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Happy Sunday! Here are a few of the things that I've been doing or learning about over the last week. I hope you enjoy. 

Great Day Trading Community

I talked about it last week, but I've been watching a ton of videos from a YouTube channel called Trading Decoded to help me get better at trading $SPY options.

Since I've been learning so much from their videos, I decided to check out their Discord community, and I gotta say, it's pretty darn good.

If you click the link above, you'll be taken to their Discord where you'll be automatically enrolled in a free 7-day trial. Once inside, you'll find an assortment of helpful resources including free ebooks of best-selling trading books and detailed breakdowns of popular trading strategies. But the real benefit is their daily voice chat.

Each trading day, Trading Decode's founder (Jimmy) does a live stream from about 30 minutes before the market opens until the market closes. During the live stream, Jimmy shares his screen as he monitors the charts; sharing bar-by-bar analysis of what's going on with price action. The point of the live streams is not to be a call-out service but instead, it is to teach people how to read the charts and learn how to make better trading decisions. As Jimmy puts it, he's trying to teach people how to fish rather than just giving them fish.

After spending a week in the Discord and watching the live stream each day, I feel very comfortable recommending it to anybody that is in the early stages of their trading career.

One thing to keep in mind is that there is a $100/month fee once your free trial expires. Yes, it's a bit pricey, but I think it is well worth the price of admission.

The Ultimate Computer Monitor

About 3 years ago, I walked into the office of one of my web design clients and I saw something truly amazing. Sitting on their desk was a beautiful, curved computer monitor as wide as my wingspan. At 49 inches wide, this thing easily fits 3 windows side by side. It was love at first sight for my inner geek.

Shortly after, I decided to invest in one of these ultra-wide monitors; ditching my janky dual-screen setup that consisted of a laptop wired to an old 27" monitor. 

And let me tell you something. That has been one of the best investments that I've ever made. Since upgrading to a 49" monitor, I've noticed a big increase in my productivity, my posture has improved dramatically, and I just feel more excited to sit down at my computer each morning.

I'm not entirely sure what the best 49" monitor is today but I went with Dell's UltraSharp 49" Curved Monitor and I've been incredibly happy with it.

Recent Obsession: Golf Instagram

I've never been a huge Instagram user but I recently discovered a corner of Instagram that I call golf Instagram and I'm kind of obsessed. There are two specific types of golf Instagram pages that I love. Pages that share golf instructions, tips & drills, and "play along" pages. 

1) Golf Lessons: These Instagram pages are loaded with instructional videos and quick tips to help you improve your game. I regularly find myself bookmarking these videos so that I can pull them up when I'm at the driving range or practicing my short game. Here's an example of one of these pages. 

2) Play Alongs: These pages are created by people that film themselves playing golf. Sounds stupid but I assure you, they are great. I'm about a 9 handicap so I enjoy watching 0-5 handicap golfers play. It's helpful to see how they navigate the golf course and approach different shots. I also secretly enjoy watching very average golfers as they film themselves hacking it up on the course. My favorite play-along page is probably @tothetee. I don't know the guy's name but he's a highly entertaining Canadian dude that posts videos of himself playing beautiful golf courses throughout Canada. 

That's it for this week. I hope you've discovered something useful or entertaining. See ya next week!

- Eric