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The 12 rules: 0 s7 G* P8 U* E
01. Determine the trend 02. Buy at single, double and triple bottoms
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decline 05.
( A3 r" {8 E8 U: c. @% \ Market moves in sections06. Buy or sell on five to seven point moves 9 \7 ?8 v) [: `% Q
07. Study
( d) c: r+ v$ V; _( t3 t2 \ volume to determine change in trend 08. Study factor and
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determine change in trend 09. Buy on higher tops and bottoms10. A ( g( ~4 n/ L8 c7 Q# k$ B, A, v
change in
7 T: y2 I/ T$ b1 }, Q; B trend often occurs just before or after holidays 11. Buy on a second
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+ A$ h* e. m- i at a higher bottom. When it reacts only two days, it is in a very
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position. 12. Price gains in fast moves doesˇnt last very long.
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Gann's 24 rules1 Q2 ~+ n3 B. c) f+ ^
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6 |, `2 N A# u, E' U The 24 rules: 01. Never risk one tenth of capital in one trade 02.
7 r( g( q m. l- n, Q0 y: a; I& i Always use stop loss orders 03. Never overtrade 04. Never let a + ]. r- ]$ T1 F( j+ K1 u
profit run into
1 w: ]& r5 q! x4 q8 K7 e8 p a loss 05. Do not buck the trend 06. When in , get our or donˇt
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Trade only active stocks 08. Equal distribution of risk in four or
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3 Y. S2 g" C! P, I0 D 09. Trade market order 10. Donˇt close your trades without a good ( e4 d# d% U2 ^9 F
reason 11.
/ S7 K8 l2 s1 V) H' z0 p5 ] Accumulate a surplus 12. Never buy just to get a dividend 13. Never
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4 y) n8 R' j- M+ D/ ~- o6 V loss 14. Never get out/in of the market because of impatience or
1 n @7 U4 K! Y/ N. E% H7 r anxiety 15.
& \2 h1 j- \" k Avoid taking small profits and big losses 16. Never cancel a stop " g# }5 r, ?: b1 _3 G/ V
loss order
0 @, G/ r2 H! m+ }$ }4 L4 ~# G3 `! d2 O after you placed it 17. Avoid getting in and out of the market too
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5 B8 {3 b( ^6 E7 X0 @ just as willing to sell short as you are to buy. Let your object be
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with the trend and make money 19. Never buy/sell just because the
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low/high20. Wait till the stock is very active and has crossed
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levels before pyramiding 21. Select stocks with small volume of
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outstanding to pyramid on the buying side 22. Never hedge one stock
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% ]3 s$ k, E$ A5 f another23. Trade with a plan and do not get out without a definite
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1 x( F: @" W6 W! I of a change in trend 24. Avoid increasing trading size after a long
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success8 V9 [" U+ |* [4 Z; a2 u6 ^
4 ^6 @3 N* J0 f7 x3 b# V Read his "romance" novel "Tunnel Thru The Air or Looking
1 u' x/ _0 n& m( g1 \' u. t! j [ Back from 1940" published in 1927. Gann said "Kowledge is more
8 |% T5 [6 a$ Q important (powerful) than capital" and "Verify EVERYTHING and hold
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