No they are not. In any case if the cash is in hand, I’d rather scalp $50/pt rather collecting premium, premium is not that great given how expensive the index is.
I drive and do delivery in the evenings when I need cash since the pandemic, pays about 20 bucks an hour on average. Can't sit in front of computer all day, take some fresh air at night.
Closed out all positions with profits, leave small ES for swing. NQ is probably going to hit 15k and 44k for ES this week or by next Monday but I don't know what to trade now.
Another thing is that we need them to buy massive amount of dollars, which they haven't done. Their CPI dropped to 0.5% presumably on pork price crashed.
Tariffs on Chinese goods stood at an average 19% in early 2021, instead of export deflation as in previous three decades, now they export inflation. I didn't see any paper discussing this therefore the headline print 5.1% would be elevated persistently.
Total your fixed costs, rent, utilities, internet, platform/software subscriptions, healthcare premium, etc. Those are minimum number to break even, assuming CPA on and off for tax and consultation 5 grand a year.