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Whipsaw said:
Checking in from the bottom of the AT, fifth from the bottom, I think I've been as high as #3, so I've run the gamut. Just waiting for the next market crash for an entry point.
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Yep, I as well. I keep telling myself not to chase, but dang it is tough to watch this market go up, up, up. Must remain patient. :nuts:
 
S fund is outside the upper bollinger band on the weekly and the monthly, which means it should be dropping to fall back inside the bands. Should be... What are the odds of a post holiday reversal?
 
Not sure but RSI is above 70... Doesn't usually stay up there long. Of course no telling what happens... thinking to pull my 35% S fund. But will see... just not sure whether I should let it ride.
 
95% of the time statistically all funds are within the Bollinger bands. No way I would be in S after tomorrow; historically, with this climate, we should see a selloff begin Friday (trading day 5 and week 3 above the Bollinger band) on Friday. The question then becomes, buy Friday or wait until Monday if you are holding all your moves for the month. if you look back, the week after T.G. up until December 06 is weak.
 
I should have held on in Nov, the rocket ride started the day after I bailed. Had that been the case, I'd likley be holding in equities, as the odds of dropping down to the last low (my superlatively timed exit) I think is likely small. But, there are several gaps out there. James48843 makes many good points. But, then again, what do I know being near rock bottom on the tracker.
 
I feel as though capitulation is upon me. What does that mean? Jump in and the crash occurs! I am amazed at the strength, all things considered. The weekly is outside of the BB, relative strength is waning, stochs are maxed out and saying exit, the potential for major political upheaval looms large. Hmmmmmmmmmmm.
 
Well, here it is... weakness. May only be today? A few of the Market Vids indicate further gains until January, then watch out. May enter today, or tomorrow... Certainly thought the covid spikes and more lock downs would have had a greater impact.
 
Could just put a little in? That way you don't feel like you're missing out and when it comes crashing down (which it will, we're red-lining now on a lot of indicators!) you won't hurt as bad and then can go to G if it looks like it's going to continue to be really bad.
 
Tom, I understand monetizing the site, but the pop up ad that spawns when clicking on the 'forum' button in the header menu is a bit much.
 
If you don't yet have a TSP.gov user ID, you will. I was forced to set that up today before making my IFT. That and the phone delivery of the one time code - which is my work phone, which is a land line (so a robo-woman reads me the numbers :cheesy: ), which is no help if I'm not at work. Need to see if it will let me choose among different phones!
 
Yes the new system of logging in may be a step forward in security but it is a step backward as far as flexibility and convenience. The TSP is so typically light years behind the rest of the investment world.
 
papahotel66 said:
Yes the new system of logging in may be a step forward in security but it is a step backward as far as flexibility and convenience. The TSP is so typically light years behind the rest of the investment world.
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What sucks about it is if you work in a classified building and can't access you phone you have to rely of an email. If the email is slow you never get the pin in time before it times out. I've had that happen to be many times.

Good luck Whip, I know it's been a crappy year for you so I hope you get some back.
 
Whipsaw said:
If you don't yet have a TSP.gov user ID, you will. I was forced to set that up today before making my IFT. That and the phone delivery of the one time code - which is my work phone, which is a land line (so a robo-woman reads me the numbers :cheesy: ), which is no help if I'm not at work. Need to see if it will let me choose among different phones!
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Let us know if you find a way to add a second number. In my case they stopped using email for two factor authentication and wouldn't use the landline phone number they had on file because they couldn't validate it with a text message. I was locked out until they removed the phone number for being un-validated. Then I was able to type in the same number and they would validate it via robo-call.

Like you I now can only logon from the one location where the phone is. That makes things quite difficult. Fortunately the TSP phone menu system still works for IFTs. Give yourself extra time, though, because making an IFT this way can be quite time consuming. You have to go through every L Fund and type 0% before you get to our other funds. The worst part is the first 60 seconds of the call is wasted on this two factor authentication message that you can't skip over. :mad:
 
Hi...not sure if I'm missing something???? I just log onto TSP.gov, enter my user name and password, click to have authentication code texted to my personal cell phone AND within 10 seconds or less I have the text with code. I then open text (don't use code in text subject line) to get the correct code, enter it into the tsp.gov window and proceed to IFT.

Text to Personal cell is super Fast! There are two other options including my work and personal email. But, if I click to have it go to my work or personal email, it can take 3-5 minutes---which doesn't work well for me as I usually place the IFT in the last 10-15 minutes of trade.

Hummm.... So Cactus, they no longer send authentication code to your selected email?? Why is that??

Best wishes to you Whipsaw and Retread and Everyone !!!! :smile:
 
Well I'm definitely missing something, so I sits and waits. As the song says, "You Can't Always Get What You Want".:(

As for logging into TSP.gov...no issues here! :banana:
 
I may be missing something too as I no longer have the option to email a code to myself to log in. I get the code on my phone usually within 10 seconds but nowhere on the site do I find the option to have it email me a code anymore. Anyone else experience this and is there a fix?
 
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