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This market is tough on any trend following system. First the gap down and big selloff and now the gap up because of some good earnings reports and the dow is retesting its highs. Very volatile action throughout the day. I’m hanging on to my longs. Systems are still long.

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Watch for that to change today. As buyers come in and buy tech. If that doesn’t happen today or tomorrow, this rally may be over and we go down instead of up. However, I’m heavily leaning towards to upside. I’m positioned for it so I am biased, however, the technicals & earnings strongly support it. …

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There is an inherent belief in some people, maybe they are special, that they can beat the market. These people think they can pick stocks and do better than the traditional indexes. Maybe these people are oblivious or just ambitious. I am one of these people. Of course, I want to own some index fund …

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With todays down move my Rydex Longs are feeling it, but my portfolio shorts are rocking profitably. Hopefully that continues. ROSE still leads all my shorts with a  7%+ gain. However, everytime I open my mouth it goes the other way. Todays down move doesn’t do much for this week except potentially put in a …

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With the never ending bottom making the market is going through my beta portfolio is making money. Seems like a little amount for alot of drop in the market. Quite frustrating. ROSE is leading the pack with a 7.57% gain and SCHK the losers with a 6.48% loss. These two virtually cancel each other out. …

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