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[QUOTE=techynt;674116]Seems to me like a "Sell low - buy High strategy" I dont buy my puts if market goes to hell... I just wait. I have survived two market meltdowns. Jan 2016 and Feb 2018. In Dec 2015, I entered short puts of SPY, with a goal to earn nice yield and sold strike 150 puts, but way ...

techynt, I am not against put selling. I am not for investing directly by buying the actual position. Heck, I shall be selling puts as I have noted already. But they will be way out of money and staggered when I sell them, not all sold at once. I don't play individual stocks and stick to SPY. I sell ...

I am not saying SPY is always a bad investment, but right now the valuations are so out of whack, I consider it to be too risky and not particularly a good one for me. I think 2 years bonds have a better risk reward. Again, I could be wrong and the speculative bubble could continue indefinitely. But ...

[QUOTE=FB2020;674102]Can you please provide info to back up [B][COLOR=#a52a2a]your statement above[/COLOR][/B]? For reference: S&P values as of each year: [TABLE] [TR="class: odd"] [TD="class: left, align: right"]Jan 1, 2013[/TD] [TD="class: right"]1,480.40[/TD] [/TR] [TR="class: even, bgcolor ...

edealfan, In not admitting your mistakes/losses you are troubling your own self. It's a lot harder to pretend what you are not. Truth comes out. Not disclosing losses is also harmful to your health. It is very shameful for me to do what I did over last 3 months and broke my conservative style and ...

May be, but I am not certain if it works when you have not participated in major upswing and are late to the party and thinking about being a boglehead right at the point when all indictors show SPY highly overpriced. Does this mean SPY won't keep going up and hit 300 ? No. It certainly can. But the ...

technt, I am trying to buy bonds that pay the least dividends so I can offset my capital gains because they will trade at lower valuation in secondary markets. I am going to play cash secured puts of longer duration with lower strike price. I absolutely will hate losing anything. I am willing to ...

techy, Money is money. Greed is greed. Whether you have 500k or 5 million does not matter. As I have pointed out, I succumbed to easy money and quickly lost a six figure sum in 3 months period. I have a track record of being extremely conservative over 15 years. Still the lure of easy money in short ...

[QUOTE=kripals;673600]this one? [URL]http://www.r2iclubforums.com/forums/showthread.php/38290-Move-to-Bay-Area-Please-advise[/URL][/QUOTE] [URL]http://www.r2iclubforums.com/forums/showthread.php/41905-Asset-Allocation-Plan-amp-introspection[/URL] Actually, option trading is not bad, but losing ...

May be true, but 20 to 30% corrections have happened and are a part of healthy market. Correction takes out the speculators. But there are times even fed can't do anything to prop it ip. When fear takes over, market always undershoots. It gives entry to those in cash. Those who are in market book ...