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S&P 500 Snapshot: Fractional Gain To A New High
Doug Short • Wed, May 22 • 3 Comments
More Bulls Than Bears For 3rd Week In A Row
Bespoke Investment Group • Tue, May 21 • 3 Comments
The S&P 500 Enters A Post-Transition Period
Ironman at Political Calculations • Mon, May 20 • 17 Comments
S&P 500: Up 1001 Points
Doug Short • Sun, May 19 • 2 Comments
Why The Fed May Increase QE Asset Purchases Before Pursuing Exit Strategies
Bishop Research and Analytics • Fri, May 17 • 22 Comments
Imbalances That Could Derail The Stock Market Rally
Larry Trefz • Wed, May 15 • 15 Comments
Going Fractal With The S&P 500: An After-Action Report
Ironman at Political Calculations • Tue, May 14
S&P 500: Squeaks Out A New All-Time High By 7 Basis Points
Doug Short • Tue, May 14
Still Bullish
Bespoke Investment Group • Mon, May 13 • 1 Comment
S&P 500 At Another Record: Update On Earnings, Valuation And Estimates
Pendulum • Mon, May 13
S&P 500 Snapshot: Closing The Week At A New All-Time High
Doug Short • Sun, May 12 • 2 Comments
S&P 500 Snapshot: The 5-Day Rally Ends
Doug Short • Fri, May 10 • 1 Comment
Bullish Sentiment Rises For 4th Straight Week
Bespoke Investment Group • Thu, May 9 • 5 Comments
S&P 500 Snapshot: Fifth Consecutive All-Time High
Doug Short • Thu, May 9
Is This The Market Top? How To Best Position For A Sell-Off
Christopher F. Davis • Wed, May 8 • 48 Comments
S&P 500 Snapshot: Fourth Consecutive All-Time High
Doug Short • Wed, May 8
S&P 500 Snapshot: Another All-Time High
Doug Short • Tue, May 7
Huge Jump In Bullish Sentiment
Bespoke Investment Group • Mon, May 6
This Month Of May Is Not Likely To Hurt - Just In Case, Some Hedging Ideas
Dr. Duru • Mon, May 6 • 1 Comment
S&P 500 Snapshot: All-Time High Above 1600
Doug Short • Sun, May 5 • 1 Comment

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Deflation Returns and Laughs in QE2's Face
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Market's Sugar High Won't End Well
Tim Ayles • Sun, Nov 7, 2010 • 14 Comments
A Simple Lesson on How the S&P 500 Works (Since the AP Has No Clue)
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Something Wicked (September-October Market) This Way Comes
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Brett Owens • Wed, Jun 30, 2010 • 9 Comments
Stock Market Decline (Finally) Unfolding as Anticipated
Brett Owens • Wed, Jun 30, 2010 • 6 Comments
Rising Market Head-Fake: Short via SDS
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Seeking Alpha Investor Sentiment: A Contrary Market Indicator?
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3 Reasons This Rally Is Toast
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S&P 500 Short Position Update for June 9, 2010
Brett Owens • Wed, Jun 9, 2010 • 9 Comments
Using Funds to Help Manage Portfolio Volatility: Two Practical Concerns
Roger Nusbaum • Sun, Jun 6, 2010 • 5 Comments
Bad News Abounds, But We're Due for a Bounce
Wall Street Strategies • Wed, May 19, 2010 • 2 Comments
ADP Data Is Uninspiring
Wall Street Strategies • Wed, May 5, 2010 • 1 Comment

S&P 500 Snapshot: Fractional Gain To A New High
Doug Short • Wed, May 22 • 3 Comments
More Bulls Than Bears For 3rd Week In A Row
Bespoke Investment Group • Tue, May 21 • 3 Comments
The S&P 500 Enters A Post-Transition Period
Ironman at Political Calculations • Mon, May 20 • 17 Comments
S&P 500: Up 1001 Points
Doug Short • Sun, May 19 • 2 Comments
Why The Fed May Increase QE Asset Purchases Before Pursuing Exit Strategies
Bishop Research and Analytics • Fri, May 17 • 22 Comments
Imbalances That Could Derail The Stock Market Rally
Larry Trefz • Wed, May 15 • 15 Comments
Going Fractal With The S&P 500: An After-Action Report
Ironman at Political Calculations • Tue, May 14
S&P 500: Squeaks Out A New All-Time High By 7 Basis Points
Doug Short • Tue, May 14
Still Bullish
Bespoke Investment Group • Mon, May 13 • 1 Comment
S&P 500 At Another Record: Update On Earnings, Valuation And Estimates
Pendulum • Mon, May 13
S&P 500 Snapshot: Closing The Week At A New All-Time High
Doug Short • Sun, May 12 • 2 Comments
