A (agilent) stop triggered

The stop on A triggered at 17.50. I don't think it was a bad buy, just a bad week or two to be buying anything. I'm looking forward to when the market doesn't have so much volitility, but I think it's going to be a while. I'm just not willing to buy and hold without stops for the forseable future. At least that keeps me from holding stuff that is going down on a regular basis.

A (agilent) purchase

Probably doesn't look like the best week to dip my toes back into the market? DJIA down 381 (4.62%) and sitting at 7888.88 the lowest I've seen in a while.

That said I did make a small 2.5% purchase of A (Agilent) based on a recommendation. The strike price was 18.51 and I put in a stop at 17.50. I'll look at selling around 21.30.

It closed today at 18.26 down 1.3% from where I purchased it. Not as bad as the general market as I think I purchased after most of the "action".