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

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Strategies & Market Trends
You buy a stock. It goes down, now what?

An SI Board Since July 1998

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87	hi PTB, i've used the same strategy with using trendlines and support lev	Chris	-	7/20/1998
86	<i> with your 1/16 stop loss, dont you get stopped often? with today'	P.T.Burnem	-	7/20/1998
85	with your 1/16 stop loss, dont you get stopped often? with today's mkt sh	Chris	-	7/20/1998
84	Re: "Never mind the moving averages. The market does not care about these	Investor2	-	7/20/1998
83	<i> 1. How do you "determine the nearest support level?" </i	P.T.Burnem	-	7/20/1998
82	In general if sell stop is not hit and the stock trends sideways, I will stay w	BreakOut	-	7/20/1998
81	Re: "Step 3. Determine the nearest support level and a stop-loss price.&qu	Investor2	-	7/19/1998
80	Step 1. Before buying a stock, decide on the max loss you are willing to take o	P.T.Burnem	-	7/19/1998
79	Very interesting post. You mention that a sell point should be identified befo	Investor2	-	7/19/1998
78	Wiseowl, Interesting Topic. All trade differently (ie. time frame, Cap. size,	BreakOut	-	7/19/1998
77	Everyone is either very bullish or so anxious about CADE's earnings and whe	Patric	-	7/18/1998
76	In only four days this thread generated a lot of action (75 messages). However	RMP	-	7/18/1998
75	Pinched bollinger bands are periods where stocks are exhibiting low volatility-	Wayners	-	7/11/1998
74	Thanks for your input. Re: "Another way to do it is to look for chart for	Investor2	-	7/11/1998
73	Just out of reach would be outside the price of yesterday's bollinger bands	Wayners	-	7/11/1998
72	Re: "The best place to put these buy stop limit orders is above pinched bo	Investor2	-	7/10/1998
71	Mr. Owl, What I've done when I've totally got myself in trouble is wri	Wayners	-	7/10/1998
70	<<..Schwab and am considering moving elsewhere because it takes too long	srvhap	-	7/9/1998
69	I use Schwab, and while the total service is generally adequate I find their In	Raptech	-	7/9/1998
68	Chasing down can be very dangerous,but it also can be very rewarding,the key th	LTK007	-	7/9/1998
67	I meant to say the point of maximum pain. That's the price at which most op	Bald Eagle	-	7/9/1998
66	Please explain, "The options point of maximum looks to be 17 1/2 or 20.&qu	Investor2	-	7/9/1998
65	<<Perhaps the best answer to Wiseowl's original post is to take the	Bald Eagle	-	7/9/1998
64	Update on personal case study on ADPT using covered calls to reduce loss: DATE	Bald Eagle	-	7/9/1998
63	Agreed, and most of my current position is going to need to double before I sta	Patric	-	7/9/1998

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