S&P 500 Snapshot: The 5-Day Rally Ends
Doug Short • Fri, May 10 • 1 Comment
Bullish Sentiment Rises For 4th Straight Week
Bespoke Investment Group • Thu, May 9 • 5 Comments
S&P 500 Snapshot: Fifth Consecutive All-Time High
Doug Short • Thu, May 9
Is This The Market Top? How To Best Position For A Sell-Off
Christopher F. Davis • Wed, May 8 • 48 Comments
S&P 500 Snapshot: Fourth Consecutive All-Time High
Doug Short • Wed, May 8
S&P 500 Snapshot: Another All-Time High
Doug Short • Tue, May 7
Huge Jump In Bullish Sentiment
Bespoke Investment Group • Mon, May 6
This Month Of May Is Not Likely To Hurt - Just In Case, Some Hedging Ideas
Dr. Duru • Mon, May 6 • 1 Comment
S&P 500 Snapshot: All-Time High Above 1600
Doug Short • Sun, May 5 • 1 Comment

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Tuesday, May 21, 3:34 PM Major hedge funds have suddenly turned bullish, reportedly buying massive amounts of OTC call options on the S&P 500 (SPY). The purchases have been large enough to send the VIX (VXX) higher even as stocks continue to gain. An important milestone - the implied volatility of S&P calls is now greater than that of puts, a true rarity since 2007. 19 Comments
Tuesday, May 21, 8:49 AM Exponential rapidly rising or falling markets usually go further than you think, but they do not correct by going sideways," is #4 of Bob Farrell's "Market Rules to Remember." Channeling that, BAML's Steve Suttmeier sees stocks continuing their run with risks of a topping-out not arriving unti late summer. He's most bullish on industrials (XLI) - particularly "oversold" EXPD, DE, CAT, FDX - and also thinks financials (XLF) will remain market leaders. 4 Comments
Tuesday, May 21, 5:40 AM Goldman Sachs lifts its forecasts for the S&P 500 (SPY), as David Kostin and company now say they expect the index to gain 5% by year-end to 1,750, 9% to 1,900 in 2014, and 10% to 2,100 in 2015. The rationale: expectations of above-trend real GDP growth beginning next year (Mr. Evans' "escape velocity" ?) coupled with P/E multiple expansion to 16x. Furthermore, dividends should rise ~30% over the next two years, bolstering the firm's claim that dividend-paying equities (DVY) are one of the only places U.S. investors can look to for income-generation. Some of GS's dividend picks, as listed on MarketWatch: Mattel (MAT), Ford (F), Philip Morris (PM), Walgreen (WAG), Chevron (CVX), U.S. Bancorp (USB), GE, Western Union (WU), Dow Chemical (DOW), and AT&T (T). 10 Comments
Sunday, May 19, 9:52 AM There is no precedent for the current market, writes The Fat Pitch. Consider: 1) The S&P (SPY) has been up 56 of 88 trading sessions this year 2) It's up an uncorrected 24% since the post-election low - the longest streak in over 3 decades 3) The Nasdaq (QQQ) is on pace for a 7th straight up month, an occurrence with a 3-in-100 probability. Long term it's bullish, writes Ukarlewitz, as this sort of strength is rarely the end of a trend. Short term? Stay nimble. 51 Comments
Saturday, May 18, 9:15 AM Leon Cooperman and partner Steve Einhorn keep it simple: Stocks (VTI) are cheap relative to interest rates and inflation. The guy who bought T-bills (SHY) has migrated to T-bonds (TLT), the guy who bought T-bonds has moved to investment grade corporates (LQD), the guy who bought IG is now in high-yield (HYG, JNK), and so on (glasses clink in the FOMC board room). Their largest position is Sprint Nextel (S) - as fans of Masayoshi Son and long-time owners of DISH, the duo like seeing two industry titans both wanting the same asset. New Citigroup (C) management should be able to double ROE over the next 2-3 years, and Transocean (RIG) sells for a significant discount to asset value. 4 Comments [Quick Ideas]
Friday, May 17, 8:13 AM Thomas Lee lifts his year-end S&P 500 (SPY) forecast to 1,715 from 1,580 as the bull has already outrun his expectations. His team sees clues economic performance is picking up, including the outperformance of semiconductors (XSD) vs. transports (IYT), and the steepening of the 10 year/30 year Treasury curve. Risk/reward is particularly appealing in tech (XLK), healthcare (XLV), and financials (XLF). Comment!
