From Tom McClellan, also former army guy:
‘"NYT was first to report yesterday that the Pentagon was weighing whether to send the 82nd Airborne."
Let me enlighten everyone. The 82nd is the Army's go-to unit when they want to send force in size, for a problem bigger than a Ranger battalion or Delta Force unit raid can solve. There are people in the Pentagon who spend all of their time, 365 days a year, contemplating whether to send the 82nd to somewhere. That is a continuous process even in peacetime. So it is NOT a revelation that the Pentagon is contemplating this. It would be a shocking revelation of staff incompetence if it turned out that was not happening in the current hostilities.’
cant say im really enthused about putting money into any stocks atm, just looking for a opportunity to trim position size tbh, doesnt seem to be coming anytime soon
it takes a massive mental shift to.go from day trading to having a comviction on a single stock and someone else said "damn, this must of taken some massive balls" -to this i say no, just average size should suffice
Dude. Timing. I shorted at 6640 SPX high of day with the prior knowledge we are in a down trend and looking for a lower high. Ticks going zero. Mo slowed. Iran saying un what? I only did 3x XSP 663 puts at like less than $2 each or at $2. Sold at $5-6 ea when we caught support at 6580. I also did some qquick (2x) SPX puts worth about $4500 and made like $400 in a minute and got the hell out before the bigger move down. I also sold 7 next day call verticals at 667/669 which I knew would not get hit and closed them at 65% premium collected. I got short NVDa. Googl. AAPL same way. It looks like you’re shorting once the move is made and being someone’s exit liquidity. Or if you were swinging that much size over weekend with this much volatility baked in. Rude awakening Monday to vol crush plus a market that’s left them worthless. Sorry for your pain. I would seriously consider not listening to whomever you learned from.