Message-ID: <13817098.1075845213199.JavaMail.evans@thyme> Date: Wed, 30 May 2001 09:00:47 -0700 (PDT) From: subscriptions@stockscape.com To: alewis@ect.enron.com Subject: Andrew - FaganReport / Trade Alert #12 / Informax, Inc. (new, speculative BUY) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-From: subscriptions@stockscape.com@ENRON X-To: alewis@ect.enron.com X-cc: X-bcc: X-Folder: \Lewis, Andrew H.\Lewis, Andrew H.\Deleted Items X-Origin: LEWIS-A X-FileName: Lewis, Andrew H..pst Andrew, This free service is brought to you by Stockscape.com ( http://www.stockscape.com ) THE FAGAN REPORT / http://www.faganreport.com OPT-IN EMAIL SERVICE TRADE ALERT #12 INFORMAX, INC. / (NASDAQ - INMX) May 30, 2001 09:50AMET - emailed to TFR Trade Alert Subscribers NOTE - DELAYED DELIVERY: This information was previously distributed to Fagan Report Trade Alert Subscribers at the above noted time and date. Due to ever-changing market considerations - it may or may not be applicable at this time. TRADE ALERT #12 Speculative Buy / Informax, Inc. (Nasdaq - INMX) New, speculative buy recommendation on INMX at $5.20 with a target above $8.00 and a stop-loss at $4.10. Last Friday, May 25, Informax, Inc. (INMX) traded down to our revised protective stop-loss limit of $6.00, and the trade was closed out with a 50% gain. There is certainly nothing to complain about here, but still, I really didn't want to get stopped out of the INMX trade. It got me thinking about the discipline of always trading with stops in place, even when you believe the stock will eventually trade much higher than the stop-loss limit. These two trains of thought seem to be in direct contradiction with each other. They are, but only if you are thinking like an investor and a trader at the same time. I've covered this subject before (see PDF file http://www.faganreport.com/pdf/601Ctrading.pdf .) The Fagan Report Trade Alert Service is written specifically for traders, and I maintain that the use of trading stop-loss limits is essential to successful trading. Once in a while your stop-loss will whip you out of a good trade prematurely. But most of the time, it is going to make you more money than trading without it. In addition, traders have to always be on guard against being unintentionally turned into long-term investors. The diligent use of stops forces the trade. That's what trading is all about! If there's one luxury traders have, it's the ability to change their minds often. On-line trading commissions make this a painless almost costless proposition. It cost me $8.00 in commission to sell my INMX position and it will cost an additional $8.00 to buy it back. While stop-loss limits will occasionally cause you to lose some of a possible gain, for the most part they trigger a stop in the action, which forces the trader to rethink his assessment of the situation. That is exactly what happened with Friday's stop on INMX. After revisiting all the information that led to the initial buy recommendation on INMX on May 11, I still think it is going to trade higher than where we got stopped out. It's currently trading between $5.15 and $5.20. Nothing has really changed except the price (see PDF file ttp://www.faganreport.com/pdf/105sopdf.pdf for details). Therefore, I am initiating a new speculative buy recommendation on INMX at $5.20 with a target above $8.00 and a stop-loss at $4.10. NOTE / DISCLAIMER All information published by The Fagan Report is for informational purposes only. As Editor, I, Brian Fagan, tell you what I am or would be doing if I had sufficient capital to do so. You read and/or subscribe to receive this information for whatever personal reasons you may have to do so. Nothing more is implied or intended. 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