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who was the 1 that said go away in May and don't trade? because still holding SBK PUTS only to find that IT IS NOT TRUE...
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SimonPB
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this is one of those things that many people believe, and many even 'prove' it .. but reality is different .. like the idea that budget deficits are bad for stock markets .. which is also not true ..
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john_1
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Simon it is a fact that the historic monthly returns for June are the worst for any month of the year with DEC and JAN the historic best months...May has an average reyrn..may is no the problem its june that sucks.
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SimonPB
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err, then shouldn't we be selling in June ?? cept it doesn't rhyme ??
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SimonPB
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an then of course, it depends which years you use to prove the theory .. expectably the years used make a huge difference .. (and oddly most who use the sell in May and buy in October idea discard October 1987 as an outlyer ?? huh ??) ..
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john_1
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thats why you sell in may...to avoid june and july...
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SimonPB
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eisch .. so when in May do we sell ??
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john_1
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look... I found a much closer relationship to the futures close out than may...sell 4 weeks from close out and buy back day after in a bull and do reverse in a bear..only tested 3 years..so hardly conclusive but it did yield great results....see what that supper computer and your clever brain can get using that as a test
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SimonPB
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oh an here is you sms alert for a lazy buy .. if 4.30 be green ..
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john_1
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Tx. Stop 20% of cash employed?
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SimonPB
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ya, till SL in profit .. then lower low on index EOD is exit ..
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john_1
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TX.. will use future dirrect. Is that ok, or is that to much gearing?
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SimonPB
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gearing about 9x on the futures ?? that's generally around what I use, but recently only warrants around have gearing of 5ish ..
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john_1
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Simon, I see alot of posts about the lazy system etc. What is this about and where do I get more info? tnx
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yes please explain to me too..
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divz
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They got it all wrong its actually "stay in may n play".
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