A simple exit strategy is the 25% retracement rule: exit when the stock retraces so that you've lost 25% percent of your highest profit.
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Nevermind, I got it.
OK, thanks, that makes sense, but then how would I do this: a stock is in a downtrend and hits a continuation pattern between 29.80 and 29.95....
I'm using IB's TWS and in the past any time I did a straight buy or cover order on a short where I gave a limit price 5 cents or more outside of...
Was anyone able to short it today? I tried -- 2000 @ 6.05 and 5.85 and couldn't execute (I'm using IB's TWS). Seems it wasn't on the shortable list.
Hmmm, I shorted three stocks last week that were on neither list: PGNX, HEPH, PSPT
Related question (also posted as its own thread): is there a difference between long and short buying power? My IB account screen shows my buying...
Also solid blue status here. And as I wistfully look at money that might've been mine it's now up to $4000.
If by this you mean that if you, say, go into TWS and put in a short stop limit order on a stock, that the software doesn't reject as outside your...
The only thing close to that I've had is a 'RegT' quasi margin call warning me my daytraded position was over two times my account balance at the...
Before for day trades I used to be able to buy stock up to my 'buying power' which is the normal four times the account balance. If I chose to...
My sell price was 13.86 (bought 2500 at 13.65 today), $500 for me, $25 for IB, nice and round.... but it just kept messing with me. [img]...
I sold an hour or two after the opening.
Actually this is my fourth trade: 1. Bought 500 shares of Oracle at 17.39, sold 500 next day at 17.70 2. Bought 400 of Micron at 13.70, sold...
My trading experience, while admittedly not at all sophisticated, goes back almost 20 years, back before there were Java clients , back before the...
I just got a margin account at IB and am using their TWS java client for trading. I wanted to buy 400 shares of Motorola at 20.60 but I guess I...
Sorry, a raw newbie question: I'm interested in stocks worth investing in that are currently trading below their moving average but am not sure...
Hi, I'm interested in comments on this fairly short Wikipedia article on swing trading: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swing_trading Having...
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