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I was talking about moving into I fund for today with a +UFV for today. It would mean buying in at a higher price and given the choice either to leave at the artificially lower price or waiting around in I.
 
USNAVYRETIRED said:
Thanks! Since Ebb is going G and we get the penny, I'm going all G also! GL to all!!! ;)
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Makes sense. I put half into F tomorrow speculating that it would be at least a penny tomorrow. I hedged the bet with the other half into G to get the penny.

Im starting to use 50/50 allocations between capital preservation and stocks more and more it seems. Im just not good at predicting which one will have the "big" day even when Im feeling its time to make a move. This way instead of having to guess right twice (to move into stocks and then again to choose C or S) to get the best return, I *always* capture part of the big mover given my first guess was right or not at the cost of *never* capturing all of the big mover.

Ill let you know how it works out tomorrow. :)
 
Going to stay put in G for today. Looking for opportunities this week to buy some of this week's swings.

Got training all week so hopefully I will be able to find a few mintues to keep up to date on the markets.
 
Im jumping into I for tomorrow. It seems that ebb has quite a number of followers here... My move into I was based on 1. no big economic news tomorrow scheduled. 2. Carry over from today's up. 3. Potential for Japan to bounce back tomorrow. 4. If it goes bad this afternoon, then prime -FV buying opportunity.

Probably would have been easier to just follow ebb. ;)
 
So futures are showing WAY lower opening today. And lucky me to be fully in the markets. Sometimes you get your hand caught in the cookie jar... Now the decision is either to enjoy the ride down or move to safety and buy back in later.

(And in the back of my mind Im reminded of the adage that advocates selling during the summer months and buying in the fall as a trading system.)
 
Hrmmm.... I expected about an even to slightly lower Futures for today. Maybe they know something we dont... Especially since they are +10 right now. Will be an interesting day of trades. I expect them to drop sharply after opening will may build in more "fear" in the markets given tomorrows FOMC meeting.
 
Im staying out of the market today. I want to jump in really bad, but I dont think that we are through with the dive just yet.
 
Jumped into I today.

I think the worst case would be sell off in the afternoon that creates strong potential for -FV. Also, dollar has alot of room to drop tomorrow to hedge any changes in tomorrow's market action.

Its a risky move given our increased volatility. But the riskiness is reduced somewhat by the potential for either/both FV and dollar drop.
 
*high fives 350*

Looks like the markets are wanting to cooperate also...

Lets see if my prediction about the dollar dropping tomorrow follows through as well... ;)
 
ChemEng said:
*high fives 350*

Looks like the markets are wanting to cooperate also...

Lets see if my prediction about the dollar dropping tomorrow follows through as well... ;)
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Rallies are being sold hard. It needs to tank right now or we're going to be in trouble tomorrow.
 
Its definately selling hard before the close. I think its going to be a close one to see if our FV play will pay off...
 
Yep, I got screwed, in 30% "I" tomorrow when a -FV should have been taken today and paid back tomorrow. Theyre screwin' with us now!:mad:
 
It does make tomorrow much more interesting...

The big feather in our cap is the high dollar. With some luck it may drop to cover where the -FV should have been.

Stupid Barclays. Stupid. Stupid. Stupid.

:)
 
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