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Sterling Weekly for September 9th, 2003 |
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As part of an ongoing series of articles I have been writing about 11 "Rules for Trading" that I have developed. In last week's edition of the Sterling Weekly I covered the Fourth Rule for Trading, "Do not be afraid to sell at an early profit and have the opportunity to buy back at a lower price." In this week's newsletter I would like to discuss my Fifth Rule for Trading, "If a stock or option does not move as you expect within a few days then look to exit the position." The logic and thinking behind the Fifth Rule for Trading acknowledges the fact that even the best of us can make mistakes or misjudge things from time to time. This rule is particularly important when your focus is short term trading. An example of this would be if you entered a position you expected to move a couple of points per share within a 1-2 days, and after 3-4 days the stock has not moved. Then the appropriate action would be to re-examine your reasoning for entering the position. This may involve taking a second look at the financial's, news relating to the company or industry, or re-examining the charts of the stock. You may discover that you missed something and want to exit the position, or you may decide you were correct and want to continue to hold the position. The important thing is to be in the habit of monitoring your positions and keeping a watch on them until you can move a stop up to lock in your profits (The Third Rule) as we discussed in the August 12th edition of the Sterling Weekly.
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The Dow Jones Industrial
Average:
Today's Opinion: Closed @ 9,586.29 Current Expectations: Called higher on August 29th with the close of 9,374.21 I am now expecting the Dow to move higher again and test 9,660.60 our target level first published in the Sterling Weekly for August 18th. The S&P 500: Today's Opinion: Closed @ 1,031.64 Current Expections: Called higher with the close of 996.73 on August 26th. The S&P 500 should move higher and test 1,057.86 The NASDAQ 100 (NDX) Current Opinion: Closed @ 1,386.73 Current Expectations: Called higher on August 9th with a close of 1,223.14. The NDX surpassed our target of 1,385.01 with yesterday's close of $1,386.73 The NDX should continue to move higher and test 1,555.11 and then 1,846.96 on a closing basis. If you would like to be permanently removed from our databases, please simply click on the link Simply click here to be removed from our database. We will make every attempt remove your name from our database. |
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