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Re: Let's Make a Fortune Shorting the Stock Market

Post by otismo » May 21st, 2023, 9:13 am

The Relevant Graphics :
ETF ticker SPXS showing all time record low price
ETF ticker SPXS showing all time record low price
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bought six of these friday myself from $7 to $15 each
bought six of these friday myself from $7 to $15 each
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Let's Make a Fortune Shorting the Stock Market !

( and whip inflation now )

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Re: Let's Make a Fortune Shorting the Stock Market

Post by otismo » May 23rd, 2023, 11:15 am

To stay alive ( financially ) my expiring options ( this Friday )

were just sold and converted into similar options

that will expire NEXT Friday...

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Re: Let's Make a Fortune Shorting the Stock Market

Post by otismo » July 18th, 2023, 5:08 pm

Well, with the NEW LOW in Telephone ( AT&T ) ticker symbol : T

just gotta weigh in with buy Buy BUY !

Grandpa's Stock

& my new FAV !

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Re: Let's Make a Fortune Shorting the Stock Market

Post by otismo » August 14th, 2023, 1:09 pm

Building one of my "aggressively short the market" positions again...

Probably just a time to be cautious and extra hedged...

So you all be careful out there -

Cheers !

EDIT :

I was in the middle of doing this

when I ran into something that

seems to satisfy all my criteria

ALL - IN - ONE ( does it all )

SO of course, I share it HERE :

SBSW

Sibanye-Stillwater Ltd. ADR

would I sell Telephone to buy this ?

tough call...

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Re: Let's Make a Fortune Shorting the Stock Market

Post by otismo » August 23rd, 2023, 3:03 pm

got to stand by that London Kid

so I am probably long and _ _ _ _ _

timing is everything !
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Re: Let's Make a Fortune Shorting the Stock Market

Post by unname4798 » August 29th, 2023, 7:20 am

otismo wrote:
May 14th, 2021, 7:44 pm
How to make a small fortune :

Start with a large one.
How to make a big fortune? Start with a small one.

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Re: Let's Make a Fortune Shorting the Stock Market

Post by otismo » August 29th, 2023, 2:30 pm

unname4798 wrote:
August 29th, 2023, 7:20 am
otismo wrote:
May 14th, 2021, 7:44 pm
How to make a small fortune :

Start with a large one.
How to make a big fortune? Start with a small one.
Interesting you should say that...

For about $100 you could get one contract :
as long as the prior low holds this looks O. K.
as long as the prior low holds this looks O. K.
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I own exactly one contract - just bot...

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Re: Let's Make a Fortune Shorting the Stock Market

Post by unname4798 » August 30th, 2023, 1:51 am

otismo wrote:
August 29th, 2023, 2:30 pm
unname4798 wrote:
August 29th, 2023, 7:20 am
otismo wrote:
May 14th, 2021, 7:44 pm
How to make a small fortune :

Start with a large one.
How to make a big fortune? Start with a small one.
Interesting you should say that...

For about $100 you could get one contract :

I own exactly one contract - just bot...

Cheers !
My Log:

Code: Select all

2023.08.30: $0, 0 contracts, $10/day

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Re: Let's Make a Fortune Shorting the Stock Market

Post by otismo » August 30th, 2023, 9:04 am

@ unname4798 :

You are NOT Serious

I wish you would post in your own jibberish threads...
will stick to my hedging instincts pending the resolution of this situation...
will stick to my hedging instincts pending the resolution of this situation...
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EDIT :

my $100 contract from yesterday

is now a $50 contract to-day

(prob wrong contract)

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Re: Let's Make a Fortune Shorting the Stock Market

Post by otismo » September 10th, 2023, 11:01 am

Two New Golden Apples just fell at my feet

( and of course I just had to pick them up ).

What we have here, in my not-so-humble-opinion,

is a case of Insatiable Institutional Appetite ( DEMAND ) :
Box, inc. - ticker symbol BOX - in Content Management
Box, inc. - ticker symbol BOX - in Content Management
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While I was busy trying to learn Joomla, Drupal, OSCommerce, Wordpress

and other Content Management Systems or CMSs

this outfit achieved 70% penetration of The Fortune 500

( basically all the frosting, most of the cake, and just leaving a few crumbs ).

Like Amazon, the priority was Build Market Share, the money will come later,

which is NOW.

Study this chart carefully - it is a very rare thing - and a sure-fire money maker -

for the last three years, it looks like the big institutions cannot get enough -

and now it is "show us the money" time !

Needless to say, this was my biggest position ( and was immediately marked down -

low bids AND low offers also - option-wise ) UNTIL this came along and REALLY got me going :
a bank, of all things, why did it have to be a bank ???
a bank, of all things, why did it have to be a bank ???
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Now my favorite songs are :

In The City by Joe Walsh and The Eagles

Fool For The City by FogHat

Book Value almost $100.00 per share ( Yahoo Finance )

$$$ One Trillion Dollars $$$ in cash, only six-hundred-billion in debt

BONY-Mellon and Bank of America both own big positions

also Morgan Stanley ( and I'll bet they are not the ONLY Investment Banker )

Warren Buffet's Berkshire Hathaway owns a couple three percent...

As always, Do Your Own Due Diligence

( because "Everything Yields to Diligence" - Antiphenes )

And past performance is no Guarantee of Future Profits.

I am also on the record here as liking AT&T and Sibanye-Stillwater

and I still like BOTH; now, when there are four companies I can be aggressively long in,

I am essentially net LONG. Does not mean I should not short. Does not mean I should not hedge.

I may in fact have selected the four stocks that will go up while the rest of the market crashes...

