The Biggest Fake-Out

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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.

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