Since shortly after I heard the top is in, I've been riding several hundred thousand dollars worth of triple-leveraged ETFs. I goofed and bought the long ones instead of the short ones, so I'm up about $400k. Upon realizing I was beating the market by 14% YTD, and in imminent danger of the top being in, I sold some call options yesterday to exit these positions by Friday and put $4500 in my pocket.
When this information reached The Bank of England, it shocked them to the point they had to hold off on raising interest rates. They had to respect that the top was in on interest rates as well. That in turn caused the USD to rise 1.4% compared to the pound, leading to an inflow of cash into the US indices. Simultaneously, the Federal Reserve was poised to declare higher interest rates by March, but upon seeing the red flag I sent up they communicated a wait-and-see approach, causing yesterday to be the day the top was in for long-term treasury yields. Oil traders sent USO down 0.43% when they realized the top was in for demand.
Meanwhile UPRO and TQQQ zoomed to what must be their tops today, well past the strike prices on my covered calls. So I shrugged my shoulders, and traded up in strike prices, paying $0.75 per share to go up in strike prices by $1. Thus, just as I triggered the top, I am triggering the downfall, which starts tomorrow. You were warned.