Top is in

[Brother Esau]

Fear is back, VIX above 15, XIV breaking down. SPY to follow, earnings will be a reality check."

Truly prescient words. Why didn’t we all listen?!?!

Fools one and all. It should have been so obvious.

[sol]

It's been 8 weeks since hurricane Micheal, I still don't have cable.
I'm not seeing any financial shows, something going on?

Just the normal Trump-induced volatility.  Nothing you have to do anything about.

[JAYSLOL]

I want a hippoTopamus for Christmas.

That's funny, I asked Santa for a hippoBottomus for Christmas

[techwiz]

That's funny, I asked Santa for a hippoBottomus for Christmas

[dragoncar]

It's been 8 weeks since hurricane Micheal, I still don't have cable.
I'm not seeing any financial shows, something going on?

Just the normal Trump-induced volatility.  Nothing you have to do anything about.

I’m pretty sure someone he knows is profiting based off his market moving comments

But mueller is closing in

Trump top is in

[OurTown]

This thread may go on forever.

[DS]

This thread may go on forever.

This is only logical, as Top is Always Present, All-Knowing, All-Seeing.

[JAYSLOL]

This thread may go on forever.

This is only logical, as Top is Always Present, All-Knowing, All-Seeing.

Only as long as the market exists and there are those that think they can call a top - so yeah essentially forever

[Brother Esau]

This thread may go on forever.

This is only logical, as Top is Always Present, All-Knowing, All-Seeing.

Only as long as the market exists and there are those that think they can call a top - so yeah essentially forever

Maybe one can say "top is in" when the earth implodes. even then....maybe

[MissNancyPryor]

May this thread go on forever.

FTFY

[2Birds1Stone]

This thread will be used by algorithmic traders to make billions.

[GuitarStv]

This thread may go on forever.

This is only logical, as Top is Always Present, All-Knowing, All-Seeing.

As the length of the thread approaches infinity, any individual post on the thread approaches zero.  Therefore the calculus bottom is in.

[DS]

This thread may go on forever.

This is only logical, as Top is Always Present, All-Knowing, All-Seeing.

Only as long as the market exists and there are those that think they can call a top - so yeah essentially forever

Market always exists because Top always exists. Top is the Beginning and the End.

[dragoncar]

This thread may go on forever.

This is only logical, as Top is Always Present, All-Knowing, All-Seeing.

As the length of the thread approaches infinity, any individual post on the thread approaches zero.  Therefore the calculus bottom is in.

Naw dawg.  The cumulative thorstach hypothesis states that the value of a post is the sum of its responses.  Just look at the original post as an example— alone, it’s a throwaway comment, but as this thread gets longer, it’s significance increases.  Therefore, as the length of the thread approaches infinity, each post approaches TOP⇪ infinity*.

Ps TOP-arrow notation is a modern mathematical notation used to describe extremely large integers

[OurTown]

I'm about to get another chiclet above my avatar.  Do you know anywhere I can make some frivolous posts?

[marty998]

This thread may go on forever.

This is only logical, as Top is Always Present, All-Knowing, All-Seeing.

As the length of the thread approaches infinity, any individual post on the thread approaches zero.  Therefore the calculus bottom is in.

Naw dawg.  The cumulative thorstach hypothesis states that the value of a post is the sum of its responses.  Just look at the original post as an example— alone, it’s a throwaway comment, but as this thread gets longer, it’s significance increases.  Therefore, as the length of the thread approaches infinity, each post approaches TOP⇪ infinity*.

Ps TOP-arrow notation is a modern mathematical notation used to describe extremely large integers

Hasn't reached its limit yet.

[DS]

This thread may go on forever.

This is only logical, as Top is Always Present, All-Knowing, All-Seeing.

As the length of the thread approaches infinity, any individual post on the thread approaches zero.  Therefore the calculus bottom is in.

Naw dawg.  The cumulative thorstach hypothesis states that the value of a post is the sum of its responses.  Just look at the original post as an example— alone, it’s a throwaway comment, but as this thread gets longer, it’s significance increases.  Therefore, as the length of the thread approaches infinity, each post approaches TOP⇪ infinity*.

Ps TOP-arrow notation is a modern mathematical notation used to describe extremely large integers

Hasn't reached its limit yet.

Nice try. We all know ... The limit does not exist.

