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Could FAS Be Breaking Out?

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It's important to keep an open mind to the markets, even when an insight may be contrary to an existing position. I have a bunch of FAZ right now (double-bearish on financials), but its dopperganger symbol, FAS, looks like it might have done a clean breakout above its descending channel.

A move above 5.90 would be bullish for this vehicle. For myself, my FAZ stop is quite predictable – – 32.56.

Low Plateau

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I'm going through charts with All Daily History now, which means I am seeing them back to the late 1960s (or whenever they went public). One thing that strikes me is just how far some stocks could still fall during a protracted bear market. Apple, for example, could conceivably go back into the high teens. Impossible, you say? That's not a word you should use during a market like this.