riv39 - really glad to hear that you are in the black. You had...

riv39 - really glad to hear that you are in the black. You had tripled your money at one stage - so it still must hurt. I recommend a book called trade your way to financial freedom - second ed - by Van K Tharp. It is not just for traders, but you do already need to be familiar with selecting stocks etc, as you probably are. Goes into setting rules for taking profits and losses, and deeply into risk management. I think you really want to make 25% or so per annum at least on something like IGR as an investor as it is high risk compared to many other stocks, and the profits may be required to make up for other losses.