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To: John Solder who wrote (22590)	3/21/2000 9:13:00 PM
From: Susan Saline	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 53068

we need to hear a good speech on stop loss's and targets I'll try and dig up one.

To: John Solder who wrote (22590)	3/21/2000 9:19:00 PM
From: Susan Saline	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 53068

fwiw ... I looked at neon and hifn with much interest the last few days ... both ran up too fast and succumbed to profit taking ... normal I would think genes I now am accumulating for holds (I hope ... unless stopped out) aria hgsi cyto .. so far watching (traded cege and vicl) also most closed nice today ... good possibility that the bottom had been reached stop losses: this is a good one: by coyoti Message 3250974

To: John Solder who wrote (22590)	3/22/2000 6:31:00 AM
From: Ron McKinnon	Respond to of 53068

John >>>I got a call from my friend Mr. Margin today man do I hate to see this "margin" is a 4 letter word one of the things that differenciates this thread from most is that we are honest, and try to help each other a couple of weeks ago I was in a funk I was sticking to my guns and playing by the rules that have worked ok for me for years I posted here about "value", diversification, non margin usage etc I was legging in to "great" companies at "good" prices INTC CSCO GE MSFT AOL GE and went real heavy into ones with solid earnings and P/E's under 10, mainly the financials I kept solid cash buying power; no margin and was pissed and my hold portfolio was sucking wind; was drifting down, small losses except for some fast trades in my trading account I watched the mo-mo's like RMBS and the Bio's go to the moon thought I was just an old fool watching the smart ones bank mucho bucks while I sat today I feel some pain for you and others and better about myself if all of us here can share ideas maybe each of us can do a % of our trades based on each others ideas and do better overall that's why we are here

To: John Solder who wrote (22590)	3/22/2000 6:55:00 AM
From: Ron McKinnon	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 53068

fear and greed that is what moves the markets more and more every day greed says one wants to make a ton fast fear says i don't want to lose what I have somewhere in between there is a balance if one wants to make a killing, and get hurt badly, be greedy if one wants to watch their account get cobwebs, stay in total fear if one wants to make decent money, for years, find the balance the balance says: diversify dont use margin heavily take profits off the table, in stages, as you have them don't allow a profit to turn into a loss take small losses fast etc and don't allow taxes to impact your trades at the risk of pissing off my friends here Dan Z who I respect a lot has great ideas and does intense homework gave us GUMM in the low teens a wonderful pick it ran to 36; a triple it gave back 50% Sam gave us IDC it took on cult status it was the next QCOM it was going to 1000 it ran from 5 to 86 it hit 24 yesterday down 72% you posted on the bio sector: 3/15 There is no indication that it will be cooling off any time soon. As the summer approaches there will be building momentum in the sector due to mainstream recognition It's tough mentally giving back 100K, damn that short term capital gains 3/6 A truly 'hot' sector will not, and can not stay cool for too long. Once the clear standard is visible, that is the one to concentrate on, letting the others go well you had that sector early and it ran huge but some of those monster gains have melted I respect all of you and hope my words do not offend but I ask each to search inside to determine if there is that "balance' in trade decisions enough preaching