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You know what gets me fired up? It’s not a bad trade or a missed setup. It’s watching the game get rigged right in front of us — and no one with the power to stop it seems to care.
Let me walk you through something that happened this week, right before Trump sent out his tweet Monday about positive developments with Iran.
Someone placed a $1.5 BILLION long position on the S&P 500 just 14 minutes before that announcement went public. And it gets better — they also sold $190 million worth of oil at the exact same time.
Think about that for a second. Fourteen minutes before a massive market-moving presidential tweet, someone positioned themselves perfectly to profit from the exact moves that followed.
That’s not luck. That’s not good analysis. That’s someone who knew something the rest of us didn’t.
This is the kind of stuff that makes me want to echo what Trump originally ran on — draining the swamp. But here’s what this looks like: We still have a big ol’ swamp on our hands.
And it goes way beyond trading. While regular people are out here trying to make a living, Congress has no problem taking paychecks from Big Pharma to push bills through. That kind of behavior isn’t just wrong, it shows you exactly how deeply the system protects itself.
Meanwhile, traders without any special access are left adapting in real time. Sometimes that means keeping things simple, like setting targets that give you a shot at catching volatility.
There are days when the market is whipping back and forth and you put in a 50% ROI target just to see if price action can tag it as it swings. That’s the world we operate in — reacting to what we can see instead of what someone whispers behind closed doors.
And here’s the interesting part. Even with all the nonsense happening behind the curtain, the broader market sentiment right now is sitting in extreme fear.
Historically, that’s often when opportunity starts creeping back in and it can be a great time to consider buying again if the setups support it.
The System Protects Itself While Ignoring What Actually Matters
What really grinds my gears is the double standard we’re seeing play out. We can’t get a budget through to fund salaries for people we actually need — like TSA agents who keep our airports running.
These are essential positions that keep Americans safe every single day.
But somehow, Congress has time and energy to push through legislation greased by special interests. The priorities are completely backward and it’s infuriating to watch.
I’m not here to get overly political with you — that’s not what this newsletter is about. But when I see trading activity that screams insider information and I see a system that protects those at the top while ignoring the people doing the actual work, I can’t stay quiet about it.
What This Means for Us as Traders
Here’s the reality we’re operating in: The playing field isn’t level. There are people with access to information before the rest of us ever see it. They’re making billion-dollar moves while we’re analyzing charts and waiting for confirmation.
Does that mean we give up? Absolutely not.
It means we stay disciplined, we stick to our process and we focus on what we can control. We can’t compete with someone who knows what’s coming 14 minutes before the announcement.
But we can build strategies that work in the market we actually have — not the fair one we wish existed.
The swamp is real and it’s deep. But that doesn’t change our job. We show up, we trade with integrity and we keep pushing forward. Because at the end of the day, that’s all we can do.
Graham Lindman
Graham Lindman Trading
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