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To: Jerry Olson who wrote (108980)	7/21/2000 7:26:10 AM
From: Susan G	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 120523

Bonjour from Paris guys, Please try to keep the market rallying till I return, and thank Uncle Alan for his comments yesterday. I seem to have lost interest in the market temporarily though <ggg> The Eiffel Tower at night is AWESOME! And so was Mona Lisa, WOW. Later, Susan

To: Jerry Olson who wrote (108980)	7/21/2000 7:26:30 AM
From: Bob Biersack	Respond to of 120523

Oj..good confession My Son....we forgive you...I made the same error!!

To: Jerry Olson who wrote (108980)	7/21/2000 7:29:59 AM
From: Maryann M	Respond to of 120523

OJ -- I did the very same thing with KLIC!!!!!!!!!!!! Ouch!

To: Jerry Olson who wrote (108980)	7/21/2000 9:03:23 AM
From: b-witch	Respond to of 120523

I am another who has "been there, done that, thought she knew better, and did it again!". At least this time, I did it with less and noticed it sooner. Now to shovel out and reclaim some profits; slow learner at work here, but learning and back for more...mitzi

To: Jerry Olson who wrote (108980)	7/21/2000 9:34:39 AM
From: SMALL FRY	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 120523

OJ been there done that... way too many times. Whenever I feel I'm getting too complacent, I sell and take a quick vacation. Rest fixes a lot of things! SF

To: Jerry Olson who wrote (108980)	7/21/2000 9:44:24 AM
From: Joan Roth	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 120523

OJ, I too have been there too many times. Thanks for sharing your thoughts. Learning from our mistakes always helps. Thanks again for your assistance and help throughout the years.

To: Jerry Olson who wrote (108980)	7/21/2000 10:51:40 AM
From: Killian	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 120523

OJ my man! That post you just wrote is a "keeper". I will refer to it @ least once a week. It is now stored on my HD. Thanks for caring dude! I'm DRAMing it up here!!! Kevin

To: Jerry Olson who wrote (108980)	7/21/2000 11:55:17 AM
From: Connor26	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 120523

ANATOMY OF A BAD TRADE - OJ - you can send my refund to xxx <lol> - yep, i got smoked too! - lost big time - happened to me on WAVX a while back - my own fault - i even asked you about a stop at 57 which would have saved my ass, but i didn't do it! - put it all on KLIC and now i'll be one of those holders till i can recoup some, assuming it does come back some?! good thing i'll be in the air and not able to trade because watching really stinks! C26

To: Jerry Olson who wrote (108980)	7/21/2000 1:54:40 PM
From: lee kramer	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 120523

OJ: Your ANATOMY OF A BAD TRADE was insightful...but don't beat yourself up too badly. Good trading rules can help protect us from our humanness...the greed, the fear, the too-tentative trading, the too aggressive trading... but not always and not entirely. I don't follow KLIC and I don't know what you did but I get the sense you didn't take some profits when they were there...maybe didn't put stops in, perhaps stayed with a losing position too long. The 5 rules you list are good and will help immeasurably as will sticking with Jenna's Earnings Plays and Watch Lists. But things can still go wrong...managements that once accurately led earnings estimates can blow it big in a particular reporting period...a CFO or CEO can suddenly resign...an order imbalance or unexpected piece of bad news can halt trading in a stock and open it 10-15 points below your stop price. I spend a lot of time with my trading partner and with Doc Kronkite discussing the market and the successes and failures and how to deal with the failures so they are minimized. As doc Kronkite would likely say to you, as he does to me when I've made a dumb play..."It's OK boobeleh, it's OK. Go home, do better...see you next Saturday. (Lee)