You buy a stock. It goes down, now what?

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You buy a stock. It goes down, now what?

An SI Board Since July 1998

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37	Wiseowl- interested in commenting on another stock- AHG. Has been a disaster	Tony van Werkhooven	-	7/8/1998
36	Personal case study on ADPT using covered calls to reduce loss: DATE	Bald Eagle	-	7/8/1998
35	Okay I need to do something.. I bought 200 shares of VVUS @ 13, my mental stop	AlienTech	-	7/8/1998
34	Well with large caps in Indexes buying using the 1/3rd retractment will always	AlienTech	-	7/8/1998
33	>>The stock really broke down at 50. And, what was that that killed 40 s	AlienTech	-	7/8/1998
32	Most stocks we buy, we buy for a reason- something made us buy it. If you have	Fredman	-	7/7/1998
31	I2, Re: Re: "I like to sell 1/2 of my position, and use the $ to buy twic	VincentTH	-	7/7/1998
30	I use mental stops in most cases, unless I can't watch the market, then I w	The Ox	-	7/7/1998
29	Re: "I don't use stops too often. I think there are times when protect	Investor2	-	7/7/1998
28	That's were it's very subjective. Alot depends on what I think fundame	The Ox	-	7/7/1998
27	To all: Do you use mental stop loss orders to avoid giving the market maker th	Investor2	-	7/7/1998
26	Re: "I use the chart, more then the standard deviation, ..." So, you	Investor2	-	7/7/1998
25	Re: "I like to sell 1/2 of my position, and use the $ to buy twice as much	Investor2	-	7/7/1998
24	This is a good idea for a thread. I hope everybody reads here before going into	Shoot1st	-	7/7/1998
23	<i>I was once stopped out of SYMC at the exact low before it ran up 40%.	Early Out	-	7/7/1998
22	I use the chart, more then the standard deviation, since the trading volume spe	The Ox	-	7/7/1998
21	re: 1. Sell the stock. Replace it with calls at a strike near the new much low	VincentTH	-	7/7/1998
20	Good point. Does this mean that the standard deviation of the price could/shou	Investor2	-	7/7/1998
19	<<I'm not sure if we [the participants of this thread, as a group] s	Bald Eagle	-	7/7/1998
18	I agree, do not eliminate stop losses as a method of protecting downside losses	The Ox	-	7/7/1998
17	Re: "I don't use them [stop losses] at all now." I'm not su	Investor2	-	7/7/1998
16	Investor 2, I'm not familiar with this stock, but here's what I see fr	E. Graphs	-	7/7/1998
15	<<What percent drop did you use to set your stop loss?>> Usually a	Bald Eagle	-	7/7/1998
14	Re: "1. Sell the stock. Replace it with calls at a strike near the new muc	Investor2	-	7/7/1998
13	Since you mentioned ADPT and that is one that I am in right now, I'll put t	Bald Eagle	-	7/7/1998

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