ARKK, SHOP, SPOT  I posted the top 10 of the fund prior when I was making a March dip purchase and I bought a little more when it went a bit below the 100 area. From the newsletter, Shopify and Spotify are both in the top 10. One thing I noticed is that a lot of the stocks had similar looks when the market went out of these, now the money has rotated back in..

ROKU also reclaimed its 50 day yesterday, also top 10, chart attached. I like the setups Steve gave as the chart patterns are attractive for trades. Lastly EXAS above the 50 as well now also inside the fund. 

These are some of the leading growth companies in the world. Short term rotations don't mean a lot for the longer term value. I think the fund has a double to triple in it in a 5 year period. It is a little above 2% of our household assets, so given that I'm not concerned about checking it frequently. Part of my strategy is to take some of my trading gains and use it to fund this. This creates what I call, "a paid for position". I accumulate ARKK during downturns, nice dips. This is part of that strategy, I just like owning it rather than trading in these as I have others names that I trade more regularly in. Sharing here and hoping that some of this helps or something can be taken away that enables someone to consider their own personal strategy/plan. All the best in whatever your strategies and plans are. Thanks for the posts here, I do read them just don't always comment. Have a great weekend

PRHSX (T Rowe Health Sciences Fund) I noted that I was buying this during the March market dip, already back to the highs. It has been a big winner for me over the years. Chart and top 10 holdings attached. 

THBR Business Combination approved. Will begin trading as INDI tomorrow. Just checked my account and the symbol change is already showing up. I own warrants. The stock rose in the after hours session to $11.30: 

https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20210610005944/en/indie-Semiconductor-and-Thunder-Bridge-Acquisition-II-Ltd.-Announce-Closing-of-Business-Combination/?feedref=JjAwJuNHiystnCoBq_hl-YKT6SDyMw5Lye4ovXwHmkqD8R-QU5o2AvY8bhI9uvWSD8DYIYv4TIC1g1u0AKcacnnViVjtb72bOP4-4nHK5idAXrgr_e1ZUbxvK6BY66Xm

VGAC also approved their business combination with 23 and Me and it will begin trading as ME on June 17th. A Virgin Group company (Richard Branson):

https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/virgin-groups-vg-acquisition-corp-shareholders-approve-business-combination-with-23andme-inc-301310472.html

booyah, just getting started...longer term its a monster winner. David Aldrich who built Skyworks is involved here with the current CEO on the team. Great thing about Indie Semiconductor "INDI", which will be the new symbol is that they win no matter which of the car makers are doing business with them..and it gets more profitable the more advanced technology gets in general, the more they sell per car. Also, the barrier to entry in this space is very difficult..it was over a decade to be in this position, great *economic moat around the company here now 

*The term economic moat, popularized by Warren Buffett, refers to a business' ability to maintain competitive advantages over its competitors in order to protect its long-term profits and market share from competing firms.

New article here from market realist today: https://marketrealist.com/p/indie-semiconductor-stock-forecast-after-thbr-merger/

Gold Price, Chris is a pretty good trader, his current take ..David is an excellent interviewer with Kitco, I think one of the best in the business...video is there when you click the link. Good info on where he thinks we are in the cycle as well, which is beginning to align with the seasonality being discussed on the site here recently for June..we shall see.

$2,700 GOLD PRICE ‘COULD BE REACHED IN 1 TO 2 YEARS’ AT THE EARLIEST – CHRIS VERMEULEN ON KITCO NEWS:

https://www.thetechnicaltraders.com/2700-gold-price-could-be-reached-in-1-to-2-years-at-the-earliest-chris-vermeulen-on-kitco-news/

ARKK has quietly moved back up to the 50 day. A break above would be continually bullish. Nice move so far from that $97-100 support and above the March dip at $106s as well. Cathie stated a triple for her fund over the next five years. I believe she can do it given her methodology and how they buy/sell. A little over 2% of our household assets in this fund currently. We always buy on the big moves down. Got some at $111 and some a bit below $100 recently. 

You can buy and sell shares of warrants just as you do stock. 

