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John, I rarely use stops on either buy or sell side. Mostly a function =
of the kind of stocks I personally buy (small & micro cap, often thinly =
traded, often lower priced) and my broker won't accept these type =
orders. I will use limits on both my buys and sells, but only because I =
buy and sell early (or try to, anyway). On the other hand, if I was =
trading big cap stocks on NYSE, I likely would use stops and stop limits =
a lot.
I don't use alerts at all, except for news. If I have the time to =
respond to my cell phone alert, I have the time to look at the markets.
- ----- Original Message -----=20
From: John Calkins=20
To: canslim@lists.xmission.com=20
Sent: Saturday, September 07, 2002 11:52 PM
Subject: Re: [CANSLIM] Buy Stop Limit orders?
Thanks Tom and Bond.......James Bond for all these great examples. This =
is a real education on execution of trades.
I can see the advantage of the buy stop limit order with keeping you =
above the pivot and below an extended price except you might end up =
buying on low volume. Do you and others prefer this method when you =
cannot get to your trading device during the day or do you use it =
regularly?
And I can see the advantage of the sell stop order, but I've been caught =
so many times in these gap down situations that I'm wondering if I =
should place my sell stop above the pivot point so I can get the heck =
out, or does this change with the market? I find myself checking all =
the time to see what the action is when I can, its just I can't seem to =
get in front of a computer or on the phone at the most important time. =
I would like to set hard stops if they work for me. =20
Now the sell stop limit orders have me confused. I do see that at least =
half of the time a stock will take a bounce so I can understand some of =
the logic of a sell stop limit order of not carrying you to the =
basement, but isn't it better to find a sell stop that might get you and =
up-tic like above one of the areas of resistance?
I keep telling myself if I could only just be there at the right time, I =
could improve my trades....but this is a fallacy isn't it. It doesn't =
matter if you get there or not, there are always surprises that fowl up =
your trade, its just finding a method like James's by looking at action =
during the days before that will support your move..........after you =
burn yourself enough times, you put the gloves on ea?
Next question. I keep telling myself, if I had the perfect stock alert =
set then I could act on the volume. I see where MSN had price and =
volume. I used this for a while instead of the hard stops. My cell =
would give me the alert that my price or volume or both had been hit and =
then I would be able to make a little more timely decision. Is this =
again another inexperienced trader thinking that he's got the greatest =
plan, just to have it fail? Half the time my Verizon phone won't get =
the alert for some reason.
This all just keeps coming back to such a small area of trading in the =
pivot and break out that everyone try's to hit. It eventually seems to =
go in the direction that the short sellers want. IBD say wait for the =
market but then say the best moves are off the bottom. If the market =
has moved 20% off the last bottom I just missed it again somehow.
I'm getting quite gun shy. I'm capitulating.
(JC)
----- Original Message -----=20
From: Tom Worley=20
To: canslim@lists.xmission.com=20
Sent: Friday, September 06, 2002 7:24 PM
Subject: Re: [CANSLIM] Buy Stop Limit orders?
Nancy, a stop order converts to a market order (wherever the market is =
then). A stop LIMIT order converts to a LIMIT order (again, wherever the =
market is). So if the stop price is hit by a big gap, then the stop =
order becomes a market, and naturally executes, altho at a price that =
may be a real surprise. A stop LIMIT order, because it now is a LIMIT =
order, may not execute if the market moved outside of the LIMIT range.
Example: you find an absolutely perfect, classic, textbook cup and =
handle. Can't find a single thing wrong with either the chart or its =
fundamentals, even after exhaustive hours of due diligence (ok, I admit =
it, I like to fantasize).
You determine that the perfect pivot point is exactly $25.20, so you =
enter a Buy Stop order at $25.30. Your friend, however, enters a Buy =
Stop LIMIT order at Buy Stop $25.30, LIMIT $26.46 (5% over the pivot). =
Shortly before the open, the company announces that it has accepted a =
cash buyout at $29, and the stock gaps to that price (or higher, or just =
under) as the shorts immediately cover. Your buy is executed at around =
$29, and the best you can hope for is to sell at a breakeven, if you are =
lucky cover transaction costs. Your friend's order never executes =
because of the LIMIT and is able to simply cancel the order when the =
news is discovered.
