This wasn’t necessarily a huge winner but was a very large position as it was the best performing Internet related stock at the time. So I loaded up due to the very pretty chart, despite understanding that the market was about to rollover. But when the market rolled over, this one kept going up and by the time it was done it produced around an 80% gain (it shows 77% but a better fill would have prevented that) in two months and two weeks.
the buy:
the top:
Russell 2000 Escapes with Gains as the Market Finishes well off its Lows of the Session
It all began in Japan where the Nikkei hit an all-time high only to end its day lower down by more than 7%. Selling swept the globe where Europe was hit hard, but it was the United States market to see some resiliency. A better than expected Jobless Claims figure did help the mood, but [...]