I’m pretty sure the title to my post perfectly captured the sentiment of bears far and wide. 

It is a “why even bother shorting?” kind of market. And it has been a while since I pulled the trigger on a short setup in the Swing-Trading Splash Zone. And I don’t have any plans at the moment to pull the trigger on any. Right now, I remain committed to the long side, even though my commitment to any side of the trade is as good as the market will allow me to stay committed to it. 

We have one of the bigger intraday sell-offs this morning, in some time, and can you guess what happened? The bulls bought the dip or BTFD for those looking for some street lingo (Look, this a a family blog, I have to keep it PG in here). 

In any case, careful out there with your emotions, and don’t get all contrarian on this market when you don’t have to. Follow the trend.

For now, here’s my short watch-list: