But after the initial transaction, don't make a second unless the first shows a profit.

不过，在最初的转手后，除非第一手交易获利了，不要再做第二手。

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But after the initial transaction, don't make a second unless the first shows a profit.

不外，在最初的转手后，错非熬头手买卖营业获利了，不要再做第二手。

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Commodities are never too high to begin buying or too low to begin selling. But after the initial transaction, don't make a second unless the first shows a profit.

商品没有高到不该再买的时候，也没有低到不该再卖的时候。不过，在最初的转手后，除非第一手交易获利了，不要再做第二手。

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They absorb the loss on the initial transaction with the understanding that future revenues from the customer will generate greater profits.

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Two years later I was in Tel Aviv, Israel for a board meeting when I was approached by an attorney from the initial transaction.

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That aside, the timing of the initial transaction was pretty shrewd with investor turning bullish the day after DHI traded at its lowest point of this year so far.

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