I was short heavily going into todays action and decided to hold till the close and it paid off.
6.4% in the RUT
2% in the NDX
4.6% in the SPX
I covered my index funds that were short due to the fact that I’m locked into 10:45 window and I don’t want to be locked in overnight tonight. [...]

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I’ve only been short for 3 days and those were a good 3 days to be short. Took my 13.4% in the SPX today. Unfortunately I got fooled out of my SDS and TZA buys this morning like a piker. It unfortunate because it would have been a huge day for those trades.
Luckily I have [...]

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The RUT is now trading with a 3 handle!
Today is the flush most people have been waiting for.
Watch the volatility indexes, and see if anybody cries on CNBC. If nobody freaks out on TV, then this unfortunately is not overwith.
Then tomorrow maybe…maybe we have an intraday reversal. Maybe we even have a rally right out [...]

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I posted about being in the inverse etfs FXP and SDS, but I didn’t post that I took medium sized short trade at the Rydex 10:45 window in the inverse spx, inverse ndx, and inverse rut funds. It was an ultra risky play considering the NDX was already down 6% at that time. I was [...]

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Bought FXP @ 95.61
and SDS @ 72.34
In case you don’t know, these are inverse etf’s.

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I went short this morning, trying some SDS, but quickly dumped it as the market broke up to new levels. After seeing the way the market was acting, I wish I hung on, but I didn’t. Instead I threw on a larger short position in the index funds at the 10:45 window. Looking for a [...]

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With this historic day, I’m happy to say I avoided it. In fact, I profited a little bit too. Like I said on Friday, “Seriously, my year has been phenomenal already, up near 30% while the rest of the market is down -20%+. The prudent thing for me to do is cash out and wait. [...]

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Wild morning so far. I sold all my inverse etfs on the market gap down. A very sweet trade for 2 days worth of holding. I also trimmed back my index funds at this mornings window significantly. I am now lightly short…very lite.
TWM in @ 70.88 out @ 77.11 = 8.7%
SKF in @ 119.86 out [...]

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Well when I said we could get 1-2 days of up move 2 days ago, I didn’t expect as much of a move that happened today. Specifically in the SPX and NDX. The RUT, the leader when the market was rolling upwards, was up a meager .26% today or 1 point. The NDX was up [...]

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So you’re tired of always being long and want to short the market?
How do you do it without borrowing shares? Easily. You buy the appropriate vehicles long. Which is actually a bet that the market will go down. Let me explain. There are investment options that you can buy long that represent an investment that [...]

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