that money It's a it's a good simple little tell that your body is getting all excited and emotional and And that's the exactly the time that you can let down your guard and exactly the time when you get those those quick turns And that it's a false move and you just gave back all that and then all of a sudden you're all depressed because you just gave it all back So that's a good a good trick to think about is hey you get that emotion of elation Tighten your risk and respect these firms you need to you know We you need to respect this these adversaries. They are formidable and don't forget it and they're out there to take your money and and clean you out One way or the other You know, they've got faster market data access, you know and in high frequency execution They've got you know Huge resources for you know advanced trading algorithms and strategies They've got big resources and accesses to liquidity and all you know multiple exchanges multiple OTC counterparties They have the ability to influence markets and they can you know negotiate better deals with brokers and exchanges They get exclusive research and analytical tools for risk management, and they're able to diversify themselves easily across All asset classes so spot Perpetuals futures options So how do we balance that power? You know as we mentioned to start self-awareness You know understanding yourself Master your emotions know your strengths and limits You when you become more aware of your emotions just like that little you know the tactic of you know When you get really elated about something to look to make that a trigger to tighten your to risk parameters That's just about knowing yourself That's just about you know kind of being aware of your you know how your state of flow is going and and literally it becomes a You know a trade signal boom. This is my risk management. So that happens. I'm that's what I do Same thing if I'm fearful if I'm like, I'm starting to stress I Just go right you know, that's that's a tell for me to go before I click anything. It's a revisit all the facts Is my position in line with the facts Yes, then I'm just being gamed in its noise and it just it just dials down the fear factor and now I'm back balanced Versus go check the facts Yeah, you're hoping right now the fact the facts are not aligning with your position That and then that that identifies that I'm hoping and if I'm hoping How much how much you know how much do I want to spend on that time to hope? basically It's time to get out or at least lighten up So self-awareness is is big and that's your that's your foundation, you know having fact-based analytics You know by having using more factual data in your decision-making process. It's going to counteract biases You know data-driven analytics will counteract your you know normal cognitive biases that that will affect your trading decisions And to build that foundation, you know having good market-state awareness recognizing market-states and Where those the where those states will shift? Because that's where the funds are going to participate And so when you when you understand that you then it gives you an opportunity to anticipate the liquidity at those points Because the funds are going to come in having a you know a standardized risk management overly And always you know always weighing the risk rewards at the start of a position and during the position You know as you as a market moves in your favor and you're approaching that you know if you have a target area Your risk reward parameters should change along with it You don't want to you know, you don't want to give back dough and there's no such thing as a break-even Take money out expert insights, you know Learn from other professionals Collaborate with a network, you know engage in trading communities to get diverse insights But at bottom line always have a pursuit of the truth You know continually challenge assumptions Your opinions seek the facts The markets are you know ever-changing You know and you need to you know be aware of all the dynamics that are happening and so This is where we come in and we can help you with to balance that power and provide you with Solutions to each one of those points With fact-based analytics is going to improve your intuitive function That's the goal to trade to trade more intuitively You get in the car to drive, you know, you know, you're your your body's on autopilot You're not thinking about about it You're doing it and that's what you wanted to be when you're trading You want to be just doing it and you want to do it with the right foundation And the days that you you know that you really are performing well You know is typically days when you're you know, you're aligned with the market and then and then when you struggle and Things are difficult is because you're not in alignment with the market You're not in flow with the market. You're fighting it. You're doing your own thing You're not doing what the market is telling you it wants to do So how do we how do we get into that? State of flow you know one thing that We have that we do is we've got a Personality profile assessment that really identifies your core strengths And so I invite everyone that's watching the video and the webinar today to you know visit Dharma capital dot trade Register and you can take this complimentary Core strength assessment and what this will do is it'll give you a nice baseline of What your natural skill sets are and it's something that when you're reading it You'll shake your you'll be shaking your head up and down like okay.  