🌟🌟🌟Donald Trump is at it again - announcing  50% tariffs for the EU and 25% for Apple, one of the heaviest weight on the S&P 500 Index.  It is as if Lightning has hit the stock market which is  still slowly recovering from Trump's April 2 Tariffs.  What should investors do when lightning hit the stock markets?  The answer depends on your investment strategy.  Active Traders versus Long Term Investors  Active traders often monitor the markets closely, reacting to news, earnings and macroeconomic events in real time.  If you are trading on short term volatility, being present when "lightning strikes" can be crucial.  Long Term investors however, focus on broader trends rather

In times of market panic, most retail investors run — I don’t. I stay, and if the setup is right, I press in. I’ve learned that real wealth is built not during the bull market, but in the fearful chaos of a downturn. It’s when prices disconnect from fundamentals that my edge reveals itself. Many panic-sell, hoping to sidestep the crash. But history is clear: missing the worst days may spare you pain, but missing the best rebound days costs you fortune. It’s not timing the market that wins — it’s strategic positioning with discipline and patience. ⸻ 📉 When Others Sell, I Sell Puts On green days, when stocks are stable or rising, I lean into opportunity. Take my Alphabet (GOOGL) position as an example. I own 101 shares of GOOGL, purchased at an average cost of $135.47 — now sitting at $168.1

When the market crashes like a bolt of lightning, do you have the courage to stay in—or even buy amid the panic—to capture the rebound later?What happens to your returns if you miss the biggest up days or the worst down days?Miss the 10 Best Days = Sad 😭Miss the 10 Worst Days = Glad 😊Missing the 10 best days leads to the worst performance."Buy and hold" ranks third in returns, but the gap with the second-best strategy isn't huge.Interestingly, missing both the 10 best and 10 worst days ranks second—suggesting that big gains don’t completely offset the pain of the biggest drops.The top-performing strategy? Missing the 10 worst days.Does that mean the key to outperformance is avoiding major drawdowns while still capturing the big rallies?For most investors, that’s an extremely difficult task