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    Why I don't short

    %% Actually sounds like you got 97-99+% of it.:D:D But the 3% to 1% you did not mention, follows. [1]FEB can be a historic weak month, maybe not as weak as SEPT. So you mentioned cash,so yes\ more cash in FEB [2]I like good uptrends. UDOW is up 1.3% this week, cut a loss anyway. [Could...
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    Why I don't short

    %% Good points. [1] MY insurance inverse ETFs type trades may not be the best way to do it. But i factor in\ it tends to keep me from meddling with profitable longs.. So It's good for me. And in some case i self insure it, so to speak [2]But there are other important issues, important in a...
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    "91% Asset Plunge" of an ETF, How Exactly Does It Work?

    %% Good subject for a book. Hitting some of the high points; [1]Black Rock tried window dressing negative meddling in gun maker business, not good for BR, but guns + ammo makers is a complex markets/ so that life. So really few guns + ammo buyers care about BR window dressing [2]Same principal...
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    understanding etfs

    %% Good points. General rule + it applies to ETFs + stocks. Home/business, improvement contractors, can get a better deal because of better volume + most have more specific wisdom. [2] 444 plus pages[annual report/prosptcus of ETFs like TQQQ, SPXL,SSO, QLD.......; they can do things no one...
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    CPI Inflation at 7.5%. What else to Expect?

    %% MOST likely right; not that it's a prediction. Cant really predict, even though snake oil sellers do it all the time. I prefer stair stepping volume up or down, but anything can happen. Thanks. Even 2% inflation is lot over 10...
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    Why I don't short

    %% WHEN something is true 80% or 93%+/ of the time , simply means many should avoid it but not all may avoid it......... Actually some inverse ETFs have paid dividends,[for sure] like TZA , in the past. And there are some key differences between short profit + inverse ETF profit. BUT like IBD...
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    Reverse Stock Split should be prohibited!

    %% EXACLY right; except so many chart services do not disclose Citigroup [c] a stock that is really priced @$6.80, not $68 area. Still, it helped investment bankers so its not a a total loss\LOL Strange GE + C are some of the few stocks IBD founder was negative on/ in his books.:D:DLast i...
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    CPI Inflation at 7.5%. What else to Expect?

    %% I did a study on 20+ years of fed rate hikes; trend following with some inverse ETF trades / still look good. Actually i live in an area of cheap gas.:D:D I have seen more of those motor scooters/180+ 220 MPH/LOL. And sure i do trend study; but my neighbor + IBKR founder rides a horse...
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    NASDAQ 100 on the move

    %% Same with QQQ + TQQQ; monthly looks a bit weak, but some good moves on 4 hour charts. QQQ cash can + has gone up 10%in a day, plenty of single stocks may move more. But what stopped me from trading single stocks, was too many moves like top trender PAYcom was dead money for 50 days/LOL...
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    Speculative Swings: a Bull is Born: SPCE DKNG LABU and...

    %% THAT; + monthly one year. 2daycandles on SPXS,SPXU, SH, lookin' good .] NO wonder i lost[ in FEB] on TWM, swings are much wilder/eXtreme, good thing i was not in TZA\LOL] I still like TWM when i can make a profit in it/better for me than TZ I I like to try to milk the counter\trend may not...
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    What would you consider the minimum Account Balance to trade Commodity Futures?

    %% Most any amount one is prepared to lose; that leverage is great 'til on wrong side of it. But handy for checkin' the price of silver or Es benchmark
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    From the Newbie Desk: why pick this stock?

    %% Exactly; that's why some do partial shares/i use ETFs. WHEN i did stocks, i looked @ fundamentals/ price + volume. SAVE sector[airlines] tends to underperform or go bankrupt.......................................................
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    What does this tell about the culture?

    %% NOBODY with any sense likes people cutting off income for dumb rules. Any body with a job or business is essential...................................
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    Driving a car at 417 km/h (260 mi/h)

    %% Prefer to fly commercial airline/ pro pilots are much safer......................................:D:D
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    Close price as up or down bar

    %% THAT's the good thing about my childhood/got to look up to most anyone:D:D
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    U.S. stock market liquidity 'abysmal,' adding to volatility risk

    %% LOL\that'$ a better example than his note about FB, as if NQ stocks have ever been real liquid.:D:D SPY, liquidity leader,, looks fine\even though if one gets on wrong side of overnite gaps, as a practical matter your liquidity + profit can get hurt . FB as WSJ noted on radio \got chewed by...
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    Diversification good or bad?

    %% Exactly; since can't predict. Even SPY does not usually beat qqq, even though it strangely did last year\but not every week................................................................................................
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    Close price as up or down bar

    %% Same way with trend folloWers+ Donchian channelers. I some times round down[record data like] op\ $448.700 to $448, unless i bought @448.48/:D:D
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    Close price as up or down bar

    %% SPY close @448.7 is a down[red] bar/candle close to close[2-4-2022] since its bouncing off 200dma say close again @453.63 [again]up blue or green candle ,bar. NOT a prediction. So close to close in your example would be a blue or green up bar/candle [colors i use. Open price to open or close...
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    Last Trade vs Settlement Price (and Aggregation at Open)

    %% Exactly; and @ the end of the day, [if doing it that way ]last hour = really half hour/LOL:D:D
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