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Every trade carries with it both an analytical element of risk and an execution element of risk.
New traders need to limit their trading activity to stocks where the execution element of risk is minimal or nil. Nothing is so disconcerting as not being able to get out of a trade when it is running away from you. In addition to the characteristic of volatility many stocks have the dangerous characteristic of velocity . That is, not only do some stocks make big moves but they also do so very, very quickly. Unless you have very strong execution skills these coral snake stocks may trap you in a trade where no order, even an auto market order will be executed.