A look at prop firm templates A and B this past week. You're a couple clicks away from easily plugging these in. Let's get you all engaged and growing in the community and in your accounts this week! Kyle

(Read the full post for your gift) Hey InvestCEO fam! We have some new team members on board I wanted to introduce you to. They will all be tag teaming the @InvestCEO Team account. Some of you may have already received messages from them so be sure to check your inbox :) ☕Betty: Betty is a former acting geek turned corporate trainer and coach who now juggles business savvy with fun walks and coffee dates with her little girls. 👼Hannah: Hannah is a psychology major with a background in neuroscience. She's also a new mom to a baby boy and has 2 fur babies Gizmo and Boo! They'll be working together to help point you to important resources and make sure you can find all the help you need here. 🎁THE GIFT: In preparation for our masterclass on Sunday, I put together a special report called the "AI Proof Checklist." It's a checklist of all the things we need to work on to make sure you not only can avoid getting left behind AI, but can also turn it into an opportunity. ✅JUST COMMENT "AI" BELOW and the team will send it over to you in your skool message inbox.

When things feel complicated, it’s usually a sign to simplify. Trading has a way of pulling us into layers of noise. More indicators. More analysis. More opinions. More “what ifs.” Before long, the clean edge that once felt clear starts to feel crowded. That’s your cue. Go back to the basics. What are your core setups? What are your risk rules? What conditions do you actually trade best in? Strip it down. Clean it up. Remove what isn’t necessary. Most breakthroughs in trading don’t come from adding something new. They come from executing the fundamentals with precision and consistency. The market hasn’t changed its nature. Structure still matters. Risk still matters. Patience still matters. When in doubt, return to what built your foundation in the first place. 🚀 Mastery isn’t found in complexity. It’s found in doing the simple things exceptionally well. — Coach Stephen

Today isn’t about fireworks, resolutions, or promising perfection. It’s about intention. The calendar flipped, but the real power is deciding how you show up from here on out. Last year gave you lessons. Some were wins. Some were painful. All of them were earned. None of them were wasted. What matters now is that you carry the wisdom forward and leave the baggage behind. This year, commit to process over hype. Discipline over emotion. Patience over urgency. You don’t need to trade more. You need to trade better. You don’t need to be perfect. You need to be consistent. Use today to reset your mindset. Revisit your rules. Clarify your goals. Decide what kind of trader and person you’re becoming, then align your actions with that version of yourself. 🚀 New year. Same market. Stronger you. Show up calm. Show up prepared. Show up intentional. The work starts now, and you’re ready for it. — Coach Stephen

🚨 The Money Memo (working title) Edition: Week Ending Dec 17, 2025 Vibe: Markets are spicy, but your plan should be boring. ✅ The 60-Second Market Snapshot Stocks (risk-on, but with a weird limp): • SPY (S&P 500 ETF): ~$673.90 • QQQ (Nasdaq 100 ETF): ~$603.75 • DIA (Dow ETF): ~$481.02 • IWM (Small caps): ~$248.56 Crypto (still acting like crypto): • Bitcoin: ~$86,569 • Ethereum: ~$2,845.57 🤓 Kyle’s read: We’re not in “everything is broken” mode… we’re in “stop paying any price for the shiny AI stuff” mode. ⸻ ✅ What Mattered Last Week (and why it moved price) A) AI stocks stopped getting a free pass. Markets have been sliding for multiple sessions largely because big AI names have been taking heat—bubble talk, capex worries, and “how soon is the payoff?” B) Data-center reality check = “show me the money.” Reuters flagged a big snag around an Oracle-linked data center financing situation, which poured gasoline on the “AI spending is getting expensive” narrative. C) Crypto: year-end vibes + macro nerves. BTC has been drifting lower in cautious trade. And markets are eyeing big expirations (“triple witching” + options expiries) as potential volatility fuel. ✅ The Week Ahead: Your “Don’t Get Surprised” Calendar The big one: November CPI drops Thursday, Dec 18 (delayed schedule). Translation: liquidity is thinner into the holidays, so a “normal” inflation print can still create an abnormal move. 🧐 Kyle’s playbook (simple): - If CPI surprises hot → yields up, growth/AI could feel it first. - If CPI surprises cool → risk assets breathe, but watch for “one good print doesn’t fix everything” whiplash. ✅ Setups & Watchlist (how I’m thinking, not what you “must” do) Theme 1: “AI ≠ automatic wins.” This isn’t anti-AI. It’s pro-price. When the crowd gets emotional, I get selective. Theme 2: Small caps = sneaky tell. IWM matters because it hints at risk appetite beyond the megacaps. If small caps can’t hold bids, the “broad rally” story gets weaker.