[JAYSLOL]

I'm about to get another chiclet above my avatar.  Do you know anywhere I can make some frivolous posts?

No frivolous posts here, all serious memes discussion.  Chiclet Top soon to be in.

[dividendman]

Hasn't reached its limit yet.

Nice try. We all know ... The limit does not exist.

That's only true if you approach from different sides and get a different result. Clearly the market is going only down to 0, no matter how we look at it. So, the limit exists! And it's zero: aka Top is In.

[DS]

Hasn't reached its limit yet.

Nice try. We all know ... The limit does not exist.

That's only true if you approach from different sides and get a different result. Clearly the market is going only down to 0, no matter how we look at it. So, the limit exists! And it's zero: aka Top is In.

You're forgetting the essence of the game. It's in the cones. Divide Top by 0 and you get Top.

[OurTown]

https://www.cnbc.com/2018/12/06/sp-500-teeters-on-edge-of-a-death-cross.html

You got that?  A "death cross."  We're all doooooooooooomed!

[Steeze]

https://www.cnbc.com/2018/12/06/sp-500-teeters-on-edge-of-a-death-cross.html

You got that?  A "death cross."  We're all doooooooooooomed!

Have you no FAITH!? The SP500 will be resurrected, the Top has spoken to me in a vision!! Fear not!! The Top will return again, and for those that believe, the Top will deliver them from evil!! Do not give in to the fears of those that speak such blaspheme!

[OurTown]

This seems to be the appropriate place for post number 1,000.  Chiclet top is in!

[DS]

https://www.cnbc.com/2018/12/06/sp-500-teeters-on-edge-of-a-death-cross.html

You got that?  A "death cross."  We're all doooooooooooomed!

Have you no FAITH!? The SP500 will be resurrected, the Top has spoken to me in a vision!! Fear not!! The Top will return again, and for those that believe, the Top will deliver them from evil!! Do not give in to the fears of those that speak such blaspheme!

You think the Top left? Hah. So much to learn.

[nereo]

Where the heck is Thorstach??!!!

[JAYSLOL]

This seems to be the appropriate place for post number 1,000.  Chiclet top is in!

Better sell those chicklets now if their Top is in. 

[ysette9]

https://www.cnbc.com/2018/12/06/sp-500-teeters-on-edge-of-a-death-cross.html

You got that?  A "death cross."  We're all doooooooooooomed!

Have you no FAITH!? The SP500 will be resurrected, the Top has spoken to me in a vision!! Fear not!! The Top will return again, and for those that believe, the Top will deliver them from evil!! Do not give in to the fears of those that speak such blaspheme!

I always suspected that mustachianism was a cult. Now I know it to be true.

If we register as a religion can then our lord and savior MMM then get tax-exempt status for his blog?

[brooklynmoney]

On a long enough timeline everyone’s survival rate is zero. Same for the top. Top will be in one day for sure.

[pecunia]

On a long enough timeline everyone’s survival rate is zero. Same for the top. Top will be in one day for sure.

Said well - You could be another John Maynard Keynes who said:

“In the long run we are all dead. Economists set themselves too easy, too useless a task if in tempestuous seasons they can only tell us that when the storm is long past the ocean is flat again"

Seems like we've been on the crest of a wave and are rolling to the trough.  I was hoping to FIRE soon and do not wish to drown in economic tumult before I am able.  However, I've never heard of anyone dying from catfood.

[nereo]

https://www.cnbc.com/2018/12/06/sp-500-teeters-on-edge-of-a-death-cross.html

You got that?  A "death cross."  We're all doooooooooooomed!

Have you no FAITH!? The SP500 will be resurrected, the Top has spoken to me in a vision!! Fear not!! The Top will return again, and for those that believe, the Top will deliver them from evil!! Do not give in to the fears of those that speak such blaspheme!

I always suspected that mustachianism was a cult. Now I know it to be true.

If we register as a religion can then our lord and savior MMM then get tax-exempt status for his blog?

Not sure if this was on your mind or not, but under US tax law starting a church for tax-exempt status is easier than one might imagine
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2015/08/17/john_oliver_starts_church_to_take_advantage_of_religious_tax_exemption_laws.html

[ysette9]

https://www.cnbc.com/2018/12/06/sp-500-teeters-on-edge-of-a-death-cross.html

You got that?  A "death cross."  We're all doooooooooooomed!

