Recent content by mastergutah

I shorted 5000 shares of FAZ & FAS two weeks ago. Yesterday I added 1000 shares of each. ALL THIS "MAX SHORT" TALK IS NONSENSE. There is no limit to the number of shares outstanding, as they are created/destroyed daily. Just put in an order 10 points away from the market price. At...

I am new to this board, and was seekng input. I am not new to investing. I don't need credibility. I've got money. I am up last year, the year before, the year before that. I have no axes to grind here. And I'll tell you one thing, young man: You should seek input anytime you can get it...

You are data mining (cherry picking) the data to support your argument. As a double-shorter, I realize you cherry picked the data flawlessly. NO OTHER TIME FRAME GIVES THOSE RESULTS. **ALL the other time frames belie your argument*** Me, I'll play with ALL the other time frames. Do this for...

That is true in every hedged investment that is initially perfectly offset, but which is not continue even. However, the anti-doubeshort people keep postulating a singular-line move, without reversals. That is exceedingly rare. The double-short strategy is designed to capture volatility, of...

Lucky I shorted 5000 each a week ago Monday. BEFORE I read here that the shares are not available. BEFORE I read it is a stupid trade. Lucky . I am up10k + on 50K of equity pledged. I'm holding for 1. For the guy who postulates large losses when one side goes up day after day, let me...

Thanks for the spread sheet. Any comments about shorting FAZ & FAS in equal dollar amount to capture the decline? is there a name for this phenomenum? Like Reverse Compounding from Deviation fro tme Mean, or something?

They will certainly reverse-split the shares, because this is s avery profitable fund that they'd like to make money on forever. As to shorting the stocks, I am short both funds.