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[QUOTE=harlequin;684473]Completely disagree..this might have been your experience. I dont deny that You have to know the bank and branch manager and have a dependable local contact with whom you can work with. .[/QUOTE] Isn't that ironic that you have to smooch the bank manager to get YOUR money out ...

[QUOTE=layman;684356]Take the example of GE. "[COLOR=#000000][FONT=CNN]GE's buybacks were much worse in 2016. It spent $21.4 billion at an average price of $30.30, more than double the current price." [URL]https://money.cnn.com/2018/03/23/investing/ge-share-buybacks-immelt/index.html[/URL] Today the ...

[QUOTE=soxfan;684411]You catch shorter term lows well - this looks like near the intra-day low - do you use technical analysis/short-term indicators?[/QUOTE] Thanks.....yes 100% technical and only 2 indicators I use are price and volume. Having said this, I did fail multiple times but the idea is ...

[QUOTE=techynt;684408]what do you do when there is no volatility? Or this is just your side hobby, figuring out to time the market?[/QUOTE] What I posted are all real trades with real money. When there is no volatility I go back to doing swing trading....but this is my first year doing this, so will ...

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[QUOTE=Desi2return;684300]Not buying yet....sitting on huge cash reserves and watching for extreme selling[/QUOTE]

Another potential bottom.....lets try QQQ this time: $164.40 Date: 11/15

[QUOTE=techynt;684284]Anybody buying? At some point down market will affect the consumers sentiment which means lower holiday sales, there is a good chance FED will not raise rates in December and that should put a bottom to the sell off? I am beginning to wonder that there may be liquidations going ...

[QUOTE=soxfan;684251]Above on 10/08/2018 Congrats - 2 for 2 - you are onto something. Keep posting your thoughts :)[/QUOTE] Thanks. I try not to post frequently mainly because I am very short term oriented and I realize that many folks on this board are longer term position investors. I do not fit ...

[QUOTE=techynt;684092]Unless you sell now and book your 5% profit market can make you eat humble pie :) But then if you sell it market can still make you feel bad if it keeps going up :)[/QUOTE] I did not buy SPY but I bought SPXL and yes, I always take profits and raise my stops....no worries if ...

[QUOTE=PeterGriffin;684088]Me too! Got a few shares of AMZN at $1500 on Oct. 30th.[/QUOTE]

Hopefully that covers for prime membership for few years :-)