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Good question. When I was last full time 'trading' I had a sell pencilled in at a 10% gain and a sell on a 5% loss. That was lots of buys and sells with about a 30 stock holding limit. It worked, but it was hard work.

I'm experimenting with a different type of 'trading' now. It's more like medium term active investing. With the small caps, I'm trying to find things that might go up 5-10x and I'm willing to lose on some bad decisions or short term market dynamics not going my way.

I've had two massive wins on my medium term bets the past three years. Uranium and Gold. Bought while they were in the toilet and sold close to the tops.

I've also picked a couple of losers in nickel, graphite and rare earths.

But as you know, I'm hardly invested, and the things with 50% loses really don't mean anything to me.

I'm making more with the cash in the bank at the moment.

Still working out this new plan [USER=17857]@qldfrog[/USER] .

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<blockquote data-quote="Sean K" data-source="post: 1309344" data-attributes="member: 3610">Good question. When I was last full time &#039;trading&#039; I had a sell pencilled in at a 10% gain and a sell on a 5% loss. That was lots of buys and sells with about a 30 stock holding limit. It worked, but it was hard work.I&#039;m experimenting with a different type of &#039;trading&#039; now. It&#039;s more like medium term active investing. With the small caps, I&#039;m trying to find things that might go up 5-10x and I&#039;m willing to lose on some bad decisions or short term market dynamics not going my way. I&#039;ve had two massive wins on my medium term bets the past three years. Uranium and Gold. Bought while they were in the toilet and sold close to the tops.I&#039;ve also picked a couple of losers in nickel, graphite and rare earths. But as you know, I&#039;m hardly invested, and the things with 50% loses really don&#039;t mean anything to me.I&#039;m making more with the cash in the bank at the moment.Still working out this new plan [USER=17857]@qldfrog[/USER] . &nbsp;[ATTACH=full]189867[/ATTACH]</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Sean K, post: 1309344, member: 3610"] Good question. When I was last full time 'trading' I had a sell pencilled in at a 10% gain and a sell on a 5% loss. That was lots of buys and sells with about a 30 stock holding limit. It worked, but it was hard work. I'm experimenting with a different type of 'trading' now. It's more like medium term active investing. With the small caps, I'm trying to find things that might go up 5-10x and I'm willing to lose on some bad decisions or short term market dynamics not going my way. I've had two massive wins on my medium term bets the past three years. Uranium and Gold. Bought while they were in the toilet and sold close to the tops. I've also picked a couple of losers in nickel, graphite and rare earths. But as you know, I'm hardly invested, and the things with 50% loses really don't mean anything to me. I'm making more with the cash in the bank at the moment. Still working out this new plan [USER=17857]@qldfrog[/USER] . [ATTACH type="full"]189867[/ATTACH] [/QUOTE]

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