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Will Carter said:
Aint closed yet. Haha.

Turns out my chart trader thing for Fidelity is finicky (I don't know how to use it) and my stop loss didn't get put in after I commented earlier today about the reversal.... so... that's fun... whatever, small position, I can add some more this week.
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Interesting. I had an issue with Fidelity and a stop loss as well. Was gambling on Novavax and it was supposed to sell at some number and didn't, then I went from like 90% value to 20% value or something stupid.
 
I might be a buyer of TSLA if it goes below $175 or $150. The recent pop that went over $400 started when Trump won the election. It was $142 on April 22nd 2024.

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Today bulls (me) want a small bull bar closing at its high. Don't want a big bar taking out yesterdays drop all at once. That'd be a hard buy.

Edit: On SPY.
 
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Will Carter said:
Just as a discussion ... If your buy gets filled at $175 where will you sell?
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I'm just loosely entertaining the idea right now. I'm leaning more towards being a buyer around $150 maybe. I think I would maybe sell around $225. Do you have any thoughts on the stock? I've never owned it before.
 
Will Carter said:
What's your time frame? In my world you pick one and keep it. Are you going to push buttons every day or just every friday? Or monthly?
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Typically I buy and hold stocks for at least a few years. I'm not feeling that with TSLA. I'm feeling it more as a flip like I recently did with BUD. Buy and maybe hold for 2 months to a year. I think if it drops to around $150 it will likely go back up to around $225 in less than a year.
 
The news of a possible Ukraine Ceasefire pulled the market up in the afternoon. The S&P500 touched 10% down after lunch.
 
drkelly said:
Typically I buy and hold stocks for at least a few years. I'm not feeling that with TSLA. I'm feeling it more as a flip like I recently did with BUD. Buy and maybe hold for 2 months to a year. I think if it drops to around $150 it will likely go back up to around $225 in less than a year.
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What if it goes to $225 in three days? What if it drops to $125 and ranges there for months? When are you going to call it quits for a loss?

If your position size is so small that none of that really matters then you’re not really trying to make money you’re just trying to have something to talk about.

If you are position sized accordingly so that one trade could have at least a 0.5-3% affect on your net worth then you need to have answers to all of those questions (and many more) before you buy.

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The news of a possible Ukraine Ceasefire pulled the market up in the afternoon. The S&P500 touched 10% down after lunch.
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I can’t stress enough how this is not a thing (for the large etf’s). You’re talking about the left side of the chart. It’s already happened. My questions above are preparing for the right side of the chart that has yet to print. Daily news might be a catalyst for buyers and sellers to input some orders but they were already set to go off in those zones before any reporter said anything.
 
We are in the middle of the biggest pump and dump scheme in history. The white house insiders know before we do when tariffs and Trump nonsense talk are going to happen and are making money hand over fist buying and selling accordingly. I bet don Jr and Eric's phone lines have been HOT the past few weeks
 
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