Exactly the same thing can happen on a Sell Stop / Sell Stop LIMIT =
order. A stop order means you take what the market gives you, and can be =
triggered when the volume might have kept you out of the trade entirely. =
A stop LIMIT order means you may never get an execution, but may have a =
second chance to evaluate the situation, and change the order, or cancel =
it entirely.
As one further comment, many firms still will not accept Stop LIMIT =
orders on NASDAQ stocks, especially if they are not very liquid.
----- Original Message -----=20
From: NANCY POLCARO=20
To: canslim=20
Sent: Friday, September 06, 2002 4:10 PM
Subject: Re: [CANSLIM] Buy Stop Limit orders?
which is right? One says a stop order will always execute somewhere =
even if it is not at the stop price( this is what I thought) and one =
says the market can pass through the stop and it will never be executed. =
They both can not be correct. Advice from the more experienced then I =
please. Thanks again for the help nancy
----- Original Message -----
From: Dan Forant
Sent: Friday, September 06, 2002 10:57 AM
To: canslim@lists.xmission.com
Subject: Re: [CANSLIM] Buy Stop Limit orders?
A stop order, buy or sell will always execute (somewhere). A Stop =
Limit
order may not if the market blows up through the stop *limit*.
DanF
----- Original Message -----
From: "david frank" <camelot.homes@charter.net>
To: <canslim@lists.xmission.com>
Sent: Friday, September 06, 2002 12:53 PM
Subject: Re: [CANSLIM] Buy Stop Limit orders?
> Warren, the bad thing about a stop order is that it is a secondary =
order.
A
> broker doesn't have to execute it, thereby, you don't really have =
any
> recourse, if it is not executed, although the price of the stock =
was
within
> your price parameters. If the price of the stock is outside of =
your stop,
it
> will not execute. dave
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Warren Keuffel" <wkeuffel@xmission.com>
> To: "CANSLIM list" <canslim@lists.xmission.com>
> Sent: Friday, September 06, 2002 10:55 AM
> Subject: [CANSLIM] Buy Stop Limit orders?
>
>
> > I am curious (yellow) -- sorry, bad joke that will be undersood =
only by
> > those of a certain age, if no one "gets" it I will explain, if =
asked --
> >
> > anyway, back to the subject -- whether people here have used buy =
stop
> > limit orders to trigger a purchase if the price of a stock rises =
above
> > the limit price. You would need to use this with some sort of =
manual or
> > automatic scan for increased volume to make a good buy on a =
breakout,
> > but given the volume, seems like a buy stop limit order would =
help one
> > buy at the pivot point. Or not?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Warren
> >
> >
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D3>John, I rarely use stops on either buy =
or sell=20
side. Mostly a function of the kind of stocks I personally buy (small =
&=20
micro cap, often thinly traded, often lower priced) and my broker won't =
accept=20
these type orders. I will use limits on both my buys and sells, but only =
because=20
I buy and sell early (or try to, anyway). On the other hand, if I =
was=20
trading big cap stocks on NYSE, I likely would use stops and stop limits =
a=20
lot.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D3></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D3>I don't use alerts at all, except for =
news. If I=20
have the time to respond to my cell phone alert, I have the time to look =
at the=20
markets.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D3></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message -----=20
<DIV style=3D"BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A=20
title=3Djcalkins@olypen.com href=3D"mailto:jcalkins@olypen.com">John =
Calkins</A>=20
</DIV>
<DIV><B>To:</B> <A title=3Dcanslim@lists.xmission.com=20
href=3D"mailto:canslim@lists.xmission.com">canslim@lists.xmission.com</A>=
</DIV>
<DIV><B>Sent:</B> Saturday, September 07, 2002 11:52 PM</DIV>
<DIV><B>Subject:</B> Re: [CANSLIM] Buy Stop Limit orders?</DIV></DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D3>Thanks Tom and Bond.......James Bond =
for all these=20
great examples. This is a real education on execution of=20
trades.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D3></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D3>I can see the advantage of the buy stop =
limit order=20
with keeping you above the pivot and below an extended price except you =
might=20
end up buying on low volume. Do you and others prefer this method =
when you=20
cannot get to your trading device during the day or do you use it=20
regularly?</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D3></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D3>And I can see the advantage of the =
sell stop=20
