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It’s heartening to see that on a morning where the NQ is already up nearly 300 points (WTF???) that my “all-in” put position on Brazil (EWZ) is doing well. The ETF is down 1.81% as of this moment. My puts are up 25%, but I’m dreamin’ big on this one.
After climbing steadily for months, bonds (by way of TLT) have broken their intermediate-term uptrend.
Late last week, I bought October 16 2020 puts on the ETF for Brazil, symbol EWZ. In spite of the market strength in the U.S. yesterday and today, this is sinking nicely:
