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Monday, 08/23/2010 10:48:27 AM

Monday, August 23, 2010 10:48:27 AM

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Exactly. Mental stop is what I use. Unfortunately, mental stop requires personal discipline which is in short supply in most people, including myself.

As an example, automatic stop would have taken me out on mnta, since I am currently sitting with a 12% loss and 10% is the "common" trigger for stop loss.

However, not only did I not cut bait on mnta, but I have been actually averaging down : the anti thesis of the automatic stop loss rule. You just don't pile in on a loss.

But then there was the recent news of Druckmiller retirement and I did learn a lesson from him.

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