Hellllllooooo everyone! If you’re reading this, hit reply and say hello. I genuinely love hearing from you and getting to know who’s on the other side of this screen navigating this wild world of trading with me.

A Bit of My Story

For my new readers and those who don’t know my story, here is a quickie:

My name is Emanuela, and I started learning to trade in 2019.

Back then, I was coasting through life. Emotional, reactive, surviving, and giving myself credit for doing the bare minimum. I could keep a job. I could stay in decent shape. I was functioning. But I had very little self control in high pressure environments…and tbh, many regular situations 😬.

My first mentor was extremely militant about time, discipline, and ownership. He didn’t quite say “everything is your fault,” but the energy was very much: you are responsible for your outcomes. Period.

That season built my grit.

It’s what helped me survive the first two years of trading, including the tens of thousands of dollars I lost while learning. (Yes, you read that right!)

After a few years, I realized that if I wanted trading to be my career, I had to own my information. I had to stop outsourcing confidence. I had to build something that fit my nervous system, my psychology, and the way I process the market.

So I went head down.

I read constantly.
I watched endless chart breakdowns.
I worked with mindset coaches.
I rewrote my trading plan more times than I can count.
I invested a LOT of time and money in myself.

Anddddd it paid off.

I started seeing real progress in 2021, that was my first profitable year. Since then, each year I’ve continued to grow my portfolio and the recurring income I earn from options trading. Last year I made the transition into full-time trading and finished fourth in my division in the United States Investing Championship.

No, I don’t make lambo money, but what I earn is sustainable for me, and it’s something I couldn’t even fathom when I was in the trenches losing year after year.

If you’re newer here, my journey has basically looked like this, (and I know you’ll resonate with parts of it if you’ve been doing this for a while too).

I went from:

Tens of thousands lost, no structure, emotional trading, refilling accounts, constantly trying to “make it back,” bouncing between overconfidence and doubt, always thinking the next adjustment would be the one that fixed it, the one that finally made trading click.

To:

Multi-year profitability, debt fully paid off, full time trading, and a written operating system that keeps me grounded.

And now I’m beginning my scaling phase, which includes sharing my work with you!

The Community

This year I’ve been building out a space for traders who are profitable-ish, earn a little and want to earn more, aren’t profitable yet but know they’re capable, or are here to fine tune their own system.

It’s been interesting to watch what people gravitate toward. I’m still collecting data, paying attention to what resonates, what you actually need, and what will genuinely move the needle for you. This is a beta phase, and I welcome your feedback. I want to GIVE THE PEOPLE WHAT THEY WANT! 😂 (Apparently, this phrase only exists in my brain in all caps.)

If you want a place to build structure, clean up execution, and talk through the stuff that messes with you in real time, find my community is here. The first 50 members will be free through the rest of the year, so come hang out, tell me what you’re working on, and let me know how I can support you better!

This coming month I’m going to test:

• Monday morning live sessions, 9–10a EST

• Biweekly AMAs (ask me anything, plus space to review trades)

• My Trading Plan Workshop

See you there!

SPX Review and Outlook

Do we really need to review SPX? It’s been the saddest violin, a repetitive up and down the range, boring. I’ve snagged a few day trades on it, but that’s about it.

But yes, let’s review because there are a few things to call out.

6,883 has been holding up pretty well, so as long as we stay above it, I still see room for a rotation back up toward 6,986–7,000. Same drill as always, it’s about mapping it out, getting positioned, and letting price follow through.

If we lose 6,883, then 6,787 is the next level down. And if 6,787 breaks and we can’t reclaim it, that’s when it starts to feel less like boring range stuff and more like the market might actually slip into a real decline.

One thing worth mentioning, the moving averages are tightening, and the last week of candles has been contained in a smaller daily range. That’s usually the market compressing before a bigger move, direction comes from which side actually breaks and holds.

Levels to watch

• 6,883 holding keeps the upside rotation in play toward 6,906, then 6,986–7,000

• Lose 6,883, next stop 6,787

• Break 6,787 and fail to reclaim it, risk shifts, and I’m treating it differently

NFLX

I will wrap today up with Netflix!

In January, I made this video about it, and last week the stock got a little pop of life!

NFLX broke out of a small base last week, and gapped up on Friday.

• The move from the base to Friday’s close was nearly 30%, so some digestion here would be normal.

• With gap ups, I’m watching for either a retest of the gap origin near 85, a retest of the bottom of the gap candle, or some sideways consolidation above that area.

• There is also a chance momentum continues, with 106 as the next overhead area to watch.

• On the weekly timeframe, price is still below the major moving averages that define a confirmed uptrend, so this remains an early-stage reversal rather than a fully established trend.

• For now, I’m waiting to see consolidation or a clean pullback before trading this with options again. I already hold a stock position and am assessing whether to add. I’m watching for stabilization first, then a defined pivot to position for the upside.

Anyways, this wraps it up for today!

Remember, you’ll always be somewhere between where you started and where you’re headed, and no matter how things have been lately, you’re way beyond where you started even if the numbers aren’t showing it yet. Take inventory, remember your wins, and keep moving forward.

Brick by brick we build!

Emanuela