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| Hey, it's Brandon. | Here's something that confuses most traders: taking a bearish trade doesn't make you bearish on the market. | In Ghost Prints, we take bullish and bearish trades because we're not trying to predict the market - we're trying to manage a portfolio. And right now, our bullish trades suck, but that doesn't mean we've gone full bear. | The "Switching Horses" Strategy | I've been trying to get out of an IWM long put vertical spread since October 15th. Finally today we filled at 70%. But I was hoping to get out of IWM on the day I got into Bank of America - I was just switching horses. | IWM's horse could easily be out of gas after running so many miles off the highs. So I found a new horse when I saw 6,000-7,000 put contracts being bought in Bank of America. | When we break away, we create a gamma squeeze to the downside. | Here's what most people don't understand: our delta is now 27. We started at 145 delta. That means we're over 80% hedged with very low delta exposure. | That's not being bearish. That's being systematic. | Why This Works Now | The volatility markets are pricing in two outcomes: we inch our way up to a new high, or we see bigger downside potential. Right now the downside is making the most money because that's where the volatility is occurring. | Look at semiconductors - we're seeing institutional bearish activity in AMD, TSM, TSEM. But that doesn't make me bearish on tech overall. | The Bottom Line | If you have long stock, adding bearish trades doesn't matter. You don't need negative portfolio delta to be smart about risk management. | All I'm suggesting is pairing back bullish exposure. The volatility markets say the down could be big, the up is small. That's what matters in portfolio management. | Does that make sense? | Stay Sharp, | Brandon Chapman | | "The Signal Before The Story" | AMD +389% in 5 days.
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