Black Swan Song

The Fat Lady will sing the Black Swan Dive. It is coming. Do not be fooled. Watch the volume fade on this summertime pump.

When the real bull market returns, volume will INCREASE with increasing price. Not like this, bull trap about to snap shut on MOMO crowd.

Every bear market for 200 years has done this. Massive 50% retracement rally on low volume, "It's over! The Bottom is In!" then the Swan Song.

If you don't sell short then just sell and get into cash. A measured move from this price could reach ~3200 in October. You want to take that ride?

If you stubbornly want to hold your stonks, then FGS sell calls on them and use the money to buy puts on your shares, hedge your position.
Married puts paid for with covered calls are free insurance. Think about it!

코멘트:

Look at the waveform past 40 days. Jagged and choppy. A B wave. Real bull impulse is steep, parabolic, rocket flight trajectory. This is series of ragged pops. Fail soon IMO

액티브 트레이드:

Fri and Mon DCA into 600 SPXS. Flipped calls on a gapfill and puts on a backfill. In cash again, holding the bear shares; wait to see if the MOMO crowd can boost to the Fibo at 4309.

코멘트:

Gonna load some shorts

코멘트:

Opened 3 SQQQ 16 Sep $34 Calls net 2.83x300

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Taking it small cuz IMO can have a last gasp to top off, maybe Tues? idk

코멘트:

Russell finally creeps back to close the gap. Short entry when it gets there IMO

액티브 트레이드:

Opened 2 TZA Sep 16 $28C net debit $2x200

코멘트:

NB: DJT, RUT still red, when they go green probably short entry IMO

액티브 트레이드:

Opened Calendar spread 1 Sep IWM 200P short 0dte 200p net debit 4.81

코멘트:

Buying TZA, SQQQ 50 each

코멘트:

SPX at 4290 within a few pips of the 0.62 retrace ~4309

코멘트:

Increased all the above 1 each. Look how it struggles to reach the Fibo!

코멘트:

Touching the Blue LIne

코멘트:

Added 50 each TZA, SQQQ. You can hold these and sleep at night. get some puts later in week.
ERs coming on WMT, HD 16 Aug PRIOR to open.
Place ur bets now!

코멘트:

Closed most of the shorts on AM gap. Maybe a mistake but take what it gives you. Holding SPXS.

코멘트:

Back in SQQQ calls, Sep $34

액티브 트레이드:

Closed all shorts on gap +3% bear shares, look for red>green re-entry

코멘트:

Flipping calls

코멘트:

Looks as if the high might be in at 4315, see if it tests again.

코멘트:

Headed back to lows. Day is long, see where it goes. No position, watch, wait.

코멘트:

Mood has changed. Previous gaps down filled quickly and enthusiastically. This one, not filling, got a partial backfill and slammed down on it. IMO a DT has started.

코멘트:

FOMC minutes later today might see the gap fill after 2PM. Be cautious.

코멘트:

Taking NO position prior to minutes release. Look at the retracement so far, for two hours now been hanging near the opening price. Could pop higher EOD.

코멘트:

LOL MOMO FOMO

액티브 트레이드:

Re-entering SPXS Covered writes 200 shares short 2 weekly $18 calls net debit 17.60x200

코멘트:

Now the media getting into it; "Stonk rally faces challenge at 200 MDA"

코멘트:

DJI Red>Green!

코멘트:

Gonna get me a SPY 430 put.

코멘트:

Got 31 Aug SPY 430P short Friday's weekly 425 Net Debit $5.1

코멘트:

Not loading up until we see EOD. NAZ should close the gap.

코멘트:

Opened 3 SQQQ Sep $35C net debit 2.9x300

코멘트:

Could try for another local top run not loading up eod, add if it lifts in am Thurs.

코멘트:

Closed all shorts for tiny gain. Probably gonna try to bull it again imo. Fibo time could have second top on/about tues 22 aug. Top might already be in, impossible to say.

코멘트:

Typical morning chop, early ride is rough. See if it smooths out and perhaps lifts higher. Not anxious to give it back today.

코멘트:

RUT flat, DJT green, suggests may move up to test the local high.

코멘트:

There it is. Flipped qqq 330p for a buck

액티브 트레이드:

Opening 3x SQQQ 23 Sep $34.5c at $3.30x300 = 1K; 45 days to exp

코멘트:

EOD added 4 SQQQ calls and took 3 qqq 330p. Pattern has been AM volatility yielding to bulls. Let's see.

코멘트:

Nice!
it's a textbook break, expect lift to retest lower tl then the selloff begins.
Murphy, Technical Analysis of Financial Markets, p.109 fig 4-10a
cdn.preterhuman.net/texts/unsorted2/Stock%20books%20029/John%20J%20Murphy%20-%20Technical%20Analysis%20Of%20The%20Financial%20Markets.pdf

코멘트:

Closed all shorts. Trades at the overnight lows. Likely to get a retrace soon. Who knows could sell more idk.
Took what the market gave wake up +1k cant complain.

코멘트:

Re-entered, closed and flipped calls. Feels like intraday bottom forming after first hour in trade. Might not get a big retracement today, be cautious.

코멘트:

Flipped calls on weak lift. Closed, not enthusiastic.

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Keep lookin for a re-entry I guess it was 1pm, not retracing may sell again eod

코멘트:

Price is just locked here fgs, spy/qqq ~ -6$ all pm

코멘트:

So bearish yet so little to be gained. Catching the gap was a gift. Was more to be had intraday but tbvh if you look at SPY it's been locked around 422 x four hours, give or take a buck. hardly worth risk-on to get a position, just to watch your time value dwindle.
Might tank into close if shorts have been covered. No position.

