Slope of Hope Blog Posts
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Some Q & A
First of all, RuffPup left something in the comments section I found surprisingly interesting, which is this photo:
Sand Castles and Fed Waves
The past two months have had the equivalent of about two years of news and market activity compressed into an incredibly tight and vivacious space. This is an incredibly difficult market to trade. Now that the weekend is upon us, allow me to reflect on an important personal anecdote and how it is informing my current approach.
The time leading up to the February 19th was a total and utter grind. It was an era of a VIX in the sub-teens and a relentless notch higher every single day for the bulls. It was horrific. And then, out of the clear blue sky (and many weeks after the virus was widely reported on the news), we got our first good, hard dip. For me, it was like a tall glass of cool water in the desert.
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