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Today sucked. My expectations were broken pretty much right away as the pattern did not play out as intended. Then very late in the day the market rallied off the lows and the indexes went green. Per the pattern that I am playing the bounce was actually too little of a move, so I’m glad …

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Took a shot at the short side and it ended up being a face ripping rally. I came in this morning long iwm, spy puts and heavy short index 2x funds as well as long certain stocks, but was leaned more towards the short side. Signals, not the good ones, leaned that way for a …

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I rolled my index cash to short, 2x NDX, 2x RUT at the close today. I closed up my gold positions taking 5%+ in the DGP, and breakeven in HL, just for protection. I closed my 2x and 3x Energy long positions REA, ERX, DBE, all for nice gains. I will be buying all of …

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The bears are screaming louder now than ever. Despite the fact that they have been wrong for over 6 months. There is no sell signal yet. Not from what I see. I’d rather play a slide once a slide is happening rather than continue to pick tops. The thing that I am seeing that gives …

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I got out of nearly everything today except for 1 stock and that not stock isn’t anything special. Running for the exits? Not exactly. Just taking gains in the index longs, cutting the mediocre things, things that sucked (USO, FCX in and out), and taking gains in the things that rocked (C calls, AIG, DIS …

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