Buy High vs. Sell Low - Which Hurts More?

Compared to the investing guru, retail investors often make mistakes. Instead of “buy the dip and sell the rip”, average investors often “buy high and sell low”. Do you suffer from the two heart-breaking experiences? Which hurts more for you? Join our topic and post to win hundreds of tiger coins~

avatarTechnicalHunter
2023-01-13

After CPI, Earnings Comes, 5 Charts Observe the SPX Stands on 200-DMA or Not

【*WHAT HAPPENED ON THURSDAY*】$S&P 500(.SPX)$ +0.34%, $NASDAQ(.IXIC)$ +0.64%;US CPI in line with expectations: +6.5% y/y vs. +6.5% (expected) & +7.1% (previous); Core CPI +5.7% y/y vs. +5.7% (expected) & +6% (previous);Fedspeak: Harker endorsed 25 bps for Feb, Bullard's hawkish pushback stood out;UST 10y$Micro 10-Year Yield - main 2301(10Ymain)$ yield -9.8 bps to 3.44%;Dollar Index $USD Index(USDindex.FOREX)$ down nearly 1% to 102.25;Brent oil $Light Crude Oil - m
After CPI, Earnings Comes, 5 Charts Observe the SPX Stands on 200-DMA or Not
avatarvanessargh
2022-11-21
avatar700k
2022-11-15
$Quhuo Ltd ​Congratulations to trade who had bought for scalp and day trade during pre market and sold at $2.2 . BIGGEST Stock Rally Since 2020 🥳 11 months. That's how long investors have been enduring this painful and volatile market this year. Finally, it looks like it may all come to an end very soon. After all, last week, we just witnessed the biggest stock rally since 2020. Stocks ended off the week with a fantastic 5.8% gain. This comes after a deceleration in CPI data last Thursday, which gave signs to investors that the FED may halt the tightening of financial conditions as soon as early next year. Given how most of the volatility this year came from FED-influenced news/policies... The newly released CPI result is extremely good news for us.
avatarShengSoon
2022-10-30
Sell low for sure, now that the paper loss has materialise. Anyway, if the share price has drop yo point of no return with the company performing poorly, it's a no-brainer to sell low to invest the remaining funds elsewhere, assuming there is anything left [LOL]
avatarMay168
2022-09-16
Yup been there done that... I bought pltr at 32 but finally let go at 7 cos no hope liow... Same for cathie wood arkf...but I'm still hanging on to Baba
avatarpaul55555
2022-09-16
Both hurts
avatarboardy
2022-09-17
Buy high is my usual method but hold. At least then you still own a share of a company. If you sell you are out with no hopes of gain or dividends.
avatarBonta
2022-09-17
Buy high & sell Low? Is it true that this is done only by retail investors? I seriously doubt so.Just look at Cathie woods for validation.Big name investors and fund managers also make errors and ending up buying high and selling Low.Buying high is influenced by greed and FOMO, while selling Low is influenced by fear. Greed & fear are always the 2 emotions thatinvestors need to master before they tear the portfolio apart. When comparing Buying High & Selling low, I will prefer to look at which is a viable strategy. Selling Low locks in losses. It involves loss of capital and although we can say that we do fund rotation by taking loss and transferring to another opportunity, it doesn't wash away the fact that the losses are real and incurred. However, wh
avatarhengonghuat888
2022-09-17

Facebook Stock Falls to yet Another Ignominious Level

market capitalization falls lower than $400 billion for the first time since January 2019 as it moves closer to wiping away all pandemic-era gainsFacebook was a member of the exclusive $1 trillion club a year ago, but it's fallen a long way since then.Now named Meta Platforms Inc., the company saw its market value fall below $400 billion Friday for the first time since Jan. 7, 2019, according to Dow Jones Market Data. Meta's valuation is 63.5% lower than its Sept. 7, 2021, peak of $1.078 trillion.Meta shares dropped 2.2% Friday, closing the week down 13.5% after registering declines in all five sessions. Friday's fall brought Meta shares to their lowest close since March 16, 2020, when they finished at $146.01, according to Dow Jones Market Data. Any close below that point would see Meta o
Facebook Stock Falls to yet Another Ignominious Level
avatarStickyRice
2022-09-17
S&P 500 sinks nearly 5% for the week, all eyes now on Fed; materials top loserThe S&P 500 (SP500) on Friday posted its worst weekly performance since mid-June, slumping 4.78% for the five-day session. The losses came on the back of a solid 3.65% gain last week. Investors dumped equities in three of the five sessions.A chunk of the week's selling came on Tuesday on the heels of a hotter than anticipated consumer price inflation report, with the headline print for Aug. rising 8.3% Y/Y. Focus is now on the U.S. Federal Reserve's policy meeting decision next week on Wednesday, with most market participants anticipating a significant rate hike of up to 75 basis points.The yield curve inversion also accelerated during the week, with the spread between the U.S. 30-year Treasury yield (US3
avataryuannn
2022-09-18

