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    Quote Originally Posted by FogSailing View Post
    My gut tells me we bounce and then decline to SPX 2450 or thereabouts. I don't think we're out of this yet.
    Time to do my own damage control.

    FS
    I got out yesterday just as the string pullers planned for us suckers! Kept to my plan of not going lower than if I had just remained in the g fund. There went my new truck money..

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    I lost in 2 days pretty much everything I made all last year. I'm not a happy camper right now.
    Just my 2 cents. I'm guessing that stocks were driven down in part to allow buybacks at bargain prices. Companies want as much control as possible and buying back cheap sock is one way to make that happen.

    FS
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    Yeah, the problem is none of us knows when these manipulated corrections are going to happen. We kept hearing "immenent correction" all last year and that kept, me at least, too jumpy.

    If I just ignore it all and Buy-N-Hold I would have made twice as much as I did in 2017 and even incurring the recent losses I would be ahead of where I am now if I had been able to avoid these losses. Instead I got reduced 2017 gains and got included in the correction anyway.

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    Right there with ya...I had decided I would pull the plug if I was getting close to what my G fund would have been if I had just stayed there. Well, day 2 of the drop was so extreme that when I chose to get out I ended up about 2K higher than what my g fund would have been so good on that but I gave back all my christmas rally money and all of January. I knew the rocket ship increases would be trouble but I was too greedy to reduce my exposure (I actually increased it). I honestly believe the drivers of the market do this stuff to get back money from those of us who just are trying to make enough to live well in retirement. Anyway, I'm sitting 100% in G and I'm not upset with my decision because it was my stop loss plan but I am mad that it looks like the market is just getting manipulated to me taking back money at the expense of those who cant afford to lose their savings. When I was younger I would have let it ride. Maybe there will be another hit to to wring out all the fear money to teach anyone who dared get back in so soon a lesson. Anyway....I hate gambling.


    Quote Originally Posted by FogSailing View Post
    I lost in 2 days pretty much everything I made all last year. I'm not a happy camper right now.
    Just my 2 cents. I'm guessing that stocks were driven down in part to allow buybacks at bargain prices. Companies want as much control as possible and buying back cheap sock is one way to make that happen.

    FS

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    Well duck and cover didn't help me in February. I was too late. Will take me months, maybe the whole year to recover. Currently still laying on the ground trying to recover the beating I took. Hopefully the shock wears off soon and I can begin to move. Hopefully everything still works. Falls are tougher on older guys.
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    Yeah, likewise here but, We are NOT alone!



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    Welcome back FS. We've missed you!
    "the biggest mistake that traders make is to let these short-term trades turn into longer-term investments when they don’t work." RevShark

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    Yes FS... We do miss you!!!! Glad to see you back!!
    Don't take my comments as trading advice /IFT: 2-13-24=100G/https://www.theepochtimes.com/ & http://www.ewg.org/PermaCharts@p430#5159/strategy#4918p.410

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    Thanks Everyone. We are going through difficult times here on the home front. Our son is still going through recovery from a serious illness and a divorce and it has been a drain on ShieldMaiden and I. I still see about 2 to 3 months before we are freed up to go back to a quieter time. Three months ago I couldn't see that much light so things are improving. Thanks for your kind words. I look forward to rejoining the group again soon.

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    Glad to hear that there is finally light at the end of the long tunnel. Hang in there. Family, friends and faith mean a lot.
    May the force be with us.

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    FS life can be hard but I hope the Sun Shines on you and yours and the fog clears to brighter days.



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    I'm still plotting a trendline on SPX down to 2480. As always, it's the when...This morning I told myself the market would park itself at 2772 in the am and let the games begin with the dip buyers (as has been the recent custom). They turned out to be right. China (SSE) is hitting their resistance line. The question will be "Do the tariffs spell a worsening economy for them or do they bounce."

    But for now, I'm still staying out of the market until this "churn" is over..
    I still think we're due an "adjustment".
    Makes me wonder when the VIX will give us a surprise..

    FS
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