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Brazen Manipulation

Now I know why the bearshitters are so bitter. When you take a step back and look at the market objectively, as I am now, it is rather ridiculous the way this thing is being manipulated. Thanks to urinal shadows, I am not short any stocks. So, my slight frustration is rather laughable, compared to hard core bears, who have been taking needles to the eyeballs for months now.

Despite the late day surge, the dollar was robusto and the long bond was solid. Coupled with the fact that many commodity names were taken out and shot, I’m guessing a stiff sell off is right around the corner. Even still, I have no interest in going short, not now—and maybe never.

Instead, I can just hide out in low beta shit and use small [[VXX]] positions for excitement.

Oh, by the way, I am very knowledgeable of the VIX and the options that rob people daily. There is a reason why I am opting to go with [[VXX]] over ordinary calls. Don’t get me started on “the option people,” for they are the lowest form of life on Wall Street—true cellar dwellers of the worst kind.

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70 comments

  1. Le Fly

    Neckbou

    Your financial advice is not needed. Fuck off

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  2. nickfenton

    This market feels heavier than Precious. I followed you in some VXX and will build if I like the action. Also entered a DIA Iron Condor to capitalize on sideways action that I anticipate before a dip. That said, can’t get too bearish here. Path of least resistance is still to the upside.

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  3. xxxHuggieBearxxx
    xxxHuggieBearxxx

    Wile I resent almost everything, I am not displeased that I am no longer short and angry about the end of day save.

    Through complete inaction, I finished the day even. That’s a win.

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  4. new_around_here

    VXX ? hasn’t that been slip slidin away since last summer ? haven’t owners of vxx taken it even worse than bears for the last several months ? i went to the bench on that one at 42 and change…

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    • TA

      Yes, the VXX is the incarnation of evil rivalling UNG for the title of ‘instant death’

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      • The Fly

        I just bought it.

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        • neckbou

          Seriously Fly… just for one second take a break and stop being an idiot…. seriously. Now, take a look at VXX and really question why the hell you want to lose money on a piece of shit like that. You said you understand, but you really do not understand VXX. I am not debating whether you know about the VIX, but VXX is UNG’s twin evil brother. Get a grip here… you are making a big mistake.

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  5. __divergence_

    Daytrading wise, you can see the manipulation coming, yet the difficult part is the slow grind without let up. They run it to the max, past VWAP and just keep going without a rotation down.

    After the pounding day after day, bears are too gun shy to go out into the open river to gorge on salmon when it finally drops.

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  6. Bow Tie Fucker

    The problem with men in burlap suits is that they look at inter-market relationship (like strong dollar, weak oil, gold etc) and expect market to fall in to murder-holes immediately. But what they dont realize is that men with 50 IQ run big pension funds and they care rat’s pubic hair on these inter-market shit.

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  7. TA

    Goldman robots rock, right back to green on the day

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  8. tgarfield

    It’s always manipulation when you are on the other side of the trade.

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  9. Curly

    I’m not cussing until the DOW reaches 10800… then the men in burlap suits can clean up this mess.

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    • tgarfield

      and cover it to 12,000. Imagine all the people who sold all there stock earlier panicking. Panic goes both ways.

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  10. scum bucket bitchez
    scum bucket bitchez

    Rub some of that VIX on your chest and try to get some sleep.

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    • JakeGint

      Ah Scum… our iBC oddity.

      An intelligent troll, with a sense of humour (sic) to boot.

      (Of course, the chick factor may help).

      ______

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  11. LegHumpingMutt

    The Black Eyed Peas can ruin any song known to mankind.

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    • Treepart

      Agreed. I’d like to take an ax handle to the colon of the asshole who invented autotune. The present day music scene is ripe to be turned upside down much like the S&P 500.

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  12. TX Slave Trader

    “Don’t get me started on “the option people,” for they are the lowest form of life on Wall Street—true cellar dwellers of the worst kind.” – (Sighs while reaching over Sloth for another candy bar)

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  13. Dayman

    Just making sure everyone knows that VIX options are European-style options and are priced quite differently. Oh, everyone knew that already? Ok, carry on.

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    • Steve Place

      VIX options are European, but they’recash settled, putting them in their own little world.

      But that’s not why their pricing is off. It’s because the options’ underlying is related to the futures from that month, not the spot vix.

      I guess it’s back to my cave, which is actually quite spacious.

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      • In plain sight

        Advice requested:

        Hey Steve or anyone,

        Off the top of your head, do you have any ideas (crazy or otherwise) for some, extremely low cost, insurance/Armageddon/otb/black-swan-event type trades? e.g.: hyperinflation, the big one hits & Southern Cal. falls into the ocean, a major currency crisis hits, a dirty bomb in Duluth, a major failure of the hotdog bun crop, prior to July 4th, etc.
        tia
        .
        PS I hope using ‘tia’ is not an executable/banable offense

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        • Danified

          Currency crisis? Do you mean the elusive Amero?

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        • Braveflaps

          It’s merely a vanilla type of gay.

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        • MX2101

          I think your black swan trade problem is leverage. The leverage required for a big return will bleed your capital while you are waiting for the big one.

          Also, never understimate the power of Fuckery. For example, it may be inevitable that the dollar will decline over time, but rallys along the way will blow out leveraged players.

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  14. ideal420

    “”Don’t get me started on “the option people,” for they are the lowest form of life””

    Does that include Krull?

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  15. Maelstrom

    Market may get the Invisible Hand assist till Health Care vote.. don t want a dropping free market to interfere with this fucked up push to Socialism

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  16. chewtonic

    The choices are: 1. Drink the cool aid and enjoy the ride before one falls off the cliff…2. Be smarter and more disciplined and get off the honey train earlier than the rest of the bozos…..by definition this means a period of pain…which is what one experiences. Best not to follow the market too closely right now as there is no upside in doing so…If you are as good as I think you are…you will be right…perhaps another 1 to 7% higher, perhaps 1 week to 12 weeks away. No one knows and no one can ever know until after the fact.

