Everyone keeps talking about the seasonal “Red July” effect, but there’s a dataset that contradicts it: the premium of the U.S. spot market relative to the Asian market has been negative for two straight months. So-called peak-season demand has actually been weak all along.

The problem with seasonality isn’t whether it’s correct—it’s that it’s based on small-sample statistics plus survivorship bias. The saying that most of July’s history was rising has neither an invalidation condition nor a time frame. It’s also public information that the market would have priced in long ago. Using a calendar pattern as a trading thesis is like driving while staring at the rear-view mirror.

What truly determines your account is never which season you called correctly—it’s expected value: your win rate multiplied by your payoff ratio, and the frictional costs you pay for every entry and exit. You don’t control the calendar, and you don’t control the market. The only things you can govern are position discipline and transaction costs. Squeezing out unnecessary costs little by little—that’s what compounds you can truly hold onto in the long run.

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