Again, dig into your own premise. You can't set and manage expectations about a future you cannot predict. You can set expectations about your behaviour given a certain situation (ie, if kid misbehaves, then no video). You cannot set expectations about the economy, because the economy is a complex and unpredictable system.

This is the reason that while companies can issue guidance and forecasts in their quarterly reports, they come with pages of disclaimers. You've essentially taken the equivalent of those forecasts at face value, ignored the disclaimers and are angry your trades didn't work out. You can blame other people all you want, but your ideas are just weird.