Q&A  |  NOV 2006

Q&A by Don Bright

Stocks & Commodities V. 24:11 (55): Q&A by Don Bright SINCE YOU ASKED Confused about some aspect of trading? Professional trader Don Bright of Bright Trading (www.stocktrading.com), an equity trading corporation, answers a few of your questions. To submit a question, post your question to our website at http:// Message-Boards.Traders.com. Answers will be posted there, and selected questions will appear in a future issue of S&C. “OVERHEARD” CONVERSATION ONLINE NASDAQ and the DJIA keeps going up. As of today, the DJIA’s another 16 points up and it’s only 9:30 am Pacific time—it’s like it’s 1999 all over again! We have to have faith in the Federal Reserve and in the US. If you short-sell, you lose most of the time. —stock_trad3r I don’t really think short-sellers are “anti-American”! Just for the record, how much are those indicators up this year? As traders, we really can’t afford to be “buy-only” types—and certainly not “buy & hold” types. Since the market guarantees it will go up and down, why take away half the opportunities? And if it weren’t for short-sellers, where would all the “buy & holders” get the stock?

by Don Bright