order, but I've been caught so many times in these gap down situations =
that I'm=20
wondering if I should place my sell stop above the pivot point so I can =
get the=20
heck out, or does this change with the market? I find myself =
checking all the time to see what the action is when I can, its just I =
can't=20
seem to get in front of a computer or on the phone at the most important =
time. I would like to set hard stops if they work for me. =20
</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D3></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D3>Now the sell stop limit orders have me=20
confused. I do see that at least half of the time a stock will =
take a=20
bounce so I can understand some of the logic of a sell stop limit order =
of not=20
carrying you to the basement, but isn't it better to find a sell stop =
that might=20
get you and up-tic like above one of the areas of =
resistance?</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D3></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D3>I keep telling myself if I could only =
just be there=20
at the right time, I could improve my trades....but this is a fallacy =
isn't=20
it. It doesn't matter if you get there or not, there are always =
surprises=20
that fowl up your trade, its just finding a method like James's by =
looking=20
at action during the days before that will support your =
move..........after you=20
burn yourself enough times, you put the gloves on ea?</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D3></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D3>Next question. I keep telling =
myself, if I=20
had the perfect stock alert set then I could act on the volume. I =
see=20
where MSN had price and volume. I used this for a while instead of =
the=20
hard stops. My cell would give me the alert that my price or =
volume or=20
both had been hit and then I would be able to make a little more timely=20
decision. Is this again another inexperienced trader thinking that =
he's=20
got the greatest plan, just to have it fail? Half the time my =
Verizon=20
phone won't get the alert for some reason.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D3></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D3>This all just keeps coming back to such =
a small=20
area of trading in the pivot and break out that everyone try's to =
hit. It=20
eventually seems to go in the direction that the short sellers =
want. IBD=20
say wait for the market but then say the best moves are off the =
bottom. If=20
the market has moved 20% off the last bottom I just missed it again=20
somehow.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D3></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D3>I'm getting quite gun shy. I'm=20
capitulating.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D3></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D3>(JC)</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial></FONT> </DIV>
<BLOCKQUOTE dir=3Dltr=20
style=3D"PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; =
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<DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
<DIV=20
style=3D"BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: =
black"><B>From:</B>=20
<A title=3Dstkguru@bellsouth.net =
href=3D"mailto:stkguru@bellsouth.net">Tom=20
Worley</A> </DIV>
<DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A =
title=3Dcanslim@lists.xmission.com=20
=
href=3D"mailto:canslim@lists.xmission.com">canslim@lists.xmission.com</A>=
</DIV>
<DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Friday, September 06, =
2002 7:24=20
PM</DIV>
<DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [CANSLIM] Buy Stop =
Limit=20
orders?</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D3>Nancy, a stop order converts to a =
market order=20
(wherever the market is then). A stop LIMIT order converts to a LIMIT =
order=20
(again, wherever the market is). So if the stop price is hit by a big =
gap,=20
then the stop order becomes a market, and naturally executes, altho at =
a price=20
that may be a real surprise. A stop LIMIT order, because it now is a =
LIMIT=20
order, may not execute if the market moved outside of the LIMIT=20
range.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D3></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D3>Example: you find an absolutely =
perfect, classic,=20
textbook cup and handle. Can't find a single thing wrong with either =
the chart=20
or its fundamentals, even after exhaustive hours of due diligence (ok, =
I admit=20
it, I like to fantasize).</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D3></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D3>You determine that the perfect pivot =
point is=20
exactly $25.20, so you enter a Buy Stop order at $25.30. Your friend, =
however,=20
