Hi Al. Good post as usual but I fail to see you total profit as you lay it out. You forget to mention that you had to pay more for your second purchase of 5000 shares which cost you $2500 more than your previous buy. This you must deduct from your $3750 profit on your first sale. Your real profit now is $1250 plus your 50 cent profit per share on your second sale. Hope this makes sense. GLTA the deputy