That's what it's meant to do you know simple things like people have certain traits that they need more stimuli and You know little adjustments in your work environment can make a huge difference You know it can just take that edge off of wanting to click to do something and when you and if you have that You know you're gonna take it out on the market if you don't have other stimuli around you Simple things like that make can make a huge difference because you never know one of you know one click can be a that start of the Of a nightmare and you don't and so basically how can you reduce that risk? You know we have a whole suite of fact-based analytics that go from macro structure to micro dynamics You know this is a statistical baseline. This is a fact foundation. This is a benchmark to weigh all any subjective analytics, it's a fact-based analytics that define the state structure of the market and That can be applicable from you know kind of top down from the big picture to this to the micro dynamics And I'm gonna get into and we'll do a quick example of our work With today's action to give you a sense of the power of it, but you know basically the playbook is literally that it that what it is, you know We've got football going on right now, you know and the The quarterbacks have the playbook on their arm, right? You know, here's their place. Here's what we do It's second it's second seven. Here's our options. Boom You know it were markets in a bear trend. We here's the structure of The of the bear trend. These are the strategies that we do. It's it's it's really an if-then statement and it's just defining the themes We'll get into that in a minute Your risk management having a standardized risk overlay You know help to find you where am I right? Where am I wrong? What's this trade worth? What's the value of the opportunity? By understanding, you know where you are within the structure of the market It helps to identify your size management by having Structure within the microstructure, you know, it helps you with your patients to wait for alignment Wait in waiting for the order book to align with what you want to do But you know where you want to do it and you know what within what context that is expert analysis Yeah, I've been doing this for 35 years Same at the markets of the everything's based off of truths There's no subjectivity here. It's just interpreting the facts I'm really a fact interpreter But with our you know our virtual trade room. We publish a market outlook every day It's more of a high-level outlook And this was today's outlook before the move You know hedge risk first thing You know and we'll get into it. We'll take a look at Bitcoin in a minute But just you know just a fact-based insights And Then you know welcoming all to coming into our community and our virtual trade room, you know, we're we're posting live events And more education practical application Alerts and everything that we do is about finding the truth Everything we do is about searching for what the facts are. There is there facts that we fact that we missed Staying, you know, we stain away from subjective opinions and with anything that you're doing If you if you can't zero it down to it if then then there's an issue with that tool or that study You can't you know, you can't have something that oh sometimes when this happens I do that you need to standardize things And so that's what that's what we provide we provide that foundation that fact-based, you know, statistical baseline and It's and it's a structured approach that's applicable across all time frames asset classes and trading styles So when you understand the method and the facts that we that we are focused on it's the same thing if you're trading Bitcoin Ether at the S&P gold crude Tesla whatever your You know, where's the money? Where's the volatility? Boom. You can be there and You know This is this is something that you a lot of you made the major funds It's their method, you know the late Scott minor from Guggenheim partners You know turn me on to this This book by Daniel Kahneman thinking fast and slow. I don't know if you know, it's popular book Maybe people have read it. It's a How they recommend it if you haven't, you know But it's you know, it identifies You know like the inside view and the outside view the statistical facts versus they you know, they intuitive function and You know, the outside view offers more accurate prediction than the inside view You know the inside view sometimes has these cognitive biases and that's where our method Helps to remove that, you know, our method incorporates, you know, the statistical outside view and what that does It it slows down the knee-jerk reaction Slows down the decision-making process and by doing that it helps you to minimize your biases You know instead of just you get anchored that on some news story that You know the market's going to the moon and You've got that thing anchored and you're you you just subconsciously you're looking for buy signals But you know having a baseline then you can kind of do your own fact check and you say that no, you know There's nothing to do with anything and bottom line the markets Has an issue so I just got pull up our playbook and some of our tools to give you some direction Everything I show you you can come test drive see if it works for you You can come to our website as I mentioned and you can register and then you'll get credentials and you'll be able to log in and visit our landing page here and you can take this Assessment it'll be complimentary and it'll auto generate a assessment for you and you can also You know sign up for our playbook or any of our rooms while you're there as well Playbook will give you access to this and basically Just taking a look at Bitcoin today Bitcoin, you know the the analytics are gonna This is all these tiles are all color-coded defining the state So we talked about where the do the funds