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No, I tried to go long at the bottom. They refused to sell to me and the price just kept going up into the close. I gave up because the bargain was gone.ALdaytrade wrote:Do you mean, spy went lower?DellGriffith wrote:I couldn't get in! It already shot higher anyway. Maybe some other time.ALdaytrade wrote:Do not buy in the middle of a waterfall!DellGriffith wrote:Ugh. I kept desperately trying to buy SPY for the past 15 minutes but my brokerage account web page just kept hanging......meanwhile the price kept going up. lol
what brokerage co?DellGriffith wrote:No, I tried to go long at the bottom. They refused to sell to me and the price just kept going up into the close. I gave up because the bargain was gone.ALdaytrade wrote:Do you mean, spy went lower?DellGriffith wrote:I couldn't get in! It already shot higher anyway. Maybe some other time.ALdaytrade wrote:Do not buy in the middle of a waterfall!DellGriffith wrote:Ugh. I kept desperately trying to buy SPY for the past 15 minutes but my brokerage account web page just kept hanging......meanwhile the price kept going up. lol
Regarding buying in the middle of a waterfall, as Cobra just pointed out, we're near the bottom of a channel. To me, that is not where you should be afraid to go long. That is where you should be looking for a long entry. When you are at a channel top, that's where you might be afraid to go long.
Thank you for the clarification. I think you are glad that you did not get that position today...DellGriffith wrote:No, I tried to go long at the bottom. They refused to sell to me and the price just kept going up into the close. I gave up because the bargain was gone.ALdaytrade wrote:Do you mean, spy went lower?DellGriffith wrote:I couldn't get in! It already shot higher anyway. Maybe some other time.ALdaytrade wrote:Do not buy in the middle of a waterfall!DellGriffith wrote:Ugh. I kept desperately trying to buy SPY for the past 15 minutes but my brokerage account web page just kept hanging......meanwhile the price kept going up. lol
Regarding buying in the middle of a waterfall, as Cobra just pointed out, we're near the bottom of a channel. To me, that is not where you should be afraid to go long. That is where you should be looking for a long entry. When you are at a channel top, that's where you might be afraid to go long.