tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6897513886211197509.post3647763951187135995..comments2024-03-29T16:34:17.069+08:00Comments on Singapore Man of Leisure: Short-sellers – keep them close to us!Singapore Man of Leisurehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13774067113884418001noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6897513886211197509.post-26780120356692402642011-08-23T17:42:00.711+08:002011-08-23T17:42:00.711+08:00ok ok haha. sound like trading to me, or in betwee...ok ok haha. sound like trading to me, or in between trading and investing (neither here nor there).<br /><br />who am i to comment? if its works, go for it! <br /><br />p.s. bought quite a lot of stocks this morning and sold some in the afternoon, being out of work for a month already hahacoconuthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09479603768240288905noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6897513886211197509.post-48846181040240453042011-08-23T16:36:08.895+08:002011-08-23T16:36:08.895+08:00Coconut,
I practice the trade around a core inves...Coconut,<br /><br />I practice the trade around a core investment position technique:<br /><br />1) Price looks toppish. Sell 1/3 position. Price goes up, I happy -my 2/3 vested position makes more money.<br /><br />2) Price goes down, my 1/3 sale now allows me to buy back on the dip.<br /><br />3) I am never completely caught 100% cash or 100% fully invested.<br /><br />4) And if Armageddon comes, I sell everything! I call it a covered-short. This way, I will REMEMBER to buy-back the same stocks I've sold when its safe to get out of the bunkers. <br /><br />Buy/sell - I treat it as moving from Yang to Ying and back. Always shades of grey; never black or white. <br /><br />LOL!Singapore Man of Leisurehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13774067113884418001noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6897513886211197509.post-54239940869502429082011-08-23T15:03:00.655+08:002011-08-23T15:03:00.655+08:00ok, sparrow it is, as an investor, why do you want...ok, sparrow it is, as an investor, why do you want to take profit? <br /><br />there are many ways one can "short". you can short the index futures, you can borrow stocks to short, you can even borrow from your own stocks porfolio to short. but make very sure you have to return back to your portfolio be it profit or loss.<br /><br />if you want to mix trading with investing (like me), you have to be very clear of their distinction. for trading you have to cut losses and take profit but investing you don't, you only diversify.coconuthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09479603768240288905noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6897513886211197509.post-58092801628631798352011-08-23T13:56:28.286+08:002011-08-23T13:56:28.286+08:001) Wow! LP!!!
Such passion! That's why I lik...1) Wow! LP!!! <br /><br />Such passion! That's why I like reading your posts. You are REAL :)<br /><br /><br />2) Coconut,<br /><br />I appreciate and understand what you meant when you say not to mix investing with trading. <br /><br />As I am a middle-path follower, I realise that most "investors" (incliuding me!) are weak at the "selling" part. Not knowing how and when to take profits (my first blow-up).<br /><br />It's only after I borrowed trading techniques (including shorts) to my "investing" that I begin to have real money in my pocket ;)<br /><br />Your short trades speak for itself. Taking some money off the table is prudent. Now how many "investors" took some money off before August?<br /><br />You are right! It's not OK to mix investing and trading MINDSET. But techniques and methods are the same - there is a BUY, and there is a SELL. <br /><br />And you need both to fly! <br /><br />OK, unless you are a very highly educated "helicopter"! LOL! <br /><br />I only a small sparrow. And I need both my wings.Singapore Man of Leisurehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13774067113884418001noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6897513886211197509.post-23760625602771417672011-08-23T11:41:13.286+08:002011-08-23T11:41:13.286+08:00wow mr. perfectionist haha, well said.
i only hav...wow mr. perfectionist haha, well said.<br /><br />i only have 2 short position, covered half, its enough for me, i'm going in to buy all these cheap stocks that i once own!!coconuthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09479603768240288905noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6897513886211197509.post-65797677342031821352011-08-23T09:42:40.990+08:002011-08-23T09:42:40.990+08:00Hi SMOL,
I agree...why do people blame short sell...Hi SMOL,<br /><br />I agree...why do people blame short sellers? There is an inherent bias on the market to be on the upside but not on the downside. People don't like it when the market tanks but do not mind when the market exhibits exuberance on the upside. If you want to ban short sellers, then people who are late on the market should be banned from buying in as well!<br /><br />Full of rubbish actually.la papillionhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01372278083694506953noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6897513886211197509.post-54161570843526643192011-08-22T15:58:24.484+08:002011-08-22T15:58:24.484+08:00not only they blame the short seller of stocks, th...not only they blame the short seller of stocks, they blame the exchange speculators and anybody who can make money except themselves.coconuthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09479603768240288905noreply@blogger.com