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POSITION ENTRY

  
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Why not buy at the bottom of the cup? The Risk is Higher

  • The objective is not to buy at the cheapest price when the probability of the stock having a huge move may be only so-so.
  • The objective is to buy at exactly the right time — the time when the chances are greatest that the stock will succeed and move up significantly.
  • I found through our detailed historical studies that a stock purchased at this correct “pivot point,” if all the other fundamental and technical factors of stock selection are in place, will simply not go down 8% (your protective sell rule), and has the greatest chance of moving substantially higher. So ironically, if done correctly, this is your point of least risk.
  • On the day the stock breaks out, its trading volume should increase at least 50% above its average daily trading volume.

Pyramid your initial buy

  • After your initial purchase (50% of your full position), identify a price area at which you will add a small amount as a follow-up buy if it continues to perform well.
  • I usually add more once a stock is up 2.5% to 3% from my first buy (32.5% of your full position).
  • If the stock advances 2% or 3% more, you may complete your position (17.5% of your full position).
  • Then stop buying that stock. You’ve got your basic position in the stock during its first 5% advance. Sit back and give it some time and room to grow.

3 things that will kill your trading success

  
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Not having a plan. Get a plan, who cares if it is bad, start with something. You can build off of it and refine it. You have to be willing to spend the time to make the plan yours. You do not start anything without some level of planning. Trading is hard; your brain spends a lot of time in fast forward, affecting your memory. You can slow it down by having a plan and increase your brains ability to remember.

Thinking trading is easy. It is not, there are times when it can be slightly less difficult after a lot of time, patience, and hard work. When I think to myself “this is easy” I lose my sharpness. My focus is adverted from my goal. I will lose. It may not be on that trade but maybe the next.

Thinking you have finished. There is only one thing that every trade is guaranteed to give me: a chance to learn about myself, the market, and the interaction between the two. You have to be willing to be relentless in your learning. It will enable you to learn the cheapest.

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