Quote of the day

"If you are on the wrong track, run is also useful." This is an important reason why it is recommended to sell poor quality stock.This is especially true for investment. Choosing the right track is more important than running hard, because good companies are easy to emerge on the good track.To invest in the "three good" students, you must choose a good industry, a good company, and a good price.In the industry, choice is more important than diligence, and choosing a track is twice the result with half the effort. To choose growth industries, industries in the early stage of the life cycle, these industries are often easy to create huge value increments.Of course, there are many industries, or all industries will mature. At this time, it depends on the competition structure of the
Quote of the day
avatarLauritzen
2022-09-18

Bernard Baruch’s 10 Investing Rules

Bernard Baruch was an American financier and foreign policy adviser to Presidents Wilson, Roosevelt, and Truman.After becoming attaining great success as an investor, Baruch left Wall Street in 1916 to advise President Woodrow Wilson on issues of foreign policy and national defense. During the Second World War, his close personal friend, President Franklin Roosevelt, tapped him as an adviser. In 1943, Roosevelt offered Baruch the chance to lead the War Production Board, before ultimately reneging. He was often referred to as the “elder statesman” because through three wars the presidents of our country called upon him for his advice and expertise.Bernard Baruch once said that Wall Street provided an extended course on investor behavior. It taught him that human nature was the driving force
Bernard Baruch’s 10 Investing Rules
avatarHuiz84
2022-09-18
Definitely buy the rip is more painful than buy the dip, because rip will be plunging and plunging to the bottom and to no return. Yes, I do have this kind of heart breaking moments but I hope this will be a lesson learnt for me.
avatarStarLuck
2022-09-18
For me is buy high more hurt because need to hold the stocks for longer time and cannot cash out in the short term. Sell low maybe will suffer loss but at least wont stuck the stocks and the cash can be use to invest others profitable stocks.[Cool] [Cool] [Cool] 
avatarGoodLife99
2022-09-17
Both hurts, it's all about patients if we have the time for bargain without needed the cash urgently 
avatarRhamin
2022-09-17
Buy low sell higher [Strong] 
avatarpekss
2022-09-17
To me, sell low hurts more than buy high. In fact, it is not unusual for the stock price to drop further after I have bought.If it is a fundamentally strong company with growth potential suffering from temporary setback or poor market sentiments, I would gladly take the opportunity to accumulate more shares as the price falls.I seldom buy all the shares I want of a company at one go, as I prefer to split my purchases into tranches and dollar-cost average over time, regardless of the stock price movements. Hence, I’ll have to pay more if the stock price rises sharply after my initial order.I ensure that I have holding power by not going all-in in my investments. Hence, I would not be forced to sell low or liquidate my holdings at an unfavourable price. My holding period is forever for good
avatarMrzorro
2022-09-16
For me personally is buy high more hurt because it make you hold the stock for longer time.. Sell low still ok, maybe you not earning or earn less but at least wont stuck the stocks for sometime... 
avatarhighhand
2022-09-16
$ARK Innovation ETF(ARKK)$Theoretically, when you don't sell, it means you have not loss any money.By that logic, buy high is better than sell low. Why?*BUY HIGH* Buy high, you still can sell higher! That's how Momentum Trading works. You will need to buy at an uptrend to ride the up wave and sell when profit margin is reached.Catch a falling knife - A common mistake of buying low for trading is that you could be caught in a downtrend. At the end of the day, if you don't plan to hold the investment for long term, you will end up buying low and selling lower... [Facepalm] *SELL LOW*By default, I choose to think that no one can catch the bottom. Hence, buying "lower" and selling "low" for profit is usually har

When will VIX be a Perfect Hedge?

Many investors has heard about "Fear Index", which was corresponding to $S&P 500(.SPX)$ index, the $Cboe Volatility Index(VIX)$. It shows the trend of the market volatility, so it is widely used by investors as a hedging tool.Can VIX perfectly hedge market downturn?No.First, we must understand that what is a Volatility index.What is volatility? Volatility is a statistical measure of the dispersion of returns for a given security or market index. In most cases, the higher the volatility, the riskier the security. Volatility is often measured from either the standard deviation or variance betwee
When will VIX be a Perfect Hedge?