Best to understand the instruments, read, watch a video on them, etc:

https://www.investopedia.com/trading/warrants-risky-but-high-return-investment-tool/

Video, warrants explained for beginners, Patrick does a pretty good job usually:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wTsMD12Cevc

Warren Buffet and others have used warrants in their strategies for years now to make outsized gains on what would normally be pretty average participation. Super smart in using smaller amounts of capital as well as the leverage saves cash. Of course there are risks as always, but I like the instrument  a lot on the positions I'm using them on and I've considered the amount of capital I'm willing to risk before implementing my strategy. 

AMC  If you like a deal, they offer $6.50 + tax movie tickets on Tuesdays at many theaters. They call it Discount Tuesdays. 

WOW that is amazing Matt. Even the CEO has commented that they have been shined down upon. I guess God loves AMC and/or a good joke   

Steve, Great newsletter. 

I've been watching the divergence of the Transports as well from the Qs and also the general market. International continues to lead at the moment. 

THBR   For those following along, the merger vote is today at 11am. If you own it, you probably know that though or should. Will become Indie Semiconductor. Warrants are up from $1.50s to $2.50 in just the last weeks. Another situation I took advantage of when they took it down and doubled my position off the lows in warrants. Then I sold some on the huge rip into the $2.50 area. My core position is in wonderful shape now and I can hold it now as it is profit heavy. 

It will close, most of the votes are from institutional ownership. Stan Druckenmiller started a position recently and that made me feel amazing about my work. He's one of the best investors of our time. 

Thanks for the chart. This is exactly the type of situation I'm watching for longer term buying opportunity. I have no direct exposure to crypto at the moment, only the Coinbase that Cathie owns in ARKK, which is only 3.68% of the fund at last glance. And that fund exposure is only like 2% of our total assets. So it would be nice to grab some crypto on a market meltdown. It appears to be here to stay. I would probably look to put 1-1.5% of our assets in something like GBTC or GDLC (large cap crypto trust) if I got my price. Would be nice to see 20k, but the market will decide. I'm watching everyday. 

Years ago I was able to acquire muni bond assets for incredible prices with Meredith Whitney did the tour scaring everyone that massive bankruptcies were coming. I still have a lot of that exposure to this day and have just been compounding the interest. It takes patience, but these are the situations to pounce on. I've done that in oil multiple times and used leverage to achieve massive gains. One tip I'd give is that I use an amount dollar wise in allocation that you could care less if it is up or down during a given day. That way its easier to hang on. When you aren't checking in multiple times throughout the day, it may be the right amount. Its very personal as always. Thanks everyone

I posted this some months back, though its worth a repost. Again, going back to what I own when the market is foolish. Also note, I'm buying warrants, not the stock itself, so my strategy is a little different than just owning shares. One must understand the risks/rewards of any plan. Good luck on your personal plans and decisions:

$DGNR 

Advent International is the majority shareholder: 

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Here is the business combination release information: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20210203005331/en/CCC-Information-Services-Inc.-and-Dragoneer-Growth-Opportunities-Corp.-Announce-Business-Combination-Creating-Publicly-Listed-Leader-Accelerating-the-Digital-Transformation-of-the-PC-Insurance-Economy

WPF is Bill Foley's company, they are merging with Alight who provides benefit solutions. They just acquired the Thrift Savings Plan (huge military contract) late last year.  He built the largest title insurance company in the world from $3 million at its start to over $13 billion. He brought the Las Vegas Knights Hockey team to Vegas. He is an incredible leader and businessman. Click on the about on WPF's page and read about Bill. I doubled my position in warrants when they took them down to the $1.50s area the one day. They are already back to $2+. The deal will happen. 

WPF's site: https://www.foleytrasimene.com/

Alight's site: https://alight.com/

*Spacs have been on fire the last weeks. I have 7 positions total and loaded the mess out of them when they all got taken down. All warrants. I've seen massive moves, 50-100% on average in them in that period of time. One thing I like to do is start with a reasonable size, then if the market does something ridiculous or they manipulate it, I double or triple my stake to get to the allocation dollar wise I'm targeting. Two months is nothing when I can achieve an amazing risk/reward and make my year after they load and finally run them higher. Whenever crazy things happen, I always go back to what I own and if anything has changed. If it hasn't, then I'm in a position to invest with much less risk. As I thought about these warrants, they were willing to give me the equivalent of a 5 year option contract in the $1s. That is hilariously cheap. It shouldn't even be possible. 

