
Tanks for the Memories

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Below are the seven equities against which I am long puts, ranging in expiration from May through November. I have moused over my stop-loss levels for each one, as we approach the ostensibly important FOMC event on Wednesday. As always, click on any chart for a screen-filling version.
I wonder how seriously the Chinese government would be considering any demands for reparations?
Since the eight-times-a-year FOMC is on Wednesday, I thought I’d use the Event Markers feature in SlopeCharts to see how the SPY has behaved following these days. Since the market has, more or less, being going up nonstop, the SPY tends to, more or less, go up after every FOMC (with the notable exceptions of last September and October, which were sort of the last gasp of any bearish hope).