Re:Stocks are rolling over, Dow falls 1,500 points
by rmrm on Monday February 05, 2018 @04:49PM
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Friday before last I moved 70% out of stocks and bought PUTs in July as insurance on the rest. However, as my history has shown me - one doesnt assume this makes them smart. Could just have been lucky, this time.
Re:Stocks are rolling over, Dow falls 1,500 points
by buttcoinslol on Monday February 05, 2018 @04:57PM
(#16312612)
I like to think that you can't time the market, but you get lucky sometimes.
> However, as my history has shown me - one doesnt assume this makes them smart.
No doubt. In my case, I still need to close out my short position so I'm only halfway there.
Re:Stocks are rolling over, Dow falls 1,500 points
by fwdpropaganda on Monday February 05, 2018 @05:02PM
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When did you short S&P? Was it because you saw it starting to go down, or did you have some way of telling ahead of time this was going to happen?
Re:Stocks are rolling over, Dow falls 1,500 points
by buttcoinslol on Monday February 05, 2018 @05:19PM
(#16312771)
Around noon, there were 2 days of losses in a row going into Monday and the S&P was moving down after being up slightly at the start. I figured it'd be another losing day with possible losses continuing into the week, so I made a move.
Re:Stocks are rolling over, Dow falls 1,500 points
by adsfasdfsad111 on Monday February 05, 2018 @04:39PM
(#16312469)
The move in crypto is tied to the move in the markets.
The SP500 has much more to fall yet.
Re:Stocks are rolling over, Dow falls 1,500 points
by rmrm on Monday February 05, 2018 @04:56PM
(#16312602)
I think it has always been a reasonable assumption that a fall in the real economy would cause cryptos to fall. Play money gets liquidated first when real money (in 401k and stocks) evaporates. And the lack of liquidity in cryptos would cause it to fall faster.
Bitcoin is down 12% today with no sign of stopping it's movement downwards, and all crypto prices are tied to bitcoin.
Traders more conservative than myself moved into bonds today. Other traders chose gold. Very few chose cryptocurrencies.