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To: ChanceIs who wrote (214437)	8/6/2009 2:26:51 PM
From: Perspective	Respond to of 306849

< I remain about 60% net short > Good on ya, mate. I wish I could do it, but I just don't have the stomach for it right now. I really don't know where this turns, and I can't point to any trends headed my way right now. This could be a six month or a sixteen month rally at this point. Stupid is spreading like the flu. I traded 1999, and I know that stupid can go to unimaginable extremes. I got caught away from things after trying to short the head&shoulders top that wasn't. I've tried getting short like four times since March, and lost bigtime each one. Now I just need a break. I can't believe that there is anyone left short at this point, but from the looks of what they're doing to low-priced stocks, I guess they're still squeezing away. Market up, market down, it doesn't matter. The squeezes continue... `BC