Riding The Gravy Train: Selling 2 of 3 VXX Positions for Massive Short-Term Gain

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Tuesday, February 06, 2018

Selling 2 of 3 VXX Positions for Massive Short-Term Gain

 
This morning VXX was up over 100% since our recent purchase a month ago, and up over 68% since our purchase two months ago.

We've sold to close that 2/3 of our triple-sized position in VXX. 



Markets may bounce in the near term, however it's very highly likely that the historic bull market since 2009 is over and it's reasonable to expect a historic bear market to undo most, if not more, of the gains since then. 

Surprises should be to the down side for weeks, months, perhaps years to come.

Should we see evidence that the bull market is not yet over we'll reassess at that time, but in the meantime we retain many short and levered short positions, such as a triple holding of TZA, and will probably add additional short positions when the timing seems ideal.



 
 
 
 
 


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