# This Isn’t a Trading Strategy

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Hey friend,

There are real signs the government shutdown may end very soon.

If that happens, expect a deluge of previously-delayed economic data shortly after – data that could move markets.

## The Daily Direction

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**Note:** Indexes rebounded yesterday, sending most directions back into the green.

## The Daily Nugget

**_Don’t confuse predictions for strategy._**

So many traders – especially those just getting into the game – make this mistake.

They think an expert trader buying a stock is the trader predicting the stock will go up.

There’s a subtle – yet important – difference here.

Expert traders follow strategy…

And strategy is a _process_ – not a prediction.

Buying a stock according to a proven strategy is an intelligent probabilistic bet. It’s a decision made according to a predetermined process.

Predicting a stock will go up – and then buying it – is more often than not just wishful thinking.

From the outside, both can appear the same.

But if you want to truly advance as a trader, you need to understand this subtle difference

If you don’t truly grasp this difference yet – that’s perfectly fine.

We all have to start somewhere.

But keep following people like Head Trader Ross Givens…

And sooner than you think, you’ll understand the difference between strategy and predictions.

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**_The Traders Agency Team_**