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Second Miracle of the Week

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I’ve changed from a Knight to a Wizard. Yesterday, out of the blue, I made this comment:

(Before going on, I must tip my hat to the Slope Comments Search, which made it a cinch to find this buried amongst all the others).

Anyway, since God himself created a complete miracle on Monday morning and saved my bearish ass, I was actually very worried all night long. I am INCREDIBLY short, plus I have a VERY risky position in SPY puts which expire in, umm, just two days, so I had a knot in my stomach all knot.

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