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Several people I watch and have had good results are going long today... I just don't get it...

BT, never mind, I know what you are going to say... save it ;)
 
The Biggest Threat to the Pentagon is
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The man is the travesty in the White House - why doesn't he just resign and go home to Chicago.
 
I'm standing in a two foot pile of superlative bull manure and I'm not moving. A rest phase might be just around the corner, but that could be a good thing because previous pauses have proven to be good buying opportunities.
 
The jobs numbers tomorrow might give you an opportunity to buy more at lower levels...or it could be the fuel needed to move this market higher.
 
The jobs numbers tomorrow might give you an opportunity to buy more at lower levels...or it could be the fuel needed to move this market higher.

That's the case with ANY government report... market could go up, or the market could go down... :mad:

This whole thing is starting to feel like 2013 all over again :nuts:
 
Hi RMI - Thanks for the "like" on my post on BT's thread. Patience will be rewarded. Why is VIX up?

That's the case with ANY government report... market could go up, or the market could go down... :mad:

This whole thing is starting to feel like 2013 all over again :nuts:
 
The VIX is up because traders are buying protection against any unpleasant surprises popping up tomorrow with the non-farm payrolls report - just hedging.
 
Trades so far this year... Can't really express any of these in position size or that I trade 2 accounts (IRA and investment), but I might add that to my todo list:

[TABLE="class: grid, width: 600"]
[TR]
[TD]Symbol[/TD]
[TD]Name[/TD]
[TD]Gain/Loss[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]? ADBE[/TD]
[TD]Adobe Systems Inc. - Gave up on this short...[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]-7.50%[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]? TVIX[/TD]
[TD]VelocityShares Daily 2x VIX ST ETN[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]19.63%[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]? TVIX[/TD]
[TD]VelocityShares Daily 2x VIX ST ETN[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]19.63%[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]? DGAZ[/TD]
[TD]VelocityShares 3x Inv Natural Gas ETN[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]0.64%[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]? DGAZ[/TD]
[TD]VelocityShares 3x Inv Natural Gas ETN[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]0.23%[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]? YHOO[/TD]
[TD]Yahoo! Inc.[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]0.81%[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]? HEMP[/TD]
[TD]Hemp, Inc.[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]1.53%[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]? TNA[/TD]
[TD]Direxion Daily Small Cap Bull 3X Shares[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]7.29%[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]? HEMP[/TD]
[TD]Hemp, Inc.[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]17.21%[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]? XIV[/TD]
[TD]VelocityShares Daily Inverse VIX ST ETN[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]20.07%
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]? MCP[/TD]
[TD]Molycorp, Inc.[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]4.07%[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]? DGAZ[/TD]
[TD]VelocityShares 3x Inv Natural Gas ETN[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]17.31%[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]? SDS[/TD]
[TD]ProShares UltraShort S&P500[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]2.04%[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]? TNA[/TD]
[TD]Direxion Daily Small Cap Bull 3X Shares[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]2.46%[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]? XIV[/TD]
[TD]VelocityShares Daily Inverse VIX ST ETN[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]3.63%[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]? TZA[/TD]
[TD]Direxion Daily Small Cap Bear 3X Shares[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]6.13%[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]? TZA[/TD]
[TD]Direxion Daily Small Cap Bear 3X Shares[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]7.14%[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]? TZA[/TD]
[TD]Direxion Daily Small Cap Bear 3X Shares[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]6.55%[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]? ERX[/TD]
[TD]Direxion Daily Energy Bull 3X Shares[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]-1.89%[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]? ERX[/TD]
[TD]Direxion Daily Energy Bull 3X Shares[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]0.01%[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]? ERX[/TD]
[TD]Direxion Daily Energy Bull 3X Shares[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]1.44%[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]? AUY[/TD]
[TD]Yamana Gold, Inc.[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]4.43%[/TD]
[/TR]
[/TABLE]


P.S. I am posting this to avoid doing yet another masters class paper...
 
Several people I watch and have had good results are going long today... I just don't get it...

BT, never mind, I know what you are going to say... save it ;)

Ah, grasshoppah... you don't get it, because you have learned the hard lessons of failure that we all must go through to become masters of trading. You should congratulate yourself for obtaining the wisdom to know when things aren't right...
 
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