Good point. I think some people don't mind giving up 5% of gains from the top, rather than constantly being wrong since 2011.
Funny GIF...I was listening to Steve Winwood's Roll With It...when I stumbled upon that -- how fitting,
man i swear if I threw a brick out of my window Volente would want to go long it's trajectory. you cannot fix dumb.
You've been saying short the SPX since late spring 2009. That's a whole lot of stupid. Will you ever learn from your mistakes ? The vast majority of those you quote and laugh about are far more knowledgeable and sensible about stock markets then you are. Are they all right in their forecasts ? No, but a lot of them were bang on and you were as wrong as someone could possibly be ( e.g. saying the SPX would crash 40-60% from the low 1900s ). Time to just shut up and try to learn why you spectacularly fail in this regard. If you can. Takes character to admit this and learn.
He did say 2631 was the stop. If you're ready to claim victory here, you may as well file your 2017 taxes now too.