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Old 03-27-2022, 09:11 AM
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Originally Posted by retiredguy123 View Post
Buy low and sell high.

A stop loss order seems to go against that strategy.
The problem for most is when to sell high. Many years ago promised my wife to buy her some fairly expensive jewelry if price of a stock doubled.

It did and we sold and the stock went up and up and up. The value of the jewelry did not.