averaging down -- why

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    I'm only new to this forum and I have been reading various posts today and am puzzled as to why some are avaeraging down their long trades? Surely this is a bull market tactic but not a good practice in a bear market ... I would have thought in fact the opposite would be more appropriate ie averaging up and selling the high.
 
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