Interesting data point out this week.

Hedge funds bought $4.8 billion of US equities last week. Second-largest weekly purchase since 2008.

Same week, institutional investors sold $3.8 billion and snapped a buying streak.

The smart money loaded up while the slow money got shaken out. 

Here's what that tells me. 

When the pros can't agree on which way this thing is going, retail has no business betting the account on a directional call. 

AI capex keeps breaking records and the jobs print just rewrote rate odds overnight. Nobody has a clean read.

What you can control is your Floor and your Ceiling. 

If the max loss is capped by the structure of the trade itself, and the max gain is known before you click buy, the argument between hedge funds and institutionals stops mattering to your account.

Five checks. About a minute to run:

→ See The 5 Checks Before Your Next Trade

Free report, one page. Keep it near your platform and run it every time.

You don't have to pick a side to make money in this market. You just have to know your numbers before you click buy.

To your success,

Don Kaufman

P.S. CPI hits next week and the tape's already jumpy. Have the checklist on your desk before the print so you can run it on the trades that come after.