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Rules We Can Learn From

An SI Board Since April 1998

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Emcee: The Perfect Hedge	Type: Unmoderated

Introduction Compact

Everybody has made a jillion mistakes while investing(I've made 2 jillion!!)but the important thing is to profit from those mistakes by learning what you did wrong.Where did the trade go wrong?Were you greedy?Did you have too much of your portfilio invested in one play?Etc.....

Let's post rules about investing that we learn along the bumpy ride.....

GD

ps---please begin your post with your rule,it makes it easier on the reader.

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Reply	Message Preview	From	Recs	Posted
109	RULE: Never put in an order "at the market" on OTC BB stocks!	Chloe R	-	6/13/1998
108	I still do...	watcher	-	5/25/1998
107	<i> Using the option premium as your stop avoids these considerations. &l	Caroline	-	5/7/1998
106	TRADING IDEAS: SOME RULES -DWA These are general rules for cutting your loss	Ms. X	-	5/7/1998
105	>I have a famous saying, Don't cast your pearls before swine... LOL<	dpl	-	5/7/1998
104	Chloe, They won't believe you anyway. You will be the laughing stock of the	Dusty	-	5/7/1998
103	Rule: NEVER tell your friends and family about your latest HOT STOCK that is GO	Chloe R	-	5/7/1998
102	Rule: Do your own DD!!!!! Don't trust 'some' of these cheeseballs t	Chloe R	-	5/7/1998
101	Good morning thread, Keeping up with this statement from an	Mark	-	5/7/1998
100	Roger, I love it... those are real words of wisdom to invest by! Dusty :o)	Dusty	-	5/6/1998
99	Rule #49: Have a friend stand behind your chair and give you a periodic should	Roger Bodine	-	5/6/1998
98	Jeff, this is excellent advice no matter what service one uses! Dusty :o)	Dusty	-	5/6/1998
97	Rule: Be careful with you orders! I've violated this rule more often than	Jeff Sutton	-	5/6/1998
96	Good advice I agree! I don't buy 80.00 stock I am partial to the .80 and u	Dusty	-	5/4/1998
95	Everyone seems to be getting the phone calls from broker sales persons that are	Roger Bodine	-	5/4/1998
94	Here's a Rule: Don't buy at the open particularly when buying pressure	mph	-	5/4/1998
93	A Don't call me I will call you works too! LOL It is a LARGO DAY! LGOV Du	Dusty	-	5/4/1998
92	Dusty, I'll have to try that approach. I think I'm on a "Call me,	Chloe R	-	5/4/1998
91	Are We Waxing techie now? Barely. Seriously, have an anti-virus program WITH	Scott H. Davis	-	5/4/1998
90	My standard answer for them dudes is; if it is so good why are you trying to pe	Dusty	-	5/3/1998
89	Tune up your PC. Max it out on memory, processor, everything. Once or twice e	Roger Bodine	-	5/3/1998
88	THE COMMON SENSE RULE: Never, ever, buy on a recommendation from a slick "	Chloe R	-	4/30/1998
87	Scott: The head honcho at INTEL once said: "Only the paranoid survive.&	Robert Gwizdz	-	4/29/1998
86	<<The Rule Is....Dont Get Greedy!>> I think it is sometimes state	mph	-	4/29/1998
85	A mistake I have made a least 10 times happened to me again today. I stay up	Ron Dior	-	4/28/1998

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