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Anyone else getting nervous with how high and how fast this market is going, with plenty of concerns that should've kept things in check? I'm by nature bullish and have a hard time making a bearish play, but I'm starting to toy with the idea of going short to anticipate a market correction.
Or am I totally off base here?

Boruch999 · « **Reply #2413 on:** February 22, 2017, 05:28:01 PM »

Quote from: Mikeoracle on February 22, 2017, 03:51:45 PM

Anyone else getting nervous with how high and how fast this market is going, with plenty of concerns that should've kept things in check? I'm by nature bullish and have a hard time making a bearish play, but I'm starting to toy with the idea of going short to anticipate a market correction.
Or am I totally off base here?

I remain bullish but have hedged my portfolio against a major correction.

ckmk47 · « **Reply #2414 on:** February 22, 2017, 05:33:47 PM »

Quote from: Mikeoracle on February 22, 2017, 03:51:45 PM

Anyone else getting nervous with how high and how fast this market is going, with plenty of concerns that should've kept things in check? I'm by nature bullish and have a hard time making a bearish play, but I'm starting to toy with the idea of going short to anticipate a market correction.
Or am I totally off base here?

Even without a actual bullish position, try to protect your gains. Stop loss orders and such.

Adam101 · « **Reply #2415 on:** February 22, 2017, 10:41:14 PM »

Soooo... AYI Earnings are coming up. Yes i know, it's in the beginning of April, but it has a tendency to trend up prior. I straddled a day before earnings last quarter and won big on my puts. 10X actually, and if I if I wasn't nervous at open that it would go back up I would have made almost double that. Anyway i bought some calls to hold for maybe a few weeks. Then straddle time!

ExGingi · « **Reply #2416 on:** February 24, 2017, 09:50:58 AM »

Quote from: Mikeoracle on February 22, 2017, 03:51:45 PM

Anyone else getting nervous with how high and how fast this market is going, with plenty of concerns that should've kept things in check? I'm by nature bullish and have a hard time making a bearish play, but I'm starting to toy with the idea of going short to anticipate a market correction.
Or am I totally off base here?

http://ritholtz.com/2017/02/john-templeton-think/

Boruch999 · « **Reply #2417 on:** February 24, 2017, 10:02:35 AM »

Quote from: ExGingi on February 24, 2017, 09:50:58 AM

http://ritholtz.com/2017/02/john-templeton-think/

He'll be either right or wrong

ExGingi · « **Reply #2418 on:** February 24, 2017, 01:08:17 PM »

Quote from: Boruch999 on February 24, 2017, 10:02:35 AM

He'll be either right or wrong

The interesting thing is that I hear and read so many similar opinions to the one expressed, so much so that I am not sure what's the real sentiment, euphoria or fear. As Ritholtz himself has pointed out several times, that fear in and of itself could be driving markets higher.

At the end of the day, I don't think it will be a change in sentiment, per se, that will turn this market into a bear, but rather something exogenous. What that might be, and when it might come, is anyone's guess.

12HRS · « **Reply #2419 on:** February 28, 2017, 11:26:30 AM »

Competition is good.

http://www.reuters.com/article/us-funds-fidelity-commissions-idUSKBN1670DV