Dislikeda last thought here before i pass out for the evening...
blah, blah, blah... and so on.
Whatever happens next, it's a move you really don't want to be on the wrong side of.Ignored
Remember these solutions and safety measures have been crafted by the same systems and thinking that created the problems. Einstein had something to say about that . He said " No problem can be solved from the same level of consciousness that created it." They were also designed to stop the last crisis from happening again. 1987 if i have my muddled mind working right yet... correct me if wrong someone. The talking head TV guy just said "don't worry, we have some of the smartest people in the world looking at this..." Seriously. I expect we'll hear that alot for some time to come.
But since nothing has protected" us from what's happening now, why should we have faith in the "safety measures?" Where I come from we could call 911 if we wanted to spend an hour getting to the nearest radio phone, but the response time would be more hours away. We'd call .357 first if the problem had 2 or 4 legs, or get out the tourniquet and take care of it ourself if the bleeding was external...
Safety measures to me mean being able to take care of me and mine, not waiting for the gummint drone in a shiny suit to tell me what my options are. We made our own options. I have lots of stories about that kind of thing. Real life, not reality TV stuff.
I tucked in all my open trades from last night, took off everything except for about 25% cuz I honestly thought we'd have to step back from the abyss for a minute before we jumped off the edge, and I wanted to lock in my profits for the retrace. Tightened up the SL's a bit, had that glass of merlot, and had no dreams while the world began it's nightmare.
When I got up a couple hours later to take my wife to work, I couldn't figure out how all these green pips on my screen across 4 pairs could be there and all my trades still be running. They should have gotten stoppped out... ???
Rub my eyes a couple times, squint, focus. I can do this. I stare, the truth starts to sink in. I sit back.... Where's that merlot? The green pips were a small retrace on the 300- 800 pips per pair that price had fallen during London since I went to bed. The world didn't step back last night from the edge like I thought, they took a step...
Man, that's one thing I'd like to have really been right about...
I'm going to go do something else today. Find some friends and go out for lunch. Take a walk and reset my expectations to function in a different world than the one I went to sleep in 5 hours ago. Remember my post the other morning, the word was "Relentless..."
If you're only seeing the pips, you need to back up. Back up alot.
FUBAR...