want to get provide you get involved They want to get involved in where the alignment is of the state because where the state's going to change is important So we not only divide under you know We want to understand what the context is so the context being you know underlying positive tone for Bitcoin but what's the structure of that state and What we do is you know Just because you're in a bull trend doesn't mean it's always going up. Sometimes it's going down You have corrective moves and in the current structure of the Bitcoin. It's it has a negative bias It's in more of a corrective part of the bull trend So and where does the bull trend re-engage? You know above 27,743, you know Here's the price point on the upside where the market's going to make a decision Okay, so if we're in this state and we have this structure what difference, you know What are the different strategy themes? Well if the market holds structure then then we want to buy it And we want to buy it definitely want to buy a breakout above this price point Where what's another opportunity potentially to buy a dip off of 27,000 basically But what if the market breaks structure? What if it goes above this price and can't hold it? Well, that's called a hedge thing and then we have a reversal And what if we break structure here? Well, that tells us that this market's in transition And that's where the funds are going to start to participate. So the funds are going to participate Basically here and here Pretty it's really straightforward. Let me flip these around here. So here's the 12 a.m UTC time opening for crypto for Bitcoin Market is opening up in The midpoint of what we call this critical range. So here's this range we've defined it defines the Bull trend and the market comes down to this area Which is the breaking point for the bull trend and it fails So this is the market you tell us it's weak this bull trend has a problem It's not performing like a bull trend But I've also drawn here, which is another great tool that I recommend that you do is Drawing in the previous session high and low This is the close Or the last in the midpoint. So the previous session VWAP basically, right? And so And if we just look at that action again This is just fact-based tools and awareness and where the funds are making decision and of You know where they want to participate And so if the market's trading below the previous days Low or by signals interesting Are they more at risk? Yes, if we're training below the previous days close our bicycles more at risk. Yes What about the midpoint? You know once we transition above the midpoint if we're stabilizing above the previous days lower We didn't take it out. We didn't take it out. Then the market's performing like a bull trend and we If the market's not making higher move lows higher move highs, it's not performing like a bull trend So there's a problem. So the market's always given us tells so but this this is defining the context Which is what you need to know you need to understand what the context is But this is a simple tool to give you some context as well And so the market failing here Retesting the low point and going this is just basic facts When we look at the structure of the market and we look at what sentiment is We can enhance those facts So here the sentiment bias is basically an over-under number By above sell below Well sentiment above the market is negative and the market failing from the down from the previous Days low is negative. So things are in alignment of vulnerability So now we want to understand what this where the breaking point is for this this bull trend context So as we come in and we're in this we know the foundation of the market is positive But we also know that it has a negative sentiment bias So we're more in a corrective situation and a lot of times in in corrective situation, you know You know the the market who knows where that correction can go and so here so here the corrective action comes right down to the lower structure and is it going to stabilize here and Start to perform like a bull trend and make higher move lows higher move highs Well, it starts to do that We talked about validation. We have some validation points that we look at and this is the market stabilizing here and It starts to hold positive structure But what what happens here at the previous days low point? It can't maintain base above here So here's here's where here's your tell that there's a problem Along with this tell that the market went below this price because if the market's making higher move lows higher move highs It should make higher lows And when it does this it's not making a higher low It's the definition of a bull trend is higher move highs higher move lows So this is breaking structure here and this was the tell that set up this move And here's the market starts and this could absolutely be a head fake and a reversal But what it also tells us is that this market is In the corrective state and that rally is more likely going to top out here And the market's going to probably digest if it did rally and bounce off there because we're because this is telling us We're correct. So just giving us insight to what you know, what part of this bull trend we're in But now when we get a failure here Especially since you know, and the market comes up to this point. Here's your here's a validation Are we going to transition higher and get back on the bull trend? No, we're not and So then the market break structure here and tells us that we're in this hedging and so that's what the analytics Do they provide this foundation and as a trader you're identifying, you know Is the market performing to the expectation of the state? Yes or no Where's the structure of it because that's