Stock Watch [Disclaimer: "by non-registered amateurs"]

[theratman]

Sasol is a good Rand exposure because if the Rand recovers then Sasol wil pick up, in other words if your portfolio is heavily offshore ( which it should be) the Sasol is a good "onsore" share to own.

It's a Quality company it won't close so buy it on special.

No doubt but I think you might get it even cheaper once Irans oil starts exporting.They must have a kark ton too.So many specials on offer at the moment but I'm keeping the bit of cash I have for when I jump ship.

 

[Thor]

No doubt but I think you might get it even cheaper once Irans oil starts exporting.They must have a kark ton too.So many specials on offer at the moment but I'm keeping the bit of cash I have for when I jump ship.

Good point I forgot about Iran's situation

 

[Hamster]

My exit plan amounts to: watch the stock daily and, if after 3 days the price has dropped consistently without an upwards correction, flog it.

Pretty reckless, I know, but it's my only risky position... The rest of my stuff is pretty solid, albeit struggling at present.

You should change your exit strategy to a specific value of the share. For example, if you buy for 3000c a share watch it and if it drops below 2650c you sell.

 

[theratman]

You should change your exit strategy to a specific value of the share. For example, if you buy for 3000c a share watch it and if it drops below 2650c you sell.

Spot on, set a stop loss and it'll get done automatically.

 

[Hamster]

Spot on, set a stop loss and it'll get done automatically.

Or an app that notified you if you use a broker without a stop loss engine. These are much better than checking the share price the whole time, it's going to drive you insane.

 

[Gnarls]

^Not to mention if the market pulls another black monday.

 

[SauRoNZA]

I'm beginning to wonder how much that beer is going to cost...eish blerrie China.Also the Iran sanctions being eased aren't helping a saturated oil market.

On the bright side today's big bash match was rather profitable

So when a South African electric car or renewable energy company emerges we should be jumping on that.

 

[Purply]

Or an app that notified you if you use a broker without a stop loss engine. These are much better than checking the share price the whole time, it's going to drive you insane.

Any suggestions on a free app of this nature?

Not for buying/trading, just for monitoring and alerts of said stop loss.

 

[Hamster]

Any suggestions on a free app of this nature?

Not for buying/trading, just for monitoring and alerts of said stop loss.

I've never tried one. Earlier in this thread (I think) somebody posted one they are using. Best is to search the app store. A lot of them are using Yahoo finance etc which should have JSE stocks on it.

 

[Thor]

I've never tried one. Earlier in this thread (I think) somebody posted one they are using. Best is to search the app store. A lot of them are using Yahoo finance etc which should have JSE stocks on it.

Shatenet has a lekke app

 

[Garson007]

Okay, so why did all the markets open up higher today? I thought the China data was weak?

 

[Bundu]

Any suggestions on a free app of this nature?

Not for buying/trading, just for monitoring and alerts of said stop loss.

the best one in my view is Stocks App - it has low and high alerts and various ways that you can sort your shares - also can handle more than one Watchlist and has all the shares on JSE - I use Google Finance to provide the app with my watchlist

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.dayup.stocks

 

[Bundu]

Okay, so why did all the markets open up higher today? I thought the China data was weak?

I think the Shanghai market is anticipating stimulus from the government

 

[d7e7r7]

Any suggestions on a free app of this nature?

Not for buying/trading, just for monitoring and alerts of said stop loss.

Stock Tracker works perfectly for me: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.sm.stock.StockTracker

 

[Hamster]

the best one in my view is Stocks App - it has low and high alerts and various ways that you can sort your shares - also can handle more than one Watchlist and has all the shares on JSE - I use Google Finance to provide the app with my watchlist

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.dayup.stocks

Oh this is cool, especially that it imports from Google Finance which is use a lot.

/uninstalls MSN Money

 

[shooter69]

For those using windows phone http://wmpoweruser.com/moneygenie-portfolio-management-for-windows-phone/

 

[SauRoNZA]

For those using windows phone http://wmpoweruser.com/moneygenie-portfolio-management-for-windows-phone/

Very nice!

The built-in MSN Money app though isn't half bad compared to every other built-in version on other OS's.

Is there even a Google Finance one on Droid?

 

[AirWolf]

the best one in my view is Stocks App - it has low and high alerts and various ways that you can sort your shares - also can handle more than one Watchlist and has all the shares on JSE - I use Google Finance to provide the app with my watchlist

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.dayup.stocks

Stock Tracker works perfectly for me: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.sm.stock.StockTracker

Downloaded both.

Stock tracker has fewer options but will work for one high and one low value.

Stocks gives the chart and allows multiple highs/lows.

Then uninstalled stock tracker.

 

[Hamster]

Very nice!

The built-in MSN Money app though isn't half bad compared to every other built-in version on other OS's.

Is there even a Google Finance one on Droid?

As far as I know there are no official Google Finance apps, hence that Stock Watcher one mentioned above being so nice. MSN money is cool but I hate having to manage my watchlist in two places.

Here's hoping Google doesn't drop Google Finance completely.

 

[Swa]

Why are banking stocks moving up?