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Aaron Why, in Applying the Fixed System, Does Subjective Value Win over Government Intervention? A market price refers to what a willing buyer and a willing seller will contractually agree. To the extent that force or fraud exists, as it does with all government intervention, the transaction is not willing and therefore does not reflect a … Read more
The Fixed System Short List TSLA closed February 2, 2016 at $182.78, a drop of $28.22 in just eighteen days. That’s a profit of 26% if your broker requires a 50% retail margin on a short sale, and better than double if you’re trading options, in this case put options. For a portfolio manager, the … Read more
Q: I see that TSLA closed at 173.48 yesterday. That is down substantially from your short at 211 on January 15, 2016. Care to give us an update on your thinking? A: The chartist would point out that it is now clearly under a two-year distribution top pattern. To their way of thinking that pattern … Read more
Yes, absolutely the Fixed System be used in short selling. It does not matter which direction the market is moving as long as it’s moving vigorously. The Fixed System incorporates all the successful concepts and procedures Jesse Livermore used in the 1929 crash to make a hundred million USD shorting shares on the NY Stock Exchange. … Read more
I prefer the approach Rothbard takes in Man, Economy, and State (written 1975), his one-thousand-page magnum opus and attempt to include all the laws of economics. He built on the work done by his mentor, Ludwig von Mises, in Human Action. Mises was from Vienna, Austria. The name Austrian Economics derived from a simple fact … Read more
The market is never wrong. It is always right. It’s always where it should be when it’s there. The market will do whatever is necessary to make the majority wrong at all important turning points. You’ve probably heard all the above before. You’ve read it in print and heard it on the radio, TV, and … Read more
Is it the search for the Holy Grail, the fountain of youth, and El Dorado? Is it the quest to turn base metals into gold? Is it a dream and an illusion? At times, I felt like I was sleepwalking. But it was real. I traded on leverage, pyramided futures and stock options, and turned … Read more
The Silver Market was recently found to be rigged. Can Governments Fix a Market Price? No, they cannot. Consider the fact that all currency pegs have ultimately failed. Governments can subsidize one side or the other, but this doesn’t change the market price because all value is subjective. A good example is the Swiss Central … Read more
As J. P. Morgan famously said: Gold and silver are known; all else is credit. The gold price is fixed twice each business day in London. It’s called the London AM or PM Fix. Many contracts reference the London Fix to set a price for future gold delivery. It may be that the bullion dealers … Read more