Homework: There are many interesting stories about what may happen in the UK budget on Wednesday, the 26th of November 2025. What is your take on it? What do you think will happen to UK stock markets, Bonds and Cable, sterling, the pound etc should you be placing traded options the day before, provided you know your maximum loss, ie downside At the money Straddles, a volatility play, should you feel the market will be volatile, Puts should you feel bad news on equities sterling bonds at the money or how far are your targets for out of the money strike price or Calls if you think the markets will act favourably same at the money or whats your target price for out of the money strike price its your trade your decision! Take advice from your traded options broker!

As you know we don’t advocate buying anything less than one month options it is important to understand time decay and volitility. At the money strike price and out of the money strike price. The difference between American and Traditional traded options (very important).The only guarntee in this world is death and taxes.

It would also be interesting to see how much money is flowing into safe-haven assets, such as quality bonds. We have seen lots of investors make Gold explode over the last few years. US household debt was at $18.59 trillion, a new high, up $197 billion in Q3, that’s not government debt. (statistics according to Tradingeconomics.com). It would be interesting to see how the markets and electronic trading systems would trade if they closed all the back doors.

Charts: Usual Suspects

Wall Street heavyweights flag risk of pullback in equity markets | Reuters

Americans are turning to food banks, and the shutdown is hurting people who work for their country, like soldiers who would lay down their lives for their President. Is America no longer the breadbasket of the world? Something is really wrong economically, and Uncle Sam is not getting his food stamps or welfare.

We would like to say a big thank you to all those people who have given their time to promote and collect money for Remembrance Sunday and the British Legion for those who have served in the Armed Forces, and for helping me remember the sacrifice my grandfather made in the Second World War, so that I could have freedom of speech and democracy.

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