You missed absolutely nothing by taking a few days off. There aren't really any good trading setups...pretty much everything still needs work. I sold my VIX calls yesterday and "coulda" generated another $55 per contract by waiting another day. So it is very difficult to get it eggzactly right. I think tomorrow will be a very interesting day. VIX 7/21 $11 call contract still didn't match the high set last Th. I'm wondering if it is the "ultimate" target before the computers turn the markets higher. Gold vs dollah getting very interesting and could become very nerve racking for anyone who is "long and hoping" either silver or gold..."physical" of course. You can be off on an assessment of "paper" gold via GDX by 20%...and still make $$$ if your Ty Ming is at least "moderately" accrut. :-) I'm still updating GDX and SLV. Nobody will get crushed following me. I can almost put the word "guaranteed" on every box I ship out to customers. :-)

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