코멘트:

So damned funny to read the media, now gone from "Bull market is back!" to "Signs the Bear Market Rally wont last", ROFLMAO... now it's a bear rally again.

IMO topped on 8/16. Expect a bounce mon/tues on technicals, oversold, then lower again.

코멘트:

Ever notice how your bear shares just dont match the market moves? EG; closed my SPXS early on for $18.45.
Since then the index tanked off another 15 pips but the etf is still just 18.65. Where's my money?! you ask.. and well you should.

These inverse etfs do not contain ANYTHING OF REAL VALUE. There is NO EQUITY, NO STONKS, only futures contracts and some LEAP options. All is imaginary fluff!
Early on in a gap down the futures jump and trade at a premium. Often you get the best price there in first quarter hour, even if the underlying trades lower, the futures settle down and trade for less. By EOD some time value has also run out! These etfs can lose 3-5% on time value decay alone in a just a day. DO NOT HOLD INVERSE ETFs!! You buy these on SPec and FLip them quick!
NO position on weekend. Wait, see. Stonks will still be there Monday, useless to guess what the price might be then!

코멘트:

Be ready for a pivot. See what the euros do overnite. BTFD is not yet dead, should get a rise back to breakdown price and there is a gap to fill from Fri AM.

OFC panic selling could get going and trigger stops in a cascade. Trade lightly!

코멘트:

Euros closed the gap in London after chop but DAX went down stays down; be careful!

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FYI Jackson Hole this week, ka-Powell speech Friday 10 am.

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These gaps just suck. Shoulda kept a runner, eh? LOL, ah well, got served crumbs from the Master's Table.
Probly gonna get a bounce soon, might leg down once more. no position.

코멘트:

Flipped few daily calls and puts for nickels & dimes. When it opens up big gap -60 like this you can just get killed. Small positions or none at all. You worry bout gapfill when shorting early am but that was not a problem today. Now we got two gaps to fill.

IMO the bear momentum wanes, thinking about longs, see what Tues brings. Stepping out.

코멘트:

Flipped calls early on sitting out now. Might get a weak bull wave or maybe not.

코멘트:

Expect more happy to glad BS on Powell out of Jackson Hole. Sideways to slight higher until then. Chance of a pullback with scattered ichimoku clouds and put showers. No position.

코멘트:

holding its breath... either way possible... all are waiting

코멘트:

I'm thinkin this pattern should develop an H&S goin into right shoulder now before the major dump. Perhaps secondary lower top by Fri 2Sep. Usually rolls over after 3 Sep, which is a Saturday this year.

코멘트:

Flipped calls and puts today, small potatoes. Opening UVXY against my better judgment and all odds. Into 400 shares @9.2 short friday's 9.5c for 0.15c, net $9.06 w/comm.

코멘트:

BTW Here's the H&S forming... might get higher Friday AM, short if it does and DCA into these VIX shares. UVXY usually worst investment ever but when VIX pops these shares rocket. Can't hold them for more than a few days!

코멘트:

Not loading up EOD but you probably could start entering shorts. IMO there's a week or less left on upside before the bottom falls out.
Load up on bear shares if we get another nice pop Fri.
Next week could be bearish again or just flat to squeaking higher. This is a weekly Dead Zone, lol.

코멘트:

Opening 2 Sep $39c on SQQQ at $245. Got a 2/3 retracement on SPX here EOD from the lower top drop.

Might be getting real close to rollover, soon eh?

코멘트:

Watch VVIX. Back at 84, support price since june. This index diverges, lifts sooner than VIX, it's a leading indicator for incoming volatility.

코멘트:

Gap at 4018 to fill before throwover. I see lot of bully posts, "going to 4500, 4600, new ath..." badly mistaken imo.
This is a textbook bear market rally with rejection, breakdown, retest rally on low volume... and throwover to follow.

Not going above 4300, not going ATH, not going much higher... retest likely to reject around the .62 fibo and head much lower in a hurry.

코멘트:

Nice prop, lol. Red>Green O/N. Might be headed for double top ~4300?

액티브 트레이드:

Closed all out early trade actually up 50 bucks. Holding nothing before speech. Could get stupid bullish, illogical, irrational, but is what it does.

코멘트:

VIX up .25c before news, anxious chop. Could evaporate in minutes. Best to see first then trade imo.

Guessing what it might do usually not productive...

코멘트:

Premiums for all contracts up quite a bit before news event. $1 calls trading for 2.50, not a good bet imo.

코멘트:

Calls $5 OTM 0DTE trading for 60c, usually get these for 15c... not touching it now

코멘트:

NB: Overnight futures traded -55 ish and it has filled back down at 09:50. Might get a bull wave on btfd.
Anything can happen, but a straddle or strangle with inflated premiums probly wont pay either.

코멘트:

NB: Remember I posted earlier how UVXY trades at a premium early on? I closed for 9.16 and 15m later with VIX + 45c it's still just 9.17... so hard to win on that etf

코멘트:

Did nothing and look: The $2.5 calls are $1.50 now at the money. The premiums blew out. You could have made a buck off the wild ride or lost your shirt but prices are back to normal and if you paid too much you lose.

코멘트:

Gosh they didn't like it, lol. Flipped a few puts it sold back all yesterday's gains. Will it run back up? Bah!

코멘트:

Yeah probly gonna sell again Monday. Doesn't have a lotta bounce in it.

코멘트:

Dont see this bouncing soon. Probly gap down monday again imo

코멘트:

Just a look back at this idea, amazing how it filled in! Pats back, heh.

Bottom not yet in imo, rally near a lower top.

코멘트:

Well well. Here we are again... bulls don't get too excited, a lower top is near.