Welcome to the Rhythm of the $ystem

Welcome to the Rhythm of the $ystem. The goal here is to help you begin, find, and/or supercharge your journey to understanding the economy, successful investing, and consistently profitable trading.

It is a journey that I began 20 years ago, which has turned into an incredible mind-opening obsession. Similar to a game like golf, you will never master or be perfect at this game. Instead, it is about consistently improving little by little until it compounds into a positive life changing experience. Due to this, I do not believe a person can be the best trader/investor they can become without also becoming a better and more well-rounded person. This has been my experience and I believe it will be yours if you go about learning the subject in the right way.

Learning to properly trade and/or follow the economy will change the way you look at everything in life. The random and confusing things begin to make sense, and you learn to let go of anxiety while dealing with uncertainty. This in turn leads to more clarity when you need it most.

If you know and understand the phrase “follow the money”, that is what you will learn to do here. By doing so consistently, you will learn and improve each time.

The more you learn about markets and the economy, the easier it is to understand who knows what they are talking about, who pretends to, and who believes they do even though they’re consistently wrong. Being able to correctly interpret the real from the shams will drastically speed up your ascension to consistently profitable.

While I am nowhere near the best trader yet, I am finally at the point where it all “clicked” and as a result the markets seem to have slowed down drastically. Even while they are in their most difficult phase as they are at the time of this writing.

This has mostly been a solo undertaking for me. I have no formal training, have never worked for a prop trading firm or investment bank, and I don’t even know people who do. If you’re reading this and looking for answers, my guess is that you are in the same boat.

Instead, I set out to understand the economy and become a profitable trader and investor over 20 years ago. At the time I had just graduated from college while working in my then career of B2B and municipal sales. Multiple trading/investing seminars, hundreds of hours of podcasts, dozens of books, and thousands of hours of screen time have been my path. I consider this to be my “edge” as I can trace back so many lessons to the intersection of Wall St. and Main St.

Right now is the best time to begin or resume your market and economic education. Why? Because we are in the final stages of the credit cycle which is when things become much more active. Is it a good time to put money to work in the market or make big ticket purchases? Absolutely not. However, it is the best time to start or continue paying attention so you can watch how credit cycles end and be ready for the next one when the easy money is ready to be made again.

Any questions or if something is unclear, feel free to ask. The more we learn and share, the better we understand a subject.