Back to Shorting GRNY, JOET
Back shorting ($GRNY) $27.80 and ($JOET) $46.
Short GRNY S JOET S
An Observation on ‘Newsy’ Events
* Trading opportunistically and dispassionately…
Yesterday, among other activity, we added to shorts in $GRNY, $C and $JPM.
I remain bearish.
Today’s ceasefire news will likely provide an opportunity to cover some shorts — something I like to do in a “newsy” backdrop.
I would anticipate reshorting the inevitable rallies than have followed a breakdown in negotitations with Iran.
Position: Short GRNY (L), C (M), JPM (M)
Morning Trades
In the premarket gaps/markups I shorted more C ($C) $145.01 and JPM ($JPM) $340.44 (both had price targets raised by UBS: C $150, JPM $384).
Adding to GRNY ($GRNY) and JOET ($JOET) shorts
Buying MSOS ($MSOS) more aggressively. And individual names.
Positions: Long MSOS L; Short GRNY M JOET S C M JPM M
Things I Did Today
Here are today’s things:
* Re-shorted indices — $SPY at $748.84 and $QQQ at $722.33.
* Added to $GRNY short at $27.87 — moved to large sized.
* Shorted $JPM $337.81 and $C at $142.90.
* Added to $MSOS at $4.77 and selected individual cannabis shares — $TRLV, $VRNOD, $GTBIF and $GLAS.
Position: Long MSOS (M), TRLV (S), VRNOD (M), GTBIF (S), GLAS (S); Short JPM (M), C (S), GRNY (L), SPY (S), QQQ (VS)
Going Against GRNY, Big Time
I moved to large-sized short GRNY ($GRNY) at $27.86.
Positions: Short GRNY L
Sorry, GRNY!
I added to my GRNY ($GRNY) short at $27.88.
Positions: Short GRNY M
Short-Term Tactics
* I was very active on the short side yesterday
On the last day of trading for the month and quarter, S&P futures rose as high as +65 handles in what seemed like an algo-driven markup — and closed about +41 handles (as it dropped about 20 handles in the last few minutes).
This morning S&P futures are -30 handles.
Ignored throughout Tuesday was a sharp rise in yields:
Observation
TLT low of the day, yields at the high of the day as quarter-end markups started early in the equity markets.
Position: None
BY Doug Kass · Jun 30, 2026, 1:09 PM EDT
As posted in my Diary, fearful of a quarter-end mark-up, I shorted equities more aggresssively yesterday — but on a scale higher (giving the market a wider berth) than I have in several weeks:
* Most notably, on strength and steadily through the day I moved from very small sized to small sized to medium sized index shorts ($SPY and $QQQ).
* I put on three tranches of my high-octane tech short basket yesterday. I can’t remember when I did so aggressively in the past but it reflects my view of the exceptionally poor reward vs. risk on the market darlings.
* I added meaningfully to my $GRNY short and added to $JOET short.
* On the buy side I added to $PEP and $PG, which should prosper in a correction.
* With the rescheduling of cannabis hearings going so well, I added to individual weed longs. The group looks like it might finally be breaking out of a range.
Position: Long PEP (S), PG (S), VRNOD (S), GLAS (S), GTBIF (S), TRLV (S), CURLD (VS); Short SPY (M), QQQ (M), GRNY (M), JOET (S), High-Beta Tech Basket
Elder Abuse!
Added to GRNY ($GRNY) short at $27.61.
Positions: Short GRNY M
Things I Did Today
Here are today’s things:
* Shorted $SPY at $749.07 and $QQQ at $743.67 — covered SPY at $744.80 and QQQ at $737.99.
* Added to $JOET short at $45.64 and $GRNY short at $27.63.
* Shorted a package of high-beta tech.
* Shorted more $MS at $227.32.
* Shorted more $IWM at $297.07.
* Added to longs $MSOS at $4.76, $MSOX at $3.00, $GTBIF at $7.55, $VRNOD at $5.55, $CURLD at $9.73 and $TRLV at $9.40.
Position: Long MSOS (L), MSOX (VS), GTBIF (S), VRNOD (S), CURLD (VS), TRLV (S); Short high-beta tech package, JOET (S), GRNY (M), MS (M), IWM (S)
Late A.M. Short Update
Added to JOET ($JOET) $45.64 short at and GRNY ($GRNY) short at $27.63 .
Positions: Short JOET S GRNY M