Strange Day.  In an upset victory, the Universe didn’t collapse into a black hole of sovereign debt at the end of the Mayan calendar.  However, last night, on the eve of the would-be Mayan Apocalypse, as if on cue,  futures collapsed following news of GOP malfeasance in the House of Pain.  For some reason, trading robots give a shit about this noise – or was it just an excuse to work off recent equity “frothiness?”  We’ll never really know.  Overall, market action today wasn’t particularly end-of-the-world worthy.  Call me complacent.  Although, as per norm, the Twittersphere was full of pros telling us how stupid we all are for not being 200% levered short like they were going into today.   Guilty as charged.  Yawn.

On a day when nothing seemed to work other than $EGOV (h/t @chessNwine inside 12631 for spotting this one), I did little – refusing to offer discounted prices for my holdings to depraved algorithmic trading platforms.  I actually reduced my already slim 33% cash position by opening a starting 4% position in $DDD late in the day at 51.69.  It closed a tad under 52.  I recently booked a decent gain in this name – though fat-fingered an exit, leaving substantial wampum on the table.  The stock showed good relative strength today, was actually green, and appears to be consolidating after its recent runup.  I would post a chart but you all can look it up if you care to.  Enjoy your pre-Xmas weekend.  Try not to be shot while shopping.