Thread: Rod's Account Talk

Originally Posted by Rod

I must preserve my capital, not my pride.

At 11:50, I made an IFT to

100 (F)

Rod

Originally Posted by Rod

Going through my market notes for 2008:



Wouldn't that be something if 2009 followed suit from 1938???

What to do...

What to do...

I will settle for some weekly stability. When that happens, I will be in and it will not be to late. I have been preserving capital since fall of last year. I went to max conserve after losing 21%. That puts me ~30 percent ahead today. lol

What can I say???

As usual, I exited one day early.

One thing I will not subject myself to is chasing this bounce, however long-lived it may be... because I will be late getting in.

Good luck out there.

Rod

Originally Posted by Rod

What can I say???

As usual, I exited one day early.

One thing I will not subject myself to is chasing this bounce, however long-lived it may be... because I will be late getting in.

Good luck out there.

Rod

Hey Rod,

You gave it a shot. And that is all it is these day's. I went in 100%

today. So now I will give it a shot. We all know it is a tough Market. I

know how you feel though. I've been doing the same thing this year.

Originally Posted by poolman

Hey Rod,

You gave it a shot. And that is all it is these day's. I went in 100%

today. So now I will give it a shot. We all know it is a tough Market. I

know how you feel though. I've been doing the same thing this year.

Yep. I sure wish we could hedge our TSP.

Originally Posted by Rod

What can I say???

As usual, I exited one day early.

One thing I will not subject myself to is chasing this bounce, however long-lived it may be... because I will be late getting in.

Good luck out there.

Rod

After today, I feel much better about selling on Tuesday. Because if I would have been in yesterday, I would have stayed in until at least today in hopes to catch a follow-through bounce, which never transpired. Had I remained, my account would be lower now than what I sold off at. So yeah, I feel vindicated. But still, I'm very ticked at myself. I'm not ticked that I tried playing the bear, but that I played with 100% of my account. That's a very dangerous proposition in today's environment.

I need to keep the greed in-check.

Rod

I'll probably not use 50% any more...

Originally Posted by Rod

Yep. I sure wish we could hedge our TSP.

You hedge your TSP with an outside account with some inverse and/or other metals, commodities ETFs, or shorting. Pretty much a prerequisite in this environment and possibly going forward for the next several years for all FERS employees.

Originally Posted by FUTURESTRADER

You hedge your TSP with an outside account with some inverse and/or other metals, commodities ETFs, or shorting. Pretty much a prerequisite in this environment and possibly going forward for the next several years for all FERS employees.

Already doing that.

Originally Posted by KevinD

I'll probably not use 50% any more...

When I'm bottom fishing, it will be no more than 10%.

I need some accountability on that!

So we have the lows going back to September 1996 - so that's not too bad. The years of 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, were all good years to be invested - not that matters now, or does it. I wouldn't worry about the NFP number tomorrow - we still have over 75% more people working since 1982. Bring on 600/6000 and watch the fireworks that develope.