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On today’s menu:

• Musk’s Distractions Cost Tesla $200B—What’s Next? 🤯

• Trade Wars Are Back? Here’s What Traders Need to Know 🔥

• Is Gamestop About To Buy Bitcoin? 😏 

• This Prop Firm Just Banned US Traders ❌ 

STOCKS

Musk’s Distractions Cost Tesla $200B—What’s Next? 🤯

Traders, if you thought your last bad trade was painful, imagine watching your stock drop 18.55% in a month and wiping out over $200 billion in market cap.

That’s Tesla’s reality right now, and at this rate, even Dogecoin is looking more stable.

What Happened? 🚨

• Tesla is on a losing streak – Down five straight days, and nearly 19% in a month. The stock just dipped below $330—a level we haven’t seen since November.

• Elon’s distractions aren’t helping – Between running Tesla, SpaceX, X (Twitter), xAI, and now a government role in the “Department of Government Efficiency” (DOGE)—yes, that’s real—he’s juggling more than a high-leverage trader on a caffeine binge.

• BYD just flexed – China’s BYD is rolling out new AI-powered self-driving tech, and they’re not just talking—they’re delivering. That’s Tesla’s worst nightmare, because let’s be real: Tesla is still making humans steer their “autonomous” cars.

• Investors aren’t loving the OpenAI drama – Musk’s $97 billion bid for OpenAI is raising questions. Is Tesla his priority? Or is he building an Avengers-level AI empire while Tesla stock gets slapped around?

The Bigger Problem: Competition Is Heating Up 🔥

Tesla isn’t just fighting one battle—it’s caught in a marketwide war:

✅ EV demand is cooling – Higher interest rates = expensive financing. People aren’t lining up to take out a second mortgage just to buy a “self-driving” car that still yells at them to grab the wheel immediately.

✅ China’s eating Tesla’s lunch – BYD is rolling out AI-driven cars, and Tesla still doesn’t have a robotaxi. Waymo is expanding in LA, and Morgan Stanley just gave BYD a $430 price target.

✅ The Musk Effect – Love him or hate him, Musk’s involvement in government, AI, and social media wars means Tesla isn’t his main focus anymore. And Wall Street is realizing it.

What’s Next? 🤔

So where does Tesla go from here? Let’s break it down:

📉 Bear Case: Tesla keeps dropping as BYD and legacy automakers gain ground. If Musk keeps his eyes on everything but Tesla, we could see $300 or lower.

📈 Bull Case: Tesla shocks the market with real self-driving tech, regains focus, and rips higher. The $400s are still in play if the company proves it’s not just a high-end golf cart maker.

🎭 Wildcard: Musk goes all-in on OpenAI, ditches Tesla, and the stock either free-falls… or moonshots because of new leadership. You never know with this guy.

What Should Traders Watch?

👀 Tesla’s next earnings call – If they don’t deliver serious updates on AI and robotaxis, watch out.

🌏 China’s EV push – BYD is moving fast. Tesla has to respond.

📉 Institutional flow – If funds keep dumping shares, watch the $300 level.

If Tesla was a trader, it just hit a max drawdown. Time to see if it has the risk management skills to bounce back.

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MARKET OUTLOOK

Trade Wars Are Back? Here’s What Traders Need to Know 🔥

Markets love certainty. Right now? We’ve got the opposite.

Between Powell’s zero-excitement testimony and Trump dusting off his tariff playbook, traders are left in a foggy mess of maybe this, maybe that.

So, how do you trade when the market itself is unsure of what’s next? Let’s break it down.

Powell Speaks, Market Shrugs 🤷 

Jerome Powell took the stage for his biannual testimony, and, well… it was about as eventful as my wife’s “we need to talk” turning out to be about the dishwasher.

Powell stayed on script, repeated the usual “we’re data-dependent” mantra, and gave the markets absolutely nothing to chew on.

The Fed isn’t in a rush to cut rates, but it’s also not eager to hike again.

Translation? The market didn’t move. ❌ 

Traders collectively exhaled, checked their phones, and went back to trading actual news—like Trump’s tariffs.

Tariffs: The Market’s Wildcard 💥 

Trump just announced a 25% tariff on steel and aluminum imports starting March 12.

Markets reacted… kind of.

The USD wobbled, stocks barely blinked, and traders are waiting for the next headline before making a real move.

Why?

Because nobody knows if this is a negotiating tactic or the start of another full-blown trade war.

We’ve been here before:

🔹 In 2018, Trump’s tariffs sent markets into risk-off mode.
🔹 In 2019, they helped push gold to new highs.
🔹 In 2024, nobody is sure if this will even stick—or if it’s just some good ol’ chest-thumping.

The key takeaway? Uncertainty is the real market-mover.

Markets hate uncertainty. Investors hesitate, liquidity dries up, and we get choppy price action. Big swing trades become tougher to execute.

Which means…

How Do You Trade This Market? 🤔 

One of our interns—who somehow knows every TikTok trend before we do—has been adapting.

Instead of his usual 60-pip targets, he’s dropping down a timeframe and scalping 30 pips per trade.

And guess what? It’s been working.

This market is like trying to argue with my wife—I don’t get to pick when it moves. I just react to what’s happening in front of me.

So, if you’re trading:

✅ Be nimble. Lower your trade expectations and take what the market gives.
✅ Watch USD strength—if tariffs escalate, safe-havens like JPY and gold could benefit.
✅ Stay on top of breaking news—this market is headline-driven, and one tweet can change everything.

🚀 Happy trading!

🚀 Pre-Market Fuel

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