When is the time to close out a position?

     Many traders always complain about why they can not be profitable consistantly. I found out that many of them have great trading ideas and the only thing they are missing is the skill to close a position.

     The profitability of any trade is depending on how you take the profit or how you take the loss. Therefore, the art of closing becomes crucial. Here are some of my rules to close a position.

     Once I am in a position, I will closely watch the stock and close the position instantly if one of the following criterias are met:

1. Cycle is finished

2. Target is reached

3. Stop is triggered

   

Profitable Trade Alert 05032013

Hello all,
Trade this stock for a potential 20% profit. JASO had a nice move for the past couple of weeks and has since been flagging before it finally broke out for a potential up move. Watch the major resistance at $6,the stock has a good setup for a 20% move.

About the author I have been a professtional high frequency trader for the past two years and have developed trading models that is consistantly profitable over the years. Recently, I have been trying to reconcile the idea of high frequency trading to regular investing in order to help people to face the high volatlity in the stock market we are having today.

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December 16th 2011 I am back

Hi, all
Just done with my finals. I am back!
I have not posted something for a while because of the finals and other stuff.
I will be posting some stocks under my radar in the next a couple days and hopefully my tips can be helpful.

Best

Chao