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Gold/Mining/Energy : Daytrading Canadian stocks in Realtime

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To: WhatsUpWithThat who wrote (17648)6/24/1999 9:36:00 PM
From: the Chief  Read Replies (2) of 62347
 
Shorting takes a mental rearrangement from a "optimistic attitude to a pessimistic one..after a while you can flip transparently without to much difficulty.

So is shorting dangerous...a comparison

LONG- I buy a stock at $28.00 and set my stop loss at 27.50 with a limit of $27.30 max loss on the trade is .70c unless of course it jumps my stop limit and I am still holding it...then the loss is significant

SHORT- I borrow a stock and sell it at $28.00 and set my buy stop at $28.50 without a limit. Max loss....when I get filled

The risks are virtually the same

the Chief
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