Loss of Trading Capital is becoming more and more real to me as the BEAR can kill off brokers and institutions left and right with just a sneeze. I fully expect banks to just nail our funds on deposit willy nilly because the new Law is already in place, namely "BAIL IN" = our funds are theirs on loan with just a promissory note
We are screwed.
I had a choice to make:
make a fortune in this BEAR by being short the stock market and Euro and pull in some rela big bucks OR close all trading/investing operations and get all my capital out to safety. I chose the latter for the simple reason I cannot sleep well if ther is a chance my money will be stolen or expropriated.
Needless to say I am disappointed that I cannot trade the BEAR.
But hey, I've made a nice pile so far in my trading. I have to live with my own limitations, the major one being I do not want to get robbed by the powers that be.
I'm just going to be a bum and enjoy life and travel if corona let's me or else just do some swimming and race carrring and whatnot. I don't have any shortage of money so tha tis not an issue.
When the BEAR is over I am gong back to buy and hold investing becasue by that time the danger of confiscation will be gone and a new bull market will have started.
But I will not be trading anymore. My first love is being an Investor like I did with stocks. It is my first love.