Inflation and Market Overreaction

Dear Traders,

Happy inflation report day! At 8:30am ET, the CPI numbers came out and they were 9.2% more than anticipated, like 0.2%. Reaction was quick in the premarket, with a sharp drop of over 2%, but as I write these words, the recovery seems to be equally quick at the Open, with all the indexes gaining back most of their losses from the premarket. Brian and I executed amazing opening trades on the QQQ index (which represents technology companies) by going long $TQQQ. We both made very nice and decent profits! You can watch our recap here.

The following are 2 crucial numbers from today’s report that you should be aware of:

Wage growth +5.7% YOY
Inflation +7.5% YOY

To translate into practical terms, if your annual pay raise was less than 7.5%, you actually got a pay cut.

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To your success,
Andrew

PS: No matter where you are on the learning curve of trading, there is truth in the adage that practice makes perfect. I thus urge you to make good use of our free Market Replay tool. It is available when you are, 24/7. You will find it at stocktradingsimulator.com