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You Want Vol? Here's Your Vol

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For all those (all 6 of them) scratching their heads on how to make
money daytrading  when the Delta One terrorist group is selling vol
using Fed funds and taxpayer money by the bushel, and the VIX is about
to hit 2010 lows again, here is where all the vol went: the EURUSD has
moved from 1.3360 to 1.3160 in just a few hours. This is probably the
5th time in the last 10 days we have seen a 3+ sigma move. The law of
connected vessels is working perfectly: no vol in stocks, means all the
vol has shifted to those instruments that just happen to be between 250
and 5000 times leveraged. Expect the CME to soon hike margins on all EUR
related derivatives. In other news, this will end well, and buy the
fucking dip.

 

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Fri, 12/17/2010 - 12:36 | 813021 RobotTrader
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Wonder how the Forex Gridbot and the MegaDroid gamers are faring today.  Most of them are probably staring slackjawed at the screen, wishing they had simply bought WFMI, SBUX, or AZO instead.

So instead of being glued to the screen every day parsing "words" out of the ECB, Fed, BoJ, PBoC, etc....

They could be out in Hawaii or Palm Springs playing golf instead....

LOL...

 

Fri, 12/17/2010 - 12:42 | 813033 TruthInSunshine
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You're a clown, but most of us are aware it's an intentional act.

On a AD line day of 1/9, you'd pipe in about how one of the few was advancing.

 

Fri, 12/17/2010 - 13:08 | 813129 SheepDog-One
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RainbowTrader is a FED plant. Theyre everywhere on the internet today, paid disinfo agents. I got them all over my youtube videos, they suddenly appeared and out of nowhere with their empty sock account trolls, obviously govt agents, are their goal is to divert attention and disrupt.

Fri, 12/17/2010 - 18:29 | 814102 unununium
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If I were blessed to post images, I'd add book value to that ponzi chart.

 

Sat, 12/18/2010 - 19:48 | 816077 Mr Poopra
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They do seem to be increasing in number and persistence as of late, don't they?  Desperation is a stinky perfume.  

Fri, 12/17/2010 - 12:42 | 813039 traderjoe
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I just figured you out today. You're the King of the Non-Sequitor. 

http://www.thefreedictionary.com/non+sequitur

Fri, 12/17/2010 - 12:44 | 813042 SheepDog-One
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Spot-on.

Fri, 12/17/2010 - 13:06 | 813124 DavidC
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Yes, I'm being anal, but how on Earth can you show the link to

http://www.thefreedictionary.com/non+sequitur

and then spell it incorrectly?! Sheesh!

DavidC

Fri, 12/17/2010 - 15:14 | 813578 Vampyroteuthis ...
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RT, don't let them diss you man. You present the ugly reality of our broken market and understand how to play it. To win at investing, you have to put aside your beliefs and follow the ticker no matter how ridiculous it may be.

Fri, 12/17/2010 - 20:45 | 814411 GoinFawr
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Oh yeah. Robo's calls are a lock everytime.  Or not:

http://img411.imageshack.us/img411/6964/robotloser.jpg

Robo's really just the mild mannered alias for a real identity: Captain Hindsight, Master of the Bleeding Obvious!

Regards

 

Fri, 12/17/2010 - 12:36 | 813022 dogismyth
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The markets are a farce.  Plain and simple.  Stop feeding the monster, ie., STOP TRADING, or stop ya bitchin!!

Fri, 12/17/2010 - 12:40 | 813030 eurusdog
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A close below 1.3200 will be extremely bearish for the EUR. Sell more on a pull back!

Fri, 12/17/2010 - 13:44 | 813269 Zeilschip
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Sell the fucking top already.

Fri, 12/17/2010 - 12:47 | 813049 Tyler Durden
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Just because it only gets better with time. H.M.M.M.M

 

Fri, 12/17/2010 - 12:49 | 813058 SheepDog-One
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Tyler, what actually happened to you guys last nite?

Fri, 12/17/2010 - 13:17 | 813162 gmrpeabody
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Tyler and company were replaced last night by people from a government agency. One of them was wearing a uniform with a picture of broccoli on the front.

Fri, 12/17/2010 - 13:40 | 813254 SheepDog-One
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The Broccoli Brigades? Oh no...

Fri, 12/17/2010 - 13:44 | 813267 TruthInSunshine
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One Federal Reserve Chairman's 'green shoots' is another person's broccoli.

