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Market Follow-Up
Market rallied yesterday on Q3 GDP numbers, reversed all those gains today. As they say, bear market rallies start on bad news, and end on good news. Of course, that's ignoring the fact that the Q3 GDP number is all fab… -
Good News Everyone!
The recession is over! Let's ignore the couple of trillions of dollars that's been injected into the economy and the destruction of the dollar vs other currencies. Also, it looks like the indexes are forming a risi… -
Daily P&L
43% portfolio gain in a single day... Obviously not like this every day, but these days are pretty nice :D. Note that the % losses are on the long leg of the spread, since they're all bear call spreads, which is perfe… -
Prediction Follow Up
We didn't get the quick and fast drop like I had expected; instead we got a slow grind to close down 4% in 5 days on the indexes. Works for me. I closed a few positions (SPY DEC 100 Puts and VIX NOV 25 Calls, did very ni… -
Prediction
Looks like next Monday should be the ultimate top and end to the bear market rally. 1100 on S&P, 2200 on NASDAQ, we already hit 10k on the DJIA. The fun begins on Tuesday. As for OPEX today, it was awesome. Everyth… -
DJIA 10k
Just wanted to mark this momentous occasion... I'm actually 100% short with bear call spreads and doing quite well with theta burn on my side, despite the rising market. Next week should be intense... I'm still expe… -
Some Market Notes
Haven't really talked about the stock market lately, so here's a few thoughts. I mostly follow the S&P 500 these days, since it's more accurate and predictable than the DJIA (which is pretty useless since it's a pri… -
Bankrupt Companies Are The New Hotness
FRE, FNM, AIG, Lehman Brothers, whatever -- it doesn't matter that their intrinsic prices should be $0, they're driving the recovery of the stock market. It is now normal to have five stocks making up 40% of the NYSE… -
Dell Frontrunning
They don't even try to hide it anymore. -
Stock Market Cheat Sheet
From ZeroHedge, with a few additions: weak data = Fed ease, stocks rallyconsensus data = lower volatility, stocks rallystrong data = economy strengthening, stocks rallybank loses $4bln = bad news out of the way, stock…
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Market Follow-Up
Market rallied yesterday on Q3 GDP numbers, revers...
