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A Good Day: NASDAQ Climbs 98, as Shorts Get Manhandled

Big day for markets, with stocks closing at session highs. Bears were dispatched and hideously disfigured after this morning’s head fake.

Markets feigned weakness, then exploded to the upside and never looked back.
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All of the risk assets were higher and bonds were lower: a good day.

I stepped into today fully invested, 75% SPY, 25% TLT. Although my combination didn’t yield FCX type returns, I now find myself without loss for the year, flat at a time and place when destruction is festooned all around me.

Going forward, I expect greater rallies. For now, barring a resumption of negative newsflow, markets should proceed higher through April.

You doubt this prediction, because you’re part of the mortar that has built a wall of worry. Bull runs are fueled by such things.

Don’t be stuck in it. Climb it.

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13 comments

  1. it is showtime

    my BIS is up
    80.22%

    who would have thought 3 years ago SHOWTIME would have
    a position up 80.22%
    havent sold a share
    Ell-Oh-Ell

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    • infinitezuul

      Assuming you bought August 6th [which gives makes you +80% as of today’s close] that means you were up 110% just a few days ago.

      Don’t get plowed in your bias. I went long Jan 20th with loads of March calls and got plowed on the second dip, never selling because the rally just had to be around the corner. Maybe it is now and that will help, but I sure wish that I sold when I was up 40% rather than waiting for 400%.

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      • it is showtime

        have been adding since May
        yes it was over 100 last week

        the point is the bubble broke
        once bubbles break that’s it

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    • uglyflint

      56 to 46. What the fuck are you talking about ?

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      • it is showtime

        % u schmuck
        shorthand is necessary to be a cool talking trader. keep up.

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  2. infinitezuul

    Putting on my Jordan jersey as soon as I get home.

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  3. zheeeem

    David Tepper is my new best friend, since KMI and ETP are two of my top 5 positions.

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  4. the maven

    Manhandled.

    Love,
    The Grammar Bitch

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  5. anjing bau

    Fly your gonna make the tradingnymph cry…..

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  6. pb

    IMHO, you should be festooning your portfolio with discount TLT shares. While bear market rallies are inevitable, there are plenty of head fakes as well. Proceed higher into April? Maybe so, after the next flush…

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