Originally Posted by MTG#10:
This doesn't even make sense. The hedgies have already had their asses handed to them twice this year. One prominent hedgefund had to be bailed out by others to avoid going bankrupt. Nothing happens overnight, the AMC shorts still have to cover eventually.
This is the post I was thinking of:
Originally Posted by KChiefs1:
Is today the day AMC rips the hedgies a new one?!?!?!?!?!?
It's all part of their manipulation, I mean retail investors still own the float. The buy to sell ratio has been 2-1. If people hold then we're good if they start selling then it will change things but right now nobody is selling really. [Reply]
Bailed out of virtually all my stocks Friday. Things have been feeling strange lately between inflation, the weird housing market, and Covid still not being over. Feeling okay about it today. [Reply]
Originally Posted by Buehler445:
list of inflation. Lumber is probably somewhat in there. Buy fuel is most certainly not. In 09 I happened to be at a seminar where the director of the KC fed walked through it all and food and fuel were not listed because they are so volatile they’re hard to track. WTF. That shit was wrecking the economy in those days.
I think you may have misunderstood. What this person was almost certainly referring to is the fact that the Fed targets core inflation (actually core PCE which is a bit different from core CPI primarily due to the way it treats at housing costs and medical expenses) and that those core measures exclude food and energy. The rationale is that they’re volatile and subject to supply/demand factors that the Fed can’t easily control and that short term disruptions usually revert.
Classic (error) case is the ECB who targets headline inflation (HICP) and they hiked into the housing crisis in 2008 because energy was spiking. This was not a welcome decision. [Reply]
Originally Posted by BigBeauford:
Bailed out of virtually all my stocks Friday. Things have been feeling strange lately between inflation, the weird housing market, and Covid still not being over. Feeling okay about it today.
I must've missed the post where you warned the rest of us. You know, warned us so that we wouldn't get wiped out while you were climbing into your warm lifeboat. [Reply]
Originally Posted by Rain Man:
I must've missed the post where you warned the rest of us. You know, warned us so that we wouldn't get wiped out while you were climbing into your warm lifeboat.
But on a real note, I wasn't keen on being responsible for other folks' portfolio based on what my gut is telling me. If I have learned anything about trading, it's that basic environmental observations have made me a lot of money as opposed to raw numbers. Also, the residential eviction moratorium ends in July. Not keen on seeing how that will impact the markets with my money in it. [Reply]
Originally Posted by Rain Man:
I must've missed the post where you warned the rest of us. You know, warned us so that we wouldn't get wiped out while you were climbing into your warm lifeboat.
Originally Posted by lewdog:
Tough trading this week. All my stops on new and old positions have hit.
I’m to 90% cash in my trading account.
I’m still one of the only ones who posts shit while they do it. I was 90% cash by Thursday and 100% cash by Friday close. Still trying to show this thread you actually need to follow a system of guidelines.
Traders using a system actually like these small pullbacks. Stocks will consolidate recent gains, trend sideways to extend tighter bases and provide better technical entries on trades. [Reply]
I may be bagholding a few stocks for a while but I will continue to average down and my patience will pay off in the long run. Same thing happened last year when the market tanked, I averaged down more and more then ended up +74% overall at one point. And yes I'm posting/telling myself this for my own sanity. [Reply]
Originally Posted by MTG#10:
I may be bagholding a few stocks for a while but I will continue to average down and my patience will pay off in the long run. Same thing happened last year when the market tanked, I averaged down more and more then ended up +74% overall at one point. And yes I'm posting/telling myself this for my own sanity.
The problem with this strategy is that it works, until it doesn’t. No one can time when the market won’t bounce back quickly. Why not take steps to protect that 74% gain? What happens if this pullback turns into a significant correction or a bear market? Your averaged down positions continue to tank and that 74% gains you made evaporate quickly in losing positions. Take a look now at how far down you are from the 74% high. I bet it’s a lot? Don’t ruin your hard work! [Reply]
Originally Posted by lewdog:
The problem with this strategy is that it works, until it doesn’t. No one can time when the market won’t bounce back quickly. Why not take steps to protect that 74% gain? What happens if this pullback turns into a significant correction or a bear market? Your averaged down positions continue to tank and that 74% gains you made evaporate quickly in losing positions. Take a look now at how far down you are from the 74% high. I bet it’s a lot? Don’t ruin your hard work!
If a bear market happens, yes I'm fucked. Otherwise I'll be fine...I hope. I can't really complain too much though, I still have a LOT more in my portfolios than I've put in. Once AMC goes parabolic I'll laugh at months like this. [Reply]