Investment Strategies for Beginners

Originally posted by JJJPPP ↑

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I am new to hot copper but I have trouble knowing when to sell
I have no trouble picking the stocks to buy - I do a lot of homework.
But my problem is WHEN to sell
TV@ was a classic example
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I got them at 0.026 150,000 shares
Sold them for 0.034- nice little earn for me before they announced a trading halt
I brought them again 150,000 shares at 0.043 they dropped back to I think 0.031 then another halted
So I put my order into sell them at 0.054, but realised they opened at 0.059, so I never submitted the 0.054 order.
They went to 0.072- So I put them into sell at 0.072- MISSED
Then I put them in at 0.068 MISSED
I ended up selling them at 0.06
Don't get me wrong I an not complaining, I am not after to win the GRANDSTAND in one go, Brick by Brick !
Also when I wish to buy a penny stock , say like today I brought CMY at 0.007,
There were heaps of sellers at 0.0065, but When I try to sell something at 0.0065, it wont let me, keep saying my orders must be in 000.1 incraments- This costing me a fortune not being able to do this, sell them at 0.0065
The shares I have brought in the past are
IOT-TRADED THEM BOUGHT 8.7- SOLD 11.6
CAZ - same again got them cheap sold them three time in one day making $800 trade
TKL- got them at 0.021 sold them btween $4.00 and $0.053
BPL- brought and sold them at ;east 6 times for profits.
Also can anyone explain to me this what I have cut and pasted below - which shows you buyers paying 0.0005 of a cent when I don't seem to be able too on my c0mputer

