Sabr stock: Why I lost near $900 dollars from June 8 to Sept. 26, 2020

 Sept. 27, 2020

Introduction

It is good practice to learn how I should choose stocks to invest. I did learn lesson from investing SABR stock. I lost near $900 dollars, and I like to write down lessons I should learn. 

Sabr stock performance

Here are lessons I learn:

1. Do not think about long term. SABR stock is good to invest on long term, but short term swings will scare the investor like me away;
2. I purchased highest price on June 8 at $10.43, and then continued to purchase 10 days at price $8.315. 
3. I should not add more positions in less than 30 days. I could not tell how much lower the price should be. It should be at least 30 - 50%. 20% is nothing to relate to technology stock related to coronavirus infected business - travelling. 
4. My friend advised me to move on Amazon stock in June. 
5. Do not judge the stock by price, cheaper is not good. Check growth and how many investors bet on short term;
6. Do not buy $3000 for one stock. I could not handle the stress of $3000 dollars. The losses was hard to manage. 

Time to spend on stock investment

I should ask myself if I learn something about investment experience. I do learn but not too much. There is not too much about companies information for investors. I did learn about Texas headquarter, but other than that, I did not learn enough compared to my loss and time spent on investment. 

I have to think about alternative technology stocks, like EXPE, Zillow, Oracle, or Docusign, cloud solution, Facebook stock etc.

It is the same problem to show up in my other area of life experience. I do not pay attention to the gap I have compared to other investors. I need to expedite my research and catch up more before I make decision. 

My decision making still has flaws. I should learn when the market is too high, on June 8, all my losses are recovered. And I have over $3000 dollars gains. I should wait at least one month, and take $3000 dollars to invest and it is time for me to learn how to play stock market using small amount. 

From all my life last 30 years I should learn how to measure the risk, how long it takes me to learn something. Management risk is always important for me to be successful. 

INTC stock: Why I lost over $500 dollars from July 24 to Sept 27, 2020

 Sept. 25, 2020

Introduction

There is another 20 - 30% market pullback in next two months. It is better for me to review my skills to invest on stock market. I like to change topic to "Why I lost over $500 dollars from July 24 to Sept 27, 2020". My original post is the following:

INTC stock: Why I could not make some profit from INTC stock?

 Sept. 27, 2020

Introduction

As an investor, I lost over $600 dollars to purchase and hold on SABR stocks, but compared to SABR, INTC stock is much stronger one with good moat. I still lost more than $500 dollars. As a beginner, I like to write down what lessons I should learn from my experience. What should I do in the next few months as an investor. 

Yahoo finance -> Portfolio

Lessons I should learn 

Here are highlights:

1. I should control the position size. I did purchase 170 shares of INTC on July 24, 2020. But it went down another 10% and lasted more than one month. 
2. More on step1, control on building INTC position, using pyramid strategy for example.
3. After more than one month, the position recovered, and then I sold them with $50 dollar profit;
4. On Sept. 2, 2020, I got in the position with highest price $52.566. 
5. I got brain washed since I read Intel buyback 20 billion stock plan; I purchase too many shares once and too high the price. 
6. On Sept. 8, 2020, I sold low which was too low, $49.23, more than $600 dollars. 
7. I have to control the timing. Do not sell the shares at too low price. Do not panic. 
8. Sept. 2 to Sept. 8, market swings - I need to study pullback and learn basics about pullbacks. 
9. Need to work on planning how to recover loss over months and years. 

Actionable Items

9/27/2020 10:49 PM

Because I do not know how to time the market, I should not purchase more than $3000 dollars for one stock. Usually I will purchase at highest price since I am a beginner; Once I recover loss, I feel relax and then I will purchase a lot. I am an impulsive buyer. 

For example, on Sept. 2, 2020, I purchased 200 shares of INTC stock at highest price in last two months. 

INTC stock: Why I could not make some profit from INTC stock?

 Sept. 27, 2020

Introduction

As an investor, I lost over $600 dollars to purchase and hold on SABR stocks, but compared to SABR, INTC stock is much stronger one with good moat. I still lost more than $500 dollars. As a beginner, I like to write down what lessons I should learn from my experience. What should I do in the next few months as an investor. 

Yahoo finance -> Portfolio

Lessons I should learn 

Here are highlights:

1. I should control the position size. I did purchase 170 shares of INTC on July 24, 2020. But it went down another 10% and lasted more than one month. 
2. More on step1, control on building INTC position, using pyramid strategy for example.
3. After more than one month, the position recovered, and then I sold them with $50 dollar profit;
4. On Sept. 2, 2020, I got in the position with highest price $52.566. 
5. I got brain washed since I read Intel buyback 20 billion stock plan; I purchase too many shares once and too high the price. 
6. On Sept. 8, 2020, I sold low which was too low, $49.23, more than $600 dollars. 
7. I have to control the timing. Do not sell the shares at too low price. Do not panic. 
8. Sept. 2 to Sept. 8, market swings - I need to study pullback and learn basics about pullbacks. 
9. Need to work on planning how to recover loss over months and years. 

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