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A Reader Writes "(ICOC) Why did you sell?"
Hello Friends! Thanks so much for stopping by and visiting my blog, Stock Picks Bob’s Advice! As always, please remember that I’m an amateur investor, so please remember to consult with your professional investment advisers prior to making any investment decisions based on information on this website.
One of my favorite activities as a author of this blog is to receive and respond to emails from interested readers. Please remember that I am also an amateur investor, so I offer my responses as my opinion only, and not that I’m more correct than anyone writing.
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Earlier today, as I wrote, I sold my shares in ICO Corporation (ICOC). I sell shares for one of three reasons. Either there’s some basic announcement whether bad financial results or some undefined announcement including an acquisition, the stock declines to a specified sale point, or the stock appreciates to a targeted level at which time I sell a portion of my holdings.
In this case, after an initial purchase, ICOC hit my 8% sale point and I sold my shares without regard to any fundamental change in the ’story’ behind this company. Not all of my readers appreciated this move.
Alan T. wrote to me this afternoon:
"Why did you sell? Have you not seen the past volatility in this stock? I understand the thought of limiting losses, but maybe you should consider purchasing on a pullback, when a stock like this provides numerous pullback opportunities."
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This was a terrific question! Why would not it be a great thought to buy some more shares on a pullback rather than selling my shares? Especially in a stock as volatile as this company, which ‘provides numerous pullback opportunities.’
This is not necessarily a bad approach. But it is not my approach. Before I buy any stock, I’ve a plan about what my reaction will be when the stock either appreciates or declines in price. I like every stock that I own. But I am prepared to sell any or all of my holdings if those stocks decline to ’sale points’. It doesn’t matter to me whether I have held a stock for one week or one year, these sale points are what matter to me.
In the past I’ve been ready to make exceptions to my trading rules. And my portfolio suffered subsequently. The purpose of this blog has been to involve all of my readers into increasing my own trading discipline and not to make exceptions or variations in my approach. Those who are value oriented might well find a stock that has declined to be of even greater attractiveness than a stock that has appreciated. The opposite is my assessment of those situations.
There’ll be times when these decisions will not be the best approach to every single trading situation. It may well be the time to be purchasing ICOC and not selling shares. I don’t know. I do not have any insider information nor do I seek that information. And it does not matter if ICOC climbs back tomorrow, as I do suspect it shall do. What matters is my own trading discipline in the long-term.
But I cannot apologize for maintaining my own strategy that requires me to sell stocks with sstrip mall losses. For my trading philosophy requires me to sell stocks quickly at sshopping complex losses and completely, and partially and slowly at targeted gains. Let’s find out how this strategy works. We will only know if we implement and follow our own rules for trading and investing.
Bob
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