I think you're absolutely right - I have had similar performance this year. Felt horrible for underperforming the market up until now because I was overly hedged. In three weeks I went from 3% to 14% on the year. This correction was inevitable, it should have happened sooner. Any rally is a good reason to continue building the short position. Gold is to be sold although I do agree partly with it being a proxy for liquidity.
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