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Borzak

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You have a better chance of finding an employee that knows where in the store the item is you are looking for at the convenience store than at Walgreens. Of course no drugs, well not the legal kind. In some ways seems like they went the way of the dollar stores and even small towns having more than one of them.
 

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Market melt-up resumes gentlemen.
 
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Confidence up and inflation expectations lower. Just a data point to give the market an excuse to run.
 
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Good. They’re always out of prescription meds anyways so like y’all said, what use are they..
The only time I go somewhere like that is if it’s late night and we happen to run out of some OTC med while the kids or wife is sick. Or rite aid/thrifty for ice cream a couple times on the summer
 
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Foler Foler if your apprehensive about SNOW position and it's not something you want to hold I would trail this move with a stop. Hopefully you didnt sell at the lows.

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I'm reiterating this to try to prove a point. I didn't predict the future or read a cash flow statement, all I did was understand people and their emotions. Sentiment wins, NOT A GOD DAMN THING has changed since 50% ago. The "what about this, what about that!" constant chatter means fuck all. Learn to watch for sentiment to wash out on a company people have shown they CAN become excited about. Don't sell into poor sentiment unless it's an issue of a company being a going concern. When sentiment washes out and turns there can be significant returns. Understand people and you'll start making more money than worrying about CaseSchiller says its overvalued!

It seems to be the major theme of the year for me. Apple and Tesla both same situation and significant returns for me. Sentiment at tops can be a harder read because we have a default towards the positive. That may not seem true but you have to filter your thoughts to people that are the current holders. Current holders of any stock are inherently leaning bullish, Jack on the sidelines with his dick in his hand is certainly bearish but his opinion isn't nearly as crucial to current price action. The best way to feel tops is when there aren't enough dick holding Jacks sitting on the sidelines.

So i'll take my annual salaries worth of a return and feel real bad that "Apple Revenue is down!" and "EV IS DEAD" all the way to the bank.
 
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Asshat Foler

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Foler Foler if your apprehensive about SNOW position and it's not something you want to hold I would trail this move with a stop. Hopefully you didnt sell at the lows.

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Edit- oh you’re talking about TSLA. I sold my positions long ago for like 2.79$ profit.
Below is in regards to SNOW
im sitting at a 175$ cost basis with 10 shares. I’m not losing sleep. I can hold onto it for a long time. The question is if the opportunity cost of not having the money minus the loss in FXAIX/QQQM is something I’m missing out on? At current loss I think I should hold?
 

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I'm reiterating this to try to prove a point. I didn't predict the future or read a cash flow statement, all I did was understand people and their emotions. Sentiment wins, NOT A GOD DAMN THING has changed since 50% ago. The "what about this, what about that!" constant chatter means fuck all. Learn to watch for sentiment to wash out on a company people have shown they CAN become excited about. Don't sell into poor sentiment unless it's an issue of a company being a going concern. When sentiment washes out and turns there can be significant returns. Understand people and you'll start making more money than worrying about CaseSchiller says its overvalued!

It seems to be the major theme of the year for me. Apple and Tesla both same situation and significant returns for me. Sentiment at tops can be a harder read because we have a default towards the positive. That may not seem true but you have to filter your thoughts to people that are the current holders. Current holders of any stock are inherently leaning bullish, Jack on the sidelines with his dick in his hand is certainly bearish but his opinion isn't nearly as crucial to current price action. The best way to feel tops is when there aren't enough dick holding Jacks sitting on the sidelines.

So i'll take my annual salaries worth of a return and feel real bad that "Apple Revenue is down!" and "EV IS DEAD" all the way to the bank.
Gotcha. So hold onto SNOW is what I’m getting from this post. Thanks for the insight
 

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I'm curious what indicators everyone uses for Futures specifically. I've only been using VWAP + MACD for scalps and the occasional reversal with a success rate of around 65%. I want to get rate higher, but there's so many indicators to choose from.
 

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I'm reiterating this to try to prove a point. I didn't predict the future or read a cash flow statement, all I did was understand people and their emotions.

Can you speak more to this? Over the past few years I’ve learned to look for entries and exits using the daily moving averages. I’ve also learned that you need an entry and exit strategy, particularly with shorter term holds.

But one thing I don’t get, while I do understand its importance, is measuring and planning to respond to “sentiment”.

How exactly do you get a feel for what people think? Do you, for example, watch the “experts” on SquawkBox, read WSB on Reddit, listen to some talking heads, and consolidate the ideas? Or is it more nuanced and harder to explain and create a system around?
 
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I guess I did this w TSLA recently. It was in the pit, but I believed it was a solid investment. I didn’t understand why it was so low, but I did want it long term, so I bought it.

Now it’s exploded and I’m 30% up.

While I realize sentiment is the reason. I feel like I have a toddlers understanding of it.

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Sanrith Descartes

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When sentiment washes out and turns there can be significant returns. Understand people and you'll start making more money than worrying about CaseSchiller says its overvalued!
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Be honest. What do you hate more, ZeroHedge or the CaseShiller?
 
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Sanrith Descartes

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I guess I did this w TSLA recently. It was in the pit, but I believed it was a solid investment. I didn’t understand why it was so low, but I did want it long term, so I bought it.

Now it’s exploded and I’m 30% up.

While I realize sentiment is the reason. I feel like I have a toddlers understanding of it.

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MSFT, PLTR, TSLA, UNH.

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