Six day sell-offs in IBM have been rare this year (there was a five-day sell-off in early February and a pair of five-day corrections in late May).

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Indeed, there have been two notable dog-day sell-offs over the past 15 years.

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Previous short term, multi-day sell-offs in early October and early September were also excellent opportunities for traders to make quick work of short term oversold extremes.

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Commercial accounts like to use average prices in their hedging so that they are not heavily exposed to sudden one-day spikes or sell-offs in the market.

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Coates made some money available and Stoke finished eighth last season, missing out on the play-offs on the last day of the campaign.

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While it was nice to write off some of the expense, it was not nice to discuss lay-offs and worst case scenarios the day of my birthday.

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Every day life involves varying risks and trade-offs.

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If Stingrays win their next game, against Cardiff on Saturday, it could mean their final game, against Edinburgh the following day, determines who will make the play-offs.

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And he will instead help to start a rebuilding process at Prenton Park as Rovers, who missed out on the League One play-offs thanks to Scunthorpe's late goal on the final day of the season, prepare for another assault on promotion to the Championship.

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Cardiff just missed out on the Championship play-offs this season, losing out to Preston on goals scored on the last day of the regular season.

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