going to change the the state Okay, the structure is actually corrective because we're in a positive trend, but we have a negative bias So we're in this corrective piece. Okay, so is it is that a corrective piece to buy? For for a resumption of the bull trend or is it a corrective trade that's going to turn into a transition Those are basically our options first and the third option is the market just has one of those linear sideways days So identifying what it's more likely to occur, you know, the market comes down holds this metric gives us a little bit of a bounce and Then it breaks structure and fails And so it just it just gives us a tell that you know this there's a problem with this structure This is not true. The market's not making higher move highs We're either going to go into a hedge theme or we're going to go sideways and So at this point the market gives us that insight that and we have negative sentiments So we know any positive move is is a rally to sell until the market gets above here And when the market can't base back above the previous days low point It gives us a tell here that this this hedge theme may engage which it does and then The same structure and here's a good Image here of Microstructure and what's occurring and so you have this is the VWAP and so You had the market press into you know come back and press into this It's kind of hard to match up the time frame because this is so micro but as the market comes here Presses into presses into this downside pivot area and then It can't get above the VWAP and it remains within the metric boundary and Then you have a flurry of activity as the market's failing here and You get these large locked clips coming in on a failure This is a tell That this is this market's breaking structure and there's a problem and it actually gave you all this time to get in To this opportunity before they they you know, they really hit this thing and then you get this emotional event Into This target area. So this is a the again risk-reward metrics This is the expectation that the market fails here. It should come here and You can see that it actually had a This flurry of activity kind of flipped here when it market first attained this and we and we get a move back up to This area it's like climbing a ladder stairs You know once the market you takes out structure It should go to the next level and this is so it came back and retested here And then this is the validation point that if it stays below here, it's going to continue lower and it did And then we can we can also we can view the market on different time frames as well So if we want to take a look at what the bigger funds are looking at Let's just take if we take a step up and we look at You know here is the Daily sentiment and now let's look at the weekly sentiment This gives us, you know additional insight. We change the bar periods here So now we're looking at the weekly structure. So this structure holds for the whole week And we can see that on the weekly basis So below here the market was negative and where is it going? It's coming down to some major weekly structure So now we're going to see some more liquidity coming here for the larger funds around this 26,000 337 area.  You know data data-driven solutions, you know, and then when you start when you understand these facts and you understand the method It's really going to you know improve your confidence and it's gonna end and you're going to Be able to you know get into that state of flow easier. So welcome. I'll take the next step and Come to our website sign up If you have questions feel free to email me directly at JS at Dharma capital dot trade and I look forward to working with you Cheers


Here's a link to the Patreon page. Okay, let me grab it. And this is Brian Peckford's speech from the Trucker Convoy for Freedom Rally Victoria BC from January 29th that occurred on January 29, 2020. Okay, so here's the link and you can this video is available on all four video sharing platforms, right, on SensorTube, BitShoot, Rumble, and Odyssey. Okay, so the video is about, is Brian Peckford, right? So Brian Peckford is or was a former Premier of Newfoundland and Canadian and he's the last remaining architect, author of the Canadian Charter of Freedom, Canadian Charter of Freedom Rights, right, that came out in 1982. And basically they laid out the Charter of Rights for Canadian saying, you know, what our rights are and all this jazz and whatnot, right? I'll let you look into that further. But basically what happened with Brian Peckford and if you really want to know who Brian Peckford is, the reason I'm bringing this up now is because Jordan Peterson's name came up, right? Jordan Peterson just did an interview with Brian Peckford and Brian Peckford has done numerous interviews online the last few months, right? But Jordan Peterson and Brian Peckford's interview is ridiculously important, okay, for all Canadians really, if you want to know who Brian Peckford is and what the situation is and it's in regards to the injections, right? And I've heard Brian Peckford speak on the, in a rally here, which was held about a month and a half ago, right? And he's a powerful speaker, right? And at that rally that we were at, there was maybe like 150 of us, right?  