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I have this filter for price > 5 for both long and short. This
helps me to compare my stock picks with those that made it to this
list at http://quotes.ino.com/analysis/extremes/stocks
I frankly see no particular reason not to short stocks as opposed to
going long. They are the same, except that when one is shorting
stocks, they are doing it on margin money, i.e, borrowing from their
broker and not dipping into their account equity. If that is not an
advantage, I do not know of anything better. When a stock is
overvalued and you determine that it has reached a top, you short it
and when it is undervalued and you determine that it has reached a
bottom, you go long. No great mystery about it.
I find that an financial instrument falls twice as fast as it goes
up, i.e., it is possible to make money twice faster by shorting than
by going long. I have made more money shorting stocks than by going
long. Of course, one has to do their homework properly and
determine that the stock has indeed reached a top. Those who
complain about shorting stocks have obviously not done their
homework. They may have made money by getting lucky in a bull
market by going long, ignoring company fundamentals, but when the
rare event occurs, the rest is history...
rgds, Pal
--- In amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, Terry <MagicTH@xxxx> wrote:
> Very common rule for most US Brokers. Better put in a filter for
Price>5.
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> Terry
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> Does someone with more experience than me know if this $5 rule is
the norm
> and generally applied by brokers? I use optionsXpress.
> Kerry
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