12-21-24: It fell again, but since I hit house’s money so quickly, I removed the drop alert today. If I weren’t so lazy, I would find a good (free, still cheap) app that would alert me on percentage drops to consider double-dipping the drop.
11-08-24: I hit house’s money the day of the previous post. The price is way up today, but the stats suck. If I had waited longer, I would be better off. As it is, I don’t have much in, so rather than taking an obvious profit today, I will ride it out longer. The market isn’t sane, so why should I be?
12-28-23: Pursuing what I call “free” or “perfect” stock here. It dropped more than 50% on 12/11/23. I picked it up at $4.12. As it climbs back up, I update a stop-loss order to sell off enough to cover my initial investment. Then ride it out the balance. When done properly, this strategy results in 0 risk in a short period. It can backfire, failing before that first rise to stop-loss level, so some care is required. I like to do this with bio stocks because the market over-reacts and it is fairly easy to identify those that will rebound by the strength of their product pipeline and what positions they are still hiring for after the loss.