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[/CENTER]| 1310084853| $0.0065| 82922| CX11:59am| 1310080561| $0.0065| 55000| CX11:59am| 1310080500| $0.0065| 440000| CX11:53am| 1310078049| $0.0065| 230000| CX11:53am| 1310077975| $0.0065| 90000| CX11:51am| 1310077072| $0.0065| 85000| CX11:51am| 1310077062| $0.0065| 100000| CX11:42am| 1310071762| $0.0065| 500000| CPCXXT11:40am| 1310070226| $0.0065| 500000| CX11:39am| 1310069873| $0.0065| 60000| CX11:39am| 1310069872| $0.0065| 150055| CX11:39am| 1310069871| $0.0065| 68605| CX11:39am| 1310069870| $0.0065| 167247| CX11:39am| 1310069869| $0.0065| 54093| CX11:33am| 1310066545| $0.0065| 400000| CPCXXT11:32am| 1310065729| $0.007| 100000| 11:31am| 1310065042| $0.007| 100000| 11:28am| 1310062208| $0.007| 201759| 11:28am| 1310062207| $0.007| 18617| 11:28am| 1310062206| $0.007| 279624| 11:27am| 1310061767| $0.007| 1309945| 11:25am| 1310060695| $0.0065| 282698| CX11:23am| 1310059687| $0.0065| 317302| CX11:23am| 1310059299| $0.006| 450114| 11:23am| 1310059298| $0.006| 6666| 11:23am| 1310059297| $0.006| 660000| 11:23am| 1310059296| $0.006| 200000| 11:23am| 1310059295| $0.006| 400000| 11:23am| 1310059294| $0.006| 600000| 11:23am| 1310059293| $0.006| 1000000| 11:23am| 1310059292| $0.006| 158108| 11:23am| 1310059291| $0.0065| 440000| CX11:23am| 1310059290| $0.0065| 1000000| CX11:23am| 1310059289| $0.0065| 85112| CX11:14am| 1310054239| $0.0065| 64888| CX11:04am| 1310048127| $0.007| 125714| 11:02am| 1310046564| $0.007| 260000| 10:55am| 1310041814| $0.007| 1000000| 10:48am| 1310037708| $0.007| 120000| 10:46am| 1310036285| $0.007| 100000| 10:46am| 1310036274| $0.007| 150000| 10:45am| 1310035758| $0.007| 500000| 10:44am| 1310035546| $0.007| 100000| 10:44am| 1310035510| $0.007| 400000| 10:44am| 1310035444| $0.007| 394053| 10:44am| 1310035443| $0.007| 246668| 10:44am| 1310035243| $0.007| 84200| 10:44am| 1310034915| $0.007| 150000| 10:44am| 1310034909| $0.007| 119132| 10:44am| 1310034908| $0.007| 22868| XT10:43am| 1310034879| $0.007| 135000| XT10:43am| 1310034504| $0.007| 142132| 10:43am| 1310034503| $0.007| 70018| 10:42am| 1310034476| $0.007| 75000| 10:42am| 1310034409| $0.007| 104982| XT10:42am| 1310034408| $0.007| 295018| 10:42am| 1310034330| $0.007| 34982| XT10:41am| 1310033894| $0.007| 70000| 10:40am| 1310033203| $0.007| 100000| 10:14am| 1310013606| $0.0065| 7078| CX10:12am| 1310012355| $0.007| 100000| 10:12am| 1310012354| $0.007| 346966| 10:12am| 1310012353| $0.007| 303034| 10:12am| 1310012352| $0.007| 600000| XT10:12am| 1310012351| $0.007| 743534| XT10:12am| 1310012346| $0.007| 80000| 10:12am| 1310012345| $0.007| 176466| XT10:12am| 1310012344| $0.007| 350000| 10:12am| 1310012343| $0.007| 800000| 10:12am| 1310012342| $0.007| 500000| 10:12am| 1310012341| $0.007| 73534| XT10:12am| 1310012318| $0.007| 200000| 10:12am| 1310012294| $0.007| 226466| 10:12am| 1310012293| $0.007| 1000000| [/table]
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Time TSN Price Quantity 10:12am 1310012292 $0.007 773534 10:12am 1310012099 $0.007 226466 10:12am 1310012098 $0.007 500000 10:12am 1310012097 $0.007 1000000 10:12am 1310012096 $0.007 171428 10:12am 1310012095 $0.007 1000 10:10am 1310009616 $0.007 50000 10:10am 1310009585 $0.007 361315 10:09am 1310008959 $0.008 92922 CPCXXT10:09am 1310008958 $0.008 7078 CPCXXT10:08am 1310007721 $0.008 1000000 CPCXXT10:08am 1310007569 $0.007 100000 XT10:08am 1310007568 $0.007 100000 XT10:08am 1310007567 $0.007 1446568 10:08am 1310007558 $0.007 502879 10:08am 1310007557 $0.007 97121 10:08am 1310007555 $0.007 200000 10:08am 1310007554 $0.007 400000 10:08am 1310007552 $0.007 500000 10:08am 1310007551 $0.007 200000 10:08am 1310007529 $0.007 300000 10:08am 1310007518 $0.007 2000000 10:08am 1310007482 $0.007 50000 10:08am 1310007399 $0.007 600000 10:08am 1310007393 $0.007 100000 10:08am 1310007390 $0.007 300000 10:08am 1310007387 $0.007 252879 10:08am 1310007386 $0.007 47121 10:08am 1310007372 $0.007 152879 10:08am 1310007371 $0.007 220005 10:08am 1310007370 $0.007 100000 10:08am 1310007369 $0.007 27116 10:08am 1310007362 $0.007 122884 XT10:08am 1310007361 $0.007 127116 XT10:08am 1310007347 $0.007 222884 XT10:08am 1310007346 $0.007 66667 10:08am 1310007345 $0.007 110449 10:08am 1310007320 $0.007 200000 10:08am 1310007292 $0.007 400000 10:08am 1310007256 $0.007 289551 10:08am 1310007255 $0.007 200000 10:08am 1310007254 $0.007 100000 10:08am 1310007253 $0.007 10449 10:08am 1310007233 $0.007 73551 10:08am 1310007232 $0.007 500000 10:08am 1310007231 $0.007 93115 10:07am 1310007081 $0.007 285714 10:07am 1310006909 $0.007 100000 10:07am 1310006477 $0.007 21171 10:07am 1310006476 $0.007 118829 XT10:06am 1310004451 $0.007 10000 10:06am 1310004315 $0.007 204504 10:06am 1310004314 $0.007 95496 10:06am 1310004309 $0.007 100000 XT10:05am 1310004221 $0.007 80000 XT10:05am 1310004124 $0.007 80000 XT10:04am 1310003493 $0.007 61170 XT10:04am 1310003492 $0.007 78830 XT10:03am 1310002430 $0.007 41170 XT10:03am 1310002429 $0.007 258830 10:03am 1310002290 $0.007 155445 10:03am 1310002289 $0.007 500000

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My tip for the week is HOTCOPPER-Everyone to help each other
Watch the stock called DEG
cheers and thanks for any adivice

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on comsec you cannot sell at 0.0065 (4th decimal point). If you want to do that you need to call your broker/comsec directly. presume the same for etrade. won't give investment advice out - the ony thing I will say is keep to your investment strategy whatever that is.