And he's a fantastic speaker, okay? And I have seen him give interviews online, okay, with different independent creators, a lot of Canadian ones, right? And I listened to a couple of his additional speeches online as well. My partner has seen him speak twice in person in our city, he lives in my part of the world, right? The first time she heard him speak was in a church and she came back and said, oh, he's such a powerful speaker, amazing speaker, and I saw him at the rally. So I knew that his speech was going to be extremely powerful, right? And he's basically fighting for the rights of Canadians, right? He's fighting for for the charter of rights that he co-authored, the last remaining individual that's alive, that worked on that, incredibly important document for Canadians, right? And he's basically come out and said that he's 100% against these mandates, they should all be lifted, including the masks, the injections, all of it, travel and stuff like this. And they filed a lawsuit against the Canadian government, specifically tackling the travel ban, really, for those who aren't injected, okay? By the way, gang, apologies if I'm not reading the chat, I just want to let you guys know, give you the background of that video that I uploaded, okay? Now, we were at the rally and the rally was my estimate was anywhere between three to five thousand people at the rally, okay? So we're talking from 150 people in Victoria, where I am, two months ago at a rally where Brian Pickford was speaking to four thousand, let's say average at four thousand, the announcer said it was 10,000, but I don't think it was 10,000, the organizers, I think it was around four to five thousand, right? So let's say four thousand, low-ball it, right? We went from about 150 people attending this rally, the first Peckford, Brian Peckford speech at one of the rallies in Victoria to four thousand people within two months. And I knew he was a very powerful speaker, right? And I didn't go there planning to record anything and stuff like this. I do enough recordings, create enough content, I just wanted to go there and immerse myself in that energy, right? Because it rejuvenates when you go to these types of rallies, when you're standing up for human rights, right? For your rights, when you're fighting for your country, right? When you're fighting for the future of children for multiple generations to come, right? I just wanted to immerse myself in that energy and rejuvenate myself, right? Rejuvenate the world. But the energy was so intense and I knew Brian Peckford was about to come up. So what I ended up doing was I grabbed my partner's cell phone and I said, give me your cell phone. I'm just going to record a little bit of this, because I want to get the crowd, right? Because right now, there's enough powerful people speaking. There's so many speeches, interviews, lectures out right now that panel discussions out right now regarding what's taking place and huge giants have stepped up, right? Heroes like Brian Peckford is a hero to every Canadian right now. Really, you guys have to appreciate the love that's out there for him because he stood up at 80 years old or something. He said, man, I got to take on this battle. This is for the freedom of Canada, right? So that information is out there, right? So I went up there, went up behind the stage where we're talking, we're standing there on the steps. I went up, tried to sort of center the thing because I wanted to get a feel for the crowd, Canadians that were out there, right? Because the mainstream corporate propaganda is not portraying Canadians as we are, right? They're trying to muddy the waters. They're putting poison in the water, right? They're trying to create division and anger and violence, right?  So my intention for that video was to go out there with a little, little phone thing, just to go up there, just to a pan of just the crowd, just to show how many people were there. I planned on it being like a minute, two minutes and I was just going to share that, right? So I went out there and I was lucky, it was just fluke, right? As soon as I got up there, I press record, they announced that, oh, he was going to come up and then the crowd started chanting, Brian, Brian, Brian. So I just caught that and I got to the center just as, just as he was walking out and going like this, right? I was like, okay, this is beautiful, right? I was watching my screen, I was like, this is beautiful. Wow. Like this is like a pretty magical moment, right? And I panned a little bit further and I got as much of the crowds I could before I came back to his speech and I had only decided and I was holding the, holding it up like this, like a position like this, right? I had only planned on recording it for like a minute, two minutes because the sound quality wasn't strong enough, right? To hear him, the speakers were pointing out to the crowd, right? So you couldn't really hear too much of his speech. I had already heard him before, right? And I knew how powerful it was going to be. So my thing was, I wanted to capture the roar of the crowd, right? For a minute. And as soon as I started recording, I realized that I was stuck there until the end of his speech because the energy was absolutely magnificent. Canadian stepped up and it was really just amazing, right? So ended up holding that position for 19 and a half minutes, almost 20 minutes. I stood there like this with a little camera holding it to be able to capture that energy. So that video is not necessarily centered around what Brian Packford was saying, okay? That video was centered around how Canadians felt about what he was saying, right? I wanted to capture the energy that was there and I think it did a good job. It was fluke and I just wanted to give a little bit of background to that video because I think it's important to appreciate what that video represents because corporate propaganda and centralized power are trying to portray this energy as toxic, but it was anything but toxic. It was healing, it was love, it was powerful, it was brilliant. And a huge thank you to Brian Packford for stepping up. And a huge thank you to everybody that was there and at the convoy. Let's get caught up with chat.


