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<DIV><FONT size=2>Although it is common practice for many individuals to size up 
a trade and then set their stop loss to a fixed percentage, I cannot understand 
for the life of me how 3x ATR would be a good idea.&nbsp; Is this for a long 
term position trade.&nbsp; If so, wouldn't the price action tell you to exit the 
trade far in advance of the 3x ATR.&nbsp; That would correlate to a stop 
somewhere in the vicinity of 1265.&nbsp; Obviously if the sp broke 1300 I would 
be concerned as a long term position trader.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2>Pete</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>
</x-html>From ???@??? Wed May 19 09:24:41 1999
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by the cycles June  2nd would be your last chance to do it & go short till 
6/29 or 7/29 bottom 

slawek