Re: [CANSLIM] Watchlist size and selling stocks

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Subject: Re: [CANSLIM] Watchlist size and selling stocks
Date: Tue, 28 May 2002 10:34:31 -0500
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Hi Mike,

About 40% of the time, a stock will pullback to the pivot before moving =
on. The question is whether the pullback is benign (low volume and/or =
choppy market backdrop) or worrisome (high volume and/or >=3D7-8% below =
the pivot).  Second point, is knowing when to hold something vs move on =
to something else. If after about 8 weeks the holding were significantly =
lagging the balance of your portfolio and/or the market, then it would =
seem prudent to move on. But, it makes sense to give a stock an =
opportunity to prove itself before giving up on it. If you think about =
it, this kind of "giving up" is the very "stocks in weak hands" behavior =
that creates the pullback. If the stock has oomph, institutions will use =
the opportunity to load up additional shares, right from your =
happy-to-unload-it hands.

Katherine
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  Sent: Tuesday, May 28, 2002 9:14 AM
  Subject: [CANSLIM] Watchlist size and selling stocks


  Hi all,

  Here is a couple of questions:

  1. How large of a watch list do people typically track?
  2. How long do you hold onto a stock that you bought on an apparent
  breakout, that does not seem to be following thru?  I ask, because =
recently
  I got into PEET, and it seems to have stalled. and I am wondering if I
  should get out now with my 3% loss and find a better home for the =
capital,
  rather than waiting until I hit my 7% stop loss.

  Any thoughts?



  Mike Niemotka , PE
  Sr. Principal Engineer
  Baxter Healthcare Corporation
  Route 120 & Wilson Road
  Round Lake, IL 60073
  Tel (847) 270-4075
  Fax (847) 270-4525
  michael_niemotka@baxter.com


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<DIV>Hi Mike,</DIV>
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<DIV>About 40% of the time, a stock will pullback to the pivot before =
moving on.=20
The question is whether the pullback is benign (low volume and/or choppy =
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pivot).&nbsp;=20
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of your=20
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it=20
makes sense to give a stock an opportunity to prove itself before giving =
up on=20
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in weak=20
hands" behavior that creates the pullback. If the stock has oomph, =
institutions=20
will use the opportunity to load up additional shares, right from your=20
happy-to-unload-it hands.</DIV>
<DIV>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV>Katherine</DIV>
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  <DIV><BR></DIV>Hi all,<BR><BR>Here is a couple of questions:<BR><BR>1. =
How=20
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hold=20
  onto a stock that you bought on an apparent<BR>breakout, that does not =
seem to=20
  be following thru?&nbsp; I ask, because recently<BR>I got into PEET, =
and it=20
  seems to have stalled. and I am wondering if I<BR>should get out now =
with my=20
  3% loss and find a better home for the capital,<BR>rather than waiting =
until I=20
  hit my 7% stop loss.<BR><BR>Any thoughts?<BR><BR><BR><BR>Mike Niemotka =
,=20
  PE<BR>Sr. Principal Engineer<BR>Baxter Healthcare Corporation<BR>Route =
120=20
  &amp; Wilson Road<BR>Round Lake, IL 60073<BR>Tel (847) 270-4075<BR>Fax =
(847)=20
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