I am taking advantage of the (laughable) rush to buy stocks again by shorting some retailers that are approaching major resistance levels.

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I am taking advantage of the (laughable) rush to buy stocks again by shorting some retailers that are approaching major resistance levels.

The day isn’t quite as big a kick as I thought it might be, but steady as she goes. On the whole, I am in wait-and-see mode. One in particular worth watching is Advanced Micro Devices. In particular, I’d like to see it get as close to that gap as possible.

My enthusiasm for this market remains tepid, but the trio of charts below are worth sharing. I purchased puts on ANF (August $40) and BURL (September $250) just now, taking advantage of the gap closure. I was thinking of puts on SIVB, but the spreads are too horrible, even for me.
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