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Non-Tech : Any info about Iomega (IOM)?

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To: BBG who wrote (46750)2/3/1998 3:50:00 PM
From: Michael Coley   of 58324
 
RE: Trading Question - Stop Orders.

JD,

>> don't you take the risk of selling a 1/4 of your position the second IOM hit's 9 1/2 without having time to see <<

Yes. But as tightly as it was trading in the 9 9/16 x 9 3/4 range, I was pretty sure it would break out one way or the other today. If it was down, we could have revisited our recent lows. If that happened, I wanted the opportunity to buy some lower.

I only did it with 1/4 of my position because I wasn't very confident that it would happen. I normally trade with half of my portfolio, leaving the other half long all of the time. Since the breakout was to the upside, it didn't matter.

Don't spend too much time trying to learn short-term trading from me. I'm awful at it. Or should I say... I'm still learning. There are others here who are quite a bit better. Even Rocky can get the short-term right sometimes. <G>

- Michael Coley
- wwol.com
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