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I tried to jump the turn in the market before it actually turned. I saw some indicators turning, but in reality anything important has been long for awhile and was still there on Friday. The hardest behavior to correct for me is staying with a trend when in the past I’ve been so quick to …

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Essentially I made one terrible trade which got me caught on the Thursday downdraft. Now I’m looking to get short and in fact did today in the indexes. However, it looks like there might even be the beginning of that bounce I was talking about happening yesterday. That is ok, because I will ladder into …

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I got hit today by a UPS truck turning left. Losing 6%+ in the RUT and NDX. That bit. Still holding VLO, FRPT (holding a 4% gain) and some NDX looking for a bounce 1-2 day bounce. After that I’m going short. I bought NTWK today. I sold RT and BBY today for breakeven. The …

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No more index longs, no long etf’s, no AMZN. Its all in cash. Sold out this morning. At the morning Rydex window the Rut was up more than 1.2% and NDX was flat. So basically earned some cash back off this bad long trade I’ve been sitting in. Stocks I still own though and all …

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The market popped huge and the whole move was done by 10am. Then the selling began. Like a fool or at least I feel that way right now, I thought it was the breakout I was waiting for. In fact, it turned into yet another head fake. However, this round the picture changed on a …

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