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by jimnotgym 475 days ago
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throwaway48476 475 days ago
Time and bad results. That said the market can stay irrational longer than you can stay solvent.
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jimnotgym 475 days ago
I think you are right. A minor shock in share price from a bad profit announcement will cause certain traders to have to sell to stop the loss getting worse, probably by an automated stop-loss order. This will start a chain reaction.
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