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mikeenday
 

Registered: Feb 2011
Posts: 373

 

01-03-12 09:08 PM

the only trade I play is buying puts, and every morning before market opens, I'm eagerly searching for bad news. ...

I sincerely feel I'm becoming an evil person, I had hoped market collpase because I'm holding couple hundred various puts.

are all the shorts having the same problem here?


I lost 40% of my puts value today alone, this seems to ease my guilty feeling a little bit.



BTW, don't forget buy some PCLN and VMW Jan. puts.

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cyoungmark
 

Registered: Dec 2010
Posts: 213

 

01-03-12 10:26 PM

Either way, your taking other people's money, Some who have put their life savings in the stock market that are so oblivious to the risks. Whether it's up down.

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Wide Tailz
 

Registered: Sep 2011
Posts: 1519

 

01-04-12 12:17 AM

Most businesses fail. Is it wrong not to?

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cyoungmark
 

Registered: Dec 2010
Posts: 213

 

01-04-12 01:03 AM

Fail at least once in life, you must.

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stock777
 

Registered: Jul 2001
Posts: 15415

 

01-04-12 01:12 AM

u problem is u listen to nitro

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bwolinsky
 

Registered: Jul 2008
Posts: 4554

 

01-08-12 01:18 AM


Quote from stock777:

u problem is u listen to nitro



Oh, the guy who cannot come up with 5 sentences to explain p=np?

If anyone can find me a post from this year with more than 10 sentences from him, I'd like to see it.

The posts are only to build post count, and rarely offer any information besides links.

Whether I am trading long or short I don't ever regard expecting markets to fall as evil. If you were purposely releasing negative information that wasn't true, that would be evil. Rumor mongering and excessive manipulation of information would be evil.

There's nothing evil about taking a short position. There is something evil if you intend to manipulate shares somehow. I'm sure the other side doesn't know you're short, and I guarantee doesn't care.

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