⚡ A Quick Note Before the Storm Hits

Hello, my friends!

This morning - January 28, 2026 - feels like one of those classic high-impact days we all circle on the calendar.

We’ve got earnings from several of the MAG 7 (Meta, Microsoft, Tesla) layered right on top of the FOMC rate decision.

💥 It’s the kind of setup that can send volatility spiking and impulses firing in every direction.

🫁 If you’re not day-trading like I am or carrying leveraged medium-term positions, take a breath. There’s no need to force anything here.

👀 Sometimes the smartest move is simply to step back, watch how it unfolds, and use the moment to reinforce a lesson we seem to revisit every few months.

FOMO is eternal.

I know many of you are deep in the trenches of day trading, grinding to build that genuine edge and move into consistent profitability. It’s demanding work - mentally, emotionally, and time-wise - and I respect the commitment it takes.

Proprietary Solution:

One practice I’ve seen work consistently (and that many institutional desks enforce) is a written Trading Plan.

Not a loose set of guidelines, but a clear framework:

To make it real and enforceable, pair that plan with a standardized pre-trade checklist - digital or on paper, doesn’t matter. Before any order goes in, every single criterion has to be checked off and recorded.

Incoming timeline in EST:

This is precisely the environment where ego can quietly slip in front of process. We've all felt it at some point - it's completely normal. My reminder to myself (and to you) today is to protect the edge you've worked to build.

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The market will give us plenty more setups.

Let’s make sure we’re still around - and in control when they arrive.

Until next time,
Steve B
Founder, The Daily Impulse

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