USA Election & Ex-dividend, page-39

Yeah i've learnt to just set your sell price and stick to your trading plan - 95% of the time I am always out by a couple of cents so have needed to adjust my strategy

Example don't worry about the div - I have placed to much emphasis on this in the past and notice shares hit highs about 3 weeks b4 ex div date and trade down so your better with the trade than the div most times.

E.g I have a sell on RIO is trending up at 66 bucks a few weeks back and I have a sell at 71 in my mind with a guess of improved div at 1.25 (i think 1.63 in announced) , i discuss with my mates if will probably get to $70 so i should sell at 69.60 - even though i should hold on for the Div - I decide to sell a couple 100 shares at my reduced target 69.60 - Then snap she falls all the way to 58's on the back of new macro news - I will i had sold the lot so i could rebuy at these lows
diff - 1.63 in divs - diff in share price from sell price of 69.60 to say 59 = 10.60-1.63 = 9.97 per share - its a no brainer -

lets touch base again in 1 week of June and see if she peaks - with a bigger drop leading into the div and after the ex div date