Well we're back with the breakfast in plus TV Africa and Monday Thomas joins us this morning. We'll be looking at the World Cup. Monday it's good to have you join us complement of the season. But just before we get to you know the finals of the World Cup and we're looking at Argentina and France in that particular game. Let's quickly run through Morocco's performance. How would you rate that especially when it felt like it was you know Africa against the world? Fantastic performance. I mean no superlatives, no words can actually describe the feeling of every African of Morocco that certainly put Africa in the world map. They were heroes although then lost in the semi-finals against the defending champions. Of course it was going to be a difficult task but if you want me to rate their performance as more than excellent it is a world cup where Africa came to the party. It's not just about Morocco. I think every African nation was ready. Every African nation who featured at the World Cup was ready but you know the World Cup is a big stage and you get to play against very deep openings. And now with this performance there's certainly more to come from the African contingents for the next World Cup which is in four years time the 2026 World Cup. I'm hearing that there is a potential 11 slots for African nations. African nations because of what Morocco did at this adhesion. Crashing out in the semi-finals I know they don't want to play in the third place but in the third place it can make history as the first African nation to win a third place in the World Cup. It's certainly a cracking experience from the African point of view but there is one very unforgiving statement that was made by Sofya Bufal. He came out to say that the win was for Arab world and Morocco and as well as Muslims. The coach Waleed Rigra came out to say that hey you just have to forgive him maybe he's just uh over excited that certainly the win is for Africa.  All right um for me I see Morocco is Africa they are also Arabs as well and nothing I don't have a problem but um you know it's both ways you know I mean they took part in Arab World Cup and Arab Cup rather FIFA organizes Algeria won the first one. They are an Arab country which is who are on the African continent um you know and though they have blacks but I I mean presidents I don't have a problem with it but but but why why is it that that um you know I mean you said Morocco played so well they played fantastic and we've seen a pattern amongst African countries you know Sylligal for instance when they played against the the first match of the of the World Cup they lost that game against I think Netherlands but they played well you know they played well so what is it about African countries that we we seem to play well but there's no end product because if I'm going by what you said and by the analysis out there by what I saw of the match Morocco played better than France so what's the problem with Africa you know Ghana the same thing too played so well couldn't go past the quarterfinals Sylligal played so well couldn't go past the quarterfinals Nigeria in France 98 and the US in 94 out of a very good team played so well couldn't go anywhere what's the problem with African football all right permit me to give a little bit for football let's just talk about life in general all right there are always two things involved right life or death in football there are two things involved position and penetration and sometimes the team cannot have both we saw Morocco in that game against the French side they had possession but the French were the ones with the pretty treasure Morocco were terminating while France were Morocco were dominating while France were terminating so in football more than two things can be true and because you play I almost tell people there's a difference between playing good football and playing the best football coffee the best football is getting the result good football is just for entertainment but I know there's some countries who play good football and also go ahead to play the best football shout out to Brazil but in this tournament they were not able to get the best football working for them so for Africa it's an eye opener for the next edition but just like you hinted that that's African split to all the Netherlands against Senegal Senegal were doing greatly but not greatly until the 90 minutes I'm pretty sure you saw what anyone mainly did in that game mixed calculations and two goals were scored in the space of four minutes and that's how Senegal lost they don't maintain concentration now this is what happened to Morocco they did excellently well if you take a look at this tournament that was the first time they conceded by an opposition team an opposition player and they conceded so early this is the pattern of Morocco and how they were playing this welcome they will keep you at bay up until the 30 minutes 30 minutes when they know that oh they've mastered your tactics but this is what happened to France France knew that if they get the first goal they're going to destabilize the tactics of the Moroccans they got the first goal as early as the fourth minutes now Morocco wanted to play they wanted to win they wanted to get an equalizer so that they can go back to their own negative kind of football of course it doesn't matter if the planning is football as long as they get the results doesn't matter to anybody so now France scored first and that was the end of Morocco Morocco came out to see how they can equalize and guess what Killian Bapé a player we'll call it Timan was flying the flanks I'll see if there is no tomorrow and then it was able to force a second go by Kodomwane scoring just 44 seconds Morocco were the only team that