OK, Greg the answer to "why the dollar?" History tends to repeat itself. During the 2008 meltdown the very shortest term govmint treasury notes were being bought for a very short period of time at a negative rate. I already made my "buy buy buy!" call on TLT and as you can see, it is doing quite well. The dollar will be the other "safe haven"...just like in 2008. So that's it in a nutshell. Go ahead and laugh...I don't care. But if you do I am going to laugh right back becuase the other day you said >>> "If the dollar were to stage a 2 day rally, don't come at me telling me about how I was wrong!" But is that not what you just did with bitcoin and the rest of the cryptos? 2 day rally, now bitcoin back below $2300 and methinks this move will "shock!" you into possibly reconsidering your long term stance. I ainn sayin...I'm just sayin.

Also, another VERY important point you missed on your tutorial about taking losses that you missed is this. You can also make BIG mistakes by over-reacting to quick moves lower in positions where you have a long trade working. Look at your DIS trade as a prime example. You exited a very good long trade on a "mini" panic and got out pretty much right at the low with a .60 loss per contract. Now you are back in. Becuase of I.R.S. tax rules you wiped out your ability to write of that loss becuase you got back in to the same security before 30 days. Your new DIS calls need to move to 4.50+ now just for you to break even on your overall trade. That's going to be cutting it close if you ask me. In fact, I don't think those calls will trade that high.

I would have pointed this out earlier but I was "blocked" here since 10AM. I did initiate 2 new trades...with 1 more coming in USO if you'd like to check it out. have a GRRREAT weekend, Greg. But stay close to the compooter and let the movers do the heavy lifting as methinks you will see some things over the next 2 trading days that will cause you to update a few things. Good luck!