Today's Letter · 5 min read
The Tape Doesn't Care About Your Opinion
Everybody had a thesis going into yesterday's CPI print, and the market ran over most of them by 10 a.m.
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Written by Jon
I trade stocks from a ranch outside Hall, Montana — between feeding horses and fixing fence. I've studied the old operators like Jesse Livermore and I write the letter I always wanted to read: short, honest about losses, and focused on the tape instead of the noise. Nothing here is financial advice; it's one trader's daily notebook, published.