How often do you check your portfolio/ watchlist? Every couple of minutes? hourly? daily?
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EthanR answered one year ago …
Once a day. Any more than that would drive me crazy unless I was day trading.
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slick answered one year ago …
same as Ethan - once a day. sometimes more, when a news headline has to do with something i own or want to buy
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ChaosNantuko answered one year ago …
Usually twice a day, although as i approach options expiration, that goes up to 3 or 4 times.
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Engimuneer answered one year ago …
As a novice investor (24 yrs young), I check 3-5 times a day just to try and understand the flow of the market better. If there is a large dip/jump, I read into what possible explanations there are, along with reaction to news (good or bad), and reaction to earnings. I have found that I tend to 'catch the falling knife' still. I believe it is partially from reacting to large dips to early from looking at the stocks too often; however, now is the time to learn!
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Oldman answered one year ago …
My watch lists arrive each day after 7PM, via e-mail from the brokerage, and there's 8 for the different portfolios. I selected that time, because the mutual fund holdings' prices take time after the market close to update. I don't trade options or day-day.
Critical stop-loss info (when a security is approaching a predetermined price during the day) arrives within a few minutes, but that's not a frequent occurrence.
