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In the overall scheme of things, its bearish that central banks are not being able to prop these markets. This is a very dangerous health sign for the market. We haven't seen this type of action in a long-time

Its tough because there is some indication that the market has a positive edge http://quantifiableedges.com/long-term-implications-of-last-weeks-breadth-thrust/ So is today a flush out of the people who loaded up long friday and couldn't take the pain of the big gap down and contant selling or...

I'm guessing you are long vol? At this point I'm going to try to swing short a decent rally on S&P500 with a good sized position. ES tanked 50 points very quick so its dangerous to chase it down but if it puts a good pop I'm going to try to play the short side again like in September

I wish I could get myself to buy some bonds but they are so overbought that it just feels very dangerous to buy them up here

Also sized down on BRKB puts. This market is not looking good at all

sold some SPY calls today. I wish I had started yesterday

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Why do you want to max out your leverage and not have the broker close you out when you are losing huge?

For me its specially important to own some gold because of state of my home country (brazil), if there is ever a time it might pay to have some currency insurance, thats now

Gold also seem to be benefitting from the increasing skepticism that central banks are going to save the day everytime

As a long as the price action is constructive

Interesting case for gold https://pensionpartners.com/is-gold-the-new-high-yield/ a place to park money in a world of negative bond rates. the war against cash is also something that will help gold. I have 5-6% of my assets in gold as part of FX diversification but I'm looking to increase that...

the interest rate to borrow the yuan will likely eat all the profits

I'm sure this was a significant factor. How are you positioning yourself in this enviroment?

The Fed has shown that aggressive and decisive action in monetary policy can get an economy out of a deflationary slump. The ECB and BOJ failed at that and as a result they continue with their policies of too little too late

check with Green trader tax, you will pay a few hundred but might save thousands

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-01-29/stock-investors-mind-the-bounce-as-s-p-500-rebounds-take-longer Markets are not bouncing back on the V shapped rips that we were used to Here is a theory: The lack of V shapped bottoms (specially when CBs give dovish signals like the ECB and the...

But I wish I had persisted a bit more today on SPY. The good old setup "oversold stock market + central bank support" is alive and well

I think the key is for me not get frustrated with adverse price action. Because of the lack of liquidity, you can be "wrong" for days but still have the right positions. We might see some of that to the upside now. If people really decide to buy for real, the surprise could be how high things go

I will try to do a better job next time if markets do play out in the way antecipated. I was underhedged at the top and didn't load up enough at the lows. Frankly, after the ECB said they were opening the spigots and the Fed effectively said no hikes for now and stocks keep falling, it felt like...