Having short positions when a market is trending up feels weird because nothing happens and they keep losing money... but they are necessary for risk management. Then you get a drop & they become profitable. Spread your money into different positions, strategies, $SPY $SPX $IWM
Remember that usually the leaders move first - then the rest follow.... watch the leaders and it will tell you market direction... $MSFT, $AMZN, $AAPL, $NVDA, $TSLA, $AMD, etc...
$ROST - A surprising biggest winner of the day was this unpopular candidate... Don't have to trade what everyone else is trading ... do what you need to do