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Most people in trading lose money not because of a 'bad market', manipulations, or news. They lose their deposit due to systematic reasons — and these reasons repeat from year to year.
1. Lack of discipline
90% enter the market without a clear trading strategy, they do not know where to enter a trade, where to exit, and why exactly there.

Donald Trump stated that former U.S. President Barack Obama should be held criminally responsible for events related to the 2016 elections. According to Trump, after his victory, the Obama administration allegedly initiated the falsification of intelligence regarding 'Russian interference' to undermine the legitimacy of the new president.

🍏 Samsung and SK Hynix have almost doubled the prices of LPDDR for the iPhone due to memory shortages. Apple has agreed to a price increase of 80-100% in contracts for the first quarter of 2026, but only for the first half of the year, hoping for stabilization in production in the second half. Prices are already showing +40% in the fourth quarter.

Metals were pushed down today. This is no longer about random noise, but about a regime change.
Movement for the day:
$XAU Gold -10%
$XAG Silver -23%
$XPT Platinum -19%
<c-11/>Palladium -14%
Aluminum -3%
Copper -4%
Nickel -5%

How to read:
• It looks like a sale of protective assets and a reassessment of interest rates, the dollar, and liquidity expectations.