would have won this mission stop I beg your pardon this woke up from Africa but just that four minutes of playing against the defending champions you can just say that they did get the chance to read the tactics I mean it was very obvious any football analysts will know the Moroccans and how they are playing and how they can destabilize it just sort them the first goal and then you get the you get them started so but let's you know quickly get to the game we'll definitely have a thought please being played Croatia and of course Morocco we're playing thought please and of course getting to the finals Argentina and France what are your expectations but really we'll stay with France and Argentina and we see the composition mostly Messi is actually there you know for Argentina I've always been very sad as young child growing up Messi always helping Nigeria and making me feel sad every other time but of course he's right there fantastic player you also have Bapé Dembele amongst others what exactly should we expect and what do you think would turn out Messi expect fireworks they expect a cracker it's going to be a game that will put us on the edge of our seats for 90 minutes they say it's the king versus the heir I mean Kilian Bapé versus Lionel Messi but at the end of the day I think one is just going to prevail over the other and that's how cruel football can be I mean it's not that we cannot have two winners in football and this is very always very heartbreaking when we can't have two winners because there's two players they are great actors when it comes to football but I think it's a game where Argentina can win but it's not going to be very easy you're playing against France the world champions and they'll be looking to defend it being the first country to win it back to back in 60 years so they have this motivation to break his to make history and also break the genes in 60 years so Argentina is going to take them a flash of brilliance for Messi if they can get through but when he comes to the front side they have the likes of Usman Dembele the goal Kilian Bapé they've got a very underrated striker but he's very potent I'm talking about all in the jury I'm also hearing like Kilian that Karim Benzema could come in for that particular game so it's going to be a difficult game for Argentina but I'm tipping them to win because I'm a Messi fan but I've got to face reality that all the paper France are a better team all right all right maybe the the idea the thought that Messi could end his walk-up career on a high with winning this walk-up could inspire the hearts and spirits of Argentines to kill themselves on the field at the end of the day for the banter Cristiano Ronaldo Messi Messi is still the best player for me I mean I'm up to say you have to go there you have to go there and make some people angry this morning because Cristiano Ronaldo is not leading any World Cup finals I mean Messi is leading two World Cup finals so let's just see what happens but Cristiano Ronaldo without a doubt one of the greatest thank you very much thank you I mean I'm looking out for Antoine Griezmann because I feel Griezmann has been the key and the best player for France in this World Cup and some people don't agree with that but I'm looking for his his play also looking for the other guy the guy in Argentina who plays for Lettico Madrid the one who is always you know hacking people down so he protects Messi we have to go now looking for out for the ball and gentlemen we have to go a plane in in the midfield but thank you very much for your time Monday Thomas then look for having you after the World Cup a severe prediction will come for him it's obviously a messy fan I don't have this mercy here no that's the size of it we need to go now and our fingers crossed for you know inching closer the 2023 of course we're anticipating the end of the World Cup let's see how all of that pans out follow us on Facebook Twitter and Instagram and do subscribe to our YouTube channel we are plus TV Africa and plus TV Africa lifestyle my name is messy book which on the newsroom at nine o'clock for the news brief have a fantastic morning my name is Kofi Bartel also see you next week have a nice weekend


Yeah, yeah, they flew me out, they ended up flying me out, I missed two flights at the airport.  I missed two flights trying to get down there, I almost missed the third one, but I made it. I got there, that nigga Sassai, I thought I drove to them motherfuckers. I like, nah, nigga, I was missing them flights, nigga, I ain't driving, I don't know.  Yeah, yeah.  Yeah. Yeah, I did all them songs, you see, the next day I came and did some songs, the next day I did it, nigga walked in there with that paper and she said, I ain't what you, I ain't got nothing to do with the rap. Yeah, we on Boss Talk 101. Hey man, we got special guest here today, man. He don't really need no introduction. He the hottest nigga in the streets, his music consistent, the boy Texas made, in Texas raised, it raised him right. Check it, man, the boy with the best flow, I done heard in a long time, my boy, Waco Trun, man, nah, man, you dope, bro. Real talk, I'm not for the play with it, nigga, I'm not gonna embarrass myself on it. Let's get it, dude, man, so bad, nah, man, but just, you know, growing up and being from Waco, how did you get the name Waco Trun, though?  That's dope, bro. And you been having that name ever since how old? With Waco Trun? Yeah. See, I was about 24. 24 was 12. How old, when it was? About five years ago. About five, six years ago. About five, six years ago, yeah. Yeah, so Waco Trun, man, so, man, being honest, like when you grew up, the music, how did you first know that you could do this music thing?  Y'all nigga beat on the table?  