Tuesday, May 14, 8:03 AM More from Tepper: "We're going to get this hyper-drive market," unless the Fed starts tapering its purchases, he says (referencing 1999), adding the June meeting wouldn't be a bad time to get started. He pulls out this chart from a recent FRBNY report, showing stocks remain cheap - the equity premium to bonds is as high as it's been in the last 50 years. 16 Comments
Tuesday, May 14, 7:52 AM Tepper stays bullish. Confounding gnomes who whispered the hedge fund honcho was turning cautious on stocks, David Tepper tells the CNBC crew the wave of liquidity that turned him bullish in the first place is getting even bigger. Fed tapering? So what, he says. The U.S. budget deficit over the next 6 months will only be $100B, while the Fed is scheduled to buy about $500B. That's $400B coming out of the bond market and going to investors who can buy more fixed-income, more real estate, more stocks. SPY erases losses and gets back to flat premarket. 11 Comments [Breaking News]
Saturday, May 11, 10:13 PM "They say unemployment rate, but they really mean" the S&P 500 (SPY), says David Rosenberg, referring of course, to the esteemed members of the FOMC. "After all, to get the wealth effect to work on spending, you have to generate the wealth," he continues. As for the sustainability of the rally in both equities and fixed income, Rosenberg is having déjà vu: "Distortions caused by negative real interest rates, the mis-pricing of risk and promotion of leverage sounds a lot like the previous cycle … enjoy it while you can." (Also: NYSE margin debt signals return of leverage) 10 Comments [U.S. Economy]
Friday, May 10, 8:33 AM The S&P 500 (SPY) has yet to have even a 4% correction this year, with the only other time since 1980 the index made it to this point without one being 1995, according to Miller Tabak. The S&P went on the finish 1995 with a 34% advance that was but a small precursor to gains yet to come. One difference: 1995's gain was led by cyclicals and tech. This year's by defensive sectors (though showing signs of rotation). 4 Comments
Monday, May 6, 8:40 AM Laszlo Birinyi ups his S&P 500 (SPY) target this year to 1,900, the index having already hit his original 1,600 guess. He says this year's bull market most resembles the patterns etched in 1982 and 1990, suggesting another 20% of upside. "In addition to the historical parallels, we still view sentiment as subdued and nowwhere approaching extremes." 11 Comments
Monday, May 6, 7:27 AM The S&P 500 (SPY) is fairly valued, says Goldman, but opportunity lies in cyclicals (XLY, XLE, XLI, XLB) which are more undervalued vs. defensives (XLU, XLP, XLV, XTL) than at any time in the last 15 years. "Given the 4 P/E multiple point head start, even a slight valuation normalization should translate into outperformance of cyclicals over defensives during the next 12 months." 1 Comment
Monday, April 29, 10:40 AM Not confirming the nice move in the S&P (SPY) since March is the 10-year Treasury yield, today hitting another 2013 low of 1.65% (TLT +0.2%). Yields and stocks have move broadly together for years - especially so for the last year - but began to diverge about 2 months ago. Another notable divergence is the Russell 2000 (IWM) - trending lower for the last 6 weeks. 3 Comments
Wednesday, April 24, 10:10 AM Turning 10 this week, the Guggenheim S&P 500 Equal Weight ETF (RSP) has outperformed the SPY by 5,900 basis points since its launch. The RSP was one of the pioneers of equal-weighting - created in the aftermath of the 2000 bust to give investors exposure to stocks without so high a focus on large caps (the so-called "Cisco effect"). It's time for a renaming to the "Apple effect" as QQQE - the Nasdaq 100 Equal Weighted ETF - has outperformed the QQQ by 850 bps YTD. 3 Comments
Monday, April 22, 11:08 AM "When the cover of a major financial magazine features a cartoon of a bull leaping through the air on a pogo stick, it's probably about time to cash in the chips," writes John Hussman, commenting on Saturday's Barron's cover. Ryan Detrick notes the Barron's big money poll was decidedly more bearish 6 months and 1,000 Dow (DIA) points ago. 5 Comments
Thursday, April 18, 9:03 AM After dropping to the lowest level since March 2009 last week, bulls gain 7.5 points to 26.8% in the AAII Investor Sentiment Survey. The long-term average of bulls is 39%. Those bearish drop 6.3 points to 48.2% - still well above the long-term average of 30.5%. From Bespoke is this chart of the SPY vs. the AAII bulls since 2009. 3 Comments

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Bought some $SDS Call .
