Selling on My Terms

Fuck this shit. Just yesterday I was thinking about really risking up my portfolio, going into leverage and overweighting one stock. This is exactly the sort of sordid behavior that gets a person at the receiving end of a jellied donut punch to the face. I’ll be damned if I were to mistime this splendid marketplace in 2015, the year of “The Fly.”

As such, I’ve taken precautions and moved to a 30-35% cash position. I’ve sold out many of my top trading positions, but left in place CYBR, SBNY, RDWR and BITA. With regard to BITA, it’s a very small position and I’ll buy more, after it declines by 10%. I’ve taken profits on a number of stocks, all but assuring that my 30% gain for the year won’t get jeopardized with the coming correction. I just didn’t like the way my positions were being handled, in the face of unchecked market gains. Therefore, I lightened up, in order to properly reassess the situation.

Exodus is spitting out a lot of interesting data now and I might just take a directional trade on one of the higher probability suggestions.

Bear in mind, I own about 30 stocks long term, names like PANW, GILD, BX, HAR, ICPT, AAPL and BID etc. So I am never going to be all cash or net short. I believe, with every fiber of my being, that we are in a tremendous bull market that will last a generation. I believe that we are in the nascency of a singularity between man and machine that will usher in an era of unrivaled growth and innovation. Nevertheless, there will be pitfalls along the way and I endeavor to miss them, as best I can.