Der Markt wird jetzt mit Program Trading nach oben manipuliert, weil die Boyz sehen, dass es viele Shorts gibt - also machen sie es denen "etwas ungemütlich". Sich mit Shorts dagegen zu stellen, heißt, sich zum Kanonenfutter der Bullen zu machen. Das meint auch Rev Shark (unten).
[Werner Herzogs "Ich bin jetzt massiv short"-Thread ist in diesem Sinn ein akutes Warnsignal ;-))]
Can the Tech Run Continue? By Rev Shark Street.com Contributor 9/4/2007 1:25 PM EDT
The market action is certainly quite positive, especially in the technology sector and among some of the big-cap favorites like Apple (AAPL) and Baidu (BIDU).
The attitude appears to be that even if there still are some issues with credit and real estate, technology should be sheltered from the fallout and gain ground while other sectors may falter.
That thinking looks like it is being put to work today. The question for us to consider is whether the tech run can keep on going or are the bulls being overly optimistic.
We do have some things becoming overbought now since we've bounced so strongly off the August lows. But one thing that most traders learn the hard way is to not fight momentum.
Trying to catch a turn when you have the sort of surprising strength we are seeing again today in the Nasdaq 100 is a good way to end up as short-squeeze fuel.
One of the things that has made this market so difficult for the past year or so is the number of times we have had V-shaped recoveries after a pullback. It simply is not the standard technical analysis playbook to expect the market to come straight back up after an ugly pullback.
[Das meinte ich damit, dass der Markt seit einiger Zeit Leute, die starr charttechnischen Schulbuch-Regeln folgen - z. B. dass man V-Erholungen nicht trauen darf - mit Füßen tritt. Das Perverse: Sobald diese "neue Regel", dass man es DOCH darf, akzeptiert ist, gilt die alte Regel wieder ;-)) - A.L.]
However, it has happened regularly in recent months, and the likelihood is that market players are doing a good job of making it a self-fulfilling event. They know that the technicians don't expect a bounce like we are seeing in the Nasdaq 100 to continue, and that leaves many folks poorly positioned, who then end up serving as more upside fuel when their textbook TA trade doesn't work.
It certainly is an interesting market environment with plenty of negatives to seize on, but with some awfully darn good action in other places.
Ich hab zurzeit keine Index-Puts, bin aber seit heute long in CHF (cash) - was eine Speku darauf ist, dass der Franken zum Euro zulegt, wenn die Carry-Trades erneut rückabgewickelt werden. "Long CHF" ist daher eine Art "softe" Short-Positionierung. |