Will You Hold Firm or Go With Market Flow?

After most bank stocks had a rough start, both $Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing(TSM)$ and $Netflix(NFLX)$ fell over 5% despite significantly exceeding earnings expectations, mainly due to weak guidance from these companies.

$Tesla Motors(TSLA)$ and $Apple(AAPL)$ performance may not bring much surprise. $NVIDIA Corp(NVDA)$ this week is struggling to defend $850.

The trend of continuing decline and a sharp drop after earnings seems inevitable.

In this situation, would you go with the flow of the market to cut losses?

Or are you a steadfast believer who will hold on?

For example, Nvidia fell to $108 in October 2022. If I had held onto it then, it would rise 3-4 times by now.

But at that time, I thought Nvidia would continue to fall, so I sold at a loss and never got a chance to buy back in.

I might continue to go with the market flow.

Which type of trader are you?

How will you trade this earnings season?

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# Hold or Sell? How to Trade This Earning Season?

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  • icycrystal
    ·04-19
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    investing is a marathon and there's always up and down... which is why it's important to invest in good and stable companies that have proven themselves...

    during the down trend, it's an opportunity to buy the dip... [Sly] [Sly] [Sly]

    @HelenJanet @TigerGPT @Shyon @Aqa @LMSunshine @koolgal @GoodLife99 @rL @Universe宇宙

    The trend of continuing decline and a sharp drop after earnings seems inevitable.

    In this situation, would you go with the flow of the market to cut losses?

    Or are you a steadfast believer who will hold on?

    Which type of trader are you?


    How will you trade this earnings season?


    Leave your comments and also post to win tiger coins~

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    • Shyon
      Great say thanks for tag
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  • HelenJanet
    ·04-21
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    I will not go with the market flow as I am a long term investor, I will try my best to invest in blue chip stocks with high dividends and always try to use auto-investing method to average down my cost price whenever the stock price has dropped below my cost price.

    Auto-invest starts with a very small amount from $2 which is very affordable for most small investors like me.

    Stock investment is not like gambling, we need to do alot of homework in order not to incur huge losses. Conducting thorough research like analyzing the financial performance of the companies & company fundamentals, be updated on the market trends & geopolitical factors are some of important factors in making stock investment decision.

    Reading several stock analyst's evaluation report of the stock as a reference, might also help us to make investment decision.

    We also need to understand that stock market is like roller coaster, the stock price always keep repeating the process of going up and then going down. However, for some stocks with weak fundamentals and poor financial performance, the downward trending of their stock price can also be never ending until the stock is suspended or delisted. Therefore we must exercise prudence when making decision in our stock investment in order not to lose all of our hard earn money.

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  • SPACE ROCKET
    ·04-21
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    Part 4 - You may say oh. All these evaluations are just in retrospect or that I bought the wrong stock. Look at Coinbase (fell to a low of $30 in 2022), NVIDIA (to a low of $120), Tesla, Microsoft, Google and Amazon. They fell crazily badly too. Who would have known NVIDIA would rise from its low of $120 in Oct 2022 to its recent price of $900?

    Let me know what you guys think.

    Sorry for the many parts, there is word limit lol.

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  • SPACE ROCKET
    ·04-21
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    Part 3 - Still don't get it? Let me give you another example with MARA. I saw MARA slipped from $30 (Jan 2022) all the way down to $3.20 (Dec 2022). I was one of those who DCA-ed at the start. And eventually found it stupid. Say I own 5000 shares at $32, if I sold them all at $30 when it was falling, I'd get back  $150,000. Yes, I may have made a loss of $10,000. But listen. When it drops to $5 (assuming we can't catch the bottom of $3.18 on 29 Dec 2022), with my $150,000 from my earlier sale, I could have bought 30,000 shares at $5. And when MARA rose to its $32 bucks in Dec 2023, I would have profited heavily.

    2 scenarios. If you do not have money to DCA, you'd have to wait 1 year before MARA came back to your buy price! If you DCA-ed till you get sick of it, you still have to wait a long time. And in that 1 year of waiting, I could have channeled that $150,000 into somewhere else + option trading to earn another $100,000. Instead of playing the waiting and DCA till no end game.

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  • SPACE ROCKET
    ·04-21
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    Part 2- Assuming I bought SPY at $520 and stocks have started to slip. With news of ongoing Middle East Conflicts + accelerating inflation + possibility of FED's higher for longer stance / no rate cuts this year + possible recession outlook (market sentiments + analysts' deductions) + falling markets in the region, I'd expect SPY to fall further. That being said, yall will say, just DCA when it drops. Yah. DCA till which point? Till I run out of money to DCA? So nopes, I'd sell my holdings at a slight loss. Say $510 (assuming that's the max loss I can take). And buy back in trenches at prices much lower than $400. This will allow me to own MORE SHARES than when I held at $520 and watch it fall to DCA. And if I were to buy the same amount of shares when it drops to say $480, then this gives me a 'cash savings' of ($510-$480) x number of shares I buy.
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  • Shyon
    ·04-21
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    As we observe, US market major indexes have been rallied since early of the year mainly boost by AI frenzy. And for the recent 2 weeks, the market seems to begin to pullback especially on the AI related theme stocks. For me, I am more towards technical trade for my entry and exit. For my holdings, I will usually take partial profit if the bullish stocks drop below EMA10 trendline support and will fully lock my profit once the stocks continue to breach below EMA25 support.

