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    Posted by matt on 5th of Nov 2008 at 07:24 pm

    kevinwalker - that's why in this market YOU MUST take partial profits along the way; if you have 20% gains, take some off the table because 20% or 30% gains can turn into 0% gains in a day or two.  This is not the kind of market where you buy and forget about it, unless you want to give a really wide stop.

     

    The charts are ok so far, we've only retraced about 38% of the rally up, but a retracement below 50% then you have to ponder if this is still a large 4th wave correction with a 5th wave move down to new lows yet to come. The ideas on the Watch List are trade ideas only and they are only for aggressive traders.  Only play a few of them at a time, have stops in place, and take partial or 1/2 off the table on the initial move up because in this market anything can happen.

     

    for example, QLD was up 12% yesterday, but now it's down -0.9% if you didn't take any off the table.  DIG was up 20% yesterday, but now it's only up 8.6% if you didn't take any off the table before today.  UYM was up 14% yesterday, but now it's down -1.9% if you didn't take any off the table...you see what I mean, take partial profits in this market, especially on the initial moves. 

    Thanks for that reply. I

    Posted by kevinwalker on 5th of Nov 2008 at 08:22 pm

    Thanks for that reply. I usually lock 50% -60% profits which I did this time. But I have to admit that I am kind of surprised by the action today. I did not expect a 5% drop.

    BTW can you please mention the levels of the 50% retracement

    kevin - see my SPY

    Posted by dodgerdog on 5th of Nov 2008 at 08:27 pm

    kevin - see my SPY chart above for the answer to your question.  The SPX 38.2% is at 946 and the 50% is at 927.

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