Yeah, 100%. The numbers have to dictate my actions. I don't make any discretionary action. So if I want to make an action during a trade or during a setup, I have to have 100, 200, 300 data points backing that action, showing me that this is the best course of action, that this results in the highest yield over time. If you're trading discretionarily or based on what you think, then how do you know if that's the best course of action, that this results in the highest yield over time. If you're trading discretionarily

or based on what you think, then how do you know if that's the best course of action? You just

guess. And I think most successful discretionary traders have some kind of template in the mind that

they follow. They may not be able to put it in words, but they do have some kind of mathematical

data-driven approach.

It's just not laid out on paper.

I don't really believe that you can become successful just trading based on your intuition.

That's just my philosophy.

Maybe there's outliers out there, but I just don't think you can do it consistently.

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We have Tim Bowen and the popular guy on Twitter right now.

He's really been making a name.

I would like to call him.

He's a kind of a monster short right now. It's Chris Verma. We've got him. We're going to ask him some questions. I've got a range of things to talk about with you, Chris. We've also got Tim Bowen on. And I've also got some Twitter questions. But first of all, how's life? How's the mortgage? Chris, I feel bad because I've got you on a red day

just so you post your red day like how's how's life well outside of today has been pretty

good um this entire run that I've had has been so surreal it's just I think it's every

trader's dream when we come into the markets because most guys

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