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Setting up large $SDS midyear position. FYI: DaLatin says 'hello' to all. Our Land Baron Trader Emeritus says Hello and is watching over.
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neobliviscar: have looked at the stock if he hadn't said to, and screens I ran that should find it did not find it.
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x oil -field: I also received a @DAL msg. its good to hear he is well,and still cares about our SA well-being.
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Buy the $SDS Jan 4 $56 Calls and sell the Jan 19 $58 Calls?
12/28/12
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SKS1586: Thanks a million for educating your strategy (Awesome). Do you always create Credit Spreads for Hedging? Do you use 5%or10% rule for amount?
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neobliviscar: Depends on the month. If prf. managing a portfolio, painful lesson of 2008 is ~got to hedge tailrisk~ Try to do so a cheaply is a challenge.
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S&P 500 Snapshot:A Modest Loss In A Pre-Holiday Shortened Session Dec. by: Doug Short.$IVV $SDS $SH $SPY $VOO http://bit.ly/WNChE6
12/25/12
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x oil -field: CNNMONEY:Tax hikes for the rich? Blame George W. Bush. http://bit.ly/WEomwc Thank you ''Dubya". (not)
12/25/12
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realornot: Have a safe one! http://bit.ly/Vvzqst
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neobliviscar
Congress! ..Now That's Comedy. Can't believe the Boehner gift. 170 $SDS Calls that were going to be junk. I could almost kiss... erh, nah...
12/20/12
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$SDS Think BigNews reading it wrong. Was short, cov most sub 1430 & sold $SDS calls against rest. Now buying back and buy load of Oom Calls.
12/18/12
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neobliviscar: Near 200 contracts of near term SDS OoM calls. On the bid and slowly getting filled. Maybe waste of money, but Congress quasi 4 letter word
12/18/12
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pollyserial: Buy the rumor, sell the rumor. Huzzah for cheap money.
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$SPY & $SDS. With trepidation, putting back on the % short that closed on Monday morning. 5000 SPY shrt & sell SDS puts in the money.
12/12/12
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neobliviscar: Still have in personal account. Was a real winner. I get too busy dealing with Storm Sandy in the Financial District, and look weeks later
12/13/12
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neobliviscar: ....only to go WTF! Intention is to hold, but must read their filing and see what went wrong. Was SA find, I will post to SA if I sell.
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Sold SDS @ $60.48; hit target.
11/14/12
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nutjob: I'm holding, my personal target is $68...I see a little more downside whereby I will scale in to dividend-paying blue-chips.
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Old Trader: nutjob, Good luck!
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Why did SDS do that reverse stock split?
10/8/12
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1980XLS-2.0: Market has rallied along with leverage decay.
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alessandrosoares: to establish the nominal amount of the shares in the corporatione to open SDS MERDIONAL GOIAS CORPORATIONE .
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1980XLS-2.0: Market has rallied along with leverage decay.
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Setting up large $SDS midyear position. FYI: DaLatin says 'hello' to all. Our Land Baron Trader Emeritus says Hello and is watching over.
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neobliviscar: have looked at the stock if he hadn't said to, and screens I ran that should find it did not find it.
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Buy the $SDS Jan 4 $56 Calls and sell the Jan 19 $58 Calls?
