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Major News Updates 📰🤓     -    SK Hynix, Samsung shares rally on reports of Temasek investment: South Korean chipmakers rallied as traders weighed a local media report that Singapore’s Temasek plans to invest in Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix. -    Trump sued over Truth Social's $100,000 early access service: The two US media groups behind the lawsuit argue that selling priority access to the president's messages raises serious concerns, describing it as "extraordinary, corrupt and unconstitutional". -    Norway wealth fund posts record $184 billion profit in first half of 2026: ​The fund owns on average 1.5% of all listed companies globally, making it the world's ​largest single investor.  -    US inflation fell in July as Iran war marches on: The annual inflation rate declined to 3.4%, down from 3.5% in June. Both tallies landed at what economists projected ahead of the release. -    Gold price tops $4,400 as cooling US inflation fuels Fed rate-cut hopes: This strengthened the case for the Fed to pivot toward monetary easing, as policymakers have repeatedly emphasized that their decisions will be data-dependent. -    $15B a year with ChatGPT?: Crypto billionaire Michael Saylor says ChatGPT helped his company raise US$15 billion by designing bitcoin-backed financial products that funded its aggressive cryptocurrency buying strategy.

Good afternoon from the CoreInvest team! Let’s dive into the latest weekly market update: Major Indices 📈: $SPX: ⬆️+0.36% to close at 7785.76 $VIX: 🔻-4.23% to close at 14.26 $QQQ: ⬆️+1.11% to close at 731.07 $NDX: ⬆️+1.09% to close at 30,046.14 $DJX: 🔻-0.56% to close at 537.32

“I saw that to do exceptionally well you have to push your limits and that, if you push your limits, you will crash and it will hurt a lot. You will think you have failed—but that won’t be true unless you give up.” ― Ray Dalio, ‘Principles: Life and Work’ Options traders need this more than anyone.  Mastery isn’t always clean. It’s drawdowns, bad order fills, IV shocks, theta burn…and trades that punch you in the face. The difference between amateurs and educated traders? Educated traders push limits intelligently, keep losses contained, and treat every setback as data. You’re not failing when you’re wrong. You’re failing only when you stop learning.

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SpaceX investors are missing this… Elon’s darling just reported its first quarter as a public company. Revenue? $7.8 billion vs. $6.9 billion expected, up 92% Yet it slipped 7% right after word got out on future AI spending plans. While it might seem as if investors aren’t buying into the ‘overpriced’ AI theme? SpaceX’s AI segment did $2.56 billion last quarter – growing by 247%.  Nearly three times larger than the entire rocket business. Making SpaceX look more like an AI superpower attached to rockets. It’s clearly building on another front of strengths. In the same way… Many options traders focus on landing ‘goldball’ trades to grow their accounts. Only to forget how to defend their hard-earned gains. Or even how to trade when markets go limp. In the 2-Hour Crash Course, I show how you can master both the offensive and defensive sides of options mastery. So you can stay on course for 24-60% annual returns many CoreInvest traders already enjoy:  https://coreinvest.first-4.com/

Major News Updates 📰🤓     -    On the Japanese yen intervention: The US will do "whatever it takes" to support Japan's effort to stabilize the yen, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said last Tuesday, ‌following a joint intervention by Washington and Tokyo to buy the Japanese currency. -    Trump admin refunds $100 billion in ‘liberation day’ tariffs: This represents about 60% of the roughly $166 billion the government says it raked in from the sweeping tariffs Trump imposed in 2025 using the International Emergency Economic Powers Act. -    SpaceX earnings loom: Options are pricing a roughly 15% move in SpaceX shares in either direction, but with a bearish tilt, according to data from options analytics service ORATS. -    Palantir’s ‘otherworldly’ earnings: The AI and analytics company reported that overall revenue grew 93% year over year to $1.94 billion– well over the $1.8 billion Wall Street expected for the second quarter. -    Gold and silver rally on Hormuz ceasefire hopes and cooling oil inflation: Spot gold was trading near $4,244 an ounce, while spot silver was trading at $61.88 last Wednesday– upon signals that an interim deal between the US and Iran ‘might be close’. -    Crypto’s Clarity Act on hot coals: Wall Street broker Bernstein warned failure to pass the Clarity Act this year could trigger another crypto selloff, but argued US lawmakers could accelerate rulemaking to provide ‘regulatory certainty’.

Good afternoon from the CoreInvest team! Let’s dive into the latest weekly market update: Major Indices 📈: $SPX: ⬆️+3.58% to close at 7757.64 $VIX: 🔻-6.94% to close at 14.89 $QQQ: ⬆️+5.09% to close at 723.03 $NDX: ⬆️+5.12% to close at 29,722.30 $DJX: ⬆️+2.96% to close at 540.37

“Being wrong is acceptable, but staying wrong is totally unacceptable.” ― Jack D. Schwager, ‘Stock Market Wizards’ Traders, especially options traders, need this tattooed on their screens. In options, being wrong is normal — the market moves, volatility shifts, theta eats your face.  But staying wrong? That’s where accounts blow up. The best traders don’t aim to be perfect.  They aim to adjust fast, cut dead trades, repair positions intelligently, and flip bias when the data changes. Options reward flexibility. Ego punishes it.

