We don't have a corner office in Wall Street like a lot of traders.

She’s an active swing trader.

But every trader says that.  

And a reasonable amount of selling is fine as well, as long as it's clear through the pattern of activity that you are primarily a buy & hold investor and not an active trader of notes.

I'm a stock trader out of Orange County, CA by trade but after 13 years or so in the financial sector I'm plotting my escape.

Perhaps If you are a successful bitcoin trader, then sure. give it another year before deciding if you are a successfully trading bitcoin.  

Hello Paul, this post is older but I would say that who so ever bought bitcoins at that time became very lucky, I m a professional bitcoin trader and I would say that it is the easiest way to generate profit, you just need to use your while sale and purchase.

I also day trade, always looking to neet fellow traders

There was a more gradual spike in 2016, this one went parabolic.Bond traders are panicking and dumping more risky bonds.

This is what stock traders would call "relative strength" which basically means given all the other investment choices of the moment, investors are choosing REITs.Again, its not to say these can't come down later on, but at least for the moment, it seems that some investors are actually running into Real Estate instead of away from it.How crazy would it be that the "real" risk in 2016 was not having enough real estate vs. having too much of it.