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I cancelled my 97p buy order and reset it for lower. The trend is the trend and the game is the game.

We do seem to be in a few of the same names.

I actually sliced a small profit from some of my OSB the other day on that early AM spike. Given the BB's, I am surprised that it has not by now returned to at least 4 quid. Still sitting on enough to make a satisfactory turn if/when it does (415p actually my target there), but nice not to have seen all that paper profit evaporate, as it would have, at the current time of print.

Recently retook a tiny book mark holding in YOU (similar in scope to the NED purchase here, lol). I actually can see that one going lower, hence only a book mark at this time. 370's is where I will take a more meaty bite, if it comes to pass. Or if we see a strong bounce off 4 quid (again, if that scenario comes to pass as well).

As for CARD, probably the right decision by you, although I am going to add a few more on the way down here myself. For the reasons I mentioned the other day. Still only a small position too. Plenty of dry powder. Plenty of good prospects. Dividend in the meantime of course. Catch you on the other boards mate.

Is better to see than an inside sell, but that is buttons, lol.

The CEO and the CFO should have bought at least a couple of hundred thousand shares between them by now IMO.

Had they done so, no way would MW and any other shorts have driven this down below a quid, IMO.

They had better deliver strong numbers in the next update, or they will lose their credibility and undo the good work of the past.

Given how this one has performed in comparison to the wider indices, I am inclined to agree.

Tempted to add, and with it average up somewhat, but have instead been net adding further dry powder of late, in case we get the long overdue market sell off, or even just a milder correction, in the next few weeks.

So many potential catalysts that could make this happen. Even just a normal October in the markets historically, regardless of the macro stuff.

Nice that this one seems to be bucking the wider trend so far. Fingers crossed. GLA.

I hope so too, lol, but equally just take it as it comes.

The market will do what it will do. GLA.

Depends on what type of trade. Typically I go for the swing, although occasionally dabble with the day variety.

As long as I remain confident in the trade, then anything from a few weeks to several months.

I have had ones that have been longer than that, so not sure when the definition changes it to an investment!

Ultimately, my aim is the same as everyone's.

I tend to give more scope and time to those that have a dividend, and are not already expensive, on a fundamentals basis.

Which I think applies in this case, although time of course will tell.

If my target price is not achieved before the Santa Rally (assuming we get one this year), then I might take a view at that point. IMO, that scenario will only play out if the wider markets correct fairly heavily.

All of which is subject to the obvious company-specific caveats in the meantime.

Yeah, me too. I actually took some off the table in that early morning range.

Only a partial fill unfortunately, and will still be happy with the overall profit level if/when 400-415p returns, but I did not want to increase my overall stake size here (which would have involved averaging up as well), so took that decision.

Might buy those ones back if we revisit the 360's, but starting to doubt my thesis here now, in truth. Certainly insofar as potential time-frames etc.

Which is probably the signal for a meteoric rise tomorrow :)

I hope you get it...but not before the SP hits 112p, lol :)

I never bet that it would hold a quid...but low 90's and I will concede defeat, as that would be close enough :)

If you get your 90p pre-div, that will IMO make you a nice capital gain, plus the dividend cherry on top, sooner or later.

I am a further buyer if we see 96p-ish, then 92p, pre-div. Probably would just sit tight at that juncture. Although that is basically finger in the air stuff at that point.

MW is driving this lower on fairly low volume. Hope they get trapped into paying the div and then having to close out without a profit, lol. I do rate them though, so hopefully they let go soon and move onto other targets.

I did say it was subject to how the wider markets went...so we are shaping up for a draw right now :)

I think 90p before ex div remains unlikely, but not making a second gentleman's bet on that one, lol! GLA.

Opti lacks a CEO whose salary is commensurate with performance...which should mean he pays the company, especially as he is not subject to minimum wage laws, being a company Director :)

OK, so a little while longer then.

FWIW, the chart looks horrible and the RSI is neutral right now, so we are not oversold at the time of print.

