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When I was in seventh grade we had a big science project. I decided I wanted to do a mouse maze to see if mice could be trained to navigate a real-life maze with increasing speed, given various rewards, etc.

Building the maze required cutting a lot of pieces of wood to fairly exact specifications. My dad taught me how to measure accurately, mark the wood, and make a clean cut with a hand saw.

After an hour, I had about four or five pieces of the maze done – about 35 to go…

My dad, comfortable with my level of care in using the hand saw, showed me the hand-held electric reciprocating saw.

Used correctly, I could cut 10 times as many boards in the same amount.

The problem was that used carelessly, it could make a bad cut or, worse yet, could endanger a whole finger…

So dad took great care in showing me the safety rules and procedures for using the power saw. After significant training and under his watchful eye, I transitioned to using the much more powerful tool, with fantastic results.

Despite the added risk, dad showed me how to use a power tool to get the job done fast and safely.

Earlier this week I told Stuart Varney of FOX Business Network's "Varney & Co." about the actual results of what has happened after every government shutdown since 1981.

What I didn't tell him was how to profit from this historical trend.

For several weeks now, I've been promising a special options trade just for 10-Minute Millionaires – a little taste of what my elite subscribers get every week in Stealth Profits Trader. And the recent shutdown is the perfect opportunity to deliver on that promise.

Today, I'll give you a few of the details of the market's reaction after every shutdown – and then we'll look at a trade that puts those probabilities on our side.

This is a short-term trade – because the "shutdown effect" historically takes just 10 days to start working.

And, like most of the options trades I recommend, it has triple-digit potential.