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As Building Slowdown Goes Commercial, Ultrashort Real Estate Should Speed Up

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I’m glad that these trades have been very profitable for you. Congrats!

You may have been able to get in and out in time. However, some new or inexperienced traders may not. Even experienced traders get squeezed or just caught being short. It’s not easy to execute. You have to stay on top of the market minute by minute and having the right equipment helps as well.

It’s a hard and risky way to make money. Traders cannot go off and play golf or take even a short vacation until they close out their positions. Some traders try to make it look easy. I see a lot of this on the internet. Any trader can say that they got in and out within a certain time. Its misleading for novice traders and not fair for them. During the late nineties we went through a terrible debacle with the day traders. In a way its happening again with ETF’s. ETF’s that double down present new challenges. We cannot take for granted that ever one will understand these types of vehicles let alone where and how to use them.

You said that I said that this was a bad trade. I never said that. You may infer that I said it was a bad trade. But I will let the numbers above speak for themselves. Highly experienced traders need not pay attention.

You made a good argument as to why the commercial real estate market will be hard press as we go into a recession. You laid the groundwork well. Again, it could easy mislead an investor into thinking it would be easy. Especially, if they don’t follow the markets closely. Investors that have a large long stock portfolio should beware, investors that are short beware more, investors that use ETF’s that double down should beware much more.

I have visited your site several times, I have it book marked, and I do find it interesting even though I disagree with some of your data. Good Luck!