The S&P 500 has topped at 2430 on 6/1/17

The S&P 500 has topped at 2430 or is within 22 points of topping


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Either you are paper trading or you have no more money left lol. Didnt you say you were short 40 points ago and would "admit you were wrong at 2452? I rarely ever short. There is so much opportunity in the markets, if you dont like something simply pass it up. Also, Daily chart looking pretty bullish to me. If this run is anything like the last few you are in for another ride. G/L.
Lay off Vol. ---his call was very bold.
 
Hell even with bad news we still head higher. That disconnect alone tells you the market has become irrational.

No, not at all - if a market grinds higher under "adverse" news that's bullish. Institutionals are chasing yield. Yeah, equities are getting expensive. But interest rates and commodities haven't been getting it done for them. Just because your premise hasn't worked out to date doesn't mean you're right and the markets wrong. It is what it is. Don't let your own hubris get in the way - arguing with the market is a losing proposition.
 
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To those on here trying to say his shorts were somehow smart and there was any logic to them at all, stop. The reality is since he declared a short on the SPX around 2380, SPX is up almost 4%. Meanwhile, almost every international index is down around 3-5% the last month.

He declared a "top" in a slow trending bull market up with no catalyst to drive it down beyond the idea that eventually the market may reverse. His target returns weren't big enough to justify his trades. The fact that he laughed at a poster that had the right idea, that a short trade at this point you should aim for a bigger return ( e.g. a true top suggests a significant correction ) mainly supports the idea that he is playing games on here or simply doesn't have a clue what he is doing. If he said I think the market is fundamentally overvalued, it's the summer, and I smell a large correction I wish to guess will occur, I could buy that more then the theory he's selling at the moment.

Let's look at the facts

Fading both of my top calls since march 1 and going long would have only been profitable to you if you were using a stop greater than 80 points and 50 points to survive the short term top that followed them.
My first top call at 2400 netted 78 points with a 30 point stop
The second call was followed by a 48 point drop.

And both of these were called in advance in a raging bull market that people claim is unshortable.
 
I shall send you a ruler by UPS. Use it, pls. Then look slightly above current prices - notice the 161.8% level? Then look below at his brother at 61.8%. Do you really believe after going so far that the latter would not honor the former? ;)

The LONG continues. At 2481 be ready to take some profits or tighten your stop.

current stop = 2230


STOP was raised to 2315 recently

today Thursday, July 20th, 2017 @ market open in 9 hours

All LONGs closed

SHORT entry @ 2447 STOP 2481




https://www.elitetrader.com/et/thre...w-dont-miss-out-setups-turns-road-map.311188/
 
STOP was raised to 2315 recently

today Thursday, July 20th, 2017 @ market open in 9 hours

All LONGs closed

SHORT entry @ 2447 STOP 2481




https://www.elitetrader.com/et/thre...w-dont-miss-out-setups-turns-road-map.311188/


INFO purposes only:
Short initiated just under mini-subwave 4 in subwave 5 up. All wave counting done totally solo, no reliance on Robert Prechter and gang at ElliottWave International as they have systematically killed all my friends, broken their spines and amputated their spirit. In my case, only Joe can kill Joe. I can live with that.
 
STOP was raised to 2315 recently

today Thursday, July 20th, 2017 @ market open in 9 hours

All LONGs closed

SHORT entry @ 2447 STOP 2481




https://www.elitetrader.com/et/thre...w-dont-miss-out-setups-turns-road-map.311188/



Trading Targets:

method #1:
1st Target to previous 4th wave 1812
2nd Target to wave b low 1074
3rd target to March 2009 low 666 (the Devil's sign of the cross)
4th & final target into deep Hell 487


Method #2:
After wave 1 down is complete I will extrapolate it to 161.8%, 261.8%, 423.6%. One of these is sure to bite. Joe will then close all shorts and go LONG and hold for the next 70 years and hand all holdings to the women in my life, God bless them all.

Just another day as a trader, exciting and sheer poetry - the pain to get here was well worth it
 
he might be on to something after adding to his latest short loser at an all time high - you have to be shitting me. I track retail traders and would you believe retail increased their short Dow exposure from 81% to 83% in the last 72 hours lol. Retail loves to fade big multi year trends, that's fact, I know this because I have studied at. Retail is jammed short up here and they are selling more, you literally couldn't make this up. Before someone is triggered and says it's not just retail they are a subset of a larger losing group. I just thank my lucky stars that so many people are so dumb as it doesn't half make this game easier.

You've got to be shitting me too if you think Volente is the kind of simple retail trader you see on spreadbetters. I look at the same data you do (IG Index right?). "Retail" is pretty much always short the indexes on there and long the stocks as you well know.

I was only noting that hubris makes the winning side of all these big trends in any markets the loud mouths, basically because it's soooo eeeassy for them ;) - but crowing about it and/or abusing Volente is just unprofessional. Volente's analysis currently isn't working but I believe him when he says he has a good win/loss ratio and is profitable - at some point he may need to amend his analysis framework, who knows. Personally I would never publish top/bottom calls as it makes you too invested in being right. Maybe that's happened here but again who knows.

Fwiw - I am long via a straddle from 2425 so whatevs.
 
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