I do not have any further buy orders in the pipes, nor likely to, unless I see some changes in the technicals. Like I said, a book mark holding for me right now.

Got a few others that I am paying closer attention to, especially a couple of my US stocks and targets. GLA.

Usually I wait for updates before buying in; had the SP moved sharply in the other direction in the past week or so, I would have remained on the sidelines.

It is possible that the action of late has been driven by some 'in the know', but at this price, I was willing to take a small bet. Stupmy is right about buy orders like my one here being speculative.

The company should have already warned by now if they were going to come in below previous guidance.

So, my bet is that it will not shock the markets in that sense.

Forward guidance of course is the big unknown right now.

That could be where we see the 3's, especially in a market like this one and with a Labour Budget only a couple of weeks after that.

Another thing that will influence my decision-making will be whether or not we see some strong inside buying shortly after the window reopens.

A few did last time - as they should have! While it would not necessarily make a difference to whether I bought or sold depending on this action or inaction, it would in terms of the size of my potential buys.

On the other hand, a great update with a bumper forward guidance, and I am probably back to the baby tranche strategy.

Not long to find out, either way. GLA.

I think most of us are like that. The inner chimp, I think it is called.

Personally, I have improved my discipline in the past couple of years, and got better at brushing off missed targets (although the amount of buy orders that I have missed recently in several stocks by extraordinarily small margins is something to behold! lol) - but still very much a work in progress.

I think the small number of blatant rampers and de-rampers tar the honest commentators with the same brush, in the eyes of some posters perhaps.

Not that either the honest, or dishonest posters, should influence individual investment decisions of course. Nor are they responsible for moving stock prices etc either.

The positives far outweigh the negatives for me though. Which is why I continue to read and occasionally contribute my own thoughts on them.

Anyway, let's see what happens here and across the wider indices in the weeks ahead.

Always so many macro events and possibilities that there is never a dull moment. Or lack of opportunities, as far as this stock market stuff goes. GLA.

I think the key thing to remember (to paraphrase a fund manager whose name I now forget) is that a stock does not know

or care if you own it. Be dispassionate and avoid falling in love with it etc.

I am not sure if the SP will go as low as Stupmy's 348p if 404p does not hold, except with a market wide sell off.

In which case, I think it would go lower than that, IMO.

But I did see the prospect for the range he mentioned the other day - which has come to pass.

Anyway, I set a tiny, book mark holding buy order last night that has hit, so I am back in now.

I will also wait to see if we revisit the lows before potentially adding more.

Subject to the obvious caveats, I would likely add quite a few in the event we saw 350p-ish.

A medium tranche before then in the region of 370p-ish.

None of which may happen of course and if this is the bottom, my baby position will remain an infant and a likely longer term hold, to see if it can return to circa 8 quid levels. But that is bottom draw stuff right now. GLA.

I think so too. If the bottom holds, I think we will see some buying then.

If it does not, it does not change the thesis for me, so might take a few more myself, but undecided on that right now.

See how things go when the US opens. VIX currently just below 20. If it breaks 22, then it might be worth waiting to see if it goes to 27. That would likely be the range where I would add a few more here (and elsewhere).

Just speculation though and it might just as easily spike back down from this level in a blink of an eye. GLA.

'The shareholders will be screaming and their portfolios burning in the fires of hell' :)

Your posts remind me of that former Iraqi minister who became known as Comical Ali, lol :)

Just a trade for me too, on this occasion. As I said before on this chat board, if we see some significant inside buying, then that would probably be enough for me to put it in the investment pot instead/as well (like it was, the first time I became a shareholder here).

Not particularly IMO. Although all this stock market stuff is trifling really compared to this continued escalation of war.

Calm heads needed more than ever. It is likely to get much worse before it gets better, sadly.

As always, the lessons of history are never heeded.

Anyway, welcome aboard mate. Good price, that should see you in profit sooner or later IMO.