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I have trading rules that I have discussed elsewhere on this blog. Let me just refresh your memory on this one: if you sell a stock once at a gain (30% appreciation), do not let it go back to an 8% loss prior to selling. That is, sell it at break-even!
And that is exactly what I did a few moments ago. I owned 120 shares of Affymetrix (AFFX) with a cost basis of $40.98, purchased 1/27/05. I had sold 40 shares at a price of $53.18, which represents a gain of 29.8% (my first sale point). A few moments ago, I unloaded my remaining shares of AFFX when it hit $40.80, under my purchase price, per my rules of selling at break-even if I have sold once on a gain.
That will tie my hands and I shall be waiting for a sale on "good news" in order to add back a new position.
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Bob