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I have taken advantage of this morning’s brain-dead buying fest by aggressively shorting into strength. I present unto you seven new short positions, with stop-losses marked with a dashed horizontal red line. But be not thou far from me, oh Lord: Oh, my strength, haste thee to help me.
Good morning, everyone, from the inky black of Palo Alto’s pre-dawn. I’m relieved to see so much green on the screen, not that I’m long anything (except for Rivian) but because I’m so light. I was rather troubled last night when I saw the market plunging again and figured I’d be kicking myself for selling off 70% of my DIA puts already, just as one example.
I will say, though, that looking at the volatility chart for 2026, it seems we’re in an environment of higher highs and higher lows, not the end of the dynamism.
