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2x Long VIX Futures ETF

2x Long VIX Futures ETF (UVIX)

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looking 4 a win looking 4 a win 2 hours ago
Lol, me too!
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Bountiful_Harvest Bountiful_Harvest 2 hours ago
Markets are playing with fire on Israel invading Lebanon. This begins major shutdowns of trading passages, OIL corridors, and brings multiple countries into battle. It’s 100x worse than Gaza. As if stagflation, slowing economy, fraud, corruption isn't enough to bring the house of cards down...Gold sending a message.

Charts don't account for world war and geopolitical risk. Doesn't look like the current Government admin can hold this off any longer. October will likely be a providentially timed reckoning for the markets...and right before the election.

https://x.com/sentdefender
https://x.com/CaptCoronado
https://x.com/TimesofIsrael
https://x.com/BRICSinfo
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Dubster watching Dubster watching 4 hours ago
Loaded up!!!
Go time is now upon they/them!

Banish corruption!
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2H2 2H2 21 hours ago
Both sides are corrupted, that should have been obvious at least 30 years ago.
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looking 4 a win looking 4 a win 22 hours ago
Naw, it’s from all the long hard middle class work at McDonald’s that she earned. 🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕
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tw0122 tw0122 23 hours ago
Time For China To Turn On The Printing Press

https://t.co/IDBjhxAs90
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Dubster watching Dubster watching 24 hours ago
Or hysterical people when shit gets real.
I got some good stuff today. $markets are volcanic!
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2H2 2H2 1 day ago
No charts will predict war.
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tw0122 tw0122 1 day ago
$VIX $15.59 today in a bearish downtrend look at chart $14.65 next then $14.12 then $12s and $13s.
See if $14.65 holds
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2H2 2H2 1 day ago
Buy with both fists if it does.
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Dubster watching Dubster watching 1 day ago
$$!
Inverse ETFs are kicking butt!
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tw0122 tw0122 1 day ago
UVIX hit $3s soon SVIX better choice
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tw0122 tw0122 1 day ago
Kamala’s brother-in-law fleeced taxpayers for billions to give to left-wing groups and lawyers

https://nypost.com/2024/08/23/opinion/kamalas-brother-in-law-fleeced-taxpayers-for-billions-to-give-to-left-wing-groups-and-lawyers/
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Dubster watching Dubster watching 2 days ago
Dilution and moving even further from actual "valuation"

This is "The Great Taking"
(Please see the book)

You guys on this board are not fooled either it seems. Congratulations!
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tw0122 tw0122 2 days ago
Russell 2000 starting to turn bearish just a bunch of small cap companies (90%) screwing over there shareholders by doing offerings dilution and reverse splits. How many more reverse splits can these money losing companies do. Not much more for sure
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tw0122 tw0122 2 days ago
In the green new average 4.27 $$$$. Money velocity getting killed in the markets. CEO and executives dumping stocks hand over fists only some retail pension funds 401ks and PPT team left to pump the markets
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Dubster watching Dubster watching 2 days ago
I’m slowly filling as she dips.
Middle East tension can result in major issues on top of slowing economy, fraud, corruption etc
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tw0122 tw0122 2 days ago
Average down with 4.22s for the flip
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tw0122 tw0122 2 days ago
Back in 4.36. Article explains why Americans barely making it..
Why App-Based Jobs Don't Pay Like They Used To

Tyler Durden's Photo
BY TYLER DURDEN
MONDAY, SEP 23, 2024 - 05:00 AM
Authored by Austin Alonzo via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours),

More Americans than ever are turning to the so-called gig economy—providing services ranging from taxi services to grocery deliveries, often through digital platforms—either on the side or as a career.

The marketplace, however, is no longer the “subsidized fantasy land” it once was, one former gig worker says. An analyst described pursuing gig work as a career as “the biggest mistake of your life.”