Will Apple continue printing? No matter what results came from last Thursday’s earnings? It’s interesting to note how Goldman Sachs raised their price target to $370 ahead of the report. They saw iPhone sales propping for expansion.  Mac sales. Even for Apple's Services business – the App Store, iCloud and subscriptions. Not to forget Apple’s continuous AI integrations to catch up with the bigger theme. Only one problem: Even if Goldman’s calls for Apple keep hitting on-target for next quarter?  And the quarter after? You’d still need a year or more to ‘harvest’.  That’s why I show traders how to gather profits without selling high-quality positions, using the power of options in the 2-Hour Crash Course. Not only can you use my approach to also self-build your own positions… You can also repair broken trades for an earlier exit. To see how it works in real life? Reserve your spot here to watch more: https://coreinvest.first-4.com/

Major News Updates 📰🤓     -    South Korea's KOSPI posts biggest fall since early March: South Korean shares tumbled nearly 11% last ​Tuesday in their worst session in about five months, as worries about tech competition from China mount. -    India spared worst of US ‘forced labour’ tariffs: New Delhi avoided a higher tariff rate via a timely policy change, but US demands and Russian oil friction leave a trade deal in limbo -    Citi expands Asia FX options desk with three senior trader hires in Singapore: Citigroup has appointed three senior traders to its foreign exchange options desk in ​Singapore as it seeks to boost its ‌regional market-making and risk management capabilities -    DeepSeek pauses funding after viral posts: DeepSeek has told prospective investors in its second fundraising round that it’s suspending a $1.5 billion deal, days after comments widely attributed to founder Liang Wenfeng about U.S.-Chinese AI competition went viral. -    Oil hits one-week low on resumed ceasefire hopes: Brent crude futures were down $1.68, or 1.90%, at $86.68 last Tuesday– as President Trump announced ‘good talks’ were ongoing with Iran. -    Crypto’s Clarity Act Shelved Until September: The US Senate is currently occupied with non-crypto matters like Russia sanctions bills and various federal nominations.

Good afternoon from the CoreInvest team! Let’s dive into the latest weekly market update: Major Indices 📈: $SPX: ⬆️+1.05% to close at 7489.72 $VIX: 🔻-13.84% to close at 16 $QQQ: ⬆️+0.55% to close at 687.99 $NDX: ⬆️+0.52% to close at 28,274.20 $DJX: ⬆️+1.04% to close at 524.85

These below should be the essence of any option trader’s plans: “I AM A CONSISTENT WINNER BECAUSE: 1. I objectively identify my edges. 2. I predefine the risk of every trade. 3. I completely accept the risk or I am willing to let go of the trade.  4. I act on my edges without reservation or hesitation.  5. I pay myself as the market makes money available to me.  6. I continually monitor my susceptibility for making errors.  7. I understand the absolute necessity of these principles of consistent success and, therefore, I never violate them.” ― Mark Douglas, ‘Trading in the Zone’

Claude facing fresh challengers? After the entire fiasco of the US government pulling back Claude’s Fable-5? China said ‘Here’s what we’ve got…” Chinese firm Moonshot released Kimi K3 on July 16 as an "open weight" model. This allows any user to download and customize it for their personal and professional use. Kimi K3 charges $15 for every one million tokens of output.  Claude Fable 5 charges $50. No wonder even Microsoft is reportedly testing Kimi on its flagship chatbot, CoPilot. If you are concerned that this could lead to an upheaval of the AI-dominated market? I show you in the 2-Hour Crash Course how to get you thinking ‘globally’. Giving you the fundamentals and frameworks to discover new profit windows beyond the AI boom– especially with options. Takes as little as 5-10 minutes a day to pinpoint such trades.  To reserve your spot for this, go here: https://coreinvest.first-4.com/

Major News Updates 📰🤓     -    Trump’s $10 billion lawsuit against BBC: Donald Trump must divulge detailed financial information from his many businesses as part of his $10bn defamation lawsuit against the British Broadcasting Corporation, a federal judge ruled. -    US readies new tariffs as Trump's 10% global levy to expire: The Trump administration has prepared fresh tariffs targeting 60 trading partners over their alleged failures to act against forced labour, as officials push to rebuild the US leader's trade agenda after legal setbacks. -    Citadel Securities opens Amsterdam options trading office: This makes Citadel the latest trading firm to establish a presence in the Dutch capital, as it strengthens its position as a European hub for options trading. -    Microsoft considers replacing ChatGPT and Claude with China's Kimi K3 to save $600 million: The Information added that Kimi K3 could be integrated into Microsoft's cloud-based platform Azure if it can run similar features from OpenAI and Anthropic. -    Claude– meet Qiushi: As of last Tuesday, the Zhejiang University-led Qiushi Engine held the top overall spot on the ResearchClawBench leaderboard, with Open Science Desktop in second and Claude Code in third. -    Clarity Act to get passed?: The Clarity Act appears to have crossed one of its key final hurdles after President Donald Trump last Monday night reportedly agreed to an ethics provision for crypto’s market structure bill.

Good afternoon from the CoreInvest team! Let’s dive into the latest weekly market update: Major Indices 📈: $SPX: 🔻-0.61% to close at 7411.98 $VIX: 🔻-1.019% to close at 18.57 $QQQ: 🔻-1.60% to close at 684.23 $NDX: 🔻-1.62% to close at 28,128.34 $DJX: 🔻-0.38% to close at 519.47

“Trading doesn't just reveal your character. It also builds it if you stay in the game long enough.” ― Yvan Byeajee, ‘Paradigm Shift: How to cultivate equanimity in the face of market uncertainty’ If there’s one thing that options taught me and my mentees at CoreInvest? Over and over?  It is that trading WILL force you to sit with uncertainty, fear, and decisions when the outcome isn’t totally guaranteed.  While resources like the 2-Hour Crash Course already puts much of the odds and ranges in your favour? You still need to execute the trade. And take on the results–come good or bad. Stay long enough in the game?  And you’ll realize the real profit isn’t just in the P/L. It’s in who you become along the way.