but, not really, right? they are reporting earnings for fourth quarter 2017, not first quarter 2018. With that being said, i simply can’t justify adding much of anything to my portfolio.. I’m in TRIM mode.. Trim here, trim there.. I’m trimming positions and going more to cash.. But I’m still LONG!

painfully brutal watching spy grind higher and uvxy grind higher.. i keep telling myself, patience. patience. patience. Fortunately – i’m not heavy on any put spreads, call spread, or naked calls in the short term.

if you want to look at bitcoin’s past, it can get crushed and hover for months. I was early enough to the game that bitcoin has to drop a hell of a lot more than this for me to start suffering losses – so I’m lucky in that aspect. Take it for what it’s worth, but my gut tells me the exchanges and ICO’s and Mining sites are trying to accomplish…[Read more]

Dave, being that $GBTC is selling at quite the premium, do you have any play here or are you just holding your current shares of $GBTC? I had about 15 shares at one point but reduced position size along the way, and have a whopping (2) shares. if $GBTC premium falls under 20%, i am ok with adding additional shares prior to the split – but i…[Read more]

I’ll try to start listening to his podcasts as I agree, I enjoy differing viewpoints. However, I can give many specific examples from his paid subscriptions, gold and aobc, tech sector bubble are a few that come to mind( I would have to reference some past articles). His predictions have been so atrocious that he’s been labeled as JESSE FAILURE. I…[Read more]

Just need to keep in mind that TGT ex div/record date is mid February. My only other potential concern is if Amazon comes out with a bid acquisition. You would be more knowledgeable than most on this. This trade likely works out fine, but those are my concerns and I will refrain from participating. @seth-golden

Forgot to tag you @thehamno

Richard, what do you think of Jesse Felder? I can’t ever take a Permabear like him seriously. If anyone followed his trade advice, they missed out on massive gains over the last couple years. Regarding the FB dip, I added a tiny portion to my core.

Ripple goes against everything that Bitcoin was meant to represent – decentralization. Nevertheless, I think it’s a necessary part of any crypto portfolio just like Bitcoin, BTC cash and gold, ether, litecoin, Lumens, cardano, monero, miota. Dilution is a concern, as is centralization, but like most coins, it boils down to people looking for…[Read more]

The list of Blockchain and block chain related stocks continue to grow and spread – I believe tech giants have been lumped into the list. This is poison and I hope they crash sooner rather than later. I hope they don’t tarnish the Bitcoin world too much and result in a domino effect. I desperately want to short companies like RIOT and Long Island…[Read more]

VXX matures Jan 2019 and close shop then. VXXB will be created to take it’s place. So, I would add vixy leaps on next vol event, which is most similar to vxx.

I also own a variety of both UVXY and VXX and VIXY puts. For ones less than a 360 DTE, I prefer to take those off at least 30 days prior to expiry. A short term volatility event can cause…[Read more]