🎛️ Control What You Can Control

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Hello, my Friends!

The U.S. government shutdown is officially here.

📢 It’s been the headline across markets for several sessions - and now the reality has set in.

📉 Economic data releases are delayed, uncertainty is thick, and many are bracing for paralysis.

⚡ While Washington stalls, the market doesn’t stop.

Nasdaq100 has continued to push forward, carving out opportunities every single day. That’s your signal.

Take a moment to let that sink in…

Markets are their own machine. A shutdown doesn’t shut down price action. News shocks spark blimps of volatility - but the real trend is always revealed once NY volume takes over.

This Week’s Impulses:

• OpenAI’s $500 Billion valuation ignites a global equity surge despite the shutdown.

• Trump delays pharma tariffs to negotiate drug prices.

• Traders ramp up bets on two more Fed rate cuts this year.

• Putin warns oil could spike above $100/bbl without Russian supplies.

Shutdowns and delays remind us that external signals can vanish overnight. What separates resilient traders and entrepreneurs is the ability to focus on what never disappears.

When the data goes dark, your edge comes from anchoring to what is controllable.

Lesson From the Trenches

Markets thrive on data. Each month, traders and entrepreneurs look to economic reports - jobs numbers, CPI, Fed minutes - for clarity. But with a government shutdown, those familiar signals go dark.

For traders, this means the market moves without its usual anchors, fueling volatility and speculation. For entrepreneurs, it’s like suddenly losing access to customer analytics or financial dashboards.

The Problem

The shutdown exposes just how fragile overreliance on external data can be. It’s a sharp reminder that waiting for perfect information often becomes an excuse for inaction. Relying too heavily on industry reports means your progress stalls until someone else provides direction.

The Solution

Resilient operators - whether on a trading desk or in a business - focus on what they can control:

• Risk Assessment 🛡️: Traders scale down position size; entrepreneurs build cash buffers. Stability comes from defense first.

• Expense Control 💵: Keep costs lean. For traders, that means avoiding overtrading. For entrepreneurs, it means auditing unnecessary spend and protecting runway.

• Consistent Routines 🔄: Systems beat moods. A clear trading plan or a daily workflow builds momentum even when external signals vanish.

✅ Control is the antidote to uncertainty. When official signals go missing, you don’t wait - you create your own. Anchor decisions in the inputs you can track daily: cash flow, position sizing, journals, and forecasting your own data.

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In today’s session I took a short on ES (S&P 500) instead of Nasdaq. Volatility expansion was much clearer on ES, setting up a clean “sell the rip” scenario. Executed down to a new low, and locked in my usual 1:1 risk-to-reward.

It’s a reminder that even in noisy markets, clarity comes from sticking to process and recognizing when opportunity presents itself.

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Until next time,
Steve B
Founder, The Daily Impulse

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