No Friday LTR
As you know/figured out, I'm still not holding a Live Trading Room (LTR) Friday until my FinTech projects are completed.
And I am working "beyond the norm" of these projects everyday outside the LTR but especially on Fridays.
Oh the hours, the fires, the fights, the unbelievably frustrating cost/scope/time overruns. But it's closer.
Given PORTFOLIOS APP is my priority, I need these deployed and running smoothly before I can resume Friday's LTR.
With that, there is no LTR review for Friday, but I will have a client post out on some other inspired thoughts this weekend/Monday at latest.
I'm also working on a paper/presentation for MoneyShow next Tuesday on why I feel: Crude Oil Is Done Going Up. Will share when done!
FinTech Update
Here's an update on these FinTech projects for those who care...
MONEY MATTERS - FIVE PORTFOLIOS were supposed to already be rolled-out but found several new things once Rithika returned Tuesday to test. Again, these will offer up MAJOR MEMBER BENEFITS since nearly all CONTRIBUTORS will use this app to manifest their trades across CHASE, SWING, TREND, INCOME & FUTURES. This one is very important to get right and frictionless so thank you for your patience.
OPTION TELLER - Ongoing: Member benefit: Scoped and developer secured but project delayed until developer is finished current project.
SECRET SAUCE - Ongoing: Member benefit: Scoped and developer secured; data fee discussion with TradingView is next.
PROFIT PLAYS - Ongoing. Separate product: App is built; futures tie-in is next with functional testing and UI design tweaking.
MONEY MIRROR - Ongoing: Separate product: App is built; functional testing complete; UI redesign in process; designer secured; developer secured.
It Takes A Village
My taking August off from daily writing to focus on the above FinTech projects was very detrimental to membership. Even though I ran the LTR as promised, engaged with members daily, and performed all my weekly interviews/webinars/interviews, I did not post daily and many not in the LTR felt lost and left. Pity as I timed the turns perfectly in advance for July 31st & Aug 15-20th pullback within the uptrend. And even if I wrote about these in weekly posts and provided deep-dives on macro trends. Just can't win sometimes even when I'm adding value - just not in the form easiest consumed by impatient members. I'm sorry, and obviously, I am working hard to change that. In the meantime, might I remind you...
LADUCTRADING IS A COMMUNITY OF TEN ANALYSTS/CONTRIBUTORS who actively engage/support/share trades with members every day:
archnas-advanced-options - Archna posts her advanced option trades and co-runs chase-live-huddle and provides custom-trade-support for members.
bobs-oil-and-gas - Bob pops in when he has something to say/trade in the oil & gas patch on a swing basis.
graphcall-macro-education - Geoffrey is our classical economist, macro advisor & value investor offering up direct engagement & trades with EDGE members.
kentons-corner-of-biopharma - Dr Alex is our resident doctor and healthcare analyst/trader with a side-gig of tracking how the sausage is made in DC.
mikes-market-mojo - Mike not only runs our pre-market trading room focused on futures trading but also serves as my LTR moderator in addition to his own channel of great momentum plays and themes using mostly advanced options.
nel-intraday-burgers - Nelson co-runs chase-live-huddle which is available to all members right after my LTR until market close. He actively trades options & futures.
options-mentor-hans - Hans not only offers up advanced option advice, trades, education and analysis.... he is also my co-host on Wed for Macro-to-Micro Options Power Hour! EDGE clients can engage directly for his portfolio assessment & hedges. For his general option courses, pls check out https://laductrading.com/options-scout/ or his personal mentoring: https://laductrading.com/options-coaching/
rithikas-hot-tickers - Rithika posts trade setups in her channel for swing timeframes but also in chase-ideas from my LTR action. In addition, she offers up custom analysis on Elliot Wave under chase-chart-requests.
volland-dealer-positioning - Jason is an RIA who actively swing trades the indices from his assessment of dealer option positioning which he uniquely tracks from his specialized software at Vol.Land.
10. And then there is me - Samantha, founder of LaDucTrading who is very proud of the company I keep!
Not only do I love to collaborate but I also employ this full bench of amazing contributors to help you navigate!! Take advantage of this member benefit of subject matter experts I make available at no additional cost to you!
Daily LTR Market Recap & Trades With AI Assist
This new feature - using ChatGPT review of the LTR transcript - still requires HEAVY editing so it is not saving me any time, but members like it so I will endeavor to get better at getting them to you same day once the upcoming Slack integration with ChatGPT is integrated with Zoom on the 11th of September. That's also when Slack starts charging 20% more on every user here as well. Yes, AI is inflationary - to me anyway.
Price Increases Coming To New Members
I will be raising prices soon for LaDucTrading memberships - post PORTFOLIOS going live. Current members will be grandfathered in - don't worry.
NEW MEMBERS CONSIDERING JOINING US LIVE AT LADUCTRADING.COM ... DON'T DELAY!Portfolio Release
And speaking of portfolios... CHASE PORTFOLIO should be released next week for LaDucTrading members.
Each of the SWING, INCOME, FUTURES, TREND portfolios will be released a few days later - staggered.
Most all LaDucTrading CONTRIBUTORS will use these portfolios to communicate their trade set ups - linking to relevant analysis/charts in their respective/personal slack channels. Exceptions: Jason of volland-dealer-positioning and Bob of bobs-oil-and-gas.
Rithika is back after August hiatus to help me populate in chase-ideas and to actively trade in the CHASE PORTFOLIO.
Joining Rithika in the CHASE: Mike, Nel, Archna & yours truly!
For Your Convenience
Inside Slack we linked our YouTube Channel so you can get notified of new laductrading-videos - for latest full-feature webinars and shorts to Rithika's Weekly Wolf Picks.
And for your weekend listening, here is the latest:
AI Smooth Sailing Until The Tide Turns / Macro-To-Micro Options Power Hour / Sep 3, 2025
I wish you all a great weekend!!
Definitely not happy with Substack Macro to Micro newsletter. I realize you want everybody in your upper tier programs, but I am not interested in that level of engagement. The newsletter writings seem few and far between for a $450 annual membership. I pay a guy $200 for an annual futures newsletter and he publishes daily and posts on X everyday during RTH. I respect your knowledge and insight, but will not be renewing my sub when it's up for renewal. Best wishes for your latest endeavors....I'm sure you'll be just fine.