the decision was easy. i had massive profits. i took them. piggishness is not my style
gold and HANS have been my two best investments. HANS up over 600% (i sold the last @ 120), and gold (with the massive leverage of gold futures) equally handsome
i was not a trader in the tech bubble. i did read story after story of people with massive profits who did NOT take them and saw their profits turn to losses. that is not me. and it never will be
so, i would way rather start banking profits early, then see a big gain turn into a little gain, or even a loss
i still have a fair amount of my MIDSX , which is my metals mutual fund, and some XAU calls, and a few YG contracts, that i have set a trailing stop on. those will ride .
i remember when i was a little kid, my grandfather (a pretty shrewd guy) was saying (when gold was in he 800's) that only the morons were buying there. boy was he right.,
my GENERAL style on longer term investments is to buy weakness and sell strength.
clearly, this is strength