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The Chicago floor trader's "one weapon" rule
(Happy July 4th!)

Don Kaufman here.
First off, Happy 4th of July!
Before you jump into the holiday festivities…
I have a quick story for you…
Back in my Chicago trading days, we had this saying:
"Pick your weapon and master it."
Most guys would try to trade everything...
Bonds, currencies, options, futures...
They'd end up being mediocre at all of it.
But the guys who made serious money?
They picked ONE instrument and became absolute wizards with it.
That's exactly what Garrett's doing with Tesla.
I'm convinced he's cracked the code.
Look, Tesla isn't just a stock...
It's a market ecosystem.
425 ETFs hold it. (That's 1 in 10 ETFs!)
It's in the SPY, the QQQ, and every major index.
When algorithms trade, they trade Tesla.
When retail goes crazy, they flock to Tesla.
When institutions rebalance, Tesla moves.
It's the ultimate proxy for everything happening in the market.
And Garrett's found a way to trade it four different ways:
The Collapse (breakdown patterns)
The Launchpad (breakout patterns)
Reversions (mean reversion plays)
Proxies (related instruments)
Each approach targets 150%+ moves.
Not 10% or 20%...
150%+.
I've seen the receipts. This stuff works.
The Tesla 4D Bootcamp kicks off July 8th.
6 weeks of live training. Real trades. Real results.
To your success,
Don Kaufman