jamey said:
I get protecting his outlook but of he's wrong enough he won't be the guy going on shows anymore.
You would think. Except most of the people who do the rounds have been wrong the majority of the time when they make hard calls.
Less than 10% of analysts predicted SPX would get this high this year, and it happened in half a year. These people have to make calls given their position. But they all mostly follow the same flawed fundamental and "efficient market" thinking and are never prepared for anything that isn't in the main range of the bell curve. And almost none of them are ever positioned appropriately for recessions, as the warning signs for market selloffs dont show up in earnings, fundamentals, or a standard outlook.
And to be fair. I didn't see SPX getting this high this year. I've been warning about a major market top for a long time. But I've also said that timing a top and the level it hits can be impossible, especially when the top is of a 100 year cycle. Markets and sentiment dont give up easy. It's also why I've said not to aggressively short until support clearly breaks. The setup will be there when it does. I've said to maintain strict risk management as we are in the territory where anything can happen. We got super close to the market breaking support last week. And we're not out of the woods yet. So I'm day to day swing trading with risk management, but not exposed to a huge swing down. And I'm not worried about missing a huge swing up, because I will be trading it through various instruments on shorter term setups if it happens.
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