iBankCoin
18 years in Wall Street, left after finding out it was all horseshit. Founder/ Master and Commander: iBankCoin, finance news and commentary from the future.
Joined Nov 10, 2007
23,376 Blog Posts

THE RETURN OF HORATIO CLAWHAMMER

Once upon the time, HORATIO CLAWHAMMER blogged here, filling in for “The Fly” or Senor Tropicana, whenever they were out throwing m-80’s at piker brokers on Wall Street. HORATIO was into betting against America and all industry. As a point in fact, after having in depth discussions with MR. CLAWHAMMER, I can tell you, sincerely, he felt the fair value for stocks was “without a doubt, $00.00.”

As it happens, HORATIO was allegedly killed (the body was never recovered), via anvil gone mad, during the GREAT BULL MARKET OF 2009. However, people close to HORATIO tell me “that motherfucker is in fact ALIVE.”

Aside from HORATIO, I’ve been thinking about the market and I might just bet against myself, via tester short sales. After all, I have little to lose throwing on some hedges, since I am already heavily long. Long time readers of my Godly blog know and understand that I am never the quickest out of the gates. However, once I home in on my enemy (enemy being you), I “Tasmanian devil” myself into the winners circle, because I like to win meaningless trophies decorated with fancy fucking ribbons and shit.

In short, maybe I shouldn’t beat the horse so much. Maybe, just maybe, it’s time for HORATIO CLAWHAMMER to come out of hiding and throw a few malatov cocktails into the Larry Kudlow nightly circle jerk fest.

Food for thought and I am hungry.

Comments »

Is This What Smart Feels Like?

Now you fuckers know why I tease the bears, when the market goes higher. At the first sign of weakness, these apocalypse wishcasters populate the comments section like homeless people on a free crack line.

Where is my line in the sand?

Well, I have a lot of room to be wrong, unlike my idiot ursine followers. I will accept another 5% on the downside, before throwing on a few hedges. It is not important to be right every single day. After all, micro managing a thesis is pointless.

I am amazed by the bullish action in SAY. I thought that company was going “Enron” on shareholders. Perhaps India perceives outright fraud in a different way than us backward western types.

Amidst the Devil Dog action, GS, AAPL, RIMM and GOOG were strong. It is my belief, the market will not break lower, unless the leaders have been routed. Additionally, oil is still strong, while the dollar is weakening again—also bullish for stocks.

Do not expect the bottom to fall out of the market, just because your idiot charts say so. They’ve been proven wrong many, many times, while I systematically bowl on you fuckers.

Top picks: OVTI, GLW

NOTE: I sold out of my DELL position today, as mentioned on The PPT.

Comments »

Trading With Honour

I’d be remiss if I did not call you out for being a soulless ghoul of a trader, always shifty with the eyes and quick with the tongue. Is it so bad to endure a few down days, in order to stick to a thesis?

Watching traders, particularly on the internets, reminds me how fucked up American culture is today. You want to eat your cake and you want it now. If, for some odd reason, your serving of cake is delayed, tantrums ensue. While it’s true, some people are motivated by fear, which makes them pursue pussified positions, both in life and trading. It is a fact, most people are just plain greedy, to a degree that it clouds their judgment.

Maybe I am wrong about my short term bullish thesis. Perhaps the market internals will decay, effectively fucking my open positions with clown-like ferocity. But at least I stand for something, unlike most of you.

Today’s dip is a bit disconcerting, especially following yesterday’s 4% thumping. Nonetheless, I have put together a buy list and will begin nibbling shortly.

For starters, I like ERX in the low $30’s, OVTI in the low $10’s, GLW in the low $15’s and CIEN in the high $9’s.

Comments »

Follow Your Crude Masters

Thank you for “talking to the pipe,” while I was away. It appears the market is ignoring the crude/dollar relationship and selling off for the fuck of it.

Naturally, this is some sort of Twilight Zone trading, where the slave attempts to whip the master. Woe on the investor who trades against logic and reason.

I can tell, just by reading your comments, the majority of you are not descendants of ancient Greek or Roman civilizations. Most of you are crude in behavior and slavish with money. If I was forced to guess, I’d venture off and say most of you descend from nomadic middle Asian tribes, where mutton was served at room temperature and sheep’s milk was an acceptable form of currency.

Back to trading this stupid market:

It is not ready for my coin just yet. There are some excesses that need to be flushed out and pikers to be punted. Regardless, the market will rebound today, due to the subservient ways of money managers and their crude oil Gods. As for me, I might nibble at a little OVTI or GLW. But, for the most part, I am not ready to place any new bets, unless of course the market spikes into the bell.

Comments »

Enjoy Your Stop Losses

Be careful with your stupid stop losses. If the volatility ratchets up again, you will get “fished” out of your favorite positions, only to see them go higher again.

I contend: the market is not ready to swan dive, just yet.

Into the bell, I filled standing orders in GLW and slapped one of my colleagues— in the face— with a wet piece of turkey.

Do not fret down days, asshole. Instead, use them to line the trunks of your cars, which will be used to house dead bears in the not too distant future.

In short, “The Fly” lost nearly 4% today, partly buttressed by a surging UNG position. Howsoever, he intends to make up for all lost coin quickly, while thoroughly punishing those who continue to defy him.

Comments »

Fly Buy: GLW

I bought 25,000 GLW, just north of $15.70.

Disclaimer
: If you buy GLW because of this post, your only son will support socialized medicine. And, you may lose money.

Comments »

Served Cold

You must be patient, if you intend to make a career out of this stock game. The battle for market dominance will not be decided today. Hell, it may take a week or more of jarring volatility to iron out all of the excesses and establish a new leg higher.

Sitting here, under the lavish settings of The iBC Axiom, I am down more than 3.5% intra-day aka a punch in the cock. If I sold now and walked away, I’d lock in year to date gains of more than 70%.

However, only pussies make moves like that.

Instead, “The Fly” has decided to rest in the tall grass, waiting to bite the heads off of numerous piker brokers. I will pick and choose my next moves carefully, for they might determine my fate.

As of now, I am opting to do nothing, just sort of waiting out the correction with ample supplies of sword fish steaks and some African coffee bean beverage. Just know, I do not mix the sword fish steaks in with the coffee: that would be disgusting. Personally, I like to dip the fish into the coffee, then proceed to throw it at people in the streets.

Anyway, there is more downside left in today’s tape, as commercial Re and banks, amongst everything else, gets lit up like a bar mitzvah party in the middle of Baghdad. Be patient and prepare to serve your dish of revenge very, very cold.

Comments »