Sorry about the late response. I really don't come here to chat. I'm generally too busy during the day to chat and in the summer, my afternoons and evenings are taken up with little league baseball and music. FREE Shares are GREAT! They are the only shares I ever hang on to for the long term. Even then I prefer to swing trade with those shares but at greater intervals following the daily chart swings. In my opinion, if the shares are not FREE, you are taking too beg a risk to hold onto shares through deep market swings. You might want to read this post: http://investorshub.advfn.com/boards/read_msg.aspx?message_id=76903307 I explain in detail why I swing trade and the enormous difference it can make in your bottom line.