Fri, 12/17/2010 - 14:10 | 813367 tahoebumsmith
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Just keep buying the fucking dip so the insiders can continue to get out in stealth mode. In order for those privledged ones to rob us blind they need a new supply to cover the heist otherwise the market would go into a death spiral. It really amazes me how stupid people really are to buy into this latest HFT scam and somehow think it will benefit them in the end. It took 2 years to get people off the side lines and now they have finally done it. People are on the dot com ether again and we all know how that ended. Not one artificial support the FED has created has ever ended well. So keep buying the fucking dip to help mask their robbery, but just remember in the end you will lose because to them you are nothing but the ultimate dip shit.

Fri, 12/17/2010 - 13:01 | 813102 Cdad
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Tyler,

I think today someone who knows more about cool technological things like cartoon makers should make a cartoon about the VXX Creation Units Machine which has obviously been plugged back in, making those notes available for sale where previously there were none causing some of the sweetest manipulation signals I have EVER SEEN out of the Vix. [ATTENTION SEC AGENT!]

Now, I hesitate to point out that last part because the layers upon layers upon layers of derivatives on top of the whole VIX thing causes me to become quite confused here deep down under layer upon layer upon layer of coats just now in the back of my closet.

And while today turned into yesterday, I see that $9 burritos are, in fact, moving towards $11 burritos EVEN THOUGH someone named Blue Horseshoe said to go ahead and short said burritos....all quite conveniently as today turned to yesterday.

So I'm not buying the whole ZH "explanation" thing 'cause I'm a true ZH brother, and I don't cotton to no "explanations."  And I'll wait here quietly [unless you cause me to laugh uproariously again...which could land me in jail if an FBI guy is anywhere near] until someone puts together the VXX Creation Units Machine cartoon [or better yet the Roach Motel cartoon]  because if someone did that, well, then go ahead and throw me in jail because I'm obviously traveling in a parallel universe anyway, and last I checked, no bars can hold that mojo in for very long.

I'm waiting...

P.S.

And seriously guys, someone should go over there and pick up Ms. Euro because she is an absolute mess and there must be at least one gentleman around here besides me.

 

Fri, 12/17/2010 - 13:05 | 813121 SheepDog-One
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Ms Euro is hurlin over the railing, but ECB 'Europes Copy of Bernanke' is trying to hold her hair back while dodging the Molotov cocktails.

Fri, 12/17/2010 - 13:09 | 813130 Cdad
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Well then, Dog, I'm glad I gave up the post and took to the back of my closet.  I cannot imagine the ECB will have much more luck than me cleaning her up in time for the evening gown competition, if you know what I mean.

I tried, anyway.  I can say I tried. 

Fri, 12/17/2010 - 13:35 | 813235 VeloSpade
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An easy way to tame that VXX thing-a-ma-jig is to just buy the open and short the close each day.  Very nice stable EQ.  Meanwhile take the rest of the day and evenings off, enjoy life... or not.

Fri, 12/17/2010 - 16:22 | 813763 Cdad
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VeloSpade,

I want you to know that I do consider myself a gentleman, and I do try to be considerate especially to ladies...so please excuse my comment that "That is a really bad hat."

As for your thoughts on taking the day off...you very well could be correct. 

Cdad

 

Fri, 12/17/2010 - 17:27 | 813950 VeloSpade
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lol..indeed it is a most ridiculous hat.  That why I chose it.  I snatched it from one of the ads at the top of the page with an advertisement for receiving 44 checks every month from the dividend reinvestment lady in the hat... perhaps an inside joke that is only funny to me..

Fri, 12/17/2010 - 12:51 | 813065 almost_have_a_name
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"Buy the Dip" should be required study for every looser on the front porch.

Has anyone heard that China has halted bank loans to real-estate developers ?

Fri, 12/17/2010 - 13:10 | 813135 SheepDog-One
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Just read where the FED suggests banks use 'profits' as a backstop...the horror...the horror....

Fri, 12/17/2010 - 12:50 | 813067 RobotTrader
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You guys can scoff all you want.

Doesn't really faze me, I just follow the tape.

As of today, Euroland is now relishing in new highs in the SPY....

Fri, 12/17/2010 - 12:52 | 813073 SheepDog-One
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Nice chart RainbowTrader. Why dont you roll it up and smoke it.

Fri, 12/17/2010 - 12:55 | 813086 TruthInSunshine
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Blah blah blah..

