Point aken, however I have not yet seen a stock that only goes...

Point aken, however I have not yet seen a stock that only goes in one direction over a given period of time. What goes up must come down and vice versa. There are many factors that affect stock prices and it is true that not all are the same but no stock can keep going up without the NORMAL retracements. There will be the times off course when the tightly held shares cannot be sold because no one else will want to buy them for reasons such as the general market is going into a reversal, china demand falling, the US economy in trouble etc etc etc. Although they might currently be able to support the sp there will be that time when they too will not be able to dispose of them at will. All good things come to an end even for them.