July 2017 - Not only 12 months later, but even 19 months later on from shorting the FTSE at 6100 in June 2016, it still feels in Feb 2019 too dangerous times for any new FTSE short bets at 7250. The threat of UK QE and interest rates going to minus zero are messing me shorts about. Don't short indexes when they benefiting from quantitative easing and fiat money printing. Nevertheless, idiot, for the first time in 19 months, I stopped being short and briefly went long the FTSE. I stopped all triple shorts bets in August 2017 when FTSE 100 was at 7350 and went long the triple long FTSE with a reverse bet that was 10% of my FF. Do not forget, in July 2017 when FTSE was also at 7350, I thought the FTSE UK3S short ETF had reached an all time cheap buy in price at 310 and so like this desire in Feb 2019, wanted to double up my short so as to benefit from a probable phase transition due to an even worse UK GDP employment, manufacturing and housing forecast an...
2017 July - Always be Scouting for "Blue Ocean" Unicorn Shape Shifters and unicorn asset classes moonshot markets
2017 July - Behave more frequently like an Aikido Scout Blue Ocean brand new innovative warrior general. And less like your usual strategic less, tactical, jumpy, acute FOMO Aikido warrior self, which is ready to shoot from the hip when a sudden 2 day price move pops up unexpectedly over the last 48 hours up, one that irrationally excites or terrifies you. Unfortunately yes, your Aikido FOMO warrior within, has often tended to tactically react more to a "System 1" gut feeling, or hunch, or shame and new short term rigid belief that has arose first. On the other hand, when numerous big facts over 3 months proves big time that there is now a change to today's landscape and consensus, like a Great Scout warrior general proudly alter, mindfully and intriguingly, all the previous "non performing" and pernicious dysfunctional harmful beliefs, bets and relationships. And move big. Always be Blue Ocean Shift Scouting relationships, markets, currencies and i...