Of more concern are individual charts - many stocks I am interested in are up at a 45 degree angle the past 6-7 sessions and once more nowhere near any support level, even a 10 day moving average. They need a breather. That doesn't mean they will take that breather tomorrow, but if nothing else they need to go sideways for a day or two to let the moving averages catch up to the price. I am also seeing the past 2 days the old fashioned small cap Chinese speculation - that can go on for weeks on end, but it generally indicates froth. Also select biotech names are exploding higher - another sector I watch to see when Kool Aid is flowing hot and heavy.
These SPY calls are meant as very short term instruments and I really don't even like to hold them overnight so with the decent move in the S&P 500 in a day and a half I took 60% off the table and locked in the profit. I used about 6% of the portfolio in the SPY calls, and should finish with about a 30% gain in what I just sold. All it would take is a negative premarket (perish the thought) and the S&P 500 opening at 1112 and all my gains in the calls disappear in an instant. If the S&P 500 falls below 1115 I'll dump the other 40% to lock in some profit rather than handing it back to the market. In other words I still have about 2.5% allocated to SPY calls with trigger finger ready.
Since I am still underweight the market, I will keep the 40% remaining TNA unless/until 1109 is broken on the S&P 500.
Long SPY 113 March Calls, and TNA in fund; no personal position
