I've been watching the same headlines everyone else has—Burry's fresh short book, Palantir and Nvidia in the crosshairs, the QQQ and SPY already bleeding a percent before the bell. My phone keeps buzzing with "Big Short 2.0" memes, but I'm not biting. I closed my last swing trade three weeks ago and moved the cash to a boring money-market fund yielding 4.8%. That's where it's staying until the dust settles.
I learned the hard way in 2022 that jumping on famous short-sellers is just another form of FOMO. Burry was right in '07, early in '20, and dead wrong for long stretches in between. The guy is a legend, but legends don't pay my grocery bill. Right now the VIX is still under 20, retail sentiment on StockTwits is 70% bullish, and every dip is still being bought by the same ETFs that got us here. That's not the setup I short into.
So I'm on the sidelines with a notebook. Every morning I jot the pre-market gap, the first-hour volume, and the exact sentence that made the algos puke. I'm treating this pullback like a free masterclass: if Burry squeezes the AI darlings, I want to see how fast the margin calls hit Robinhood; if the Fed blinks and cuts early, I want to clock the exact minute the dip-buyers rotate back in. Either way, I'm not the one paying tuition in red P&L.
My plan is simple: wait for the first 5% daily move that doesn't reverse by the close. That's usually the day the trend dies or the new one is born. Until then, I'll keep refreshing the same three charts, sipping coffee, and reminding myself that cash is a position too. The market will still be here when the grown-ups figure out whether this is a pause or a funeral.
See you on the other side—whichever side that turns out to be.
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- AnnaMaria·2025-11-05TOPSmart approach! Holding cash is wise! [Smart]1Report