To: JRI who wrote (39337 ) 12/26/2000 4:19:46 PM From: Lee Lichterman III Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 42787 You aren't being a jerk at all. You make good points and I actually was considering buying the 2:30 dip since I had a projected turn time around then. The only reason I didn't was because I wasn't here. I was called out to the living room and missed the turn then couldn't decide if I wanted to buy the stalling from 14:45 to 15:20. At 15:10 though, the jump was on light volume despite the rest of the move prior to that looking good so I again didn't trust it and indeed it fell back down. By then we were in my window where I don't trade unless I am SURE of a direction. Just one of my rules I stick to. ( I don't trade the first half hour or the last hour unless exiting an existing position) The ramp in the last 15 minutes though was total BS in my book. My main reason for not trusting today was as I said earlier, no leadership. The big tech gorillas were all weak and the NDX was down more than the NASDAQ. As James Hopkins used to say, the tail doesn't wag the dog. Each person has their own ways of trading and we all see different things. If I were going to be home tomorrow to trade, I might have risked an entry long today but since I will be working and won't be as nimble plus won't be able to pull up intra day charts etc, I would just rather be flat and see what shakes. I am also still worried about earnings warnings. WMT for example bounced into the close even though they were down all day and already admitted they did not meet their targets for X-mas sales. Heck, as I said to Casaubon, we haven't fulfilled our Fib targets yet so who knows, we could go up 200 points tomorrow. I just don't want to risk it over night. Heck, don't follow me, I'm lost too. <ggg> Good Luck, Lee