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09-28-2020, 07:53 PM #12351
Long-Term McCapital. Risky.
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09-28-2020, 07:54 PM #12352
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09-28-2020, 08:03 PM #12353
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09-28-2020, 10:58 PM #12354Registered User
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If you are prepared to lose it all, using leverage is one way to do that. You increase the potential money you might win on a trade, that’s true. But you also amplify what you can lose.
The problem is, you can win for several days and feel great about it, so there’s no way you’ll stop and pull your money out. And then all it takes is one sharp downturn to wipe you out.
Don’t get me wrong, sharp people make lots of money using leverage and trading options. But beginners almost always lose trying to play that game.
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09-29-2020, 09:23 AM #12355
Bob fwiw the majority ( 90%) of my portfolio is a cash account which I effectively don't trade except for rebalancing).
10% is margin and for these more exotic play ideas I post as thought and real life experiments.
Margin is nice until it isn't. My margin account is at IB per what 4matic said
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09-29-2020, 09:27 AM #12356
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09-29-2020, 10:39 AM #12357Registered User
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10-01-2020, 08:26 AM #12358
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10-01-2020, 08:47 AM #12359
I've dug my heels in on CVX and XOM. To the abyss!
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10-01-2020, 09:33 AM #12360
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10-01-2020, 10:17 AM #12361Rod9301
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Still you're getting paid a nice dividend to wait
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10-01-2020, 10:18 AM #12362
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10-01-2020, 12:05 PM #12363
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10-01-2020, 01:21 PM #12364Registered User
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10-01-2020, 10:40 PM #12365
My original intention was to sell at $16.40, I bought in at $6.40. I’m now thinking a bit longer. They’ve done nothing but made good moves since this all began, hiring a lot of new management, and even this week moving to provide same day shipping. I made a mistake taking profit on CWH at $13.30 and then watched it move to $30+. Gonna hang out for another quarterly and see how it goes.
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10-02-2020, 01:46 AM #12366Registered User
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Yeah, I always sell too soon. Although I used to have the opposite problem of riding stocks into the ground. Come to think of it, I still do both of those things. Sell my winners too early and ride my losers all the way down.
Well, shit, looks like Trump testing positive is likely going to foil my carefully laid plans. Dow futures down 450 points on the news. Not sure why it matters, since it appeared like the market had accepted a likely Biden win, anyway, based on the debate results (which Biden clearly won).
Ah, well, guess I’ll have to ride it out. A stimulus package or vaccine will surely come in the next few months.
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10-02-2020, 06:53 AM #12367
Trump getting the 'ronna is going to send the markets into a panic. Futures are already down.
I agree it is a constitutional right for Americans to be assholes...its just too bad that so many take the opportunity...iscariot
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10-02-2020, 07:04 AM #12368
Two fears: if he gets sick we move toward lockdown, and if he doesn't get sick we move toward herd mentality with lower compliance and more contentiousness. Seems like most people are afraid of one of these possibilities.
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10-02-2020, 08:40 AM #12369
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10-02-2020, 09:28 AM #12370Registered User
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.... or ...... the megalodon of scavengers will wreak havoc.
Could go either way.
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10-02-2020, 10:41 AM #12371Registered User
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Wow, what a wild ride. My portfolio was down 5% at the open. Now it’s actually up 0.5%. All my food service stocks (SYY, USFD, PFGC, CHEF) have turned green. Maybe getting a little closer to a stimulus deal?
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10-02-2020, 10:46 AM #12372Registered User
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I don't think we will get a stimulus deal. GOP has to choose if they want the Supreme Court seat now or a stimulus plan. They won't get both IMHO. Right now everybody is positioning themselves so that they can plausibly blame the other party for whatever happens between now and election day.
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10-02-2020, 10:55 AM #12373
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10-02-2020, 12:04 PM #12374Registered User
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Pelosi put out a statement that probably triggered the turnaround.
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.was...outputType=amp
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10-02-2020, 12:22 PM #12375Registered User
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Speaking of energy stocks, I noticed LONE was down something like 12% yesterday to -0.207. So on an impulse I bought 1000 shares. Later in the day I decided I really didn’t want to be invested in penny stocks so I sold it (and actually made a dollar or so). Today it is up 65%.
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