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    Quote Originally Posted by Maricar19 View Post
    Userque, can you help me with a simple excel formula? How do I put an "if formula on my worksheet (column G) without putting 1 on either Buy and Sell columns?
    See, if I multiply Buy (D) column with shareprice (F) , I get a zero because sell (E) column is blank. So I end up putting a (1).
    The same goes with sell (E) column *shareprice (F), because Buy (D) column is blank.
    I drag down the formula on G column.

    Gain/Loss
    Buy Sell $240.22
    6-Jun SPXU 18 1 26.45 $ 476.10
    7-Jun SPXU 1 18 26.12 $ 470.16 ($5.94)









    You can try, if (sell=""), multiply using the buy column, multiply using the sell column

    The second phrase after the comma is executed if the IF condition is false.

    You can email the file also if you prefer; or I can try a more detail explanation.

    You'll probably need to adjust the other columns as well, but I'd probably need to see the whole sheet to be sure.

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    Maricar19, You've got mail.

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    Quote Originally Posted by userque View Post
    You can try, if (sell=""), multiply using the buy column, multiply using the sell column

    The second phrase after the comma is executed if the IF condition is false.

    You can email the file also if you prefer; or I can try a more detail explanation.

    You'll probably need to adjust the other columns as well, but I'd probably need to see the whole sheet to be sure.
    Thank you so much UserQ for the assist.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Maricar19 View Post
    Thank you so much UserQ for the assist.
    Glad to help.

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    Hi TSPers: Is there a group in TSPTalk who trades ETFs more than 2x a month? I am interested in how you recognize the indicators? Is there a subscription fee?
    Or anybody doing it outside of TSPTALK? and what is your success rate and how much does it cost you?
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    I am trying to have a grasp of the stock market, the ETFs, the charts, etc.
    I have retired, so other than understanding estate planning, tax efficiency, etc. I might as well add these topics to my list of to do.


    I know I said I would love to travel, but travel begets money.
    I went to Cancun in May, then to Florida with my grandson in June, then to Canada and multiple day trips to NJ, NYC and VA.
    It has only been 2 months since I retired and my travel budget is already negative. I had to dip into entertainment budget.
    Any way this blah blah is for another thread.

    So internet find for a start is:Candlestick Flashcard
    http://www.tradesmartu.com/external/...c1cb4e58c2361c
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    You budget is like most persons this first half of calendar year. It is bad for most savings. So far am looking at 5.5% gain. Many have had much higher losses if they left there funds in any account continuous. Maybe the rest of the year you will be lucky. Look at the PREMIUM services to see if they will fit into your investment toolkit.


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    Quote Originally Posted by Maricar19 View Post
    Hi TSPers: Is there a group in TSPTalk who trades ETFs more than 2x a month? I am interested in how you recognize the indicators? Is there a subscription fee?
    Or anybody doing it outside of TSPTALK? and what is your success rate and how much does it cost you?
    You can go here https://collective2.com/, pick a strategy, pay the fee and start trading immediately. You can also set up auto-trade which means anytime the developer makes a trade your brokerage account mirrors it. Very useful for FOREX, OPTIONS, FUTURES and VIX which may be traded multiple times a day

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    Quote Originally Posted by blackoutcl View Post
    You can go here https://collective2.com/, pick a strategy, pay the fee and start trading immediately. You can also set up auto-trade which means anytime the developer makes a trade your brokerage account mirrors it. Very useful for FOREX, OPTIONS, FUTURES and VIX which may be traded multiple times a day

    FYI...Both Userque and I-T have subscription services available there...perhaps others that also frequent this Board ?


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    Can somebody kindly explain how a "stop loss"works?
    i bought share at $30.95 each. I put a stopl loss sale order for $33. in a matter of seconds after putting the order, my shares git sold at $30.86. What happened?
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    You wanted to put in a limit order.

    A stop is for losses. If you bought at 30.95 and wanted to sell if it fell below $30 you'd put a stop loss order of $29.95 or something close.

    It you want to take profits if it hits $33, you put in a limit order to sell.

    You told it to sell if it goes below $33 so it was hit right away.
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    You set your price on the wrong side of the current price. A stop loss means just that, when the price falls to a certain point you'd want to sell in order to prevent losing more money as it continues to fall. So you would want to set your stop loss price below $30.95, and not too close to that price since small daily fluctuations could trigger the sale.

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