A Market for Spectating, Not Speculating
Boy, is this market crazy or what?
Just since yesterday afternoon, we’ve seen a huge rally, sharp selloff, steep bounce into the closing bell, giant gap down and an immediate big bounce. Stocks are literally all over the map!
It’s quite a show, and I’ll venture to say that most traders are better served spectating in this market than speculating. If you’re not nimble, it’s incredibly easy to get burned, because just like springtime weather, it can change quickly out of nowhere.
Stay careful out there, and don’t be shy about protecting that capital while these violent swings play out. We covered our lone overnight position in ESI this morning for a nice gain on the short side, but at the moment we’re sitting in cash at TheStockBandit.com. It has served us very well to stay cautious in recent weeks, but once things smooth out a bit we should see much better conditions for more aggressive trading. While you wait, enjoy your front row seat to the show and don’t succumb to the urge to overtrade this market!
Jeff White
President, The Stock Bandit, Inc.
Swing Trading & Day Trading Service
www.TheStockBandit.com
[tags]Stock Market, Day Trading, Stock Trading, Investing, Swing Trading[/tags]
David Spelts | Aug 14, 2007 | Reply
Still very volatile. I’ll be glad when it settles down, but I think we have at least another month to go. In the meantime, I’m short homebuilders and financials ETF’s.