I wanted to continue with a recent theme of taking profits. In THIS POST LAST WEEK we dissected our decision to exit MXL, the chart below was shown in that post. Scroll down a little to the same stock today. NOT GETTING out would have been expensive!

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MXL updated November 30
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Or how about THIS POST on QRVO. We exited on November 3, the day before it gapped down under 50!

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How about our exit on the final piece of IDTI?
We purchased it on November 14 at 2341 and our last sale was at 2540, locking in a gain of 1.99/share nine days later. If you are holding the stock today, you would be down one penny per share! Markets are volatile and if you are going to be a successful swing trader you cannot be emotional about your stocks. There are a lot of times when it makes sense to take the money and run!

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