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[Gixene]

lowtrade, now must all 3 major US indexes meet these two elements? The S&P 500, DJIA and NASDAQ? I tend to only use the S&P 500 for benchmarks and analyze it with charting and candlesticks techniques.

I appreciate your recommendations for capitalizing on a bear market. However, I first want to put in place a exit strategy for the overall market. I have a set exit strategy for investing. I prefer a set exit strategy because it takes emotion out of investing. For example, to minimize loss I sell when PPS hits -4% of price bought. To lock in gains, I set a 4% trailing stop on quote when PPS hits 30% of price bought.

It will be hard to make a set strategy for this, but I believe it is necessary. Since I on average hold a stock for 5 months I wouldn't call myself a long-term investor per say. I'm not sure what constitutes someone being a long-term investor, swing trader or something in between. What is the general rule of thumb for this? Though I do believe that for the amount of time I hold, waiting for a bear market using those elements could too long.

Any thoughts?

Thank you, Gulley