{"id":39408,"date":"2014-11-24T14:57:31","date_gmt":"2014-11-24T19:57:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.smbtraining.com\/blog\/?p=39408"},"modified":"2023-04-10T16:28:26","modified_gmt":"2023-04-10T20:28:26","slug":"traders-ask-should-i-use-a-time-stop-in-alibaba","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.smbtraining.com\/blog\/traders-ask-should-i-use-a-time-stop-in-alibaba","title":{"rendered":"Trader&#8217;s Ask: Should I Use a Time Stop in Alibaba?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Hey Bella sorry to bother you again intraday.\u00a0 I&#8217;m very close to having having gotten ride of my over trading tenancies\/urges and will start pulling the trigger on better trades2hold in the coming days\/weeks.<\/p>\n<p>BABA though, it formed a support at 112.10 &#8211; 12.15ish. When you get long.\u00a0 Two questions.<\/p>\n<p>1.) If you got long at 112.12 do you hold BABA regardless of elapsed time (and only exit of it breaches a price level) or do you give it an allotted time limited before you exit? (assuming BABA just sits at 112.20 area and doesn&#8217;t move)<\/p>\n<p>2.) If the price starts to compress and hold lower and tighter towards 112.10 do you exit the position or a few tiers prior to support being breached or do you wait for the price level to actually breach?<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-39413 \" src=\"http:\/\/www.smbtraining.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/BABA-e1416852893267.png\" alt=\"BABA\" width=\"577\" height=\"435\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>@MikeBellafiore<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I really like the idea of a time stop.\u00a0 If a stock does not behave as you think it should in the time it should, then you exit.\u00a0 These two posts can help:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.smbtraining.com\/blog\/the-time-stop-an-example-in-yum\">The Time Stop (an example in Yum Brands<\/a>)<\/p>\n<div id=\"full-background\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.smbtraining.com\/blog\/is-a-time-stop-a-reason2cover-my-position-in-gmcr\">\u00a0Is a Time Stop a Reason2Cover My Position in Green Mountain Coffee?<\/a><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>If a stock is holding lower and tighter towards the bottom of a range this may be a Reason2Exit as well.\u00a0 This may be evidence that the stock is getting weaker and ready to fail.\u00a0 For my trading, I would probably lighten up here but not get flat until the actual breach.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>I hope that helps.<\/div>\n<p>Mike Bellafiore is the Co-Founder of SMB Capital and SMBU, which provides trading education in stocks, and options. Bella is the author of<em> One Good Trade<\/em> and <em>The PlayBook<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.smbtraining.com\/blog\/daily-vid\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-39307\" src=\"http:\/\/www.smbtraining.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/10daybanner.png\" alt=\"10daybanner\" width=\"546\" height=\"270\" srcset=\"\/\/www.smbtraining.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/10daybanner.png 586w, \/\/www.smbtraining.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/10daybanner-300x148.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 546px) 100vw, 546px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>*Long BABA<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Hey Bella sorry to bother you again intraday.\u00a0 I&#8217;m very close to having having gotten ride of my over trading tenancies\/urges and will start pulling the trigger on better trades2hold in the coming days\/weeks. BABA though, it formed a support at 112.10 &#8211; 12.15ish. When you get long.\u00a0 Two questions. 1.) 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