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Tricked

I thought we’d have a follow through rally today. Silly me, I forgot that we were in a fucking black hole, which is sucking civilization and all of its furniture into it. Poof, gone!

I am flattening out my portfolio to put me on a hamster wheel to nowhere. Of course I am loading up on [[FXP]] . I told you last night that I would.

Look you, if you’ve been reading my blog for more than a year, you should know how I think by now. You don’t need me to tell you: “hey asshole, yesterday was a trick, get short.”

Yes it sucks being whipsawed; but it’s part of the game.

In short, I have not sold any longs. I took my 15% cash and just dumped it all into [[FXP]] . Fuck it. And, I will use a little leverage to buy more, if needed.

UPDATE: I sold short 3,000 Transocean Inc. [[RIG]] @ $72, to hedge my National-Oilwell Varco, Inc. [[NOV]] position.

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76 comments

  1. Saw

    Fly getting totally whipsawed

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  2. Realist

    Fucked!

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  3. gappingandyapping

    You are all fucked now! I would be a buyer of AAPL here though.

    whoever created FXP should be hung.

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  4. Canada sucks.

    Citi looks like it’s becoming a penny stock.

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  5. Flats

    You and everyone else. I expect the Dow to hold 8500 and the SPX 870. Should get a bounce from those levels. This crazy ass market never does what you expect.

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  6. Good call on TBT Phil…Lets face it, TARPs is genuis, loan to banks @ 5% for 5 years,borrow from China via 5 yr tnote @ 2.30%…how long till they figure that one out?

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  7. Juice

    Today & Monday will consolidate … there should be a confirmation rally day by mid week, next week. If not, no turkey for me.

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  8. Malaka

    TZA says catch me if you can… and down we go from up there we where.

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  9. Phil_from_Brazil

    TBT must be bot without hesitation on these dips. I’m buying more if we tap 60. Stops at 58. Whether there is inflation or not, yields will rise on the perceived risk of government credit profile deterioration.

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  10. Needle dick the bug fucker

    Can some one explain these symbols? I see them on my Ameritrade level II screen. Screen symbol is UYG

    mpid

    these sit below MPID to which I can only guess the meaning. Further the listed letters below have out of the money bids or no bids at all. Thanks in advance.

    Madf
    Ubss
    Auto
    Cdrg
    Hdsn
    Book
    Doms
    Wblr
    Jptc
    Pert
    Sufi
    Tmbr
    Vert
    etmm

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  11. A Non

    I think I’ll head over to CAKE for lunch.
    Crushed!

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  12. T MOE

    As I stated at yesterday’s close. The market was giving you all a gift to get short. GS SPY MCO AAPL they all gave a great opening to go short. Along with the oils. This economy is fucked.
    The only thing that may help is for the G20 to anounce some sort of huge global stimulus. Even that may not be enougfh until the job picture improves.

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  13. Thunderpup

    I’m liking HL here, for a nibble.

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  14. Karl Marx

    No more Sinatra by Christmas.

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  15. Mr. EB

    I went long right here. SPYs 88.71. Go.

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  16. Canada sucks.

    I bought the uranium play U.To the other week as it had been beaten down to 5 bucks. Amusingly it’s the energy play that’s put on 40% in two weeks.

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  17. pig fucker

    I’m thinking of becoming a market maker in FXP, these fucking option premiums are un-real.. Just do buy-writes and get rich

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  18. Canada sucks.

    Moe

    Curious why do you hate GS so much?

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  19. pie eater

    The instant fly posts “tricked”, the market goes up.

    Amazing. He calls the turn again.

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  20. Senor Fly – please keep us informed on FXP – it looks good except the Chinese market has dropped a lot already. Bernanke said months ago that the “subprime” problemo would be “contained”. He and Paulson and all of ’em only know one thing – load the helicopter and pour the money out!

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  21. Juice

    Canada sucks — here’s something on gold that may be of use .. either to trade it or avoid it

    Kevin Depew

    10:36:02 AM

    No positions in stocks mentioned.

    Gold

    The relationship of gold to the dollar is important in either the bullish or bearish case. For example, earlier I posted the long-term quarterly chart of the U.S. Dollar Index Spot showing a TD-Sequential Buy Setup. Shorter time frames suggest the dollar should move lower, but lower within the context of the longer-term dollar bull market that we could be about to initiate later in 2009.

    Gold is positioned similarly. Below is the quarterly chart of Gold Spot.

    Gold Quarterly

    CLICK HERE TO ENLARGE

    Note the TD-Sequential sell signal from Q2 2008, and confirming price flip.

