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If you're watching a trend, can you put in a conditional sell or buy order if a stock hits a certain price? That way you don't have to babysit the thing, but put in an order if you notice a trend or hear something in the news?

I'm not sure what I want to do except generally just be in the market going into the Fall as I think we'll have a lot more market activity; especially if the market plummets again.
 
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Videodrome said:
If you're watching a trend, can you put in a conditional sell or buy order if a stock hits a certain price? That way you don't have to babysit the thing, but put in an order if you notice a trend or hear something in the news?

I'm not sure what I want to do except generally just be in the market going into the Fall as I think we'll have a lot more market activity; especially if the market plummets again.
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Yes. All trading services do that. You can set a purchase price and an exit based on a number of parameters such as points change, % change, stop loss, etc., for day or good until cancelled. It’s what I did yesterday for Apple. I put in a price for the day.
 
Ahh its still going lower lol. Apple to is down to about its split price. The big dawgs on my watch list are all down.
 
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I love reading wallstreetbets on Reddit it's funny asf they always just take the piss and post some great loss porn.
 
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Trying to make myself LILO for the 100 share I bought this morning if it hits $120 per share to get some big profits on that purchase!!!!!! :crazy:
 
Apple hit my LIFO of $122 and sold 100 of my 300 shares. $822.73/7.23% profit. LIFO isn't a tactic I've used before. I thought about it, but shied away from it. I might employ it more if a stock drops as much as Apple has and I buy again.

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FINALLY was able to move 100 shares of Apple. Bought at $113 and sold at $121. 7.08% profit. Still have 200 shares left. 100 I bought at $125, and changed a sell to $125 if it hits today. And another 100 I bought at $130.

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Bought Apple again at $112 per share yesterday. Sold it at $116 per share for 3.57% profit. I still have 200 shares that I bought at $125 and $130. It's killing me seeing them down so low. I may just take the loss on them and start fresh. Then again, I really don't need to until the end of the year. If it's still down on December 30th I'll sell whatever Apple I have and move on.

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Bought 100 more shares of Apple last week for $114. Sold today at $119.50. Had sell at $120, but wasn't going to risk losing all profits over $50. 4.82% profit. This was most likely my last trade of 2020 except for unloading my remaining 200 Apple shares. They'll be sold for a loss and want to make sure they're sold before the end of the year for tax purposes.

As long as Apple doesn't crash, I will be up 33%+ for the eight/nine months of me getting back to trading. Very happy with what I did this year being a super amateur.

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And finally sold the rest of Apple. The last 200 shares were sold for a loss of $650'ish. That's ok. Just wanted to make sure I minimized the loss and get out from under it in 2020 for tax reasons.

I started trading again on May 6th this year. I had evened that trading account to $30k so I had an even number. Today the account stands at $42,000 with me holding no stocks. That a 40% increase in that account. Also, remember this was after stocks had bounced back. I should not have been so nervous to invest when everything collapsed. I should have just dumped everything into it and sat back. It would have easily been a 100% return year. It's ok though as I learned a lot and still have a lot more learning to go. It was fun. I wish I didn't buy Apple at $130 and $125. Though, if I didn't, I wouldn't have made the profits on it when I traded it when it was much lower. In the end, I ended up profiting $2200 since I bought those 200 shares by working Apple when it was down.

I'm not going to trade again this year unless there's something that drops big time and I see it as a buy. So, in summation, the seven months I traded in 2020 ended up increasing that account by 40%. As a novice trader, I'll take it!

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Plainview said:
And finally sold the rest of Apple. The last 200 shares were sold for a loss of $650'ish. That's ok. Just wanted to make sure I minimized the loss and get out from under it in 2020 for tax reasons.

I started trading again on May 6th this year. I had evened that trading account to $30k so I had an even number. Today the account stands at $42,000 with me holding no stocks. That a 40% increase in that account. Also, remember this was after stocks had bounced back. I should not have been so nervous to invest when everything collapsed. I should have just dumped everything into it and sat back. It would have easily been a 100% return year. It's ok though as I learned a lot and still have a lot more learning to go. It was fun. I wish I didn't buy Apple at $130 and $125. Though, if I didn't, I wouldn't have made the profits on it when I traded it when it was much lower. In the end, I ended up profiting $2200 since I bought those 200 shares by working Apple when it was down.

I'm not going to trade again this year unless there's something that drops big time and I see it as a buy. So, in summation, the seven months I traded in 2020 ended up increasing that account by 40%. As a novice trader, I'll take it!

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AMD sold for what I bought it for. It was a net $0.12 loss. I bought 100 shares of Ralph Lauren at the end of the day on Friday for $75 per share. Sold it for $76.75 per share. Net profit was $174.71 and 2.32% gain. Another nice return. Today, nothing is really standing out yet. I've had my eye on Exxon for a while. Still not comfortable touching an energy stock yet.

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I bought some AMD a couple years ago (22 shares) at $10.97. It's now at $90.62, and that's on a bad day for tech stocks. I should have bought more at that price. I knew that it was incredibly under valued.
 
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This was my absolute best single day gain.

I just happened to be busy at work, and unfortunately way too busy to find time to sell. This was a couple days before Christmas.

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What the hell happened? LOL!
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There was a huge spike in LBS/LiDAR company MicroVision (MVIS). It spiked into the $9 range, and my average buying price is .77, with quite a few shares. They are the display technology behind Microsoft Hololens, and now there's speculation of a buyout, along with patents for AR from Apple and Facebook that use similar display engines. Also automotive LiDAR is HOT right now, and they can do that too.
 
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And... just sold Riot. I wish I had put more into it, but it was me just wetting my whistle trading using tips/data from outside sources rather than my reading. Not a lot of profit, but the realized gain was substantial, 7.14%.

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Really wish I got in early on the GME fiasco.

Trying now with AMC. Put $100 down on $15.62 little over 6 shares and gonna hold as long as I can. f***ing Robinhood didn't take my order when it was $11.80 and I'm real ticked lol

Edit: f***ING CANCELLED AGAIN WHYYYYY

Edit: Looks like RH is cancelling all AMC orders based off people talking on Reddit. Real ticked boys
 
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tumorman said:
Really wish I got in early on the GME fiasco.

Trying now with AMC. Put $100 down on $15.62 little over 6 shares and gonna hold as long as I can. f***ing Robinhood didn't take my order when it was $11.80 and I'm real ticked lol

Edit: f***ING CANCELLED AGAIN WHYYYYY

Edit: Looks like RH is cancelling all AMC orders based off people talking on Reddit. Real ticked boys
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Have you tried a limit order?
 
tumorman said:
Really wish I got in early on the GME fiasco.

Trying now with AMC. Put $100 down on $15.62 little over 6 shares and gonna hold as long as I can. f***ing Robinhood didn't take my order when it was $11.80 and I'm real ticked lol

Edit: f***ING CANCELLED AGAIN WHYYYYY

Edit: Looks like RH is cancelling all AMC orders based off people talking on Reddit. Real ticked boys
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Same. I had a chance, and an order ready, but I cancelled it. It's low price was too high to take a chance. There's zero reason for it to be worth what it's low was. I did just take a chance on Blackberry. I bought 100 shares of that. That's something I can take a chance on.

AMC is what I should have bought yesterday.

All of this is manipulation, and you stand to lose it all if you're not careful. That's why I'm playing it safe.

Up 3.57% on BB right now. I put a sell for $40, double what I bought it for. I'm gonna be busy at work today and won't have a chance to really keep an eye on it.
 
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