š„ THE HARDEST PART OF TRADING ISNāT FINDING THE STOCK
Thereās always another stock moving.
A breakout.
A dip.
A new analyst upgrade.
A headline claiming the ānext big opportunity.ā
The difficult part isnāt finding something to buy.
Itās knowing when not to trade.
A stock can be a great company and still be a bad entry.
A stock can fall 20% and still be expensive.
A stock can rally 30% and still have momentum.
And a stock can look incredibly attractive simply because it has already fallen.
Thatās why I think good trading starts with a simple question:
What would make me change my mind?
Before entering a position, I want to know what Iām actually betting on ā the earnings, valuation, momentum, catalyst, or a combination of these.
I also want to know what would invalidate the idea.
Without that, itās easy to turn a trade into a long-term investment simply because the price moved against you.
The other lesson is position sizing.
You donāt need to be right every time.
You need to make sure being wrong doesnāt take you out of the game.
Markets will always give us another opportunity.
There will always be another earnings season, another breakout and another pullback.
Missing one trade is far better than forcing one.
For me, the goal isnāt to predict every market move.
Itās to stay disciplined enough to take the good setups ā and patient enough to walk away from the bad ones.
š What matters most to you before entering a trade?
A. Valuation
B. Momentum
C. Fundamentals
D. Catalyst/news
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