Confessions of a Google Day Trader
It didn't feel like day trading, not at first. Weeks or months went by between trades. Vanguard didn't stop me. Doesn't Vanguard have a policy against day trading? I kept expecting them to send me a nasty letter. Instead, Vanguard encouraged me by not charging transaction fees!
It began last May. I bought Google at 375. Soon, it was well over 400! I sold! But then GOOG dipped irresistibly, and I found myself buying at 366. How could I resist?
Buy. Hold 57 days. Sell at a profit!
22 days of freedom.
Buy. Hold 47 days. Sell at a profit!
By this time, Greg was calling me a day trader. But how can it be day trading, when weeks pass between trades? Greg said, "It's OK as long as you're doing it for entertainment."
I swear off GOOG. It lasts 70 days, and I miss the run-up past 500!
GOOG dips to 490.
Buy! Hold 44 days. Sell even!
Swear off GOOG. This time I mean it. 12 days of freedom.
Buy!
These trades are getting more frequent, and now I'm under water! Recently I bought NETFLIX on a whim. Playing the stock market is madness. No one can beat the market. My super-smart boyfriend worked for a Wall Street hedge fund, and reads the news religiously. If anyone could, he could. But he only owns index funds. Am I mad? I have to stop now, before I lose it all!
I'm on the Google Roller Coaster, and I want to get off.
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(Yes, I really typed that 100 times. The hardest part was keeping count.)