ETF Trading Portfolio Update -- August 8, 2016

Added on August 7, 2016 by C. Maoxian.

Finally the XIV reversed after losing nearly 70%. Impressive trend-following system you have there, Chairman. (The other positions are doing ok.)

Tweets for August 5, 2016

Added on August 6, 2016 by C. Maoxian.

$NUGT perfectly dummy-able after the jobs number pre-open ... a go-to instrument for "macro" trades: pic.twitter.com/wQNcwolrYs
— C. Maoxian (@maoxian) August 5, 2016

$TREX at an all-time high: https://t.co/etDu53cVBm | We're using Trex for the fascia boards & columns on our deck (Ipe for the deck itself).
— C. Maoxian (@maoxian) August 5, 2016

Updated my popular feed: https://t.co/iDTYIeK87v | Nate Silver, Fish Drawer; Monkey and Machine Gun Metaphor, Hope & Hate, Stoned Pizza Guy.
— C. Maoxian (@maoxian) August 5, 2016

Tweets for August 4, 2016

Added on August 6, 2016 by C. Maoxian.

$SBH getting closer to target zone delineated in my April brog post, Sally Beauty Could Get Ugly: https://t.co/KLEKq4FMnw
— C. Maoxian (@maoxian) August 5, 2016

Seaworld $SEAS at all-time low; the Chairman's classic 2014 brog post/prospectus excerpt: https://t.co/JRZ0ZfyDQm quickly stolen by BizInsdr
— C. Maoxian (@maoxian) August 5, 2016

First door-to-door salesman just came, "Southwestern Advantage," sort of textbooks/encyclopedias ... $104 a book, $20/mo. website, I said NO
— C. Maoxian (@maoxian) August 4, 2016

A dozen new re-tweets to my popular stream: https://t.co/iDTYIeK87v | windmills on fire, Swedes in San Francisco, nerd programmer jokes
— C. Maoxian (@maoxian) August 4, 2016

Tweets for August 2, 2016 (Redo)

Added on August 4, 2016 by C. Maoxian.

This week's musical selection, Kat Edmonson singing Who's Counting: https://t.co/4Ok7u0jTqh
— C. Maoxian (@maoxian) August 2, 2016

Updated my popular tweets feed... these are the ones that the kool kids (i.e., not you) are seeing: https://t.co/iDTYIeK87v
— C. Maoxian (@maoxian) August 2, 2016

No coincidence that Texas Roadhouse $TXRH down 10% and my dubbing it Texas Salthouse in recent definitive review: https://t.co/OSIB1iDYOv
— C. Maoxian (@maoxian) August 2, 2016

Just had annual car inspection, mechanic told me he's voting for Trump. Still can't find a white, working-class guy who isn't a Trump voter.
— C. Maoxian (@maoxian) August 2, 2016

Tweets for August 3, 2016

Added on August 4, 2016 by C. Maoxian.

MT @darrenrovel Nike announces it is ending its golf equipment business, just way too challenging. | Golf dying, no one goes outside anymore
— C. Maoxian (@maoxian) August 3, 2016

Virtu Financial $VIRT all-time low: https://t.co/IXQCsgUnu4 | Modern market making not as easy as they say?
— C. Maoxian (@maoxian) August 3, 2016

Over a dozen new re-tweets to my popular stream, all of them fun and delightful: https://t.co/iDTYIeswIV
— C. Maoxian (@maoxian) August 3, 2016

MT @SirSteven Crash of the clones: Range Rover rip-off hits actual Range Rover in China pic.twitter.com/s9oenZ7HTi | Copycat named Land Mine?
— C. Maoxian (@maoxian) August 3, 2016

There was plenty of time to short Bitcoin after that "break" bar, assuming there's a way to short it: pic.twitter.com/45Y0W5Vs8f
— C. Maoxian (@maoxian) August 3, 2016

Richard Hanna, a rare House Republican willing to break ranks: https://t.co/mMTNYJqrSU
— C. Maoxian (@maoxian) August 3, 2016

Does Buffett's Drive2Vote only apply to Douglas or Sarpy Counties (NE)? I'm willing to drive in poor PA or OH counties on election day....
— C. Maoxian (@maoxian) August 3, 2016

Tweets for August 1, 2016

Added on August 4, 2016 by C. Maoxian.

"Anna, do you want a bubble bath or not?"

"Not."

(Because:

你要不要泡泡浴？

不要

)
— C. Maoxian (@maoxian) August 2, 2016

Monthly production for July for our solar panels on garage roof: 736.744 kWh (not entirely accurate, missed 2 days b/c WiFi frm inverter out
— C. Maoxian (@maoxian) August 1, 2016

I retweeted another 18 popular tweets to my other stream: https://t.co/iDTYIeK87v | Lots of interesting things you no doubt missed.
— C. Maoxian (@maoxian) August 1, 2016

Valeant $VRX should go down to $20, not in a straight line, but the chicken bones are rarely wrong on targets: pic.twitter.com/H8JRL69Vc7
— C. Maoxian (@maoxian) August 1, 2016

"[Uber selling out to] rather than fighting Didi might not be such a bad idea." https://t.co/dG6ytYBNW9 | Great idea for Uber investors.
— C. Maoxian (@maoxian) August 1, 2016

Tweets for July 31, 2016

Added on August 4, 2016 by C. Maoxian.

I've retweeted 20+ popular tweets to my other stream: https://t.co/iDTYIeK87v | I'd never clutter the original stream in this way, of course
— C. Maoxian (@maoxian) July 31, 2016

One Entire Life of Miscalculations

Added on August 2, 2016 by C. Maoxian.

Love Kat Edmonson's voice and this song, though that shirt is unfortunate and the whirling around and around camera is amateurville ... just close your eyes and listen.

Houston, Texas artist Kat Edmonson performs 'Who's Counting' in TV Studio A at KCPT in Kansas City, Missouri. 90.9 FM The Bridge | bridge909.org | kcpt.org | eightonesixty.com @909TheBridge | @KCPT Live in studios and interviews from local and national music artists: The Bridge, 90.9 FM KTBG, listener supported public music radio in Kansas City, Missouri.

ETF Trading Portfolio Update -- August 1, 2016

Added on August 1, 2016 by C. Maoxian.

No changes this week. Note that the XIV has lost nearly 60% without reversing -- trend trading leveraged ETFs off the weekly chart not for the faint of heart.

Emerging Markets Run About Done

Added on July 30, 2016 by C. Maoxian.

Here's my view of the Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets ETF (ticker symbol: VWO). It has had a pretty good run off the January low and is approaching some target reversal zones. It could run all the way up to near $41 without invalidating the sacred idiot wave rules, but I'll be monitoring it closely in coming weeks for a reversal, and you should too!