Members of the Independent Drivers Guild drive across the Brooklyn Bridge in protest against Uber and other app-based ride-hailing companies, in New York City on May 8, 2019. Drew Angerer/Getty Images
Several app-based drivers say the pay now is barely worth the effort. Others say there are issues such as lack of transparency around net pay.

Sergio Avedian, 57, a part-time driver in the Los Angeles area, told The Epoch Times workers are told they are making a certain hourly wage, but the amount is often misleading.

In reality, workers are paid only for time spent with a passenger or package in the car. So if gig workers spend an average of 15 minutes fulfilling a task and the rest of the hour either looking for or driving to a job, they are paid only for a quarter of the time they actually work.

Eddie Doyle, 36, a writer and content creator in the Philadelphia area who is mostly retired from driving for Uber and Lyft, said that on balance, most workers whose gig involves driving are probably actually losing money due to fuel expenses and the deterioration of their vehicles.

Doyle, who began driving in 2015, said pay used to be better. These days, Doyle said Uber or Lyft drivers in a major American city likely need to work 60 to 80 hours a week—splitting driving time among multiple apps—to earn a decent wage.

“I think the vast majority of [gig workers] are struggling,” Pedro Santiago, 42, a driver based near St. Louis who splits his working time among five app-based gig jobs, told The Epoch Times.

Sizing Up the Gig Economy
The world of employment was revolutionized with the launch of Uber Technologies Inc. in 2010. The smartphone application offered a new competitor to the taxicab industry by linking a paying passenger with a private driver using his or her own car.

Uber’s meteoric rise bred dozens of other applications, bringing the gig work concept to other business areas. Today’s smartphone-powered gig economy includes everything from odd jobs around the house to legal work.

The largest services are still focused on transportation. Uber and Lyft Inc. dominate the on-demand ride business, while DoorDash Inc. and Maplebear Inc., better known as Instacart, lead the way on delivery services for food and other goods. Uber has branched out into food and grocery delivery too. DoorDash, Instacart, Lyft, and Uber are now publicly traded.


A traveler walks toward the Uber rideshare vehicle pickup area at the Los Angeles International Airport on Feb. 8, 2023. Mario Tama/Getty Images
Massive retailers like Walmart and Amazon joined in with their own on-demand platforms: Spark Driver and Amazon Flex.

Gig workers are recruited with the promise of flexible hours to earn additional income. However, as independent contractors, gig workers are not entitled to traditional employment benefits like health insurance, and they must take on additional occupational risks, equipment costs, and tax burdens.

The U.S. Department of Labor doesn’t measure the number of people working gig jobs. But its Bureau of Labor Statistics does keep track of the number of people working multiple jobs.

According to the BLS’s September Employment Situation Summary, about 8.3 million Americans worked multiple jobs in August 2024. That was an increase from about 7.8 million in August 2023. In both years, most workers with two jobs had a full-time job and a part-time job.

In a 2024 economic impact report, Flex, a federal lobbying association supported by DoorDash, Grubhub, HopSkipDrive, Instacart, Lyft, Shipt, and Uber, estimated there were about 7.3 million “active drivers and delivery partners on major rideshare and delivery platforms” in 2022.

Representatives of Flex did not respond to a request for comment from The Epoch Times.

Other estimates said the number of gig workers is much higher.

A 2022 report published by the consultancy McKinsey & Co. surveyed workers and estimated as many as 58 million Americans, or 36 percent of the U.S. workforce, did some gig work that year.

According to the McKinsey survey, gig workers are most likely Latinos between 18 and 24 with less than a high school education, making less than $25,000 per year.

Santiago said the sheer number of people doing gig work demonstrates the struggles of most Americans.

“Most people come to [gig work] because they either lost a job, or the inflation of their rent and groceries has just gotten too out of hand where they’ve got to make an extra $200 a week,” Santiago said.

Struggling to Make a Living
Some gig workers say they are being left behind. They complain of low pay, unreliable job offerings, and a lack of benefits.

