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Hey, everybody. This is Ryan Mallory with swing trading the stock market, and I got a good

episode for you guys today. We're going to talk about reversing the trade just because you get stopped out of a trade.

Should you get short on that same exact trade?

Basically what I'm being asked here is like, hey, if I get long on a trade and the stock goes against me and it hits my stop loss,

does that mean it's bearish that I should get short on it?

That's what I'm going to

talk about in today's podcast. And the name that I'm going to be giving to the person for this

podcast is Cooter. Good old Southern Florida redneck name Cooter. And Cooter writes, Brian, sorry about your

Miami Dolphins. Yes, I am a Miami Dolphins fan and they suck right now.

He says, my question is this.

What indicators should I look at or how do I know when to buy when a stock breakout is underway

and how long should I wait to enter the position?

And my second question is this.

When one of my stocks goes the other way and hits my stop loss,

how risky is it to short the position that moment I sell it?

Cheers, Cooter. Now, technically, when you're shorting stock, you're selling it. So it's basically

like a double sell here that he's talking about here. You're selling it because the stock that

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