This is ridiculous. It's something like my 4th post over the long Easter weekend. Anyway.

I read with great interest an article about Martin Armstrong's Economic Pi Cycle.  I am always seeking an orderly framework to understand disorderly-looking markets, so this was terribly alluring to me in its simple elegance.

A cursory comparison of the key dates versus the S&P 500 yields mixed results. Some of the dates presented are uncanny (October 18, 1987; November 6, 2002; February 24, 2007, to name a few) whereas others seem to hold no meaning.

I was particularly drawn to understanding this since the latest "turning point" is this weekend! Supposedly this indicates a bottom or top in the market.

I'm a little disappointed the "hit rate" isn't better for these dates. I'd be interested in hearing thoughts from others.

In celebration of the resurrection of our savior, I thought a little Truth, courtesy of Don Harrold, might be in order. Enjoy.

One person in the comments tossed out a bunch of symbols (about 150), so I decided to check 'em out.

I'm only a tiny bit through the list, but I took a look at one, symbol NLY, that I had never seen or heard of before. But this graph is something! It's very well traded (tens of millions of shares a day recently), is optionable (with a not-great, but not terrible bid/ask spread) and looks like it's just about finished a monster of a retracement.

I can't believe I had never seen this one before. Slope readers, I think 90% of the value of this blog is from reading the comments, and I appreciate everyone's willingness to share their thoughts and ideas. It's a true community.

This is by far one of my favorite Patton Oswalt routines. It's got some salty language, so for those of you with sensitive ears (or who work in Draper), you might want to give it a miss.

What a week. I'm ready for a break. So this is going to be short.

I know some will consider me a traitor to the cause, but I assure you, my bullish outfit is (a) temporary and (b) not complete. I've still got a variety of puts, mostly in oil-related items. But I've accumulated a lot of calls today, since I think we could be nice for a nice-sized bounce.

I will note at this point I have no index positions of any kind, either bullish or bearish. I am too uncertain about the near-term direction of indexes to take any position.

However, as a change of pace, here are the items on which I bought calls today.

Happy Easter, everyone…………..I imagine I'll be quiet until Monday. Bye!