Whether you are a day trader or a position trader, there will come a time in your career when you question your trading style. It may happen after a series of losses, or perhaps when you are writing checks to pay the bills. You will decide to split your account into funds for trading and funds for longer-term investments.

The longer-term holdings become your core portfolio securities you dust o ff periodically, look over, and then return to the shelf, hoping for double-, triple-, or even higher-digit percentage gains. The following trade examines one of my core holdings, why I chose it, and how I traded it.