    Peace of mind comes from knowgingly and willingly and humblingly giving the top 15% and the bottom 15% to the equity GODs and operating very profitably in the range inbetween. Once any man can get that good, he will become very wealthy over time if he so chooses

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    • JakeGint

      Treu, that was how Jacob Rothschild made all his dough. Playing the middle range. Takes fantastic discipline.

      and you have to be French. Hence, Le Docteur de la Fly.

      __________

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  17. MX2101

    I am not qualified to post an essay or advice. The title of this blog entry summed up my feelings today quite well. Have a good night.

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  18. cockyweasel

    Some people get so cocky..they try to take the biggest risk they can, with the tenacity of thinking they can escape, the burtal blow to the face. They get a kick having to work there way back up, like some sort of excercise. But then again I like the saying – A setback, is a setup, for a comeback. Or some people like to sit on there butts just long enough for the wolf to start knocking at their door, because it motivate them at that point, to get back to work. I guess that’s motivation.

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  19. Goldie

    The sell-off Wednesday will be epic

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  20. lol

    Who’s more of a celler dweller, the option buyer or the option seller?
    Because if ones getting creamed, someone else is on the other side of the trade no?
    Of course with such high leverage it requires extrodinary amounts of cash position

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    • JakeGint

      Ryan kicks ass.

      ______

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      • JakeGint

        Holy! Check out douche-facio behind him, wiggging and gigging! Nice lobotomy bandaid!

        _______

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        • BackAndFill

          Absolutely hilarious! I love the banged up head!

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        • Heaterman

          The mini lobotomy in the back ground could be interpreted a couple ways. Either he was thinking, “this guy is a total and complete retard” and if so would be a classic example of the arrogance and condescension of our politico’s, or else he was musing “this guy is takin it to the street boyeee’s”.

          I’m guessing the former.

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  21. JakeGint

    So much went on today in the site… was it just a bizarre day, or does it signify some market change? Whatever the case, I have to thank Joe for the phrase Endure my Rectitude!

    And respec’ mah authoritah, too!

    _________

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  22. Le Fly

    Purdy

    Vote him off the island

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  23. Purdy

    Fly, your site has devolved into Jake’s personal page for schoolgirl sniping. IMO, he should be kept to his own Fox News tab …or you will drive me and others out of here.

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    • JakeGint

      Ah, it appears M. Le Trol suffers from the age-old trollish disfunction, no?

      He has not trouble “dishing” but “taking” pains him most righteously.

      Please, be sure the door does not damage your posterier on the way out. We’ll miss your various tinfoil-protected Bush-hate Ray posts.

      ____________

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    • Danified

      Purdy = Descending into the crevasse…………..

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      • DMG

        Purdy = Dinosaur Trader-douche, no?

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        • JakeGint

          There are some similarities. Like: Can you imagine having the ballz to think your publicly pouted threat to leave would have some impact on the site owner?

          Cheap bastid’s not even a PPT subscriber!

          ________

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  24. ZenProfit

    From today’s Art Cashin newsletter:

    “Some of the conspiracy theorists assumed [yesterday’s rally] was a “manufactured rally”, caused by something like the fantasy “plunge protection team”.

    What what what????

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  25. sniper6

    sniper6 picks of the day NSC and PCX

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  26. Rigged

    Obviously, FAZmobile has its own automotive deficiences as it comes to a screeching stop without warning….RECALL!!!

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  27. JakeGint

    John Wall and the “Fibonacci/200-week Exponential MA Wall” cordoning the dollar seem to have something in common —

    These Walls Cannot be Breached!

    ____________

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  28. FIG

    My picks continue to be the same. NG, USU, and ES. All 3 will be gigantic winners for years to come. Get in now and reap the benefits.

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  29. sniper6

    My pick for the year remains LWLG. I am imploring you all one last time to become invested in this stock. Wait for it to pull back if you must, but I’m not sure it will.

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  30. j

    Fig:

    USU: I called the investor services director and he had a few interesting to say. The stock seems to me to be very dependent on the outcome of the $2 billion loan (gift) from the DoD or DoE (I can’t recall which). We can’t really rely on the what the engineers are saying about the further development in the new centrifuge technology as most of the shit is embargoed by for national security risk reasons. I am long by the way, The talk was a little sobering, as ti seems to me that this is a bet they will get the $2 billion by November which is very much dependent on the new technology they are testing.

    What do you think?

    The real question is if they get the new technology right for the centrifuge stuff. If they do this could be an 90 buck stock. Not kidding. Stick a multiple of 10 on a stock in this potentially existing area of the energy business and you end up with a market cap of $10 billion if they start to make $1 billion in profits a year which is doable in that market. Stick a realistic multiple of 20 and you’re heading the moon.

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    • Heaterman

      USU = USEC Inc. ? or one of the company’s variations? I still think that the minute, if not before, the world economy starts to show treu signs of life, oil and related products are going through the roof again. That would translate into higher interest in alternatives. Nuecular (sic) being the only one that is viable. Wind, solar and ethanol are a joke from a practical standpoint until the grid in the US is updated.

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  31. tgarfield

    Going to maybe need a big word than brazen

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  32. tgarfield

    I think Brazen is going to need an expletive to go with it.

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  33. Treepart

    This market is being worked over like Tawana Brawley was back in the day…….starring Golden Slacks playing the role of Big Al Sharpton. What a farce.

    Why fight the tape? Just cover yourself with dog feces and go with it.

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