[presidio9]

And have forgotten anything you may have known, when you were, or never knew enough to be a " good " one, since you don't know about the law which reuires WRITTEN " sell orders ", for an advance hit. :-)

That is simplty not true. Were you ever in the businsess? Do you have a broker today? I know I give mine verbal stop orders all the time.

[nopardons]

It is to true, when you tell your broker to sell, when a stock hits XXX, it must be in writing.