You never beat on that table, nigga.     Killing it.  So you been writing since you were a kid, like, earlier than that? No, it was in jail. No, no, no. Or you just started writing in jail? Well, you just in the county or the Penitentiary? I ain't no felon. So you just went to the county? Yeah, I just did, and who spent some months in the county? Yeah, but good, you didn't give them a turn.  I'm glad you did it, man, shoot, that's crazy. You were about to tell me, so where did you get your musical talents from?    I don't know where they see it come from, I mean, I don't know, it's just come out. It's in you, it's in me. Yeah, because it's a talent, because not everybody can flow like that. Everybody can flow like that. And the free side, the free side. But like, what I be, and tell me how this, is this a misconception? My nephew, shout out to Elijah Neal, man, they who love you, they were like, man, you gotta get Waco Tron. Yeah. Like, nigga, I got, because I just said, I don't care, man, you gotta get Waco Tron. But something they said, but when I look it up, I don't see nothing by it, so I don't know how they came up with this. They say, Waco Tron is signed a little baby. What is that about? Nah, nah, I'm signin' a Pixie's record. So why would they say that though? I don't know, they sit there raw, man. That's crazy, man. They sit there raw, I don't know. They just think that? I'm like, man, how did y'all come up with that? Because my nephew, for some reason, that's how it came at me. And I'm like, man, I'ma ask him, how the hell? Cause I couldn't find it, you know? I'ma go look, I'ma ask what I'm supposed to do with it. Nah, nah, I ain't full for y'all. So, but do you ever deal with them or anything? No, no, no.  Yeah, man, they just come out like this, man. I don't know, I don't know. I don't know, it's just raw. So when you first got into it, how did you get, like, just say discovered or how did people start to, you know, say, you hot and how did you get signed, you know?  Like, Niggas a make the little list and see it by the set. Yeah, of course. I ain't never been on no list. And I had one of them bitches tell I got a son, but I still don't feed into it.   But, oh, me and my nigga Trees back here, the nigga in the red hat. Yeah, that nigga Beast. We was at Walmart.  We trying to sign you. I looked at the nigga, I was like, man, you heard this nigga?  He was like, can you get down here tomorrow? We from the drive. We trying to, we from the, Where, Atlanta? No, LA. Yeah, I'm from the drive to LA? Man, we from the drive. I did it, nigga. You can die like that. Man, we from the drive. Niggas ain't a long way to live, nigga. I ain't go to sleep, nigga. We from the drive to LA. I stopped in the, I was in the, we was in the Yukon Denali. I pulled that hoe over, sleep for a minute. For about a minute. Niggas, I was tired for a minute, yeah. 22 hours. Niggas, I like to die trying to get a... Nah, yeah, we wasn't in the mage. I did it twice, bro. Nah, it's like 23, 24, it seemed like forever, nigga. Yeah, we weren't in the mage, we weren't in the mage. And more than half of it took to get out of Texas. Texas is a blown up, man. You say what? It's loaned. To get out of Texas. Yeah, this how it be.  It's a big B. It was like 13 hours to get out of Texas. So, yeah, we were in the mage. How did you get there? You flew up? Yeah, yeah, they flew me out. They ended up flying me out there. I missed two flights at the airport. That song I got called Two Plays, I missed it in the song. They said it was for real. I missed two flights trying to get down there. I almost missed the third one, but I made it. And I got there, then Niggas Southside thought I drove to them motherfuckers. I like, nah, nah, nigga, I was missing them flights. I ain't driving down there. They said I got there. They was trying to, I don't know what them niggas were trying to do it for. I was like, man, where the studio is? I'm trying to go and handle it a bit.    Yeah, I did all those songs, you see. Then next day I came and did some songs. Next day I did it. Then nigga walked in there with that paper and said, I ain't wait till later when he came with the paper. We can talk it right. Man, they were talking it right. I'm not worse. You gotta be talking it right. Did you just say the paper and sign it or did you actually look over everything? I ain't gonna cap the, I scammed through them motherfuckers. It was too many words. Legality. It was too many words.  I scammed through it. I scammed through the whole, I just, you know, I just felt it. You just looked at the money. You just looked for the amount. I ain't looking for the, you know, I ain't. It was like, it's about legality. He looked at it.  Okay. Then nigga hit me up and he hit me up in April.  I signed it. I told him it was supposed to happen in April. But that's when COVID hit hard and they started making us quarantine. That nigga thug did that with me the whole time. That's how I knew it was genuine. Wow. Yeah. I was like, see this ain't, I got to get on board. Did he just hear you over the internet and then that's how he locked in to you? Yo, on Instagram, my cousin, my cousin DJ sat out of my nigga, DJ, that nigga, uh, not this, well both DJs, I had nigga in the back man and DJ too. Yeah, yeah, yeah.  Yeah, yeah, yeah. He posted it on his page and the nigga mode, a real, a good friend.  I was like, yeah, yeah, he had more than I signed. I was like, yeah, nah.  I shot it to him right off the muscle. I ain't even had no phone at the, I ain't even had no phone at that point. Wow.  Man, nigga real live from the floor with this seat. Yeah, yeah. Free my niggas on lock. They been hanging up the pictures with the toothpaste. Up the score, we ain't tying out a shoelace.