http://www.thestockbandit.net/2005/12/08/selling-stock/ Trading blog with trading insights, discussion on swing trading, day trading, and trading psychology. Thu, 24 Jul 2008 14:16:34 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.9 http://www.thestockbandit.net/2005/12/08/selling-stock/#comment-34877 Mon, 12 Nov 2007 13:48:07 +0000 http://www.thestockbandit.net/2005/12/08/selling-stock/#comment-34877 [...] I’m a huge advocate of using stops, regardless of your operating timeframe. There are plenty of reasons to sell your stock, but the most basic premise is that once your trade stops behaving as you expected, it’s time to consider kicking it out the door. [...] […] I’m a huge advocate of using stops, regardless of your operating timeframe. There are plenty of reasons to sell your stock, but the most basic premise is that once your trade stops behaving as you expected, it’s time to consider kicking it out the door. […]

]]> http://www.thestockbandit.net/2005/12/08/selling-stock/#comment-941 Wed, 28 Jun 2006 13:44:12 +0000 http://www.thestockbandit.net/2005/12/08/selling-stock/#comment-941 [...] Consider the speed of the 2 recent market declines. They were both downdrafts where the selling was heavy and constant with no real breather on the way down. Both selloffs came with streaks of 8 consecutive down sessions for the NAZ (5/9 thru 5/18, and 6/2 thru 6/13). Combine these ugly selloffs with the fact that so many participants in the market can’t seem to take a loss no matter when they occur (they aren’t disciplined traders who know when to sell stocks!), and you get the ingredients for persistent pain. [...] […] Consider the speed of the 2 recent market declines. They were both downdrafts where the selling was heavy and constant with no real breather on the way down. Both selloffs came with streaks of 8 consecutive down sessions for the NAZ (5/9 thru 5/18, and 6/2 thru 6/13). Combine these ugly selloffs with the fact that so many participants in the market can’t seem to take a loss no matter when they occur (they aren’t disciplined traders who know when to sell stocks!), and you get the ingredients for persistent pain. […]

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