Stop Loss? How do you reduce risk during a volatile market?Hi, all! Long time Irrefgular, first time poster. I’ve followed this site and associated forums for quite a number of years to great advantage. I’m usually a buy-and-forget type of investor, holding even when things seem fairly bleak, because I tend to buy companies I believe in for the long run. I don’t usually try […]
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For those who’ve been paying attention, we finally got the expected official Dataram/US Gold name/ticker change…. it’s now U.S. Gold Corp, an the ticker is now USAU. The stock is not moving at the moment, which makes sense — I’d guess that the highest probability near-term news is a secondary offering, which would be negative… […]
As has been the norm for the past couple weeks of market weakness, the Tradestops.com stop loss alerts I’ve been experimenting with have hit more alerts this week in my personal portfolio… so I’ve got two more entries in the “stop loss test” to tell you about. We had a stop loss triggered for Douglas […]
So has this recent weakness been a dip, or is it the beginning of real downward bear market or years of stagnation? Trick question. I Dunno, and neither does anyone else. But I still need to invest to grow my savings over the next 10-20 years or maybe more, so I’m still willing to buy […]
Is there anyone who has got into Dr. Richard Smith’s Tradestops? Do you recommend it? Jim Russell
It’s been a heckuva week, eh? I have no idea whether this is really the “capitulation” washout that so many investing pundits have been looking for, or whether we’ll keep falling on Monday or will bounce back after the week ended so roughly, but I do have a couple thoughts to share with you about […]
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Stop losses will never be perfect, theirs are essentially based on volatility -- there's no magic, but I find it helpful...
I just learned the Dr. Richard Smith left Tradestops and TradeSmith. And you can tell by their website which has remove...
I usually use the volatility quotient stop loss from tradestops.com — essentially, it triggers when the stock falls â€...
Tradestops is definitely worth it for portfolio management of busy people with multiple newsletter subscriptions. I wou...
Hi Travis, I just listened to Richard Smith's presentation of his TRADESTOPS.com service. Could you kindly comment on t...
I use the TradeStops.com VQ% as my guideline most of the time, which basically sets the stop loss at the bottom of what ...
I watch trailing stop losses that are set by TradeStops.com — essentially, they trigger when a stock drops below its n...
Volatility quotient... I usually use the stops from TradeStops.com as a guideline, they vary based on historical volatil...
I watch trailing stop levels, mostly using the volatility quotient stop loss percentages recommended by TradeStops.com. ...
Is it not TradeStops.com rather than Tradestops.net?...
My reco is to never put stops into the market for that reason. Use Tradestops.com....