I used to make the mistake of looking for new ideas when things like this happened. Now I dig deeper and stick with what I'm doing and usually add if the fundamentals are with me. Same deal with TTCF, there was no reason for that stock to go back to $16, I just said thanks, loaded it and its back to $23 now. Barring a market event, my guess is that it challenges new highs at some point. I know everyone's strategy is different, but hope what I share helps someone that wants to grow their wealth and maybe can take some things and incorporate it into their own style/plan. I read perspectives here and its what the community is all about. 

Whenever you see that type of price decline and massive jobs are lost, it is a buy. The money gets made putting everyone back to work so to speak. Relatively speaking we are now at the other end of the risk/reward structure for the next few years. Meaning, it is likely to go higher unless we have another situation that nobody can plan for. This is why having a plan in place whether you are trading or investing is so important. 

I personally like to trim some things that I bought in the crash periods whenever we have the euphoria periods and are at new highs. I will be looking at doing so if the market breaks out and runs up near the measured target areas. I use that cash for when we get nice corrections and/or crashes whenever they happen in different sectors or the markets in general. There are times when I will also take part of the profits and invest it in a long term growth story that I can hang onto. Again, I'm looking for healthy discounts when I enter. It takes patience, just have to take what they give, whenever they give it. I wrote this to benefit others, though also as a journal entry to encourage myself to stay with my plan which has worked for decades. 

I've been investing a long time and I've never been more disgusted with the state of the market. Matt's comment was spot on "casino"

Matt, thanks for the great coverage. Really liked the chart with the pivot points. 

No doubt. Look at GME too, trading at $256   

Some good advice in this post from 

rjdston 27th of May 2021 at 09:31 pm

The psychology and realistic goal setting are so important. Knowing yourself and how you will behave over time is huge. I do a trading journal entry every day. I have a plan before I begin the day so I know what I'm doing when it is time to do it. 

Setting orders with target prices in advance has helped as well, then I can adjust them depending on what my time frame and risk/reward possibilities are for the position. Trim and trail. Not interested in giving back profits. If I'm bullish long term, I will sell some keep some (trade around my core). Lots of ways to do things. Best way I can put it is that if you are a sports fan, there are a number of ways and plays you can call to win a game. If you are meeting your goals then that is what matters. I used to get caught up in selling something only to see it go higher in later sessions. Bottom line is, if it was a day trade, it was a day trade. There is always another one. No fear of missing out. What was the goal in mind for the position? 

I struggled early on in the game because I was inconsistent with my strategy and also took outsized risk (I set my goals too high as someone else mentioned) given my account balance. It led to some large drawdowns and times of large gains. Kind of like a boom/bust situation. Fortunately, I had set a particular amount of capital aside for the trading account and I worked at it until it was back up. I was also still working at the time, so while it wasn't fun going through that multiple times, I was learning.. Any trader that has stayed in the game for years I think has gone through something like that, it is kind of a right of passage. Everyone makes mistakes, though successful people learn from them. 

My long term accounts (IRAs) are a different strategy than my income producing trading account. 

Another thing that is super important is that I specialize in my strategies. I don't try and do it all or know about everything under the sun. If it is something I have no interest in, then I stay away from it. My strategies are both fundamental and technical in nature. If I don't have both, I'm not interested. Also, having too many positions is too much to track for me and too difficult to manage when trading. At one point I thought I could manage 10 positions, then I went to 7, then to 5 I focused on. The number got much smaller, especially for my focuses during a particular day. My results improved a lot after cutting down all the unnecessary extra work. I have a friend who texts me regarding the next best thing every other day. I may look at an idea or two, but will usually know pretty quick on whether I can take something else on at the moment. Saying "no" can be more important for me on a given day in order that I can stick to my plan. 

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