It could be nothing. But it’s awfully interesting how the market recognized the importance of this breakout level, only to smack it right back down.
Spirit Repulsion
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Crude’s Lofty Perch
Check out how crude oil has failed its triangle breakout and is now neatly beneath a price gap. I’d say the rest of 2022 will be, on the whole, lower for energy prices……..in sharp contrast to what, oh, every other human on the planet is contending, particularly the good chaps at investment banks.
The Survivors (Part 2 of 3)
Preface to all three parts: after the bullgasm on Friday, I trimmed away bearish positions that I thought might be better to enter later at better prices. I have a total of 21 positions, 7 of which are shown here:
Let Slim In!
Cry Havoc
From time to time, a question will appear in the comments section which is worthy of a response in a post. Havoc left just such a comment (I’ve boldfaced some of it for emphasis):
(more…)Questions…. I’ve been watching you trade for about 15 years, and you have made adjustments to your method over that time. Your style has similarities and differences to my own, and I’m curious as to how you honestly feel about the long-dated options-only method. I still am very impressed with your strategy of holding dozens of individual short positions (while I only short the SPX in a couple of ways). You have convinced me of the benefit in a crashing market of the added time it takes to exit all those positions, for example. How do you value the price of the options in your spreadsheet, is it the midpoint of the bid/ask? When you decide to enter, or exit a position, are you entering limit orders to prevent bad fills within these wide spreads? Most importantly, in what ways have you found this style to be better than being actually short the individual stock? I’ve actually started building a portfolio of options that expire in 1/24, and am finding peace of mind with it.
