The Art of Blowing Yourself Up.

Your accounts biggest drawdown was a loss of:

  • Loss? I've been up since day 1

    Votes: 3 4.3%
  • 0-15%

    Votes: 8 11.6%
  • 15-30%

    Votes: 13 18.8%
  • 30-45%

    Votes: 5 7.2%
  • 45-60%

    Votes: 5 7.2%
  • 60-75%

    Votes: 9 13.0%
  • 75-100%

    Votes: 13 18.8%
  • 100%+ Nick Leeson LTCM Amaranth catclysmic personal disaster style

    Votes: 12 17.4%

  • Total voters
    69
Quote from stock_trad3r:

I buy and hold quality stocks like DDM, GS,AAPL,CHAP,BIDU,GOOG,AMR,MA,RIMM so I dont have to worry about blowing up

I trade to make money..40+% YTD returns without hedging or options.

Buy & hold the play to pay trade to make $$$

None of my business but you may want to reconsider your definition of quality stocks.
 
the art of blowing yourself up

Imagine. all you have to practice bending over ..hard

I prefer to concede that labor of love to a nice and loving girl.

It's easier and more pleasant I think

Peace
 
You got lucky. This is a bull market and you picked all obvious mo-mos that have done well (except for AMR, yuck, a few others Im not going to say anything).

All of your plays are good right now, but some are starting to smell like funk. If I were up 40% and it was May, then I would cash out everything and walk away. Come back in July-August when I know the markets will start smelling like funk.

You might think that these plays will continue on their merry path of enlightenment, but I did look at a few and some are starting to violate some moving average lines. This could be temporary, but I have learned that when your up and the stock starts to chop, then its time to bring your cash to safe harbor.

Not a bad strategy of going with all obvious plays though. Its safe and wont bring you the lotto ticket, but it also wont bring you pain.

Quote from stock_trad3r:

I buy and hold quality stocks like DDM, GS,AAPL,CHAP,BIDU,GOOG,AMR,MA,RIMM so I dont have to worry about blowing up

I trade to make money..40+% YTD returns without hedging or options.

Buy & hold the play to pay trade to make $$$
 
Quote from EqtTrdr:

Damn...


I thought this was a Ron Jeremey thread about how to service yourself like he does....


:eek:

No..that would be called "How to blow yourself"...
semantics..
 
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