I have been in the market since 1983 after a friend let me read his copy of Ted's book. My timing was not the best as my wife got sick in 1984 and I stayed out of the market until 1990. I then lost my job and had to start looking for another one and moved twice during the 90's. I once again got back into the market in 2000 but only until 2006 when my wife passed away. While I tried to get back to trading on a ready basis, my focus was not on doing Ted's method until I jumped back in with both feet in 2018. From that time forward my yearly gains have jumped more than they have ever done before. My largest % gain was 479% in 2003. I have only sold stocks in only 16 years since 1983. During those 16 years, only 2 were in the red. The other 14 all were in the green. I sold stocks for a loss in 8 of those years as I had left Ted's method and played around with sub-penny stocks. In other words, I found that if I am not following Ted's method I lose money. I still hold 4 non-Ted stocks out of the 16 I now have. Ted said never to sell at loss, which I have done mainly because they were not stocks that meet Ted's method.
Since 2017, my portfolio has shot up faster than the Dow because I am focused on applying Ted's method 100% of the time. I have learned the hard way that his method only works when you use it.
To answer your last question, the strategy has to be something that you are comfortable with. One rule of Ted's is to never consider selling with less than 200% unless there is a major spike in price and volume. If that happens, which I have experienced, he says to take the money and run. While I have other stocks that are doing good, ERF is by far my best one chart-wise and percentage-wise.
If you have any other questions, I will do what I can to answer them.
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