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SKS1586: Thanks a million for educating your strategy (Awesome). Do you always create Credit Spreads for Hedging? Do you use 5%or10% rule for amount?
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S&P 500 Snapshot:A Modest Loss In A Pre-Holiday Shortened Session Dec. by: Doug Short.$IVV $SDS $SH $SPY $VOO http://bit.ly/WNChE6
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x oil -field: CNNMONEY:Tax hikes for the rich? Blame George W. Bush. http://bit.ly/WEomwc Thank you ''Dubya". (not)
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$SDS Think BigNews reading it wrong. Was short, cov most sub 1430 & sold $SDS calls against rest. Now buying back and buy load of Oom Calls.
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neobliviscar: Near 200 contracts of near term SDS OoM calls. On the bid and slowly getting filled. Maybe waste of money, but Congress quasi 4 letter word
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$SPY & $SDS. With trepidation, putting back on the % short that closed on Monday morning. 5000 SPY shrt & sell SDS puts in the money.
12/12/12
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neobliviscar: Still have in personal account. Was a real winner. I get too busy dealing with Storm Sandy in the Financial District, and look weeks later
12/13/12
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neobliviscar: ....only to go WTF! Intention is to hold, but must read their filing and see what went wrong. Was SA find, I will post to SA if I sell.
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Sold SDS @ $60.48; hit target.
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nutjob: I'm holding, my personal target is $68...I see a little more downside whereby I will scale in to dividend-paying blue-chips.
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bigdividendsonly
SDS selling now for almost 3% 24 hour gain 13.65.. Just a fling an impulse click. Not a short guy normally
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bigdividendsonly: Like my SDS sale as I caught the top an turn.. S&P green at 4 PM
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pollyserial: You did well on your exit there. I woulda coulda shoulda.
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The_American
GLD SLV PTM PALL have SH Seems traders are in SQQQ DXD SDS for some profit taking : on VXX TVIX UVXY up and PSLV SIL SIVR PHYS GDX GDXJ NUGT
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REIT: there is no profit to take when everything collapsing
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Mercy Jimenez
Back from vacation; last week booked gains on trading blocs of BMY +SLW; still holding SDS; keeping my 60% cash position 4 short term trades
9/4/12
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Mercy Jimenez: Thx DaL -- Agree w/ you + Pok; expect a few bargains over coming months; no fundamental changes but mkt keeps gorging on headline hopium.
9/4/12
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DaLatin: "headline hopium" 100% perfect sum up.But,truth b told that hopium points 2 bad things in reality.$$$? when does reality b come reality !
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The_American
GLD may have resistance SPY DIA QQQ HDGE SDS The market had huge rally PSLV may follow Eric Prott calls for SLV @200 oz SIVR SIL GDXJ GDX HL
9/4/12
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DaLatin: Sprott ? Love REAL silver ,but, world manufacturing effects silver price as big industrial use.
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neobliviscar
Hedging: bought 200 of the SDS $16 calls. Paid for it selling 50 of the SDS $14 puts. Net cost: $265 <total>. Options too cheap currently
8/21/12
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pollyserial: ie CAT is a holding of mine but I'm looking to trim rather than add; it's been on a (QE-based?) tear of late but I look for it to pull back.
8/21/12
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neobliviscar: Accordian contractions...what contracts more relative to others. Hard as nails to find value now. ps. I am lousy at timing CAT, so I avoid.
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neobliviscar
Got impatient and picked up 5000 more SDS now. VIX approaching 15 is almost always an oh-no.
8/6/12
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pollyserial: nice timing
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briandiplacido
Man, these are not bad-news bulls....these are NO NEWS bulls. Fighting the tape and losing, will hold SDS for weekend.
8/3/12
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briandiplacido: sold premarket for loss, switched to UVXY, see more upside there this week.
8/6/12
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neobliviscar: As noted elsewhere, I'm accumulating. But it is more an aggressive hedge to lock in gains on other positions and go market short b4 midweek.
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For the record, purchased 10000 SDS $14.75. I expect to pick up another 5000, as I look for a market top Monday or Tuesday.
8/3/12
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pollyserial: well that's encouraging and makes my 1500 feel kind of small and safe. good luck to us and happy weekend to you
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