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Seeking the Peak

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Let’s start off with this important item: in the span of the past month, we’ve moved from Extreme Fear back to Greed. If I had one lick of sense, I’d pay better attention (and take seriously) such items, because my biggest flaw as a money-making trader these days is my failure to get OUT when bearishness is at an extreme. I ALWAYS overstay my welcome, which not only kills me, but it has the doubly bad effect of making me too scared to get aggressive with things are too BULLISH (like right now).

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