Huh? Mar 09 was the major inflection point; Sep 2, 2009 was only one of many ordinary, inconspicuous points of continuation in the rally off of that bottom.
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This begs the question...if the turning point of a lifetime (short signal) turns out not to follow thru, shouldn't that signal the ultimate buy? Judging from the chart you posted, it seems his call was at a major inflection point. 9/1/09 has acted as the bottom for over 2 years now.
I'm not sure how long you have been trading, but your argument fails to notice that, even though his call was wrong, his entry point for a short was absolutely perfect (for taking a shot). Many of my "wrong" trades happen to be intra-day inflection points too so I can see where he is coming from.
Just try and think about it intuitively.
VT, SCT and SSR. PVT trades stocks 100 cycles per year @ 10% per cycle. there is a 100,000 share cap per stream. SCT trades, intraday, 20 to 40 traversal rades all in all the always on the right side of the market. the net profit yield is 3x ATR daily on the 5 min ES index. SSR does sector rotation in stocks @ 4 % a week for 4 1/2 week holds.