Financial Freedom Friday

TURNING KNOWLEDGE INTO WEALTH BY $MAXWELL

The market is closed today. Fourth of July holiday! I hope you all have a nice long 3 day weekend!

This the perfect day to do something most traders never do: stop and look at the scoreboard.

We’re halfway through 2026. So let me ask you the question I ask every trader I coach:

Did the first half of your year go the way you wanted?

Yeah?? Great! Keep reading, because the second half is where most people get sloppy.

No?? We've all been there at some point don't spiral in regrets, should've, could've would've. Regret is just another way of doing nothing. You can’t trade the first six months again. You can only trade the next six. That’s actually good news!! Six months is plenty of time to change 2026.

Now let’s talk about that voice in the back of your head.

I talk to a lot of traders. All levels of experience, account sizes, ALL are busy people. And almost every one of them has the same little voice in the back of their head:

“What if this all comes crumbling down?”

"I don't have time to trade right now"

"This is too hard" or "This is so simple it can't be true"

“I'll buy when we get a pullback”

That’s scarcity talking. And here’s what scarcity does: it doesn’t protect you. It paralyzes you. You have time, if you make time.
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No one knows what the future holds, but sitting on the sidelines is the WORST thing you can do.
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Fear is always going to be there. Trust me I've been doing this a LONG time... Fear isn't going away so you have to learn to keep it stopping you.

Mindset is 95% of profiting in the stock market. Its time to shift your mind to an abundance mindset.

Think about it. You don’t see real estate investors refusing to own an asset (property) because the market might dip. (Unless they’re over-leveraged... that’s a different problem.)

They own assets, collect rent, and let time work. When the market softens they all say the same thing. I'll just wait it out....

But somehow in the stock market, “there might be a pullback” becomes a reason to horde cash, not make trades, and then have a terrible outlook on the market.

"This can't last" is a mentality that leads to you kicking yourself for not doing something when it does last...

Stop using a pullback that hasn’t happened as an excuse for trades you’re not taking. I already know what your thinking... So lets face it head on:

Real Talk...

Yes, we’re near all-time highs on the major growth indexes.

Yes, the VIX is low.

Now is not the time to go all in to make up for missing out on the first 6 months..

Don't go sell lots of naked puts when the market is high. That's how you really screw up your performance and feel pain when we have a pullback. I’m not telling you to be reckless.

I’m telling you to adjust, not sit on the sideline.

• We can still sell spreads, ratio spreads, and defined risk trades, known math especially on stocks we want to own
• We can still trade boring dividend stocks that pay us to wait.
• ​Are you leaving 7% on the table?? Did you read the MLP blog I wrote?
• We can look for names that aren’t following the trend. Walmart, NVDA Gold, NVTS... (All of these are trades I have going in the inner circle​
• Trade some SPCX now that the euphoria has worn off?? I told you a few weeks ago to not chase it :)

There’s always a trade. It just might not be the same strategy you were doing last quarter.

And I’m not talking hypotheticals.

So many people write emails like this, but they don't have the proof or track record... Every trade I take is posted live in the Inner Circle. Our weekly income newsletter is one passive trade every Monday morning on a stock under $100 a share. One trade a week. That’s it. How's that going??

$2,466 in 26 weeks.

Maybe you are thinking that's not a lot of money.. We have open trades about to hit targets, so that number’s going up. We made over $6,000 in profits with a single trade on stocks under $100 a share!! Reminder: you can trade more than 1 contract if your account has enough capital.
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That doesn't include all the trades I post in the inner circle. The weekly income newsletter is just meant to show you that 5 minutes on Monday morning can build you passive income...

No pressure to join, I just want you to know what I'm doing here, and if you need to change your year, or improve your trading experience joining the inner circle is a no brainer, it's priced to be a bargain for the ROI.
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I'll continue to share everything I do as an open book right here and on substack.

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Invest in your Future

So here’s your holiday homework.

The market’s closed. You’ve got the day. Do one thing:

Pull up your trades from January through June. Look at the math, not the feelings. What worked? What didn’t? What did you skip because that little voice talked you out of it?

Then hit reply and tell me one thing: what’s the one change you’re making for the second half?

I read every reply. And if you’re stuck, tell me that too.. Let's get you unstuck now... Instead of waiting for whatever you are afraid of happening!

Let’s make the second half better than the first.

Turning knowledge into wealth,

$Maxwell

📖 This weeks trade Tuesday blog:

​Are you leaving 7% on the table​

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