I was sarcastic. When you lost in your first trade, it seemed that you were happy because you could use it to tax write off. was using the same methodology when you made money.
LOL! Excellet use of sarcasm and humour! As the same time, Klurby seems to be a nice guy, and has started some good threads.
Everyone is virtually certain that the U.S. will not default, whatever mechanism is used to prevent it is rather immaterial. No default should be priced into the market already. Of course there can be a temporary gut reaction when this or that announcement comes out, but it should be short lived. If there were to be an actual default, that would move the market! But it seems a very low probability.