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This is a good book.Bond traders get almost no attention in the world, but yeah they can make lots of money.
Was going to respond to Sanrith the other day when he said I was making emotional decisions on when to sell, but I'm just going to quote you instead. These are the 3 points I've sold this year. Yeah, one of them was shit, but the trend was looking pretty bad.View attachment 498576
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As much as I'm liking the profits this week, I honestly feel for the people who didn't like the run up into July then when a correction comes that gives them another chance they miss it because they always fear something worse. Corrections always feel scary and validates the fears of those who weren't participating. This correction of course went far enough to call things into question (losing 200d ma etc). This rally may have some legs as people chase, I'd expect I'll be lightening up some as we move closer to overhead resistance. If I play this exit right guarantees me a good year so always eager to want to lock that in.
You have to be willing to lose. The number one thing that has worked for me is when I can't see a positive, the charts look like shit, momentum looks like shit. The bear case makes total sense...I buy. Not because I want to, it feels idiotic but we have been struggling for months the reasons to be concerned are in our face, that's when use you put your George Castanza hat on and do t he opposite of what seems prudent.
I would take that chart and then do the calculation for sales quarterly and compare them. Think of it as quarter rebalancing that funds do. Would you be better off had you sold end of Q1, end of Q2 and end of Q3 and having split all the distributions you made into three equal quarterly sells.Was going to respond to Sanrith the other day when he said I was making emotional decisions on when to sell, but I'm just going to quote you instead. These are the 3 points I've sold this year. Yeah, one of them was shit, but the trend was looking pretty bad.
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In your situation I would sell quarterly on set dates and ignore the action. Monthly would be even better just a little more hassle. If the market is in a bad period I would only adjust to the extent you can to take the least amount possible for that period. We are in a tough period for you to start this journey. I've said before but probably not ever going to stop noting that what I post here is because I trade an investment portfolio it is not at all a recommendation of what I feel people should be doing with LT investments. I have a LT retirement plan that receives regular investments into a broad index and is not traded. I don't even look at it but a few times a year. For your retirement plan that seems the best path to success, you need to auto pilot that shit as I'm not laying judgement on whatever sales or otherwise you've made but your emotions will be the number one obstacle to your long term success.Was going to respond to Sanrith the other day when he said I was making emotional decisions on when to sell, but I'm just going to quote you instead. These are the 3 points I've sold this year. Yeah, one of them was shit, but the trend was looking pretty bad.
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Yes, fast money is over 438 to 460 range could be a more back and forth grind over 6-8 weeks. Next 200 pts on SPX/ES a lot harder than the last 200SPY was so coiled from that sell down (8 red candles in the previous 9 sessions) that it blew through the 200 resistance, 20 resistance and 50 resistance like they weren't there. The question now is do we get some buyer exhaustion as we approach overhead resistance and the 100?
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The 100 is still on a negative trend. I want to see that correct and begin moving back upwards.Yes, fast money is over 438 to 460 range could be a more back and forth grind over 6-8 weeks. Next 200 pts on SPX/ES a lot harder than the last 200
At least you didnt dump ALB only to follow it by grabbing some MP like I did.The big dump of a play was ALB. What a shitshow. Ah well, didn't have too much risked so eh, shit happens.
They are a company, like AMZN, that the shareholders will benefit greatly from a split up of the company. They are fucking the shareholders by subsidizing all their loser ideas with the ad revenue. For AMZN is its AWS. GOOG needs to spin off the ad company and let the shitty little ideas fund themselves. They wont ever do it voluntarily and the shareholders cant force it because of the share structure, but hopefully the gubmint forces a breakup via anti-trust.I'll be dumping GOOG when it gets to green again or end of the year, whichever comes first. I don't see that company growing out of the bind they're in. I don't think they know how to build products anymore. If ads didn't print money they'd be dead already. Even if they build a revolutionary AI with the next version of Bard, other competitors will catch up quickly before Google ever figured out how to monetize it.
I didn't cut bait nearly soon enough though, so eh.At least you didnt dump ALB only to follow it by grabbing some MP like I did.![]()
This Oct 26th post sure was 146 IQ. It received not one but two Frys.The dollar is doing awesome, which is why you should be buying as much equities as possible even as the market continues to tank.
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Okay guys. Some of you may remember me from a month or 2 ago when I cashed out my pension.
Well, we're here now. The cash is cleared and in a TD Ameritrade rollover IRA. Sum total of $64,174.
Now...what do I do with it?
I looked into SPY, QQQ, ITOT. Looks like SPY return is 12%, QQQ and ITOT significantly higher. Should I split it up between those 3? If I do, should I weight one more than another, or should I just split evenly and call it good?
Furthermore, how do I go about doing this? There's a lot of terms here I don't understand if I go to buy a stock I'm looking at a dropdown table like this.
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Do I have to manually figure out how many shares I want? Order type? What's a limit? Time in force? Do I need special instructions?
I mean, I think I can kinda figure this out. I do the math, figure out how many shares I want, i think market is fine, because I don't have anything anyway. Price is gonna be whatever the price is that day. It's just kinda nerve wracking doing this with your life savings!
So as it gets towards the end of the year, it's a good time to think about whether you can benefit from a backdoor Roth conversion. Few things in life are better than fucking the gubmint out of money.
edit: unless someone asks, I will assume everyone is familiar with this wonderous loophole to wealth building.
If you are over the income limit then yes, there some chance the IRS may one day decide to close the loophole.Note that the tax implications get muddy if you have existing, funded, traditional IRAs. Also, you may be exposed to future penalties if the IRS decides this is not legitimate and doesn't grandfather previous users.