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Old 02-22-2010, 08:30 PM  
Semi-Retired-Dave
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Originally Posted by goldfish View Post
ok question, why wouldn't you let it get to a certain price then set a top loss on it and see where it goes. if it triples, great if it tops out and comes back to your stop loss you still are going to make a profit, either way you win right?
Good question.

Because I never know where to set my stop loss. Sometimes I'm cool being up 500 bucks but then there's times like today where its much higher. I don't like setting limits because you never know what that stock is going to do.

But your way would have made me the 9K today.
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