thanks vm for your comments cutten. i agree completely. i can admit that part of my motivation to take the risk has been strong desire not to feel left out, at least as much as the various fundamental reasons for strong metal. the main reason i like long metal is that it's an opportunity to participate in a long liquidity bubble where most exogenous shocks are in the same direction as the speculative trend. where else does that general relationship exist today? maybe a lot of places, but none that i'm aware of
i'm not going to pretend i've gotten involved in silver with all or even most of its behaviour understood. as unfortunate as losing good paper p&l was, my original plan for that attempt got me out unscathed, though nothing to be proud of in a risk adjusted sense. given the chance, i'll be a lot more articulate with exits this round, and more mindful of historical vol ranges, res levels, expiration, and margin changes
shooting from the hip without a full awareness is amateurish, no argument there
re holding thru 20-30% selloffs in the context of my view on metal, i agree with you fully and will try to do so if i can accomplish the MFE to allow it without taking any net neg p&l. maybe thats asking a lot or missing the point
i'm not going to pretend i've gotten involved in silver with all or even most of its behaviour understood. as unfortunate as losing good paper p&l was, my original plan for that attempt got me out unscathed, though nothing to be proud of in a risk adjusted sense. given the chance, i'll be a lot more articulate with exits this round, and more mindful of historical vol ranges, res levels, expiration, and margin changes
shooting from the hip without a full awareness is amateurish, no argument there
re holding thru 20-30% selloffs in the context of my view on metal, i agree with you fully and will try to do so if i can accomplish the MFE to allow it without taking any net neg p&l. maybe thats asking a lot or missing the point
