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Here's a thing I will never understand on this board: There are 8000-9000 issues traded on the major US equity exchanges. Why select one of the strongest and highest momentum charts to establish bearish positions on is beyond me. Why not select a weak chart and buy puts on that rather than...

I went all out short in the 1st week of August (thanks to everybody posting bearish articles and opinions during that period, you opened my eyes. Where are you guys now???) and I will just hold all shorts from here till mid 2008 although I'm a little under water right now. This is a suckers...

There are dozens of weak charts in the SP500 and Nasdaq100. Why on earth would you go and short one of the strongest charts of all of them is beyond me.

That's why I am always long a couple hundred ES overnight for the morning gap up. Risk free $$$.

MyMini at a GS prop desk... Hmm yes, that also explains how he's moving those 300 ES lots!

Let's say the last 5 years, daily data.

It probably won't match the DAX option PCRs but US index options PCR average historically is around 1.8. I.e. A US PCR significantly higher than 1.8 indicates a bearish/hedged market exposure by "sophisticated investors" (=index options!!!)

From what I know most mutual funds do not benchmark against the SP500. Why would a corporate bond fund, japan small cap equity or alternative energy fund be compared to the SP500?

I just woke up, seems my long index futures are up nicely. Did I miss anything?

Spend a few weeks with the board's search function. 99% of the questions you had have likely been asked and (mostly) answered before.

Chauncey makes a great point: By putting (unrealistic) expectations in front of yourself you put yourself under unnecessary pressure. Not even the very very top 0.1% of professional traders worldwide achieve 1% a WEEK (!) (not even going to get into 1% a day) consistently year after year...

Very very good point. Times makes markets and those markets coin the people trading them. Those that can remain unemotional about the markets are best prepared to make money regardless of the "next" market environment.

Sure I think there is audience, but again: What amount of $$$ can you juice out of that audience? Is there any money doing this? Cramer comes to mind as a prominent media figure, but from what I understand this guy made like 100m NET before he went full time with his media career. So he's not...

Ok here we go: Congrats on the awesome review :) But seriously, is there any money in publishing books, making videos for MSN and appearing on a TV station? You're a smart cookie, I take it you have a plan in mind. Is all this marketing, self-hype etc. going to pay off in the end? Are...

Good luck making money with your media career. You will need it.

I think ASusilovic just entered SELL 7952 DAX DEC @ LIMIT 1, that explains everything :D

Yes, it's a LOT MORE rational to believe in a conspiracy of politicians and economists on a global scale manipulating inflation numbers so they can keep "printing money".

The USD lost 41% against the EUR in the last 5 years in a pretty steady trend. Why all this whining right now and blaming Bernanke that he single handedly damaged the US purchasing power overnight? If we're headed for a global recession and a global equity bear market - as some here think -...

Using any form of rational arguments is futile with these gold bugs. They don't like to hear two sides to a story.

Fat finger? What the heck was that?