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I do understand that if you are good enough you can do very well as a trader.  I know there are many different TA charts that can help you.  One is the candlestick.  Scroll over and you can see what it said concerning NOT.

You start with 400 shares and sell at .25.  Buy back at .17,  then go right through the moves they recommend.  You wind up with $1764. with the stock at $5.43.  Had you done nothing you would still have 400 shares but they would be worth   $2172.

I do wish I was smart enough to take some off the table before the price declines and rebuy when it is ready to go back up but I just can not do it. 

I have made over 30 trades in the last month but they were always to sell something to buy something else that I felt had more potential.  Until I think I have something with more potential than NOT, I will not sell it.  When I do, I will sell it.  I also will sell some if I feel I have too much exposure to a particular stock.  Not and area plays are less than 10% of my portfolio.  

I was fortunate enough to get into precious metals and PM stocks back in 2001.  I have been in and out of many stocks, but whenever I try to day trade I buy high(because I just know it is going higher) and I sell low (because there's just no telling how low it might go) 

I live off my investments and have been for the last 12 years.  Al is right, he will do it his way and I will do it mine.  If you select and copy this post and put it in word you can read it better.    

Stock Quote Day's Close 5.1000 Previous Close 5.1600 Previous Open 5.3900 Change -0.0600 % Change -1.16% Volume 528,788   Stock Activity Day's Open 5.3200 Day's High 5.3800 Day's Low 5.0500 20-Day Close M.A. 5.0595 50-Day Close M.A. 4.9338 65-Day Volume M.A. 5,555,169

Two-Year Signal History Date          Price   Signal $100 Became 11.29.07 5.430    Sell 1,764 11.22.07 4.600    Buy 1,494 11.20.07 4.400    Sell 1,494 11.07.07 5.250    Buy 1,783 10.30.07 5.830    Sell 1,783 10.23.07 5.940    Buy 1,816 10.19.07 5.780    Sell 1,816 10.11.07 3.500    Buy 1,100 09.25.07 3.600    Sell 1,100 09.13.07 2.190    Buy 669 08.23.07 0.3900    Sell 669 08.20.07 0.4000    Buy 686 08.01.07 0.5000    Sell 686 07.30.07 0.4900    Buy 672 07.09.07 0.6200    Sell 672 06.25.07 0.5900    Buy 640 06.20.07 0.6200    Sell 640 06.01.07 0.6000    Buy 619 05.29.07 0.6200    Sell 619 05.22.07 0.6500    Buy 649 05.14.07 0.7100    Sell 649 05.03.07 0.5300    Buy 485 05.01.07 0.5400    Sell 485 04.27.07 0.5400    Buy 485 04.10.07 0.6500    Sell 485 03.21.07 0.6500    Buy 485 03.13.07 0.6900    Sell 485 03.07.07 0.6000    Buy 421 02.21.07 0.7400    Sell 421 02.19.07 0.7500    Buy 427 01.25.07 0.7800    Sell 427 01.11.07 0.6500    Buy 356 12.06.06 0.6700    Sell 356 11.29.06 0.2600    Buy 138 11.24.06 0.2200    Sell 138 11.21.06 0.1700    Buy 107 11.01.06 0.1600    Sell 107 09.27.06 0.1600    Buy 107 09.22.06 0.1600    Sell 107 09.15.06 0.1600    Buy 107 09.06.06 0.2000    Sell 107 08.31.06 0.1600    Buy 85 08.29.06 0.1600    Sell 85 06.29.06 0.1600    Buy 85 06.16.06 0.1500    Sell 85 05.29.06 0.1900    Buy 108 05.25.06 0.1900    Sell 108 05.05.06 0.2400    Buy 137 04.24.06 0.2900    Sell 137 04.19.06 0.3000    Buy 141 02.10.06 0.2300    Sell 141 01.27.06 0.2400    Buy 147 01.19.06 0.2700    Sell 147 01.16.06 0.2800    Buy 153 01.11.06 0.2600    Sell 153 12.08.05 0.1700    Buy 100 11.17.05 0.2500    Sell 100