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Old 10-23-2008, 10:37 PM
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Futures are getting real ugly........
Old 10-24-2008, 03:42 AM
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panic baby! futures trading got limited LOL
Old 10-24-2008, 07:17 AM
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Let the downward sprial continue! Fears over global recession have crushed us this morning.
Old 10-24-2008, 07:19 AM
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Pretty weak morning. Made some $$ off BP but wasn't near the volatilityI was expecting with the VIX way up.
Old 10-24-2008, 07:20 AM
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wow... congrats to all that still have cash left to invest for the (very) long term. i'm feeling like an idiot after having used up all my ammo already
Old 10-24-2008, 07:22 AM
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If you had bought DUG and EEV like I've been hounding, you would have no fear and plenty of ammo. Consider it for the future. Admittedly, I already dumped all my EEV in the 160 range yesterday and the day before, but I still have half of my DUG just in case. Waiting for 65-75 on that one just to be safe.
Old 10-24-2008, 07:30 AM
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Good thing is I still live at home and my pay goes towards my stock broker account I'm still buying more!
Old 10-24-2008, 07:42 AM
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Time to test the lows.

I haven't picked up any SKF/EEV/DXD/DUG or other short etfs lately. Just been too hard to hold through the volatility. Overall trend was still down the past week though but at the moment, I couldn't make a decision which way it wanted to go.
Old 10-24-2008, 08:09 AM
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ExOdy that doesn't make any sense to me. They are hedges. Certainly you don't want to buy SKF or EEV over 160$ but under 120 they are reasonable. Under 110$ is a safe bet, under 95$ is BUY BUY BUY if you think there is strong downside risk. It's insurance and you just sell them 75-90% towards their highs scaling in/out.
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if that wasn't market manipulation in the last 10 minutes (from ~11:55-12:05pm Pacific) then I don't know what is. 100 point upswing and then back down 100 points within 10 minutes. Somebody was bidding the price up only to sell it back for a nice little profit.


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