On 12/7/17, when BTC was trading at ~$18K, I wrote on my FB for all my crypto friends: "Can't wait for an opportunity to short Bitcoin." Naturally, many of my friends laughed and said I was crazy to go against this "powerful revolution." They cited many crypto analyst that said BTC was going to hit $100K by June 2018 (Tom Lee's of the world, etc.). Again on...
People often ask me how I go about executing my short positions (SQ/FB most recently), especially when the company's fundamental story is solid. I typically show them charts like this, where, as you can see, just by applying very basic technicals you can see that this stock (SQ) has a pattern of what can only be described as euphoric run-ups, followed by intense...