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Sold investment in $LNKD due to $MSFT buyout today on 12/8/16 at $196 for a 307 day return of 56%.

Seeing fair value in $RUT. Closed investment in $TNA today on 12/6/16 at $99.01 for a 333 day return of 100%.

Seeing fair value in $RUT. Sold investment in $TNA today on 12/6/16 at $99.01 for a 474 day return of 33%.

Seeing an opportunity in US Treasuries. Opened an investment in $TMF today on 10/27/16 at a price of $23.69 per share.

Seeing an opportunity in Chipotle. Added to an investment in $CMG today on 10/26/16 at a price of $379.31 per share.

Seeing fair value in $SPX. Sold some $UPRO today on 7/15/16 @ $73.70 per share for a 190 day gain of 34%.

Seeing fair value in Retail. Sold $RETL today on 7/6/16 @ $40.48 per share for a 175 day gain of 33%.

I just wanted to present an alternative perspective that challenges what trading and making money is supposed to be...that and being guilty of some more humblebrag.

I'd be happy to share more specifics about my process. In fact, that's why I signed up here in the first place to help others especially since this board helped me early on when I knew very little about investing or trading. Take a look at my Journal thread "APBideas" which will give you a bit...

Thanks for the feedback. I'd be ecstatic if I can manage a 0% return in a bear market year and I'm working hard to make sure that is exactly what happens but who knows what will actually happen when it goes down. Hedges are never as linear as they appear to be so I'm always expecting the...

I like that word, "humblebrag"...that is exactly what I sound like huh, and I wasn't even aware there was a word for it. Anyways...that is one of my biggest concerns...how to successfully transition to a bear market. The only problem is that preparing too aggressively too early on creates too...

Yeah I worry about whether or not I've just been lucky as well. My total net asset growth rate has been high but has been declining each year (2012 32%, 2013 31%, 2014 25%, 2015 17%) so I do wonder if I can keep it up for very much longer. One source of optimism for me beyond saving a ton of...

I totally get what you're saying. I remember in the beginning when I first started working and had nothing, all I could think about was making enough to buy an Acura TL...but when I finally made the money to buy it all I could think about was doubling and tripling it.

I'll be honest...I'm a terrible trader and just an average investor yet my wealth still rose 17% last year. Despite being average at capturing income I am a master at keeping and growing whatever I happen to earn. If you think of yourself as an excellent trader, investor or earner but are not...

Closed investment in Green Mountain due to buyout. Sold $GMCR @ $92.00 on 3/3/16 for a 252 day return of 16%.

Great discussion! Thanks to everyone for the amazing feedback and insights. I think a few of you touched on the exact same concerns that I have which are the substantial flaws in the current products that we have to express a long term short or long vol position. I agree that short vol is...

When you think of asset classes you normally think of things like Stock, Bonds, or Real Estate. I think of an asset class as something that simply has the ability to rise in value or appreciate over time. Given volatility's natural tendency to depreciate over time I think of inverse volatility...

I once programmed Excel to analyze realtime T&S using its RTD functionality...basically an automated form of tape reading. I even had it watching multiple markets including major options markets and to be honest it felt a lot like technical analysis except with a millisecond lookback period...

Options assigned in $AMLP. Opened investment in $AMLP today on 2/21/16 at an effective price of $9.45 per share.

Options assigned in $AMLP. Opened investment in $AMLP today on 2/21/16 at an effective price of $9.45 per share.