Covering Index Shorts

With this intraday drop I am covering my Index shorts for a quick profit:

* SPY ($SPY) $753.73

* QQQ ($QQQ) $716.97

From earlier:

Sizing Up to … Small on Index Shorts

I have moved from very small to small-sized short the indexes:

* SPY  (SPY) $755.12

* QQQ (QQQ) $723.12

I plan to scale on any more strength.

Positions: Short SPY S QQQ S

BY Doug Kass · Jul 15, 2026, 9:47 AM EDT

Positions: None.

Things I Did Today

Here are today’s things:

* Shorted the indices: $SPY at $752.83 and $QQQ at $722.13

* Covered my index shorts for a profit: SPY at $749.63 and QQQ at $717.82

* Shorted $GRNY at $27.86 and $JOET at $45.83

* Shorted $JPM at $338.50 and covered it at $327.31

* Reshorted $JPM at $343.78

* Shorted $MS at $230.43

* Added to $MSOS at $4.65, $MSOX at $2.73, $TRLV at $8.85 and $VRND at $6.08

Position: Long MSOS (VL), MSOX (S), TRLV (S), VRND (S); Short GRNY (M), JOET (S), JPM (S), MS (S)

Things I Did Yesterday

Here were yesterday’s things:

* New short position — Bloom Energy ($BE) at $265.39

* New option position — Bought Nvidia ($NVDA) puts

* Reshorted $SPY at $748.88 and $QQQ at $722.58

* Shorted $GRNY at $27.81

* Shorted $JOET at $45.97

* Reshorted Morgan Stanley ($MS) at $223.61 

* Supersized long $MSOS at $4.46

Position: Long MSOS (VL), NVDA puts; Short SPY (VS), QQQ (VS), MS (S), GRNY (M), JOET (S), BE (S)

SPY, QQQ Shorts

Back shorting the indexes after the two day rally:

* SPY ($SPY) $748.64

* QQQ ($QQQ) $722.34

Positions: Short SPY VS QQQ VS

Not Broadening Out

Despite pleas of broadening out, the equity market is teetering on a disbroadening.
Here were yesterday’s stats:

* $SPY    -0.29%

* $QQQ  +0.27%

* $IWM   -0.89% 

* $RSP   -1.22%

To me, key to the broadening-out thesis would be continued strength in financials, which was nowhere to be found:

* $JPM -$8

* $C – $3

* $KRE challenging (to the downside) some important support.

Position: Short JPM (S), C (S)