Jon Snow and The Three Musketeers

**GAME OF THRONES SPOILER ALERT**

The Battle Beyond the Wall

Because Jon Snow is officially alive and kicking and looking every bit of the Targaryen bastard that he is supposed to be, I decided to finally lay my sword at his feet and pledge my allegiance to the Lord Commander of the Night's Watch—or ex-Lord Commander? And by sword, I mean this little blog.

Let us do a Bran Stark and take a journey down memory lane—specifically to season 5 episode 8. Do you remember the most breathtaking and powerful fifteen minutes Game of Thrones has ever produced? Yup, the jaw-dropping epic face-off between the undead and Jon Snow’s insufficient army of wildlings. It’s unlike anything we’ve seen on TV. 

Come at me bruh!

Here's a run-through for the benefit of everyone who does not watch GoT (seriously though, is there someone else who doesn’t?):

These are the Wights. The dead raised by the White Walkers. In the game of chess, they are the pawns. In the Game of Thrones, they are the creepy pawns.

This weird-skinned creature with wispy white hair is what we call a White Walker. In videogame jargon, he is a Boss. Or an exceptional kind of villain encountered by a player at the end of a level. 

Now, white walkers can only be killed using dragonglass which is not readily available, unfortunately. And any other weapon used against them breaks into tiny little pieces. Parang ‘yung puso mo nung nagkaron ng bago ‘yung ex mo.

#basag

But in a thrilling turn of events, Jon Snow literally shattered a White Walker using his sword that is made of Valyrian steel.  

This is how we are made aware that Valyrian steel is as lethal as dragonglass against these scary-ass non-beings.

The Three Musketeers

Meanwhile, we pause for a moment and go back to the real world. This week, we were given our first live trade assignment: Find the Three Musketeers. We took a trading sabbatical a couple of weeks ago and this is the first time that we’ll be exposed to the market again. It’s no surprise that all of us are jittery and excited all at the same time. The task is simple: look for three stocks (Three Musketeers) which would satisfy the requirements based on the previous lessons about moving averages (MAs). (Here’s a very helpful link for you: Trading 101: ZS and AOTS). We allot only 10% of our portfolio for each stock. Once we find them, we buy them. Simple.

…And we hold them for a month. Or we cut them once it reaches our cut-point percentage, whichever comes first. This is the tricky part. We not only have to look for the most qualified stocks based on MAs, we also have to look for the most sustainable ones. Those which could last us a month at the very least. In the jungle that is the stock market, too many things could happen in a minute. Too many. I can only imagine what could transpire in a month.

The headmaster gave us a 50:50 lifeline ala Who Wants to be a Millionaire? and narrowed our choices to a little over 60 stocks out of the 200++ listed in the PSE. Still a lot, but it's a start. After hours and hours of charting, hunting, analyzing and debating, we came up with a list of suspects. 

You know nothin' Jon Snow

Today is game day. I woke up bright and early to finalize my trading plan. Understand that every student is left to his or her own devices when it comes to trade execution. Zee has been very crystal from the beginning; we do not trade as a group. The tribe has often been misconstrued as market movers, jockey players. They’re far from it. In fact, they detest those who are. 

The logic is simple: Highway A will bring you to Destination A and Highway B will bring you to Destination B. The tribe members travel daily and they always take Highway A (ZFT system), a road which has already been tested and proven. So they always find themselves in the same destination (stock) at the end of the daily commute. But what one person does once he reaches the destination, whether he decides to buy a coffee or stroll around a park, is entirely up to him. It’s just common sense really.They follow the same system, so they see the same results.

Now, allow me take you back to the battle beyond the Wall when Lord Commander Snow killed a White Walker.

Imagine the stock market as what’s beyond the Wall. It’s a slaughterhouse. The wights are the market noise. You can take out maybe one or two. But too much would surely kill you. 

The White Walkers or the Four Horsemen?

The White Walkers are the real deal. They are the stuff nightmares are made of. But once you know their kryptonite, there's nothing to be afraid of. I imagine it must be rewarding to identify a stock as a boss and make a killing. But every stock has a potential to be a boss, you just have to know where to look and when to look.

And we are all Jon Snow. Our dragonglass and Valyrian steel are our technical indicators, our weapons.

Jon Snow know nothin’.  Except that dragonglass can kill a White Walker. But now, Jon Snow also learned that Valyrian steel can be as deadly. If there are more tools against the Others, we are yet to find out.

Jon Snow know nothin’. Only the two weapons that could spell the difference between death and survival when winter finally comes.  

For Bushido, in a month (or less) we’ll find out if we used our weapons accordingly and bagged a White Walker... or just his pawn.