ICT begins with brief technical/audio checks and a personal update: his daughter’s car was totaled in an accident, but she and everyone involved are unharmed. He mentions the difficulty of finding reasonably priced vehicles due to low inventory and inflated used-car prices.

He then shifts to trading education, reflecting on a volatile week driven by scheduled high-impact news (jobless claims and CPI). Although his bearish bias was correct, price moved too quickly after the release and “ran away,” offering no low-risk entry based on his models. He emphasizes that missing moves is normal—especially for new traders—and that frustration and “FOMO” are toxic mindsets. Traders must accept uncertainty, manage losses professionally, and understand that opportunities repeat over time; studying at least a full year helps build this perspective.

He advises planning around the economic calendar for volatility rather than caring about the news data itself, and he reiterates key ICT concepts: markets seek liquidity and often “manipulate” (e.g., a Judas swing) before the main move—though sometimes that setup doesn’t appear. Finally, he cautions against blindly copying others’ entries/stops (which can cluster liquidity and invite stop-runs), and says the goal is to understand likely market direction and liquidity targets, not mimic someone else’s exact trades.