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RealMoneyIssues said:
Well, well, well...

Another day, another bear beating... good luck to those burning your money in the back yard!!

It is interesting to note that the leaders on the AT (aka, the non-buy and holders) are now out of equities...

Maybe (not likely) it is time for a pull back...
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I was #3 on the Autotracker for this month until yesterday. There goes my coffe cup.
 
Major indexes up AH, at all time highs, VIX down and staying down... gold trying to make a come back but not doing a very good job...

Good luck bears... I would stay in your cave and go back to hibernation...

Have a great week-end!!
 
Please sit down - this might sting a little. I'm only $141K away from my oceanic account raking in $1M in seven months - all done with prescient buy and hold techniques. And with the deft application of margin buying the next $M may come even sooner. Ah, the sweet smell of superlative bull manure is wafting across the entire board. You know what they say - "sitting on the dock of the bay just watching money roll away."
 
Birchtree said:
Please sit down - this might sting a little. I'm only $141K away from my oceanic account raking in $1M in seven months - all done with prescient buy and hold techniques. And with the deft application of margin buying the next $M may come even sooner. Ah, the sweet smell of superlative bull manure is wafting across the entire board. You know what they say - "sitting on the dock of the bay just watching money roll away."
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Congrats and good luck on your next $1 Million. I, as others, are very jealous...
 
Well folks, after a week of relaxing, I will take a more serious look at my "system" and decide to dump it entirely or revamp it. It has caused me to lose in a market that is up over 20%, so it is obviously broke.

Futures are up after opening this evening, so the markets are holding their gains from last week (options ex week). How much higher can they go? According to BT and JJ, 2000 is in the near future (after hitting 1700 this week of course). Now while I can imagine that, I (as I have all year) fail to see how this market is rocketing up with mediocre economic data. There appears to be a lot of manipulation of stock prices and therefore the psyche of the markets... but no way to prove it...

Since my gut and my system has been horrible this year, I will be posting my observations of the markets, but not moving anything until I can figure out how to quit losing money...

Have a great week everyone!!
 
Looks like the futures are still up, small caps are at another all-time high, and those poor folks still in TZA are going to take another 3% pummeling today at the open. VIX is still in a free fall, our economy is still in the gutter, Detroit filed bankruptcy even though a judge is trying to stop it, and everyone is full of "hope"

Another typical Monday.

Have a great day!!
 
RealMoneyIssues said:
Ok, decision time...

I have decided to stay in G for the foreseeable future.

My "system" has failed and with a whopping 2.45% so far this year (yes folks, that is all I have for 6 months worth of IFTs and worry) I have to step back and realize I am not cut out for this... At least in the G fund (now getting a 2.125% rate), I will finish the year a little over 3.5%, which will at least keep me above the inflation rate (not the criminally reported Fed inflation rate of <1%).

Sorry BT, but I still have no confidence that the dow will be 30k by 2015, so I won't be parking in C or S...

The F fund is an abysmal failure and more than likely will continue to fail while equities are the only game in town...

So, with no "crystal ball" and a failed "system" I have no choice but to step back and ponder my options before I actually lose money...

Good Luck everyone!!
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Sadly, had I gone long on this day, I would be up another 13% to offset the losses I took... Oh, well, at least I am not losing money any more. Congrats the to the bulls with the fortitude to stay in!
 
RealMoneyIssues said:
Oh, well, at least I am not losing money any more.
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When you're not making money, it's a loss bro. Fear not! The worst two months of the year are right around the corner. I think that is where a shrewd investor such as yourself, can make some serious coin. This run is getting mature, (IMO) so there will be a good buy in before long.

Got to make the cash now, when the FED pulls out, it'll be dark for a while.
 
RealMoneyIssues said:
Sadly, had I gone long on this day, I would be up another 13% to offset the losses I took... Oh, well, at least I am not losing money any more. Congrats the to the bulls with the fortitude to stay in!
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This may be a mistake but I think I'm going back in at 50%S and 50%C today. Already made over 6% for the month and got out to early. It looks like we have more room for Ferdinand to run. Damn, I'm starting to sound like BT. Go ahead and jump in, pick up 3% or so and get out by Aug 1.
 
jkenjohnson said:
This may be a mistake but I think I'm going back in at 50%S and 50%C today. Already made over 6% for the month and got out to early. It looks like we have more room for Ferdinand to run. Damn, I'm starting to sound like BT. Go ahead and jump in, pick up 3% or so and get out by Aug 1.
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Congrats on your gains, knowing your "system"... Maybe your 'new' inverse system is working better!!
 
RealMoneyIssues said:
Congrats on your gains, knowing your "system"... Maybe your 'new' inverse system is working better!!
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Yes, it seems to be working quite well right now. I have also added some other indicators as well. Don't know how good it will be long term, but time will tell. I think I finally may have a pretty good one. If I had used it beginning in January, I would be up 12.9%, instead of 6.9%.
 
Dip buyers are back in force keeping this already inflated market... well... inflated.

Lower existing home sales, higher existing home inventory, all good for the economy... not

Oh, well. I can only assume that the dip buyers are currently retail investors because the institutions are selling now...

Good luck everyone!!

Either the bulls are going to continue slaughtering the bears, or the bears are going to get a pair and stop all the bear skin rug production...

Only time will tell...
 
Perhaps you should consider using your current system as a contrarian indicator. You can make coins that way. Best of luck.
 
Birchtree said:
Perhaps you should consider using your current system as a contrarian indicator. You can make coins that way. Best of luck.
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That thought has occurred, yet I believe the "system" is flawed and should be re-evaluated instead of continuing to use it... since it has failed to work this year...
 
RealMoneyIssues said:
Well folks, after a week of relaxing, I will take a more serious look at my "system" and decide to dump it entirely or revamp it. It has caused me to lose in a market that is up over 20%, so it is obviously broke.

Futures are up after opening this evening, so the markets are holding their gains from last week (options ex week). How much higher can they go? According to BT and JJ, 2000 is in the near future (after hitting 1700 this week of course). Now while I can imagine that, I (as I have all year) fail to see how this market is rocketing up with mediocre economic data. There appears to be a lot of manipulation of stock prices and therefore the psyche of the markets... but no way to prove it...

Since my gut and my system has been horrible this year, I will be posting my observations of the markets, but not moving anything until I can figure out how to quit losing money...

Have a great week everyone!!
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It's not your system. The reverse QE effect has brought back buy and hold. It's the market that's broke. Every time something happens that technically should make the market drop makes the chance of more free money.:sick:
 
Free money - that must be another Obama promise. There ain't nothing free, it's all risk oriented. Take the risk - make the money. It's a simple strategy.
 
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