I haven’t had so much fun, losing money, since the dot com blow up of 2000.
Back then, I was young, rich and incredibly brazen. I’d buy 10,000 shares of CMGI @ $250, as if it was on sale. I’d cover personal margin calls, intra-day, only to find myself in a mind boggling equity position, first thing the next morning.
Oh how I miss the good old days when dot coms blew up in my face and my small fortune just vanished into thin air, as if it were made from dust. Poof.
Since then, I rebuilt my small fortune, amidst market turmoil, learning many lessons along the way. However, from time to time, I forget the answers.
Meaning: My playbook said to sell on Friday; but I was too busy sleeping in, hungover from the Turkey feast of the day prior.
Just know, I never sleep in and never miss work. Bad habits create enormous problems, mainly of the financial sort. Also, I never drink before a work day and never, EVER, do drugs. Instead, I concentrate my efforts to learn my trade. It’s always changing, in an attempt to trick people into egregious negative equity positions. However, if you listen very closely, you can hear the train of financial ruin barreling forth.
I take those tracks and spit on them, prior to blowing them up with idle supplies of c-4.
With all that said, I lost a staggering 9% today. To be honest, as opposed to outright lying to you, 9% days are all the rage on Wall Street these days. For fucks sake, if I am not up or down 9% in a session, I get worried.
Ten minutes to the close, I doubled my FXP position, sold out the remainder of my UYM and initiated a small position in FAZ.
In closing, my position is still bullish. However, I have no patience to ride this fucker down another day.
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