Just about the only bullish chart I shared on my show yesterday was natural gas, whose sinewave has been nothing short of incredible for a double-digit number of years.

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Just about the only bullish chart I shared on my show yesterday was natural gas, whose sinewave has been nothing short of incredible for a double-digit number of years.

As mad as I am at myself for not sticking with XOP, I did in fact short (in size) an ETF yesterday which has pretty much sorta-kind made up for it, and that is Materials, symbol XLB:

Every single position I have is a bearish one. Everything I’ve been talking and writing about is coming true. The market is in a free-fall, and the moment it opens, my portfolio will be worth a lot more.
Having said that, let’s explore what an inveterate screw-up I am, and we’ll begin with Rule 8 from my Trading Rules:
VIII. EMOTIONAL AWARENESS IS YOUR GREATEST ASSET – Feeling super-confident and giddy? You should probably be in all cash. Feeling demoralized, frustrated, and out of synch? You’re probably close to a great entry point.
Let us also examine a comment I made yesterday, which is definitely out of character of what I’ve been saying for a long time:

Let us collectively respect the SPY/TLT failure. It’s a big deal, and it speaks to how broken stocks are going to be for a long while to come.