    Meanwhile, on the monthly chart a TD-Sequential sell signal registered in January of last year, and we now are price bar 7 of a potential TD-Sequential Buy Setup 9. In order to confirm the buy setup, prices would, in either December or January, make a low that exceeds the 682.41 low.

    On the weekly chart we are 4-5 bars minimum away from a potential buy setup or buy countdown. The daily is on bar 5 of potential 9 Buy Setup.

    https://admin.minyanville.com/assets/FCK_Aug2007/File/goldquarterlg.jpg

    So, bottom line, there is some accumulating evidence that we may be nearing a point where gold could rally into first half of 2009. After that, however, similar to the dollar and equities, I expect the second half of 2009 to yield (literally) to the longer-term deflationary trend that is appearing. That means a temporary reprieve for the lower equities, lower commodities, higher dollar and higher bond prices we have seen for most of this year.

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  22. Bull Maggot 777

    Fly you never put on any leverage even when you say you might. You’re not going to do it…

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  23. Woodshedder

    We will rally again this afternoon. We may not close green, but we will not down 3%.

    This dip is to be bought.

    If I’m wrong, I’m sure the bugfuckers will come out of the woodwork to remind me.

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  24. 4fl3x

    Leverage is so 2007.

    I agree with Wood, everyone say a prayer.

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  25. Malaka

    I worked for GS… not so fun

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  26. Gio

    Well, yesterday’s rally was overextended by about 300 points, so bulls are still okay here. but then again, i’m surprised bulls couldn’t get a rally going after oil drops back to 58.

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  27. Mr. EB

    Puked at 88.32 SPY. That sucked. I’m sick of this market.

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  28. Bugfucker#909

    We are watching you Wood, closely.

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  29. The Fly

    I put leverage on all the time.

    Remember when my face was being ripped off in March?

    At the highs, I was levered out short, max.

    I took an early 2% drubbing and now I am flat. The power of the inverses shall protect me from Woodshedder and his band of banjo playing bulls.

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  30. gappingandyapping

    If anyone here wants to hedge but has little money left and does not mind playing poker with David Blane check out TZA. But don’t say I didn’t warn you.

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  31. gappingandyapping

    Wood I agree, the institutions were buying Spyders yesterday like mad. They won’t stop here.

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  32. hmmmmmm

    MPID = Market Participant Identifier

    http://www.interactivebrokers.com/en/trading/mpidListing.php?ib_entity=llc

    This will help put a name to the symbols of those taking your money.

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  33. Phil_from_Brazil

    The other signal to me that TBT is the place to be: market is getting raped by goats but gold is up. We haven’t seen that combination in some time. Again, runaway debt issuance is starting to get subtely refelcted in the market. TLT has just put in a triple top and is testing the 50-day (perfect entry point). The reason I’m going with TBT is that TLT is currently unavailable for shorting.

    Good luck.

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  34. Juice

    Gio – the market needs oil to rally to rise … low oil = deflation/no growth

    I think thats what the G20 shrimpfest is gonna be about this weekend . they need the USD & JPY lower, so emerging market country economies can reliquify .. they’re mostly dependent on higher commodity prices .. now , they’re all going broke

    without growth abroad, equity prices will sink across the board

    more bad news for a poor open monday am but i think that can be bought

    if not, have your stops .. this market is a motherfucker

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  35. Scully

    Sold 2.5K MS from 11.60 @ 12.15…scalping around..while I wait to spend it all @ JCP’s ‘door busters’ 3-10pm shit sale.

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  36. Mr Market

    EB

    Invariably, when you start with the statements “I am on fire”, or “I can’t miss”…that’s when I step in to punch off your mustache.

    Mr Market

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  37. Jimmy Chin

    I agree with Juice…Oil needs to rally. We should all go out and buy Hummers (the SUV…not the service)…that way, we save GM, and send oil higher.

    Jimmy

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  38. Darius

    OMFG, Who cars about the market! I C a EDIT button!

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  39. malaka

    gappingandyapping: way to bite off my yesterdays pick… Ride the wave

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  40. Juice

    some charts from mish

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  41. Darius

    Its not working.

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  42. Mr. EB

    Mr. Market. indeed. Lost 1.2% today. Argh. Up 8.8% for month now.

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  43. OMG

    I bet the market whipsaws its way back to positive territory at the close. Similar day to yesterday.

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  44. Fly's Sychophant

    Lots of fuckery on FXP.

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  45. The Fly

    We will close at the lows today. Do not be tricked.

    MS, GS, and C holes are too great for the market to deal with on a Friday afternoon.

    Hedge up or die.

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  46. Mr. Market's ex-boner
    Mr. Market's ex-boner

    Ayy! I needs some viagra ovah heah!

