The Darvas Box Thread - Using the Nicholas Darvas system

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The Darvas Box Thread - Using the Nicholas Darvas system

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48	This doesn't "feel right", but I went long on GAC at 54 1/16. &l	Iceberg	-	1/4/1999
47	GAC trades 54 1/8, are you long?	Arb	-	1/4/1999
46	I'll email it to my programming friend.	Arb	-	1/4/1999
45	Can you program a box and a breakout? You need 3 lows that aren't broken	Tomato	-	1/4/1999
44	It should be possible to program this into Telechart 2000. They have a database	Arb	-	1/4/1999
43	Extraordinary volume increase over daily volume, compared to the increase in pr	Robert Graham	-	1/4/1999
42	>I think his fractions were the smallest increment he could invoke. Mike,	Iceberg	-	1/4/1999
41	I think his fractions were the smallest increment he could invoke. I haven'	jan_mike	-	1/4/1999
40	>Could be a dynamite combo Mike, Yes. My understanding is that Gulfst	Iceberg	-	1/4/1999
39	Addendum. WPI, Watson pharm. blew through it's 52 week high on good volume	jan_mike	-	1/4/1999
38	Here's a potential exercise in futility. In an attempt to identify a popul	jan_mike	-	1/4/1999
37	Ice - good find. Nice chart w/500% volume increase. If it breaks above that o	jan_mike	-	1/3/1999
36	>there should be some good candidates breaking out Mike, Right. How ab	Iceberg	-	1/3/1999
35	<As I see it, his boxes simultaneously took care of both the stock and his m	Dow Beater	-	1/3/1999
34	I think that's part of what made his approach unique. Investor psycho is t	jan_mike	-	1/3/1999
33	>the most critical element, as I see it, was good money management Dow Beat	Iceberg	-	1/3/1999
32	>I found it hard to understand certain parts of the system, such as how to s	Iceberg	-	1/3/1999
31	>I went on to O'Neill's book which was like reading a continuation o	Iceberg	-	1/3/1999
30	If the book lives, the man lives! Author immortality. Don't know about th	jan_mike	-	1/3/1999
29	Mainly more of the same; however, in the best seller, How I Made $2,000,000, I	Dow Beater	-	1/3/1999
28	Any interesting addendums in the Vegas book? Mike	jan_mike	-	1/3/1999
27	Hey Ice, hard to blow it when a stock has just joined the 500 club. Maybe less	jan_mike	-	1/3/1999
26	The other Darvas book was called: Wall Street, the Other Las Vegas, © 1964	Dow Beater	-	1/3/1999
25	>Did you place a trailing stop yet? What did Darvas call stops? Mike,	Iceberg	-	1/3/1999
24	Mike, thanks for the dailystocks.com link to new highs lists. It also has smal	Iceberg	-	1/2/1999

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