Have you no FAITH!? The SP500 will be resurrected, the Top has spoken to me in a vision!! Fear not!! The Top will return again, and for those that believe, the Top will deliver them from evil!! Do not give in to the fears of those that speak such blaspheme!

I always suspected that mustachianism was a cult. Now I know it to be true.

If we register as a religion can then our lord and savior MMM then get tax-exempt status for his blog?

Not sure if this was on your mind or not, but under US tax law starting a church for tax-exempt status is easier than one might imagine
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2015/08/17/john_oliver_starts_church_to_take_advantage_of_religious_tax_exemption_laws.html

That episode was exactly what was in the back of my mind when I wrote that comment. :)

[jjandjab]

https://www.cnbc.com/2018/12/06/sp-500-teeters-on-edge-of-a-death-cross.html

You got that?  A "death cross."  We're all doooooooooooomed!

From this linked article:

"The unpredictable swings in the S&P 500 has Susquehanna market strategist Stacey Gilbert worried investors aren't prepared for the next big rally or sell-off.

"I like owning tails, I continue to like owning tails. Those are owning out-of-the-money options for the potential of those big gap risks," said Gilbert. "That could be both to the upside and the downside, I'm not saying I only want to own downside because as we saw we can move just as quickly to the upside here… I like owning that optionality where you have exposure to extreme type of moves."

I mean, wow. Just, wow. I got a nice laugh out of trying to decipher anything from this statement.

[thorstach]

SPY and QQQ top is in

[appleshampooid]

HE LIIIIIIIIVES!!!!!!

Posting in epic thread.

[slow hand slow plan]

Thor is back Fear is up

Holy TOP A Molly

[JAYSLOL]

thorstach jinxed the drop again!

[sol]

thorstach jinxed the drop again!

Yea, I thought it was pretty funny that the market promptly rebounded 500 points today after he called the top.  Again.

[ysette9]

I’m really curious at this point what he gets out of this thread. It clearly holds a very special spot in the MMM forums for the rest of us. Does @thorstach understand what a legend he has become?

[UnleashHell]

thorstach jinxed the drop again!

Yea, I thought it was pretty funny that the market promptly rebounded 500 points today after he called the top.  Again.

it truly is a remarkable talent.

S&P is still up 300 points since the start date of this thread.

[2Birds1Stone]

He is top talent!

[4alpacas]

Tiara top under top hat top.

[dividendman]

I’m really curious at this point what he gets out of this thread. It clearly holds a very special spot in the MMM forums for the rest of us. Does @thorstach understand what a legend he has become?

It's obvious what he gets out of this thread: It's a pump and dump scheme! err... or like a reverse pump and dump scheme thing... He says top is in, we all dump our stocks because he is thorstach the wise, then he buys. Since he is a gagillionaire the market rallies every time he buys/posts!

[OurTown]

I’m really curious at this point what he gets out of this thread. It clearly holds a very special spot in the MMM forums for the rest of us. Does @thorstach understand what a legend he has become?

It's obvious what he gets out of this thread: It's a pump and dump scheme! err... or like a reverse pump and dump scheme thing... He says top is in, we all dump our stocks because he is thorstach the wise, then he buys. Since he is a gagillionaire the market rallies every time he buys/posts!

He (she?) has certainly stayed in character throughout the entire performance-art process. 

[2Birds1Stone]

@thorstach, I believe in you.

[slow hand slow plan]

Thor is TOP

[pecunia]

Just how much is a gagillion?

[ILikeDividends]

Just how much is a gagillion?

1000 x a bazillion.

[fattest_foot]

This sounds bad.

After the 'death cross,' the S&P 500 seems to be forming another scary chart pattern

The chart of the S&P 500, which flashed a scary death cross last week, now appears to be forming a new pattern that could be just as ominous.

The S&P has been forming a "head-and-shoulders" pattern, where the right shoulder seems to be building in the index's recent monthly range of 2,600 to 2,800. The top of the 'head' was when the S&P 500 hit 2,940 in late September. The neckline has been forming in the 2,600 area.

And then this:

But this could take any Santa Claus rally off the table

I really wish I knew how to read tea leaves do technical analysis.

[OurTown]

Then it will form the "knees and toes" pattern, and we can all return to Kindergarten.

[dandarc]

Then it will form the "knees and toes" pattern, and we can all return to Kindergarten.

The key is to spot the first knees and toes, so you can fully take advantage of the repeat.