Clear mind, many bullish signals heading into first full week of 2018

Greetings good people of cyberspace,

I am refreshed.  From what I hear, last week was hectic.  Some big memes came out.  Politics were distracting, and the east coast was pounded with snow and ice and everything nice.  Week 1 is often lively.  Plans are put into action.  The schemers go live with their latest creation.  Volumes of new information come rushing into the world.  It can blow you right off your feet.

That is why I took to the mountains.  I drove to the nearest national park and spent all week observing the effect cold is having on the various inhabitants of the Great Smoky Mountains.

In chess the first few moves are called opening play.  I absorbed the opening play of my competition from high ground.  From this alpha position everything seemed far less serious.  Then my attention turned to the rare ice formations along the waterfalls and rivers. Fascinating.  Off in the distance, the sound of a woodpecker plugging away on some tree.  It brought my attention entirely to listening.  To tracking.

Then, I returned to Mothership and began twisting dials and calibrating the sensors.  The system is humming along smooth.  Some big changes are being detected.  Using only this data, along with a clean mental slate, I am fully equipped to declare my stock market bias for the upcoming week:

Really.freaking.bullish.

The robots think we head higher.  And the robots think we keep going higher for two weeks.

Observation is important.  It is what we do as humans to survive.  Aristotelian observation nvolves labeling.  It has limits, but if regularly audit your labeling mechanism to clear our any emotional bias, it is a useful way of accelerating your brains ability to parse through new information.

Perception is a lens.  We use two lenses to observe the market—auction theory and statistical analysis.  Both are far less likely to distort reality than media dependency or even technical analysis.  Both lenses can react to news, surprises, human mania, or any other external influence.  They are the foundation stones that we continue to build upon.

Look, this tweet was designed to help clarify the difference between observation and perception:

Observation vs. perception feat. frozen waterfall:

This place looks frozen. What a lovely place to be.

The water is crystal clear and cold. It is safe to drink and delicious.

The ice is blue. How absolutely brilliant. pic.twitter.com/S3Jt8I9pfV

— RAUL (@IndexModel) January 6, 2018

My goal in 2018, with all my content, is to make it meaningful.  I do not want to waste your time.  If I can inspire you to have a thought that progresses how you approach your trading, then well…then what I am doing is working.

Trading is constantly evolving and if you are a business owner, then you know that every industry behaves this way.  And change will continue to be a powerful force.  Especially as more and more AI is used to augment our realities.  This is one of my core investment themes of 2018.  You can read more about it by clicking here.  These developments will only accelerate the rate of change.  We need to stay sharp, as humans, if we are to continue existing.

Teamwork is our dominant skill against other apex predators.  Without it we would still be relegated to somewhere in the middle of the food chain.  How we choose to augment our existence with AI will be the sapiens next leap ahead in domination, for better or worse.

Models are bullish lads. Therefore we will press hard into this extended market, milking this stretched out rally for everything it has and MOAR.

Exodus members, the 164th edition of Strategy Session is live. Go see exactly what has us so bullish heading into the upcoming week, and the key context to watch for confirmation.

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