You chime in with comments about how some hedge fund managers could be out enjoying golf today, worry free, if only they had been 100% long only stocks that are up today.

Gee, that's incredible!

Is that the secret to making money? Only buy equities that will rise, and short equities that will crash?

Brilliant!

Fri, 12/17/2010 - 13:12 | 813144 Cdad
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Robo,

I have not been scoffing at you.  I don't even junk you [anymore].  I am simply concerned about the space time continuum just now [struggling with my own parallel universe] and I simply noticed that you have been referring to the way back past as if it was the future...and well, that is just wrong. 

You see, I do not think it means what you think it means.  That's all.

 

Fri, 12/17/2010 - 13:37 | 813247 traderjoe
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Can you throw up a chart plotting gold and silver against the SPY? See how well us doomers are doing this year...

Fri, 12/17/2010 - 15:43 | 813659 Hugh_Jorgan
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Earth to M.O.T.O, come in M.O.T.O....

Really? You're coming in here with this?

Duhhhhuaaahhh, now where'd I put that time machine again, George? <gape> <drool>

Fri, 12/17/2010 - 21:03 | 814476 GoinFawr
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"I just follow the tape."

The operative word in there being 'follow', as in 'after the fact' or 'trying to pass off foregone conclusions as predictions'.

Examine the post times against the tapes and see which one is really the leading indicator in that relationship; someone who gives you the horse after the race ...

Fri, 12/17/2010 - 12:51 | 813070 SheepDog-One
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The problem with 'buy the fuking dip' is there arent any fuking dips.  H.M.M.M.M.

Fri, 12/17/2010 - 12:56 | 813080 NotApplicable
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I'm assuming that anyone who is 5000 times leveraged, is doing so with other people's money (or backstopped Fed credit, that is)?

But hey, with VIX falling into a coma, it's a slam-dunk, right?

Fri, 12/17/2010 - 12:59 | 813098 SheepDog-One
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Bens perpetual motion and suspension of disbelief machine is quite a marvel...unfortunately its on a runaway train about to run right off a cliff.

Fri, 12/17/2010 - 13:10 | 813139 kentfinance
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that's the dip i'm buying. vix.

Fri, 12/17/2010 - 13:34 | 813239 Bearster
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Not only is there a disaster brewing in euroland, there is a disaster brewing in municipals (which by the way had a flash crash earlier this week).  Unless the lame duck congress passes an extension to the BAB program Christmas week (doubtful), or the next congress (which is much more fiscally conservative) extends BAB, watch out below.  Munis are headed towards defaults, haircuts, and much wider spreads to Treasurys.

Fri, 12/17/2010 - 13:57 | 813313 Fearless Rick
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Lemme git this strait. You want congriss to pass a BAB extenchun Christmas week? Aren't the congriss critters off until January 7? or maybe it's the 10th.

This congirls will be out of town later today, and most of them ain't comin' BAC.

So, no. They won't do it.

Fri, 12/17/2010 - 13:36 | 813246 Goldennutz
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Volume???...we dun't need no stinkin' volume!...

Get with the program!!

PARTY ON!!

Fri, 12/17/2010 - 13:42 | 813262 Bastiat
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Jerry Brown: California Budget Is "Much Worse Than I Thought -- We've Been Living In Fantasy Land"

Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/jerry-brown-worse-than-i-thought-2010-12#ixzz18OMqjX7S When Moonbeam says you're living in Fantasy Land you know you know the end is near!

Fri, 12/17/2010 - 14:06 | 813332 Goldennutz
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"It will be a very tough budget, but it will be transparent... We've been living in fantasy land. It is much worse than I thought. I'm shocked."

He's SHOCKED!!! UTTERLY SHOCKED!!!

Yo! Moonbeam! It was YOU who started giving away the state 35 years ago!

"it will be transparent". Transparent..hmmmm...where have I heard that before?...

Fri, 12/17/2010 - 14:16 | 813391 Bastiat
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Good that he's the one who'll have to deal with it.  

 

Fri, 12/17/2010 - 23:11 | 814787 StychoKiller
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Yeah and it's been the Decepticrats in Sacramento that have been kicking the can in CA all this time -- good luck Moonbeam, you're gonna need it!

Fri, 12/17/2010 - 16:44 | 813829 Gimp
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A true "Free Market" , shaw enuff...

Sun, 12/19/2010 - 01:32 | 814381 GoinFawr
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"VoL" is that an internet's acronym for 'Vomiting out loud'?

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