DAY FROM HELL: THE FLY GIVES UP BIG DICKED GAINS FOR SMALL BREASTED LOSSES

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I had it all figured out this morning, decadent and spoiled — accustomed to comfort. I opened up splendidly and smugly — gaining more than 2%. I fashioned myself something of a movie director, wearing French garb and smoking cigarettes through a diamond encrusted holder. I also viewed myself terrifically as a genius — world’s finest investoor — the mastermind behind iBankCoin and Stocklabs.

All of these things raced through my mind — as I posted Russian news on Twitter — and then it happened. I permitted comfort to permeate my way of life and got relaxed. I didn’t sell the things I should’ve and I began to spend in a profligate manner — and then BLACKNESS came upon me and stripped me of my comfort and I bore witness to a horrible rape — as my account went from +2.2% to down 0.3%.

While you might not consider DOWN 0.3% a disaster, I view it as an utmost CATASTROPHE and it has affected my mood and ruined my day.

All of the things I thought I was — it turned out I was not. I am a FOOL who let +200bps slip away in the blackness of the night and now I have to get batteries for my flashlight to get it all back tomorrow.

Markets closed very bogged, -175 NASDAQs with pronounced strength in commodities. However wonderful they were, the oils and all of the other great basic material plays were shot through the face today — taking yours truly to the woodshed.