The stock_trad3r 2007-2008 market recession

Discussion in 'Chit Chat' started by athlonmank8, Oct 15, 2007.

  1. Short but sweet. The window of opportunity may not be very long but boy have people made fortunes hitting shorts this past 3 months.

    Your strategy fails in a falling day, because you cannot short. A strategy which goes both long and short is superior.

     
    #11     Oct 15, 2007
  2. You know what shit tastes like, thats for sure.
     
    #12     Oct 15, 2007
  3. NO it isn't because you dont know when to go long and then switch to short and vice versa. By going short you miss out on the morning gaps and other benefits of going long.

    Futures already rallying

    NASDAQ 2,183.00 2.25 0.10

    QQQQ up 9 cents

    Should be a very good day tomorrow
     
    #13     Oct 15, 2007
  4. Not sure which makes less sense, saying that you miss out on morning gaps by being short (implying that gaps only happen to the upside) or saying tommorrow should be a very good day because of a tiny uptick in futures less than three hours after the close (not that it matters, but the S&P futures are currently down more than the nasdaq futures are up).
     
    #14     Oct 15, 2007
  5. NTB

    NTB

    Frankly, stock_trad3r has been the most accurate poster on the whole site. He has the balls to say buy when everyone is too nervous to do so. Last I checked, the market was very close to an all-time high after having consistently made higher highs. The guy has been spot on. At least give him some credit. The fact that he has one theme (Buy) doesn't take away the fact that it has been exactly the right thing to do.
     
    #15     Oct 15, 2007
  6. NTB

    NTB

    Frankly, stock_trad3r has been the most accurate poster on the whole site. He has the balls to say buy when everyone is too nervous to do so. Last I checked, the market was very close to an all-time high after having consistently made higher highs. The guy has been spot on. At least give him some credit. The fact that he has one theme (Buy) doesn't take away the fact that it has been exactly the right thing to do.
     
    #16     Oct 15, 2007
  7. replace "you" with *I*

     
    #17     Oct 15, 2007
  8. empee

    empee

    this sounds so 1999 !
     
    #18     Oct 15, 2007
  9. empee

    empee

    Not true, after massive selloffs (more than 2 days) he disappears until market starts rallying again. He does say buy the dips a lot on single down days tho.
     
    #19     Oct 15, 2007
  10. lol..it sure does. Those who forget the past are bound to repeat it. You can mess with one thing in a market and MAYBE get away with it.

    But when you take out housing and kill the debt market both at once.....You're skating on 1 inch of ice in 90 degree heat.
     
    #20     Oct 15, 2007