Carnival Corporation (CCL)

I am covering more of my shorts in $16.53 and $74.14 - down to tag ends.

* The market (and money) never sleeps - and neither do I, it appears! * Futures had a very quiet evening after a tumultuous regular hours session "Workin' on our night moves Trying to lose the awkward teenage blues Workin' on our night moves In the ...

* Short $20.46. * Short $45.04. * Short $166.54. * Short $86.86. * Short $449.07. * Short small May SPY $443 calls and $445 calls $13.10 and $11.67 * Short $1066.50.

I have raised my gross short exposure on the opening gap. Shorted gaps in , , , and .

* The market (and money) never sleeps * Futures had a decidedly positive look all evening "Workin' on our night moves Trying to lose the awkward teenage blues Workin' on our night moves In the summertime And oh the wonder Felt the lightning And we w...

Trades of the Week - and - are now down on the day after being higher throughout most of the session.

I am aggressively shorting the gap higher - , , , , .

* RCL and CCL...  I am shorting and based on the following considerations:  * I view the proposed elimination of the mask mandate, unlike many, as a negative for the reopening trade. * As chronicled in my Diary this morning, here and here, I expect ...

I have covered my ($79.45, -$4) and ($19.05, -$1.20) shorts just now.

Going back to late last week, the expected quarter-end reallocation trade - out of stocks and into bonds - occurred and equities closed March weak.  Stocks rebounded Friday and a spirited and apparently "FOMO" based rally - concentrated in large-cap...

Premarket movers: Upside - +157% (reports two of its newly designed mRNA molecules can effectively destroy cancer cells grown in culture) - +13% (The Phoenix Holdings Ltd. discloses 11.60% stake; appoints Josh Tech as Chief Operations Officer, effec...

It is also interesting to note that on Thursday my portfolio of shorts (Sleep Number , Digital World Acquisition , Starbucks , C3Ai , Lightspeed , Carvana , Robinhood , Roblox , F45 Training , Carnival , Royal Caribbean , Ginkgo Bioworks , Roku and ...

Covering some more of my $1.43 and $65.18 shorts into the continued schmeissing of cruise lines. Also, another one in my buy level... new position in Goldman Sachs  at $323.68 just now.

The chill of the Ukraine conflict continues to paralyze the re opening space - airlines, hotels and cruise ships.  My two shorts, and , are getting schmeissed and I am close to covering as they approach my price objectives.

I heard a lot about a new bull market leg this morning in the business media.  Not for me:  * Market breadth so so and weakening. * Russell (a new short yesterday) is not crowing. * s turn negative. * As I mentioned yesterday/this morning - , , , , ...

I am taking in most of my cruise line shorts now - and are both down by -8% today.

and continue to get flooded.

In the interest in transparency, here is a list of positions I have mentioned in my Diary that I am either long or short. Note: This is not a full list of my portfolio's holdings: Longs: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , .  Shorts: calls, calls and puts...

Here are my previously mentioned shorts: calls and puts, calls, calls, calls, calls, calls, calls, calls, calls, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , and .

* It is time for action, not inaction * Volatility brings opportunity   I was very active Thursday afternoon:   Short Covers - Robinhood , Royal Caribbean , Carnival , Morgan Stanley , C3.ai , Bank of America (partial), Wells Fargo (partial), Delta ...

I have covered my and trading rental shorts at $85.15 and $22.45

and were my Trades of the Week. Precious metals are obviously rising as a result of the rumored Russia/Ukraine confrontation.  I am selling on the rumor.  I have just sold and at $173.60 and $21.80, respectively, for a nice profit. Also:  - I am add...

Citigroup initiates Royal Caribbean Cruises  (buy) and Carnival Corp.  (hold).

I took in a portion of my profit on both and shorts late Friday afternoon.  I forgot to mention this in my Diary.

I am short and have increased my short exposure in and . This morning RCL missed on the both top and bottom line - scoring a loss of ($5.33) vs. expectations of ($3.92) as sales came in at $982 million, also less than expected. More later...