Stranger things have happened before...
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Re: Let's Make a Fortune Shorting the Stock Market

Post by otismo » September 16th, 2023, 12:00 pm

Had to share these :
one for the textbooks - perfect wave form - five waves up
one for the textbooks - perfect wave form - five waves up
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CitiGroup is now my main LONG POSITION
nifty base formation - and just beginning to move up
nifty base formation - and just beginning to move up
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SPXS is now my main hedging vehicle - will increase position

if a broad market decline develops...
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Now This is Noteworthy :

Post by otismo » September 21st, 2023, 7:11 am

they don't all chime in together - very subtle
they don't all chime in together - very subtle
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well now I am net short - with no big burning longs at all...
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Re: Let's Make a Fortune Shorting the Stock Market

Post by otismo » September 23rd, 2023, 3:10 pm

This is the picture that got me Gung-Ho on CitiGroup again :
PERFECT Symmetric 21 Day Base Pattern ( if C goes up )
PERFECT Symmetric 21 Day Base Pattern ( if C goes up )
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if it is a trap I will lose $$$...
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Re: Let's Make a Fortune Shorting the Stock Market

Post by otismo » October 16th, 2023, 7:48 pm

still a fool for the citi...
still a fool for the citi...
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the London Kid FAV

becomes a stock from hell...

oh well...

UPDATE :
did have a nice pop after all
did have a nice pop after all
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Re: Let's Make a Fortune Shorting the Stock Market

Post by otismo » November 13th, 2023, 12:36 pm

Hate to appear to be caving in to "The Nattering Nabobs of Negativism"

But I am not a Perpetual Optimist, and this is a thread about shorting

There is no problem with being in Ca$h awaiting Higher Highs

Then buying in when you KNOW it's the right thing

Still, this is probably the Best Time Ever

To Be Aggressively Short
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Re: Let's Make a Fortune Shorting the Stock Market

Post by otismo » November 30th, 2023, 11:37 am

FAVorite NEW Long BMY BristolMeyers

so we are HEDGED

Long BMY

Short (via a long position in) SPXS

ALSO

BOIL looks interesting...

big drama in OIL

will it re-take $80 ?
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Re: Let's Make a Fortune Shorting the Stock Market

Post by otismo » December 6th, 2023, 5:34 am

what no new high
what no new high
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no new high
no new high
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Re: Let's Make a Fortune Shorting the Stock Market

Post by otismo » December 6th, 2023, 5:40 am

just cross 37,000 for new high
just cross 37,000 for new high
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briefly saw $94 Trillion
briefly saw $94 Trillion
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Re: Let's Make a Fortune Shorting the Stock Market

Post by otismo » December 17th, 2023, 12:27 pm

UPDATE - will The Grinch Steal Xmas ?
new high all by its lonesome self
new high all by its lonesome self
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saw as high as 96.610 Trillion $$$
saw as high as 96.610 Trillion $$$
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Re: Let's Make a Fortune Shorting the Stock Market

Post by otismo » December 19th, 2023, 5:14 pm

It may be microscopic, but I can see the new high with my naked eye :
QQQ now joins DJI at new all-time-record high
QQQ now joins DJI at new all-time-record high
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total market cap: $96.319 T

need to best $96.610 T

EDIT :

as/of 12/20/2023, total market cap intra-day was as high as $96.695 T

as/of 12/26/2023, total market cap intra-day was as high as $97.114 T

as/of 12/29/2023, total market cap intra-day was as high as $97.695 T and I saw it higher intra-day yesterday

Largest Earnings increase : Berkshire Hathaway BRK.B - i m long...

Cheers !
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Re: Let's Make a Fortune Shorting the Stock Market

Post by haaaaaands » December 23rd, 2023, 2:57 pm

everybody wants to rule the w̶o̶r̶l̶d̶ market
-- haaaaaands with 6 a's



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Re: Let's Make a Fortune Shorting the Stock Market

Post by otismo » December 25th, 2023, 1:37 pm

haaaaaands wrote:
December 23rd, 2023, 2:57 pm
everybody wants to rule the w̶o̶r̶l̶d̶ market
My dear haaaaaands, this is actually a good thing.

Ever notice that, whoever the current top dog is,

he does not stay on top for very long...

A guy who was richest in the world,

if he was rich enuf long enuf,

would end up owning

everything and

EVERYONE.

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Re: Let's Make a Fortune Shorting the Stock Market

Post by otismo » December 28th, 2023, 4:38 pm

otismo wrote:
May 11th, 2023, 6:51 am
We would rather make our fortune on the Long Side anyway !

Once Again, The London Kid says we have "Changed Our Mind".

We believe we are now commencing the Second Leg Up in the Second Wave Up

in the Russell 2000 Index - and our investment vehicle is the Triple-X Long ETF - TNA !

We provide here for your convenience some data on the Corporations in the Index :

http://londonkid.com
time to re-visit this...
time to re-visit this...
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3M - MMM - is our Number One FAV for dividends right now !

Beat Inflation NOW !

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will edit this...

In-A-NutShell : TNA may have "a lot of catching up to do" :
I know, I know, it doubled in two months...BUT---
I know, I know, it doubled in two months...BUT---
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Re: Let's Make a Fortune Shorting the Stock Market

Post by otismo » December 29th, 2023, 10:00 am

(needed to post two more graphics...)
draw your own conclusions
draw your own conclusions
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my guyze love a winner
my guyze love a winner
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Re: Let's Make a Fortune Shorting the Stock Market

Post by otismo » January 3rd, 2024, 5:28 pm

Just found this today :
this is an ETF - Exchange Traded Fund
this is an ETF - Exchange Traded Fund
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It looks like this guy pretty near went bust trying to short the market; about $ 8 Million...

He is a Kim, and they are a very large Family in Korea...
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