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To: Kirk © who wrote (8730)	12/28/2009 4:42:41 PM
From: Patrick Slevin	Read Replies (1) of 20435

Eh, the Buy and Hold has the advantage over the intraweek trader by virtue of the fact that the trades must be -end of day, -Partial profits is disallowed. Adding to an existing position is penalized, -Occasionally trading is suspended, as in the occasional case where you cannot trade until Friday... -Stops aren't used, hedging isn't used -The Short term trader would be more prone to take short term positions in ETFs and ETNs than a Buy/Hold. -Commissions are high and probably a half a dozen other disadvantages hit the shorter-term trader. For these and more reasons I would expect the Position trader to do better than the Short term trader. --------------- Before the flames start, I personally do not care one way or the other what the rules are.

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