In an email, Rafael Espinal, executive director and president of the Freelancers Union, said many freelancers and gig workers in the United States say their lack of job stability and benefits “prevents them from reaching key life milestones.”


An Uber and Lyft driver carries a sign as he joins other app-based drivers and delivery workers in a protest at the former headquarters of Uber Technologies in New York City on March 29, 2022. The protesters demand fair pay in response to rising gas prices. Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images
“Inconsistent income and the high cost of health care and housing make it difficult for them to save for retirement, buy a home, or start a family,” Espinal said. “This economic uncertainty affects not only their day-to-day lives but their long-term goals as well.”

Espinal said the Freelancers Union represents more than 700,000 members across the country. It provides access to insurance, legal services, and financial planning for its members. He said many of its members work multiple part-time jobs “to make ends meet.”

Avedian, a Wall Street veteran and a senior contributor to the industry analysis and advice website The Rideshare Guy, said gig work is designed as a so-called side hustle and cannot replace a full-time job for most people.

“If you’ve chosen gig work as a career, you have made the biggest mistake of your life,” Avedian told The Epoch Times.

Both Doyle and Avedian said they believe the active-hour pay structure is misleading to gig workers. Doyle said gig work companies succeed by taking advantage of workers’ ignorance of the risks and costs inherent in gig work.

Espinal said gig workers tell him they are frustrated with their lack of bargaining power as independent contractors even though gig economy companies hold “significant control over their working conditions.”

In its Securities and Exchange Commission filings, Uber describes the classification of its drivers as “employees, workers, or quasi-employees” as an “operational risk” to its business. The same document details the various legal and political challenges involved in maintaining independent contractor status.

Uber’s latest quarterly filing, published in August, said that if drivers win the reclassification through legal means or the passage of new laws, the company would incur significant expenses for compensating drivers and would pass its elevated costs onto riders. Uber also argues reclassification would limit its ability to find workers due to a loss of flexibility.

The second-quarter reports filed by DoorDash, Instacart, and Lyft make nearly identical statements about classification and describe similar legal and political challenges to gig workers’ contractor status.

Profitability and the Future
The gig economy shows no signs of slowing down. Americans are used to the on-demand goods and services provided by gig workers, and corporations are eager to cut labor costs by expanding their use of independent contractors.

The latest earnings statements show Uber, Lyft, and Instacart all turned a profit in the second quarter of 2024.

According to their SEC filings, Uber collected $361 million in profits during the first six months of 2024, while DoorDash reported $191 million in profits. During the same period, Lyft lost about $26.5 million, while DoorDash lost $180 million.

Read the rest here...
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Dubster watching Dubster watching 3 days ago
A Fed Funds rate cut with an inverted yield curve has always led to a recession or depression. The longer the yield curve remains inverted, the worse the recession or depression. This is the longest the yield curve has been inverted since the Great Depression.

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looking 4 a win looking 4 a win 4 days ago
Awesome, thanks Dubs.
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Dubster watching Dubster watching 4 days ago
This is a very good place to be “when” the market correction happens.
Timing it is obviously the game winning move.
I typically watch for really extreme moves in the markets, especially when one of the ETFs I work from is involved. (Mine cover inverse 2xETF positions mostly).
A stock going up right now is just smoke and mirrors.
Koolaid chasers, Blind 401K/Pension/IRA etc dollar cost averaging,
But have ignorance regarding negative realization of “valuations” and “unrealized losses”’

You’ll hear me usually focus on the fraudulent practices that make me a pure scalper. I HATE holding anything very long.
Gl

