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Technology Stocks : CheckFree Holdings Corp. (CKFR), the next Dell, Intel? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: jfoley who wrote (18956)	11/6/2001 8:56:45 AM
From: AugustWest	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 20297

<<I guess all I was looking for is other tech analysis traders >> John, do you know how many threads there are on SI? Something like 55,000+. Not all stock specific threads are concerned with T/A. unfortunately, if you do a full text search for "CKFR, you won't find much discussion on them any where else. However, if you present yourself properly, I'm sure many of the threads(including the one I sent you last night) that are the home of traders would gladly welcome your analysis as well as share their thoughts. but I am just pointing out lessons learned from many different books. All of which point out not to fall in love with stocks. How about lessons learned from your own experience? You never did tell me how long you have been trading. I think thatis important to know if you show up on a stock specific thread and shout out $3 or $5. To gain credibility, you need to back up your words. Myself, I'm learning every day. I started trading around stocks personally in early 95 when my grandmother died and passed along some stock to me. I position traded Until mid '98. Than I began daytrading. Some days, I pull off over 30 round trips(though I admit thatis too many- at least for my liking). Now I average any where from 3 to 15 round trips daily with most days coming in right around 10. I have found it a lot less stressful to be patient on the stocks I know, trade than feel like I always need to be in a trade. Some times I am in and out of a trade in less than five minutes and make more on thatone than most people make in a week(before taxes). Other times, I lose. cutting one's losses is the most important thing to survival if you want to be successful at trading. But you already knew thatfrom all the books you have read, I'm sure.