Originally Posted by
oldtech
I have traditionally been a proponent of buy and hold, but I do remember discussions on the forum around the wisdom of buy and hold versus trading - ie buy shares when low, sell when high and they start going down, buy back in when the price is low again.
As an example, say you'd been a clever beagle and sold at $2.14, you could now buy back in at $1.73 or so and either buy more or take the profit. I'm not necessarily advocating you or anybody does this, simply putting it out there as one possibility.
I also keep remembering this KISS principle from KW on when to sell:
"If the "death cross" occurs (where the 50 day moving average crosses below the 200 day moving average), this is a signal that the downtrend is now firmly established."
Disc: Still holding ... at the moment ...