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THE SESSION FROM HELL HAS ENDED

The Dow lost 1,276 and the NASDAQ nearly 700 and yet the bools have still not learned their lessons. This wasn’t a profitable session for me with wallet, but with spirit. I quite enjoyed seeing row upon row upon row of bulls being mowed down, trampled over into the dirt from whence they came.

There was something that threw me off, however — bonds rose. It would seem implausible to me that markets could’ve already priced in all the Fed hikes. Not a chance.

Larry Summer just got finished tweeting he’d go 100bps hike on the next meeting. I think it’s fair to say 8% CPI is the new 2%. Ergo, rates are going, eventually, to 8%.

I traded down 98bps for the session, mostly cash now with some small bets both long and short. Although I had hoped for a session like this and I most certainly also warned you we could get one, I did not take a very bearish position because it was on par with gambling. “The Fly” doesn’t gamble.

We should expect further downside tomorrow, which might lead to a Stocklabs oversold signal soon.

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4 comments

  1. txchick57

    Bonds – flight to quality play

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  2. jacked rabbit

    Indices are even over the last five trading days.

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  3. soupbone

    Bring it on, we need refreshment. “It’s fall in the garden, then comes winter”. Chauncy Gardiner. btw not a bad movie right now, kind of apropo (except the one scene my wife finds disturbing).

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