Ashtead Share Discussion Threads

[discodave4] 28/5/2014 19:46

Bracke,Your right, I would do the same. Strange though, if I was not as much in profit (for the very first time) my decision may have been different - more than likely I would have found it easier to have sat it out and waited. Profit or loss situation you do react differently at the time to the same scenario, no straightforward answer is there.....sell, buy or hold?.Just normal to kick yourself and say "should have topped up rather than top sliced"....The Old Sage, Mr Buffett, know doubt would have done the former.GLDD

[2flatpack] 28/5/2014 13:49

bringing my stop loss up tight .
I think there may be one more dive before the results surge.
cheers

[bracke] 28/5/2014 11:04

Disco

No point in hindsight trading. You took a decision based on the information before you.

If you were presented with the same situation again would you do the same again, if not why not?

If you would not do the same again your decision has to be based on something other than 'the last time I sold it went up'.

[grigor] 27/5/2014 20:54

Topped up on the dip - looking forward to prelims

[discodave4] 27/5/2014 20:39

Wish I hadn't sold half now!.....bet Fenners wouldn't have panicked. Aaah well suppose it doesn't hurt to bank some profit, live and learn.DD

[bracke] 27/5/2014 17:38

It did well to-day., Next target 900.

[bracke] 24/5/2014 11:02

Good day Disco.

[discodave4] 24/5/2014 10:58

Very odd.Good morning Bracke.DD

[bracke] 24/5/2014 10:14

uppompeii

I was hoping you wouldn't let the 'cat out of the bag' and spare my embarrassment.

You know how modest I am.

Ref Post 49445

That's an odd one.

[uppompeii] 23/5/2014 23:44

Thinking about it, you didn't enter the competition because it then wouldn't have been a competition, because being an elite Guru the die was 100% caste in your favour. Very magnanimous.

[bracke] 23/5/2014 16:41

The share price has done well this week. It has closed above the top line of the descending channel.

Now a target at a time. First is close above 873 then 900.

[fenners66] 23/5/2014 15:58

URI getting very close to $100 a share!

[bracke] 23/5/2014 15:58

ian

uppompeii takes a fence very easily. Your triumphant tone has obviously irked him. He wants some oh his £55 billion back.

You need to be more circumspect in future.

Plus he still thinks he was cheated out of the Mars Bar.

[ianwwwhite] 23/5/2014 15:50

Ahh!

Bracke, look, its all uppompeii's fault!

[uppompeii] 23/5/2014 15:45

I shall wind down my Ashtead QE now

[bracke] 23/5/2014 15:21

ian

You've posted it now so you'll have to take the consequences but it is doing well.

[ianwwwhite] 23/5/2014 15:05

bracke

You're right, another case of mouth ahead of brain I'm afraid

[bracke] 23/5/2014 14:44

ian

You are tempting fate.

[ianwwwhite] 23/5/2014 14:41

At the risk of breaking the spell, it looks like Ashtead Fridays might be back!

[fenners66] 22/5/2014 18:43

Having remained above 840 despite the test I think that bodes well. We shall see.

[bracke] 22/5/2014 17:23

The share price held above 840 but was resisted at the downtrend line and the Hourly SMA200.

[ianwwwhite] 21/5/2014 18:05

RNS: Ashtead Group plc announces that its fourth quarter and year end results for
the period ended 30 April 2014 will be announced on Tuesday 17 June 2014

Now I for one would be happy to see a gentle, steady rise towards results day and no more histrionics in the interim - what chance?

[bracke] 21/5/2014 16:48

And very easily too. It suggests little or no resistance from the bears.

The next test is to break above the trendline I mentioned in post 49428.