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Exactly!
The market is a solid wall of green this morning, and I’m actually pretty pleased, in spite of being 100% short. Why would that be, Timster?
Two reasons. One, my shorts are still doing great. Two, the /ES is doing almost exactly what I had hoped. Pitch perfect!
Silver Has LAUNCHED
Five Miners, Five Days
Last weekend, I did a premium post cleverly titled Five Miners which featured five precious metals miners that looked bullish to my permabearish eyes. Just for the hell of it, I added a portfolio to my spreadsheet to track how these five picks did. Now, not even five trading days later, they’re doing nicely with an annualized 216% return (!) The standout is DRD, and I suspect all five of these will continue to do great.
Dodged a Streaming Bullet
I bought puts on NFLX on the 11th and sold them at a nice profit on the 16th. Yesterday, the stock really started plunging, and I was ready to kick myself for taking profits too soon.
Now that earnings have come out – – – no kicking shall be forthcoming. This would have been a nasty one! It shows it’s good to at least have an awareness of when earnings are coming for your stocks, which is why we let you feature that information so prominently in SlopeCharts.
