In this week's episode, sprocket888 and viperxl007 discuss a new project that they found called 'Forum.' This project aims to allow individuals to combine resources while safely preserving governance over the pooled resources. viper and sprocket discuss how this could be very interesting to allow a small group of retail traders the ability to pool resources to run a blockchain validator. Before they get into the detail of the project Forum sprocket888 walks through a surprise victory on $VERU. This trade was opened up as a part of last week's episode and quickly reached the profit targets and was taken off the table for profit. The interesting fact here is that the stock actually lost 28%, but sprocket was still able to get about 35% of his profit. This was due to the power of a severe volatility contraction. This example of $VERU highlights the importance of NOT overlooking how much influence volatility has on premium price.

• 00:00 Disclaimer
• 00:19 Intro
• 01:28 $VERU booking the GREEN
• 02:11 Refresh on the details of $VERU
• 04:12 Stick to the original plan; take it OFF when the trade is DONE!
• 05:01 Visualization of the volatility collapse, FDA event postponed
• 06:12 Closer look at the $VERU PA
• 09:44 Big goals, staking in $AVAX
• 14:29 What does the PA look like with the $AVAX these days
• 15:03 Two big things: The network needs to stick around, AND you need a significant amount of capital
• 18:10 Validators don't do this for free
• 20:12 $AVAX staking has a unique risk-averse protocol to validate for
• 21:52 If you are a validator, you can also have others delegate to you and charge a small fee for that
• 23:47 How does a typical retail trader get enough capital to validate?
• 28:35 Project Forum looks to solve the dilemma
• 33:47 Conclusion: Don't overlook the power of volatility! Stay tuned for more on Forum as we explore it
• 35:42 Outro

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