Quote from obama-lama, 08-04-09:
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Dow 9200-9700 is the window for putting on the paper-based-asset shorts. Paper based assets of all currencies, with heaviest concentration in USD-based. No specific currency is safe, until it is. The one shorting exception is equity of miners, which can be accumulated. Which brings us to the flipside. The same window is for getting long the metals, oil, ags, and other physicals. The trick here is to either take physical possession or trade only those instruments that allow taking physical delivery, like (some)futures contracts. Sorry, ETFs do not qualify.
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There you have a it. A positional game plan, good through AT LEAST the end of the year, with maximum risk of 500 dow points from entry or average price. For position trading (with volatility on the horizon), not unreasonable, and if you know what you are doing, that risk can be reduced substantially.
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Now then, if someone hasn't reminded you lately, do your own due diligence, honor your predetermined trade management, and never ever buy or sell instruments that you do not fully understand.
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