Wild swings - how we are positioned? I guess the big market swing has been brutal to many traders

Wild swings - how we are positioned? I guess the big market swing has been brutal to many traders. Scared as heck holders of stocks likely gave up and sold fearing the worst at precisely the wrong time to avoid what seemed to be the next big crash, only to see the market bounce back almost just as violently in the last week. A basket of global stocks was down as much as 16% from highs, then up as much as 15% from lows as can be seen in the chart below. A well timed holiday or focus on how much snow is starting to fall in the mountains instead of the markets would make one think that a -1% October in global stocks is a yawn. Read more... (VIEW LINK)