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On the Defensive, Short Term

People say the stock market now looks like it did in February. That correction took three weeks to work itself out fully.
History repeats in a general way, but not in a detailed way. There are lots of variations. It is a good bet that this time will not be exactly like February.
Still, there are plenty of other past shakeouts to use as models, and most of them lead me to look for some more downside followed by choppy bottom testing, perhaps lasting until month end.
I “look for” this scenario in a general way. I don’t expect the exact same pattern.
I always want to stay flexible and responsive to what the market tells me as it unfolds day by day. We really can’t see much ahead in the fog of the war of trading survival.

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About Me:

Almost nothing is known about the Mystery Trader. If there were anything much known, he or she would not be such a mystery, would he or she?

We can say only this: the Mystery Trader has been trading for a long time, has learned a few things, mostly the hard way, has traded all kinds of crazy financial instruments, has made AND LOST an awful lot of money, and has not died broke well, not YET anyhow, but there is still time for that.

The Mystery Trader writes these impressions and thoughts as a kind of an uncensored stream of consciousness journal or diary, largely for his or her own amusement, but also hoping these thoughts might help readers somehow, perhaps occasionally, prevent them from doing something stupid.

The Mystery Trader hopes that his or her thoughts might help YOU keep from losing YOUR shirt in the world's biggest casino. The financial markets are notoriously tricky and have ALWAYS been loaded with disinformation, deception, raw deals, chicanery, and outright criminal theft. Unfortunately, little of this bad behavior is caught and punished because the financial markets are too big and chaotic.

The Mystery Trader certainly and explicitly does NOT recommend that you blindly accept any ideas presented here or take anything expressed here at face value as actual fact. On the contrary, if anything, the Mystery Trader hopes that this blog might encourage you to think entirely for yourself and develop your own UNcommon sense. Be careful, have fun, and good luck!

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