Why is the market going up?

Discussion in 'Trading' started by Wolfgang1756, Aug 30, 2011.

  1. Visaria

    Visaria

    "Trying to understand the market is like trying to understand music. Most people would rather understand the market instead of making money." - Ed Seykota

    *wrote that off the top of my head, sorry Ed if i misquote.
     
    #121     Sep 1, 2011
  2. Lucrum

    Lucrum

    Oh it's not, at least not until AFTER the fact. Then it's always "obvious".
     
    #122     Sep 1, 2011
  3. GordonTheGekko

    GordonTheGekko Guest

    Today may be a good time to short. Possibly too risky until this afternoon, given resistance from ism
     
    #123     Sep 1, 2011
  4. Visaria

    Visaria

    It's possible for a trend reversal today, will short if it occurs.

    Don't forget NF Payroll tomorrow. If it's bad, market goes down, discounting recession and then goes up discounting qe3 a bit more.
     
    #124     Sep 1, 2011
  5. everyone's short
     
    #125     Sep 1, 2011
  6. GordonTheGekko

    GordonTheGekko Guest

    Are you planning to cover tonight if you end up shorting a rise today?
     
    #126     Sep 1, 2011
  7. Not me. I'll wait for the hit. it doesn't have to come tomorrow. I know I can't time the market. IMO the market moves are unpredictable but DOW stocks sitting near their 200 day high in this economy are beautiful short candidates.
     
    #127     Sep 1, 2011
  8. Visaria

    Visaria

    No. If i were to go short today (which is unlikely, but you never know), i would carry it overnight unless it was a huge move down in which case i would think about covering.

    All moot points, because it's gonna go up :D
     
    #128     Sep 1, 2011
  9. Resumption of equity downtrend has commenced.
     
    #129     Sep 1, 2011
  10. Visaria

    Visaria

    I'm flat on es, but not short.
     
    #130     Sep 1, 2011