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To: chowder who wrote (8713)	3/28/2006 11:37:50 PM
From: sixty2nds	Respond to of 13449

ENCY...that IS a tough shot to take. Stops will not save you in that situation. As usual you have given me a plate full to digest. My weighting IS skewed much more than I prefer. The culprit was doubling the 3 winners which total 60%. I do NOT advocate/endorse this weighting. Each position doubled was up much more than 3%. SUNW at 25% is the heavy. Each trade had survived a test of what pre rehab was my grey area for stops. I will be reviewing my all or nothing exit strategy. That is to say my profitable exit strategy. Stops are in. Later, S

To: chowder who wrote (8713)	3/29/2006 1:27:29 AM
From: booyaka	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 13449

I buy the same dollar amount on every trade, not share amount, dollar amount. So your buys typically include an odd-lot component (e.g., 427 shares)?

To: chowder who wrote (8713)	3/29/2006 7:32:47 AM
From: jude_the_cat	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 13449

Dabum, your example of ENCY stockcharts.com[h,a]daclyiay[d20051228,20060326][pb20!f][vc60][i... shows the importance of candles..two days prior to the collapse there was a hanging man followed the next day by a lower opening under the real body of the hanging man, giving confirmation of the impending drop. Had he been possessed of the knowledge he could have sold and saved his capital. Moggy, slowly working her way through the enlightening courses at Dabum University