
Shields up on the Starship Enterprise (via Laser Fire Creations).
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As a follow-up to the fellow who bought over $80,000 in puts on UPST before earnings came out after yesterday’s close, sure enough, he’s “doubled down”:

Sheesh. This is embarrassing.
Late last Friday, I did a premium post called I’m Going Back! in which I declared that there were three cryptos I really liked, and I was going to put an even amount in each of them (I put in $5,000 each, for $15k total). The coins were $ALGO, $ATOM, and $ENJ. It hasn’t even been a full 7 days yet, and all THREE are profitable, one of them nicely so (click image for better readability). Here is CryptoStream:

Well, prancing, hair-dressing, effete, antique-shopper that I am, I got spooked by some weakness and got out. So, yeah, I managed to take a small loss instead of enjoying the profits shown above. Proving yet again I am a vastly better chartist than trader. It’s a real shame, because I think these three coins look better than ever now!
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Jack Dorsey’s Square scores with Bitcoin trading revenue, but its latest acquisition profits from the poor.
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