SKRE- I hate banks
BOIL- natural gas is not going away
TSDD- Tesla is a golf cart, dumb! 15 min city crap.
NVD -I hate koolaid stands and AI
NVDL still hate NVDA
PSQ - old favorite QQQ inverse
A few I load like this cool UVIX!
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looking 4 a win looking 4 a win 4 days ago
Appreciate it, thanks.
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2H2 2H2 5 days ago
Big stuff coming up, just be patient
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looking 4 a win looking 4 a win 5 days ago
Awe c’mon, I know I was pissed the other day, but I get too worked up sometimes about politics. I’ll need a nest of I’m going to survive the next crash.
Sorry for my temper.
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2H2 2H2 5 days ago
I think you need to quit trading.
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looking 4 a win looking 4 a win 5 days ago
Just curious cause I’m not always informed, but if the market takes a huge dump this is where you want be? I’m thinking of taking a loss on my other holdings and putting it here.

Not asking for trading advice so I won’t blame you regardless.

Thanks
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2H2 2H2 5 days ago
6100-6300 SOX by Oct 9. Bitcoin to 100k, that’s the blow off top. Make bank now on long side.
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tw0122 tw0122 5 days ago
They will succeed PPT wins this round better luck next time all out
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tw0122 tw0122 5 days ago
Trying hard to keep markets up..


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tw0122 tw0122 5 days ago
Nice info going to use this link
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Dubster watching Dubster watching 5 days ago
added some $4.27 luckily. The rest of the day should be strong.
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Dubster watching Dubster watching 5 days ago
I agree.
I'm hanging on to my recent loads here yesterday.
The results of the 1/2 pt cut will very likely play out differently when there are so many different factors at play.
I was going to wait but I have been adding on my inverse ETFs BOIL is kickin ass!
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2H2 2H2 5 days ago
Link

Why is Oct 9, 2024 important? 🚨It's the day the FED releases the minutes from this week's rate cut mtg. (Minutes are released 3 weeks from the mtg).

In 2007 the market rallied from the day of the 50bp pivot on 9/18/07 (with minor dips) & then TOPPED (S&P & DJIA) on 10/09/07… pic.twitter.com/rLsXlSylnk— John (@market_sleuth) September 20, 2024
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2H2 2H2 5 days ago
Oct 9 is when Fed minutes are released. Compare what happened in 2007 from 1/2 pt cut to release of minutes. Then see what happened next.

This out of context from Market Slueth on. X.
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huka huka 5 days ago
100% agreed
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tw0122 tw0122 5 days ago
Rate cut reminds me of 2007 at first a market rise then the selling started to really pick up as investors are aware there is no brightness in future. It’s all a mirage.
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huka huka 5 days ago
Tslz doing well also
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tw0122 tw0122 5 days ago
SOXS trade doing the best up 8%. They keeping the lid on VIX still. Yellen at work lol
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huka huka 5 days ago
Same
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tw0122 tw0122 5 days ago
Add 4.38s thank you
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tw0122 tw0122 5 days ago
Plenty of 4.41 added for the flip
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huka huka 5 days ago
Spy to 900 by noon
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tw0122 tw0122 5 days ago
Added some 4.43
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Bountiful_Harvest Bountiful_Harvest 6 days ago
Buy VIX Calls - Goldman Sees Rise In Risk Ahead

https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/buy-vix-calls-goldman-sees-rise-risk-ahead

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Dubster watching Dubster watching 6 days ago
going in! $4.35 filled
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Dubster watching Dubster watching 7 days ago
No shit. I have been seriously thinking about keeping my electronics in the shed.
Other than the guns and fakery, this country is toast.
...But Christ!
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2H2 2H2 7 days ago
Heard my cell phone buzz, had me concerned. Hmmm…what’s next?
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Dubster watching Dubster watching 7 days ago
Sold $4.84 extended
Didn’t think it would hit.

Not holding anything but a few inverse ETFs.

Powder ready for those massive fluctuating markets.
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looking 4 a win looking 4 a win 7 days ago
I just listened to that See You Next Tuesday LIAR drone on like she was drunk and pussy “journalists” are sucking her cock all day!
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