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  47. Gary Kooper

    Jeffrey Cooper

    11:46:07 AM

    No positions in stocks mentioned.

    Trying Not to Get Upside Down

    We are at/near my lower SPY channel so we may bounce off the undercut of the key S&P 882 level but it may be a little too early for a rally, maybe in the afternoon.

    Whether we consolidate, stabilize, or come in further to the 87ish SPY level first is the question. Then we will see an afternoon rally into G-20.

    But 87 looks like solid SPY support.

    https://admin.minyanville.com/assets/FCK_Aug2007/File/Theale/snapshot-99.png

    For the time being, and for the short term until proven otherwise, my posture is more of buying pullbacks than of shorting rallies, so that I don’t get upside down.

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  48. DannyBoy

    Gold is starting to look real interesting here. I just bought some DGP and will look to add on any pullback.

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  49. gappingandyapping

    Old people are getting the HOMO HAMMER of death in SRZ.

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  50. optimatis

    the fucking banks do not fuel this rally … therefore hello again DOW 8254 …

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  51. Juice

    Its gonna be tough to rally with JPM, the USA’s last man standing bank, taking it from behind.

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  52. Thunderpup

    Sliding along the top of the 10-day downtrend line on low volume. If we bust that, anything goes.

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  53. Juice

    Dennis Kneale is a bull jinx.

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  54. OMG

    Watch the 1:00pm tape. Gonna be a repeat of yesterday. We are setting up for it now.

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  55. Axeman

    You would think I would have learned by now not to bet against the Fly…

    I am siding with ‘Shed on this one: this decline will not hold, we close well off the lows

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  56. Jakegint

    We will rally again this afternoon. We may not close green, but we will not down 3%.

    This dip is to be bought.

    If I’m wrong, I’m sure the bugfuckers will come out of the woodwork to remind me.

    You’re not. It would’ve been far worse had we not pulled back.

    You know that, of course.

    _________

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  57. jig

    i will shoot myself if we repeat yesterday….or i will go drown myself in the cardiff lagoon…

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  58. CAP

    Watch this video on Tims blog http://slopeofhope.com/2008/11/14/ship_of_fools.htm

    Can someone get me the names of these idiots on the videos and their email addresses so that I can email this video to poke fun at them. I recognize Ben Stein. Can Ben Stein be nominated for a Lifetime Asshat Achievement Award ?

    Aug 2007 -‘credit crunch is way overblown. Financials are being given away their are so cheap. Subprime is a tiny problem.’ – Ben Stein. Can someone arrest this asshat ?

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  59. sell that fxp and reload back at 60 again

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  60. ALLPROz

    Pullback with low volume might be “healthy”…like fried bacon…

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  61. Hey Fly, why are you blocking 80/20?

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  62. Comments about PHP lameness?

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  63. ALLPROz

    Peter Schiff has a newer time machine than you FLY…better upgrade to the ’09 model…

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  64. CAP

    80/20 was only trying to help you.

    Certainly nothing malicious. Jeez

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  65. 80/20 was 20% so so and 80% blah blah

    no IBC for u

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  66. CAP

    That last CAP comment about 80/20 is not me

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  67. I imagine the fact that 80/20 implied FLY needed help was grounds for dismissal…

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  68. ALLPROz

    FLY,

    Ever consider requiring a log in to your site…?
    Eliminate imposters, etc…etc…

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  69. bald paulson

    Any thoughts on LVS, seems to big an organization to fail and a safe rout to doubling your money in the low 6 range over the next 6 months

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  70. Jakegint

    If you side with Wood,

    Then you should,

    Trust your gut,

    And get in the RUT.

    (@462-ish, Ben)

    No, men?

    Phuckafish, then.

    ________

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  71. 4fl3x

    Every single time I go for big dick gains I get tapped in the ass. A 50% pullback is healthy but this just feels weird the way it’s going down.

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  72. ALLPROz

    10 year on the SPX has 800 as being solid foundation to build on….we break that and…well…gold, guns and ghetto…

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  73. Nope, it was me (80/20), don’t know why that attrib inserted itself.

    Seriously arbitrary and groundless action against me, no?

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  74. Yogi & Boo Boo

    +5 karma or Jake

    +5 karma for Phil’s TBT idea.

    Back to India…

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  75. gappingandyapping

    Fly have you ordered your Hussein Obama gold coins and display plates yet?

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  76. Jakegint

    Fly have you ordered your Hussein Obama gold coins and display plates yet?

    ROFLMAO!!

    Holy shit, that’s excellent. I’m actually looking for the Gate on NW 17th Street, made out of BHO’s arm’s holding big curved scimitars.

    _______

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