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2/5/2002

Averaging Down

By Richard Philip Cadway
This Newsletter is not a public release - for members only
In the Previous newsletter 12-24-2001, I predicted a reversal in the NASDAQ 100 because of a break in the trend. You will notice that others use past data to show you how technical analysis works. Hindsight is always 20-20. I predict the future using the principles taught in Princeton's TradeTutor courses. Below is the weekly chart as of 2-4-2002.
My Prediction was for a downtrend that would create a higher low. The resistance held creating a double top and the trend is now downward because of the break in support. The last newsletter topic was about buying and holding for the next bull market. If you understand trends you will notice that the overall trend is down and has been confirmed by the lower high. Now, I am looking for either a higher low, a double bottom, or a break in the low of September.
Averaging Down is a method of trading that is tempting to most traders in an attempt to avoid taking a loss. It has probably caused that most devastating loses. The fact that it works frequently is what sucks the trader in. The few times it does not work will usually wipe out the traders entire account. You just received one of the most important tips of all time.
 
Averaging down works when a trader wants to accumulate stock at the lowest price. In this daily chart of Qualcom, suppose you decided to buy 100 shares of stock on 12-19-01. When the stock breaks the low and moves down, you buy another 100 shares on 1-8-02. It breaks the low again and you buy another 100 shares on 1-20-02. It looks like the low has been broken again and you will be buying more. Assuming that the market will turn after the last buy you will have accumulated 400 shares of Qualcom at an average price of "say" 43. You have already determined before hand that you would buy and hold up to 400 shares and you then hold your investment. Now assume that the first buy you did was 500 shares. Why not 500 shares? You thought at the time that it was a good time to buy. In the same scenario you would own 2000 shares and could have your entire account at risk. If this was Enron, you would have lost alot of money in the first example, but would still have an account, but in the second example your entire account might be lost. The moral of the story is to only use averaging down as a planned method of stock accumulation. Princeton's TradeTutor courses go into much more detail about this subject.
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