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@MarkRitchie_II "Well Gold/$GLD has had quite a nice run since what my pal @Upticken called the 'mona lisa' of charts broke out. A couple interesting things I'm watching. First is just observing that we've had three bases and it has been very orderly and now we are on the verge of going parabolic while spot gold hit 4K for the first time. IF gold goes parabolic we could be getting closer to a longer term top however we've nearly seen a doubling in the price which was my base case. That would be a classic/normal type run and it's been going about XX months also normal from a perspective of time. I generally"
X Link @MarkRitchie_II 2025-10-07T13:51Z 51K followers, 70.1K engagements

"A few of my other favorite epitaphs from the traders graveyard: 'I wasn't wrong I was just early' 'I'll get out when I'm back to even' 'This time is different' 'shorting gamma was such easy money' 'I bought what my broker/RIA/CNBC (fill in the blank) told me was a good idea'"
X Link @MarkRitchie_II 2025-10-09T12:36Z 51K followers, 16.1K engagements

"Reflection.on #3 specifically. I was speaking with someone who was discouraged and thinking of quitting trading earlier this week and I said in no uncertain terms that 'everyone is going to have that moment or moments' where they think they aren't cut out for this or maybe it's not worth it. This is where #3 is key and not looking at where you are currently but where you are headed. I had intense moments of personal doubt in the early years and I was 'doing well' in the market but I still had those moments because I didn't make as much as I wanted or I hadn't hit my unrealistic short term"
X Link @MarkRitchie_II 2025-10-09T14:41Z 51K followers, 30.9K engagements

"Some ramblings/thoughts on the market: X. For starters don't make this any more complicated than it should be Friday was the worst day since the tariff tantrum pretty major character change in the near term. Vix +35% and Nasdaq down on biggest volume since the beginning of the move. Clear change in character in the short term. X. You don't have to be a pavlovian dog and just buy dips this is what joe's do and pro's avoid because eventually blind dip buying ends real badly. I've borrowed from the Big Lebowski before that 'sometimes you buy the dip.and sometimes you ARE the dip'. X. Markets"
X Link @MarkRitchie_II 2025-10-14T14:14Z 51K followers, 33.1K engagements

"Sentiment has NEVER gotten fever pitch at any point. Posting some of @NautilusCap stuff as they track more than I but bulls went below historical average and bears above on one X% down day. Definitely a LOT of people partying with one foot near the door which means we probably aren't at a top yet"
X Link @MarkRitchie_II 2025-10-16T13:04Z 51K followers, 29.7K engagements

"Also small caps and micro caps made new all time highs yesterday that generally isn't something that screams top"
X Link @MarkRitchie_II 2025-10-16T13:05Z 51K followers, 17.5K engagements

"Breadth Update: Earlier in the week I said I'd talk a little about how I use/watch breadth and what I'm seeing. Have we had some mild deterioration in breadth recently.yes including the A/D line in NYSE. This shows the % of stocks above their respective 50/200 moving averages (stocks in shorter term & longer term uptrends) has started to slip and we have the advance/decline (sorry no pic doing this quickly) showing a small divergence. This can lead to a top but in my view it is too early and as I've said MANY times this type of condition can persist for a LONG time and often does prior to a"
X Link @MarkRitchie_II 2025-10-16T14:58Z 51K followers, 16.8K engagements

"This is XXX% correct and I lived through it in real time with BTC as it happened. A few anecdotal stories; November 2017.one of my best contrarian indicators (family member) told me at Thanksgiving they had finally bought in I think around 8K. December.I go to a xmas party and two guys who I know knew nothing about crypto (one had asked me about it earlier in the year and owned none) were literally singing 'all I want for Christmas is some more bitcoin' Seriously I'm not kidding. Around the same time a friend I hadn't spoken to in years who is a former rock musician (again no market"
X Link @MarkRitchie_II 2025-10-16T15:53Z 51K followers, 66.5K engagements

"So I think Gold is probably due for a base here but wanted to show this and how I've been using the Monalert tools as it measures the 'extension' based upon whatever the instruments own price history is $GLD literally got extended vs its 1yr-historical average (10/8) and the NEXT day had a big reversal other one earlier in the year came days prior. Really nice tool to use when trailing a winning position as it tells you where to potentially lighten up into strength which is what EVERYONE struggles with. Buying is the easy part selling at profits/losses consistently is what separates in the"
X Link @MarkRitchie_II 2025-10-10T14:38Z 51K followers, 29.8K engagements

"Well since this post the 'parabolic' option definitely played out.wanted to show how the nature of this works but this isn't likely sustainable. Monalert now showing massive extension vs 1yr historical and we've had multiple consecutive up gaps in the last week or so. I'm completely out at this point and moved to the sidelines. Pretty classic short term blow off action interested to see where we close today as well looks like BIG volume on GLD daily/weekly"
X Link @MarkRitchie_II 2025-10-17T16:31Z 51K followers, 31.8K engagements