Merry Christmas to you and yours!  May the Joy of the Season be with you and the one's you love now and in the New Year to come. 
                                                                       Scott & Shawna

I want to share a letter with you written from our friend, Leslie Householder.  Leslie is helping people literally raise themselves up and completely change the direction of their lives.  Take a moment to check this out!

Dear friend,

Families across the world are scaling back on
unnecessary purchases and focusing on things that
matter most, like:

Family, faith, hope...

If the economy has necessitated this change, then
even a bad economy is something to be grateful for.

The world is full of illusions.  We're all being
tested right now to see if we will seek and cling
to truth and make choices that lead us to greater
personal freedom, or whether we will let the
'evidence' of disaster overwhelm us and lead us
to discouragement and ultimately an even tighter
feeling of bondage.

So, with that in mind, how goes YOUR battle?

Everyone goes through periods of discouragement,
or there could be no real victory.

Everyone.  Even people you look up to.

Even people who are doing well right now.

Discouragement is simply a natural part of the
package called LIFE.

But what separates those who conquer the battle
from those who are crushed under the weight of it,
is just one thing.

The only thing that separates the victor from the
vanquished is his or her thoughts in the heat of the
battle.

It's easy to think optimistically when things are
going well.  It's when things are TOUGH beyond belief
that the real winners emerge.  How do they do it? 
What do they know that perhaps you don't know?

Keep reading...

The hardest part is thinking optimistically when
things are NOT going well.  A person might try, but
if there isn't enough knowledge and understanding to
support that optimism, the optimism is fake at best,
and can even become destructive at worst.

Don't let your optimism destroy you.

You can't just hope and pray that everything will
work out.  You can't just affirm it superficially.
You need to have the knowledge that gives you REASON
to know that everything is going to turn out okay
for you. 

There is a way to know for sure, and it isn't just
from making a decision that you'll make it so.

The good news is that in hard times like these, for
some, the greatest personal victories of all time
will be won.

No victory will ever be so great as the ones that come
out of the most disastrous of conditions.  So if you
have it REALLY bad right now, you are among the most
fortunate - IF - you make your daily decisions based
on...More

Dear friends and fellow traders,

Over the past weeks and months Shawna and I have enjoyed hearing of your enthusiasm for commodity futures trading.  We are pleased to see you learning about this wonderful and interesting world of investing and it brings us great joy to share these fantastic market opportunities with you through the weekly updates. 

As we progress through the remainder of December and begin making our way into the New Year the ChartSmith Weekly Market Update will be postponed.  For the next few weeks it is our goal to spend a little more time with family and friends and a little less time on the computer. 

As you know, the commodity markets are one of the central focal points and passions of our life so you may hear from us a time or two through the Christmas season when you least expect it.  Look for an occasional "quick" update along the way--we'll still be here with you keeping an eye on the markets and I'll send out a notice when relevant market activity occurs. 

For now we just want you to know how important you are to us, as friends and fellow traders, and even more so as people that have an adventurous spirit for learning.  Keep reviewing your charts each day, paper trade the markets that are of interest to you, and enjoy this beautiful Christmas season!!! 

Happy Trading and Merry Christmas! 
                                                                                                           Yours, Scott Jones

We've enjoyed Robert Kiyosaki's books over the years.  Here's a tidbit of Robert's financial wisdom;  The rich build assets that they use to purchase other assets. The poor only have expenses. – Robert Kiyosaki

For those of you already onboard this trade as of Wednesday or Thursday of this week, from our review of Options History on U.S. Chart Co. it looks like you are already in profits of $1,000 to $2,000 per put option depending on the strike price you selected.  Congratulations and just as a reminder, this market has the potential to get even more volatile than it already has been so be sure to have a profit objective in mind and stick to your plan!  Happy trading, Scott