Rio, Market Catnician
@musingtrader.bsky.social
Following the trading herd
I'm posting this chart here for no reason whatsoever.
It has absolutely no relevance to current events and therefore cannot, I repeat, cannot be taken as a cautionary tale.
/s
h/t: Kyla Scanlon
It has absolutely no relevance to current events and therefore cannot, I repeat, cannot be taken as a cautionary tale.
/s
h/t: Kyla Scanlon
April 8, 2025 at 2:57 PM
I'm posting this chart here for no reason whatsoever.
It has absolutely no relevance to current events and therefore cannot, I repeat, cannot be taken as a cautionary tale.
/s
h/t: Kyla Scanlon
It has absolutely no relevance to current events and therefore cannot, I repeat, cannot be taken as a cautionary tale.
/s
h/t: Kyla Scanlon
Best comments of the day (so far):
"Yeah, but if tariffs cure the woke mind virus, it'll all have been worth it."
"Also, I told you tariffs weren't inflationary. Stagflationary or deflationary but not inflationary."
"Yeah, but if tariffs cure the woke mind virus, it'll all have been worth it."
"Also, I told you tariffs weren't inflationary. Stagflationary or deflationary but not inflationary."
April 7, 2025 at 12:12 PM
Best comments of the day (so far):
"Yeah, but if tariffs cure the woke mind virus, it'll all have been worth it."
"Also, I told you tariffs weren't inflationary. Stagflationary or deflationary but not inflationary."
"Yeah, but if tariffs cure the woke mind virus, it'll all have been worth it."
"Also, I told you tariffs weren't inflationary. Stagflationary or deflationary but not inflationary."
The following is an absurd and grotesque illustration of a ridiculous potential slippery slope:
1. "Every person who vandalizes a Tesla is a domestic terrorist"
2,3,4,5. Use your imagination
6. "Every person who does not buy a Tesla is a domestic terrorist"
🤣😭🤣😭🤣😭
1. "Every person who vandalizes a Tesla is a domestic terrorist"
2,3,4,5. Use your imagination
6. "Every person who does not buy a Tesla is a domestic terrorist"
🤣😭🤣😭🤣😭
March 12, 2025 at 2:16 PM
The following is an absurd and grotesque illustration of a ridiculous potential slippery slope:
1. "Every person who vandalizes a Tesla is a domestic terrorist"
2,3,4,5. Use your imagination
6. "Every person who does not buy a Tesla is a domestic terrorist"
🤣😭🤣😭🤣😭
1. "Every person who vandalizes a Tesla is a domestic terrorist"
2,3,4,5. Use your imagination
6. "Every person who does not buy a Tesla is a domestic terrorist"
🤣😭🤣😭🤣😭
Word to the wise:
If you think that by giving feedback to the chatbot of your choice will make it smarter or more personalized, i.e. that chatbots use real-time Reinforcement Learning, think again.
Gemini and DeepSeek both confirmed that it's way too computationally onerous.
Sad.
If you think that by giving feedback to the chatbot of your choice will make it smarter or more personalized, i.e. that chatbots use real-time Reinforcement Learning, think again.
Gemini and DeepSeek both confirmed that it's way too computationally onerous.
Sad.
March 12, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Word to the wise:
If you think that by giving feedback to the chatbot of your choice will make it smarter or more personalized, i.e. that chatbots use real-time Reinforcement Learning, think again.
Gemini and DeepSeek both confirmed that it's way too computationally onerous.
Sad.
If you think that by giving feedback to the chatbot of your choice will make it smarter or more personalized, i.e. that chatbots use real-time Reinforcement Learning, think again.
Gemini and DeepSeek both confirmed that it's way too computationally onerous.
Sad.
Me to Gemini (with "thinking"):
"Thank you for your useful input."
Gemini "thoughts":
"The user is expressing gratitude, which signals the end of the current line of questioning."
Chatbots are off-the-charts autistic and how can it not rub off on us?
"Thank you for your useful input."
Gemini "thoughts":
"The user is expressing gratitude, which signals the end of the current line of questioning."
Chatbots are off-the-charts autistic and how can it not rub off on us?
March 10, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Me to Gemini (with "thinking"):
"Thank you for your useful input."
Gemini "thoughts":
"The user is expressing gratitude, which signals the end of the current line of questioning."
Chatbots are off-the-charts autistic and how can it not rub off on us?
"Thank you for your useful input."
Gemini "thoughts":
"The user is expressing gratitude, which signals the end of the current line of questioning."
Chatbots are off-the-charts autistic and how can it not rub off on us?
It might've been a tumultuous week in DC but on Wall Street, after a hotter-than-expected CPI followed by a cooler-than-expected PPI, lethargic is more like it.
5800-ish is still key $SPX support and 6400-ish is still the measured move target, should 6100-ish capitulate.
Thank you for reading.
5800-ish is still key $SPX support and 6400-ish is still the measured move target, should 6100-ish capitulate.
Thank you for reading.
February 17, 2025 at 2:06 PM
It might've been a tumultuous week in DC but on Wall Street, after a hotter-than-expected CPI followed by a cooler-than-expected PPI, lethargic is more like it.
5800-ish is still key $SPX support and 6400-ish is still the measured move target, should 6100-ish capitulate.
Thank you for reading.
5800-ish is still key $SPX support and 6400-ish is still the measured move target, should 6100-ish capitulate.
Thank you for reading.
The Bears had their shot this week. Repeatedly. But the 5850-ish $SPX support is still holding and we finished the week on a positive note right at the 10-week SMA @ 5950-ish.
So we're still long-term and medium-term bullish, short-term neutral.
So we're still long-term and medium-term bullish, short-term neutral.
January 5, 2025 at 8:07 PM
The Bears had their shot this week. Repeatedly. But the 5850-ish $SPX support is still holding and we finished the week on a positive note right at the 10-week SMA @ 5950-ish.
So we're still long-term and medium-term bullish, short-term neutral.
So we're still long-term and medium-term bullish, short-term neutral.
Socrates knew about the normal distribution!
This from Plato's The Last Days of Socrates:
This from Plato's The Last Days of Socrates:
November 13, 2024 at 9:06 PM
Socrates knew about the normal distribution!
This from Plato's The Last Days of Socrates:
This from Plato's The Last Days of Socrates:
Is there anybody out there?
November 13, 2024 at 9:03 PM
Is there anybody out there?
August 2024 is now consigned to the dustbin of trading history, with its “VIX at 66” and its long lower wick/tail (also known in Japanese Candlestick parlance as a shadow - how poetic and maybe prophetic?) on the monthly $SPX chart (1st below.)
August 31, 2024 at 8:50 PM
August 2024 is now consigned to the dustbin of trading history, with its “VIX at 66” and its long lower wick/tail (also known in Japanese Candlestick parlance as a shadow - how poetic and maybe prophetic?) on the monthly $SPX chart (1st below.)