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For the Joy of Weeding

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When I was a lad, my favorite times with my father were in the garden. He had planted a bunch of vegetables in the back yard, and I took a lot of pushing the plow around, planting the seeds, setting up the sprinklers, and watching things grow. The least-favorite task, of course, was weeding, but it was an important part of taking care of a garden.

I’d like to share a couple of thoughts about how I think this plays into trading, or at least my own style of trading. Let’s take a look at this daily chart of one of my positions over the past couple of weeks:

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