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Slope of Hope Blog Posts
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Playing With Your Head
Do we have another Friday morning on our hands? Just like then, the market has climbed all night long, providing hope to the bulls that this brutal bear market (AKA a few weeks of modest slippage versus lifetime highs every single day) is over at long last.
Anatomy of a Screwup
The Biggest Fake-Out
I have roundly castigated myself for taking the bait with this morning’s enormous counter-trend rally. I denied myself profits and prematurely exited positions based on nothing except fear (or, if we’re being very kind, risk-aversion). In fairness to me, this morning’s rally was the BIGGEST by far since Tuesday’s peak, but all the same, the nearly 300% gain I see in those SPY options I dumped kind of stings.
From the Jaws of Defeat
I am very pleased to report that on a day in which pretty much nothing happened, I made a good profit. By “nothing”, I need only refer to the futures today in which we had this thrilling action:
- /ES down 0.04%
- /NQ up 0.12%
- /RTY down 06%
Be still my heart! So, what’s with all this World War III talk, eh?
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