Election theme

Huge week for me. Surreal PNL. 28% on capital from the 21st to today. I don't want to give it back, but I am WILDLY bullish for the start of the week.
 
you called it, chance of this being a dead cat bounce? This shit's hard with a day job....couldn't figure out why the sudden jump in the afternoon (until I read the fed news just a few mins ago). Was up 700$ on shorts in the morning....ended up +$20.

hey, a 20$'s a $20. All the positions I dumped early Monday prolly made most of it back after hours.

fml
 
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you called it, chance of dead cat bounce? This shit's hard with a day job....couldn't figure out why the sudden jump in the afternoon (until I read the fed news just a few mins ago). Was up 700$ on shorts in the morning....ended up +$20.

hey, a 20$'s a $20. All the positions I dumped early Monday prolly made most of it back after hours.

fml


No news on my end, went long at the low. Blind luck.
 
you called it, chance of this being a dead cat bounce? This shit's hard with a day job....couldn't figure out why the sudden jump in the afternoon (until I read the fed news just a few mins ago). Was up 700$ on shorts in the morning....ended up +$20.

hey, a 20$'s a $20. All the positions I dumped early Monday prolly made most of it back after hours.

fml


Dont feel so bad, I sold short positions on monday and tues only to see them skyrocket every single minute from the time I sold right into friday, many many many dollars missed out on......and all my oil shorts I lost immense amounts of money by getting out a few weeks back....
I still hold short etfs but started buying long this week. Plan on selling everything if there is a rally early next week.
 
Dont feel so bad, I sold short positions on monday and tues only to see them skyrocket every single minute from the time I sold right into friday, many many many dollars missed out on......and all my oil shorts I lost immense amounts of money by getting out a few weeks back....
I still hold short etfs but started buying long this week. Plan on selling everything if there is a rally early next week.

I may be talking out of my ass, I haven't done the math of having held onto longs vs having exited relatively late (Monday pre-market) and staying neutral today. I just saw a bunch of my previous longs jump up 3% after hours which is why I surmised I fucked up. I'll do it tomorrow & see if it was wise.

If anything, I'm getting a sense of who the better traders on here are & have another "data point" to back up gut feeling. I already get that unease when seeing tops....not so much for bottoms yet.

One thing's become quite clear....you can't expect to be an investor & expect to have the timing of a trader.....I think that's a losing game every single time. Or maybe my greed just overcomes my reason.
 
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