enters a Buy Stop LIMIT order at Buy Stop $25.30, LIMIT $26.46 (5% =
over the=20
pivot). Shortly before the open, the company announces that it has =
accepted a=20
cash buyout at $29, and the stock gaps to that price (or higher, or =
just=20
under) as the shorts immediately cover. Your buy is executed at around =
$29,=20
and the best you can hope for is to sell at a breakeven, if you are =
lucky=20
cover transaction costs. Your friend's order never executes because of =
the=20
LIMIT and is able to simply cancel the order when the news is=20
discovered.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D3></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D3>Exactly the same thing can happen on =
a Sell Stop=20
/ Sell Stop LIMIT order. A stop order means you take what the market =
gives=20
you, and can be triggered when the volume might have kept you out of =
the trade=20
entirely. A stop LIMIT order means you may never get an execution, but =
may=20
have a second chance to evaluate the situation, and change the order, =
or=20
cancel it entirely.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D3></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D3>As one further comment, many firms =
still will not=20
accept Stop LIMIT orders on NASDAQ stocks, especially if they are not =
very=20
liquid.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D3></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message -----=20
<DIV style=3D"BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A=20
title=3DZILLAGIRL@msn.com href=3D"mailto:ZILLAGIRL@msn.com">NANCY =
POLCARO</A>=20
</DIV>
<DIV><B>To:</B> <A title=3Dcanslim@lists.xmission.com=20
href=3D"mailto:canslim@lists.xmission.com">canslim</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>Sent:</B> Friday, September 06, 2002 4:10 PM</DIV>
<DIV><B>Subject:</B> Re: [CANSLIM] Buy Stop Limit orders?</DIV></DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>
<DIV>which is right? One says a stop order will always =
execute=20
somewhere even if it is not at the stop price( this is what I thought) =
and one=20
says the market can pass through the stop and it will never be=20
executed. They both can not be correct. Advice from the =
more=20
experienced then I please. Thanks again for the help nancy</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
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<DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt Arial">----- Original Message -----</DIV>
<DIV=20
style=3D"BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt Arial; COLOR: =
black"><B>From:</B> Dan=20
Forant</DIV>
<DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt Arial"><B>Sent:</B> Friday, September 06, =
2002 10:57=20
AM</DIV>
<DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt Arial"><B>To:</B> =
canslim@lists.xmission.com</DIV>
<DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt Arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [CANSLIM] Buy =
Stop Limit=20
orders?</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>A stop order, buy or sell will always execute =
(somewhere).=20
A Stop Limit<BR>order may not if the market blows up through the =
stop=20
*limit*.<BR><BR>DanF<BR>----- Original Message -----<BR>From: "david =
frank"=20
<camelot.homes@charter.net><BR>To:=20
<canslim@lists.xmission.com><BR>Sent: Friday, September 06, =
2002 12:53=20
PM<BR>Subject: Re: [CANSLIM] Buy Stop Limit orders?<BR><BR><BR>> =
Warren,=20
the bad thing about a stop order is that it is a secondary=20
order.<BR>A<BR>> broker doesn't have to execute it, thereby, you =
don't=20
really have any<BR>> recourse, if it is not executed, although =
the price=20
of the stock was<BR>within<BR>> your price parameters. If the =
price of=20
the stock is outside of your stop,<BR>it<BR>> will not execute.=20
dave<BR>> ----- Original Message -----<BR>> From: "Warren =
Keuffel"=20
<wkeuffel@xmission.com><BR>> To: "CANSLIM list"=20
<canslim@lists.xmission.com><BR>> Sent: Friday, September =
06, 2002=20
10:55 AM<BR>> Subject: [CANSLIM] Buy Stop Limit=20
orders?<BR>><BR>><BR>> > I am curious (yellow) -- sorry, =
bad=20
joke that will be undersood only by<BR>> > those of a certain =
age, if=20
no one "gets" it I will explain, if asked --<BR>> ><BR>> =
>=20
anyway, back to the subject -- whether people here have used buy=20
stop<BR>> > limit orders to trigger a purchase if the price of =
a stock=20
rises above<BR>> > the limit price. You would need to use this =
with=20
some sort of manual or<BR>> > automatic scan for increased =
volume to=20
make a good buy on a breakout,<BR>> > but given the volume, =
seems like=20
a buy stop limit order would help one<BR>> > buy at the pivot =
point.=20
Or not?<BR>> ><BR>> > Thanks,<BR>> > =
Warren<BR>>=20
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