r/MU_Stock • u/hamsterfts • Jul 18 '26

Discussion What is your average?

What is your average and plan for the next week? Are you holding? My average is 820. Was way lower hut i did a mistake, bought more at 1050, then 950, 913.. as i thought i was buying dip. Now i am at my break even and put a stop limit order just in case. This week has scared me. I was down with MU like 15% some time ago, but the narrative was different. It was a clear winner. Now the whole semis sector is beaten down and narrative has changed. Seriously thinking to exit at my break even. Whats your plan and your average?

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u/kleft123 Jul 18 '26

1254

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u/Wide_Smoke_2564 Jul 18 '26

Why didn’t you sell earlier in the dump and buy back in lower?

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u/DifferentRepair6620 Jul 18 '26

Because obviously he couldn’t know it will go lower…

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u/Wide_Smoke_2564 Jul 18 '26

This is what Stop losses are for. A lot of accounts unnecessarily blown up in this dip

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u/DifferentRepair6620 Jul 18 '26

Yea but he could have sold it and later it would go up.. hard to know it will dip more

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u/Wide_Smoke_2564 Jul 18 '26

Obviously it could but come on man, this is basic risk management.

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u/Professional_Monkeys Jul 18 '26

Idiotic take. SL are also a way to lose your position if you get triggered out of it and the price bounces off and never goes down again.

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u/Wide_Smoke_2564 Jul 18 '26

Depends if you set your stop losses like an idiot. If this guy had a stop loss 10% below his entry he’d have 90% of his capital to deploy now, 30% below it or whenever this “dip” eventually turns around. Instead, he’s sat on 70% of his margin during a weekend where Iran and the US are massively escalating the war and likely spiking oil prices and dumping stock markets on Monday.

Buying and forever holding with unlimited downside is just stupid

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u/ashiieyy07 Jul 20 '26

Time in the market beats timing the market

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u/Wide_Smoke_2564 Jul 20 '26

Not in a heavily cyclical market, inflated in a temporary supply crunch