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HCL is on a ride

Discussion in 'Technical Analysis' started by monilhathi, Jul 26, 2012.

  1. monilhathi

    monilhathi New Member

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    HCL Tech has opened higher today @515 and although it is nearly at a 52 wk high the chart trend shows a huge upside. The 6 month RSI @ 62 also has much steam left. I will wait for another day and may go long on this one.
     

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    shabbir Administrator Staff Member

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    Yes you should wait for a day because there is a gap up opening which should sustain.
     
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    pravin_g New Member

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    Where should be the stop loss in this case? 505 the earlier resistance and the start of the gap opening or some where between middle of the gap

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    Pravin
     
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    shabbir Administrator Staff Member

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    The resistance when taken out should become support and that should be your stop loss.
     
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    Agree. It would be around 505. But more than that it is the risk:reward ratio which you are taking. So if you want to stop your losses at around 8% of CMP then you should at least look for 16% profit margin. I usually try and have my SL around 8-10% max irrespective of the price. Its an opportunity cost with respect to the money if invested in other instruments like bank FDs etc. I would welcome any thoughts from Shabbir on this approach
     
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    Stop loss should be the support i.e. resistance which it took out and so should not be a big risky trade.

    I try to keep my stop loss to under 5%
     
    shabbir, Jul 27, 2012
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