My Core Rule

    My core rule has always been to buy stocks that are going up and sell ones that are going down. Makes sense right??? If it was only that easy!! I find myself right now tearing that rule to shreads. Lets look at the positions I have.

    AAPL Short @ 120 (up 70% in 6 months)
    HOKU Short @ 10.95 (up 100% in 2 weeks)
    JSDA Long @ 16.00 (down 55% in 3 months)
    RACK Long @ 13.00 (down 66% in 6 months)
    NYX Long @ 74.25 (down 33% in 6 months)

    I am beginning to see a pattern here. Every stock that I am long is trending down and every stock I am short is trending up. Who am I to predict when a stock is going to change directions? Sure, HOKU is up 100% in 2 weeks (i feel pretty good about my positions here), that is seriously pushing it. I guess if half of these picks do what I expect them to I will do fine.

    Should I keep pretending to trade by my core rule? It does make sense right? Or do I need to reexamine it?

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