Petaquilla Minerals Ltd. (fka PTQMF)

[JustForFun7]

The markets the last few years have not been good ones for the buy and hold ...ma and pa investors especially. The majority have not had a decent return on the markets.

It really depends on your personality and the time you have to allocate to it. I am naturally a buy and hold but I have learned to trade. Mostly I trade around my core position of my buy and holds. That way I get the benefit of my research and reduce my risk of trading a loser.

I start with buying something that already has a lot of value in it and a large possibility of adding more value through growth in the next 6 month to a year. Build a position and then wait. Trade around your position to lower your overall cost.

I am here to make money ...this year...not 5 years from now. The longer I hold and the more the stock has not moved up from my buy point, the more likely I am to trade it more and eventually sell it.

PTQ has been good for me. The first time I held for about 15 months and this time around I have been in and out at 60 cents and then again at 40 cents and finished adding at low thirties.

That's what works for me but there are many personality types and and even more ways to make a buck. Who's to say what is the only way or the best way to make money.

JFF7