Thanks for your reply above, because it serves to confirm your complete disregard for the impact of your advice and the over- confident manner in which you present it. We all know you are trying and want the best for everyone and I don’t think you got it wrong on purpose. However, getting it wrong and not admitting you’re wrong is one thing – claiming that you got it right by changing the story is another. You have missed countless opportunities to make stressfree, winning trending trades from support. If you had been humble enough to admit to yourself you were wrong about fundamental ideas such as: AI Failure, Bear Market Rally, A failing Donald Trump 2nd Term, High Inflation, imminent recession, Tariffs etc. Then you wouldn’t have spoiled your charting talent and may not have ignored the obvious technicals, price action, data and earnings.

Sounds like you might have blown up your entire portfolio by loading up on long-term puts… and not just in a diversified mix of securities but all in on just the major stock indices. Have you taken a single trade idea, long OR short, on any of the numerous individual stocks, bonds, commodities, etc posted here that have, collectively, vastly outperformed the broad market? No need to answer that question as it is obvious, but feel free to take your time reviewing all of the many trade ideas posted this year or any years past & LMK if you think anyone incorporating those trade ideas has been “betrayed”.

Constructive criticism & feedback is not only welcomed but encouraged but this sounds like the rant of someone who lost a lot of money sticking with a short on a single trade… the stock market. Again, take some time to review the Competed Trades categories (Longs & Shorts) & LMK if you can find a service that has provided a more successful track record of trades (not just on one single security) with such precise entry & exit points as well as a broad, diversified mix of securities.

Also, keep in mind that most services focus primarily or only on long-side trades and wouldn’t be able to see or successfully navigate a correction or bear market if the manual fell into their lap. LMK when you find that service that bats .1000 while providing a mix of long & short trades.

Yes, no change in the price target for $VIX or VIXY, although the upper VIXY targets will likely be tweaked if & when we approach them, since as an ETF tracking the futures (but with expenses, etc..) it does a decent, but not perfect job of tracking the spot $VIX