No More Kneejerks..

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mmmmmbeer
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No More Kneejerks..

Post by mmmmmbeer »

The more I watch the market the less scary it becomes. The less scary it becomes, the less emotion goes into how I'm trading.

For instance this last few weeks. The market plummets, and it comes back, up and down, and up and down.

Huh... welp... so what? Big deal if it goes down... it'll come back. Why react all hastily and flustered you know? Go all emo and pull myself off plan?

Maybe that's just it right? Having our plans give us the stability that others feel in the G fund. Oh.. look at the down market... big deal... I'm averaging X amount for the long haul. That bad day or two is a short term thing.

The average historical outcome gives me that feeling of security to that those huge emotional reactions out of the game.
Those who 'abjure' violence can do so only because others are committing violence on their behalf.

Regularguy
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Re: No More Kneejerks..

Post by Regularguy »

Great Message. And that can go in either direction. Meaning: wanting to jump into equities when they go down almost 2 percent in one day. I agree, stick with the plan.

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Longstreet
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Re: No More Kneejerks..

Post by Longstreet »

"Stay on target, stay on target..."

GUTK
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Re: No More Kneejerks..

Post by GUTK »

Staying on target with the seasonal and watching the dip(s) very carefully. There are many indicators out there on a given day that can cause a person to stray away from the seasonal strategy (kneejerk reactions per se). Patience is a virtue they say, lets see how this volatile period we appear to have entered into plays out--watching for the 4-5% dive, where is it?

Travis1984
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Re: No More Kneejerks..

Post by Travis1984 »

GUTK wrote:Staying on target with the seasonal and watching the dip(s) very carefully. There are many indicators out there on a given day that can cause a person to stray away from the seasonal strategy (kneejerk reactions per se). Patience is a virtue they say, lets see how this volatile period we appear to have entered into plays out--watching for the 4-5% dive, where is it?



We are almost there...S is down over 3% in August...
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GUTK
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Re: No More Kneejerks..

Post by GUTK »

Almost there......... have you been watching the VIX jump all over the place (today in particular)

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Fund Prices2024-03-28

FundPriceDayYTD
G $18.15 0.05% 1.05%
F $19.08 -0.06% -0.74%
C $82.21 0.11% 10.55%
S $82.43 0.30% 6.92%
I $42.57 -0.24% 5.95%
L2065 $16.38 0.02% 8.37%
L2060 $16.39 0.02% 8.38%
L2055 $16.39 0.02% 8.38%
L2050 $32.73 0.01% 6.95%
L2045 $14.91 0.02% 6.58%
L2040 $54.38 0.02% 6.22%
L2035 $14.34 0.02% 5.79%
L2030 $47.67 0.02% 5.38%
L2025 $13.15 0.03% 3.43%
Linc $25.61 0.03% 2.82%

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