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Wow, admire you sticking with that 100p range. I just can't imagine me holding off buying if or when they get below 2950. Maybe a chance for me to deploy my unsecret weapon...buy in tranches. We will see..
1246 looked like a low for OCDO, but not exactly a shake.
Finally got my mobile chaged up to 100%, it's awkward to do but it is possible. I tried to order a cable online but was overcome with the choice so I had a sit down instead.
H. Don't think you can short any more. I am sure I used to back in the day when it was all on paper and you had to phone your market maker for prices and to make transactions (My man was Jeremy at Seymour Pierce). There was a contributor to this board a week or so ago advocating shorting. It's not for me though.
Premier League? That be football isn't it? I regret to inform all that I haven't watched football since Sunderland beat Leeds in cup final 1973?. I used to live within 200 yards of the Sunderland ground, Roker Park...not the new Stadium of Light. An amusing story is that my bus driver father crashed his double decker into the canopy that used to stick out over part of the car park.
got a second bite of cherry regarding price so sold ASC (both holdings, smaller at 3019, larger at 3020).
Noble of you to give 10% to charity, T. I admire that. I used to give time/effort to help others and charities but have got out of the habit. I will try harder
You recall that I "moved" my ASC shares into one account, well I still have to sell them in the old account if you follow me.
Just had an offer to sell at 1321 which foolishly I ignored. Yes, think I sat through the spike at 9.07am. If I get a second bite of the cherry in a few minutes, then I shall sell.
I have one of those dongle thingys that you put in the USB socket that tells how much current it's supplying. That allowed me to woggle the cable to get "max current" flowing. This means I need a new cable (at least).
I think OCDO will be fairly flat again today, with a range of only 25p yesterday, it was hard to make profit. I think you are right to hold off till later today perhaps to get that bargain price. (This applies to ASC as well, I think I regret buying back when I did although, in normal circumstances one would expect them to rise at the open at least.
Casino, France. Well OCDO haven't taken a share in Casino to my knowledge, they are "selling" them tech product and know how I assume. Must be a strategic decision for Casino to use OCDO software and support so don't think the impact on OCDO would be significant in the short term.
Something is going wrong with my mobile phone charger or the cable or the battery, whenever I swop one item, it doesn't act logically. Someone once told me mobile batteries only last 2 years in smartphones. Mine is older than that. Ho hum. I need it while trading
I think it pretty clear this will be a bit of a down day. Althoughthe FTSE is showing a +0.45% gain, I think the virus news and probable exaggerated profit taking will turn that around, especially at the start of the day. The virus became the number one item on the bbc news yesterday. I am hoping for the best
Ha! I did that calculation too, instead of the 5 extra shares I would now have 12. Yes, it doesn't go unnoticed.
The treacle method is certainly helping a lot, thanks, but I have been more vigilant these last two weeks, treating it more as a job of work.
I have lost track, is that right, you still have some OCDO? Is this tranche method working?
it's the 2.54% increase that I focus on (plus some loose change in the bank being the remainder of trying shares "to a value"). I am happy with your system, I like it. Having to twist my mind still to actually sell at a loss (maybe) to buy back cheaper. By the way I have made more than my target for this week...and it's only thursday.
So I now have 5 more shares than earlier, my 157 became 162, a 2.54% increase. However, I actually boaught 362 as I am migrating my other 200 shares from one account to another. They are now together, easier, less complicated...although I seem to specialise in complexity. The range has been about 83p today, so far, and it's more or less done what you predicted.
I will have to move between library and waitrose to get a WiFi signal. 4G here is terrible.
SAGA price continues to fall, but I think I'm happy, I'm certainly hungry, all this getting up at 6.45 (I expect you get up earlier than that!) means I need lunch early.
I am feeling guilty about using this board to discuss shares other than OCDO.
Very happy with starting to "work" ASC. I would be grateful for an alert from you when/if you think of buying back in. Please don't trade them just to keep me company, I know you like to concentrate on the principle share.
Good news is that I managed to sell WJG on a spike 5 mins ago. Expected to sell them on tuesday but happy. My policy of simplification means I wont be buying them back. Strange but thought I wouldn't be trading today, then suddenly it all seemed to happen.
Thanks T for the hint to sell ASC . Happy with that.
I sold SAGA late yesterday and today was looking to buy back in, My alert went off when they went below 44.4 then I discovered that for the quantity I wanted they were offering a slightly high price so I bought in 2 tranches which was several pound cheaper than the one tranche (even after the extra dealing charge). So now I have another 0.85% more shares.