Being long NASDAQ and short S&P500 as a weighted spread has been one of those "once in a career" trades.
Relentless.
Excuse me for not being very clever but wouldnt being long Nasdaq without the short SPX be a more profitable trade?
Dumbo me has never been able to understand spreads, I see it as a sort of diluted trade deal.
As a stock trader, I take out no 'insurance', I slam in big and fast, then slam out again.
My edge is that its uncomplicated, one direction and the skill is derived from experience.
I never scale in or out, just hit it hard very early in a trend where risk is lowest, gains are highest, over a long period of rinse & repeats. Sometimes though if the trade on first entry is proven to be very strong, I take a quick second bite.
But I will agree, the last few months have been mind blowingly good.