    Well, this strategy works pretty fine for me. We need to understand that we cannot earn every cent from the market, see profit takes profit is good enough. Come and share you strategy with us too, guys.

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  • LiverpoolRed
    ·04-20
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    I am a very long  term investment. I had bought this share $ResMed(RMD)$ since 2008 till now. However, I have seld and bought along the years. If I have hold on all the shares that I had bought since 2008. I could easily earn more than 1million now. Therefore, my thought is like Warren Buffet, hold on to the shares if you like the company business model. You think the company have a great potential of growthing in the market, you should hold on for long term. It will be able to give you the return x2/×3/×4/×5.....×10. Give me a like to support me. @AyKing @Andrea1986 @LMSunshine @Terry Tan @jethro @jethro @Atiyatun @Drdeedee @Barcode
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  • hd87
    ·04-20
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    I will hold firm if it is a fundamentally strong company with a strong economic moat. I am a conservative trader. I will be more prudent in trading during this earnings season.
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  • TimothyX
    ·04-19
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    在大多數銀行股經歷了艱難的開局之後,兩者$臺積電(TSM)$和$Netflix,Inc.(NFLX)$儘管收益明顯超出預期,但下跌超過5%,主要原因是這些公司的指引疲軟。


    $特斯拉(TSLA)$和$蘋果(AAPL)$性能可能不會帶來太多驚喜。$英偉達公司(NVDA)$本週正在努力捍衛850美元。


    持續下滑和盈利後大幅下降的趨勢似乎不可避免。
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  • Barcode
    ·04-19
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    Maintain Composure in Market Volatility especially for high quality stocks
    - During periods of stock market decline, refrain from succumbing to panic. Emotional reactions often lead to impulsive selling decisions, potentially detrimental in the long term.
    - Assessing your risk tolerance in advance aids in selecting investments aligned with your financial goals, shielding you from reactive behavior amidst market fluctuations.
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  • Dac19
    ·04-20
    It is a difficult question. It is usually best not to fall in love with your stocks, go with the flow and cut loss but if one firmly believes in the long term value of the stock, then it is worthwhile keeping it.
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  • icycrystal
    ·04-19
    investing is a marathon and there's always up and down... which is why it's important to invest in good and stable companies that have proven themselves...

    during the down trend, it's an opportunity to buy the dip... [Sly] [Sly] [Sly]

    @HelenJanet @TigerGPT @Shyon @Aqa @LMSunshine @koolgal @GoodLife99 @rL @Universe宇宙

    The trend of continuing decline and a sharp drop after earnings seems inevitable.

    In this situation, would you go with the flow of the market to cut losses?

    Or are you a steadfast believer who will hold on?

    Which type of trader are you?

    How will you trade this earnings season?

    Leave your comments and also post to win tiger coins~

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  • Barcode
    ·04-19
    HOLD
    In the market's dance, I hold my stance, discipline guides, in every chance.
    Through falls profound,
    my stocks I keep, on solid ground.


    Though temptations whisper, "Sell, be free!"
    I stay the course, with certainty. For in the realm where fortunes rock, discipline reigns, I'll weather the shock.


    Warren Buffett: "The stock market is designed to transfer money from the Active to the Patient."


    Research shows that those who stay invested over the long run in a well-diversified portfolio will generally do better than those who try to profit from turning points in the market.
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  • Aqa
    ·04-27
    Go with the flow fir options and short term stocks holdings. Do not go eith the flow for those stocks I hold for long term investments. Both 🍏$Apple(AAPL)$ and $NVIDIA Corp(NVDA)$ have funds in for both short and long! Tigers Do your own die diligence and Good Luck! ✌🏻✌🏻
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  • If I have a long term view of the companies, I will be adding more to the position. If I am holding for short term gains, I would let go and wait for a better price to continue.
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  • Part 1 - Contrary to what most people believe, going with the market flow makes more sense to me. You may say..."Oh, I'm buying into companies with strong fundamentals anyway, so it doesn't materially matter and I'd just DCA if market falls".

    However, when it comes to successful investing and capital accumulation, evaluating financials of companies is not everything.

    Have you found yourselves catching falling knives; and despite your best efforts to DCA, stocks just keep falling further till the point you run out of money to DCA and question your intelligence, luck, and future decisions?

    Let me vocalise my train of thoughts with numbers and yall can evaluate if it makes logical sense to you. However, do evaluate if it will even work for your type of holdings (tech, AI, telco, reits, luxuries, consumer, crypto) + evaluate the current and future market sentiments by reading widely.

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  • romanc9
    ·04-21
    What I have, I will hold if underwater. Those I make a profit, might just hold or sell some to see if other counters are a better bet.
    Weak hands and ears, can't play in stock market.
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  • I will access the values and risk of each stock i hold before deciding what to do. This is certianly not a time to panic and sell or buying the dip without looking deeper into the stocks yoi want to invest. $NVIDIA Corp(NVDA)$, $Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing(TSM)$, for example - they are good companies, it is wise to hold firm to them for now. $Tesla Motors(TSLA)$ depends… i am very tempting to buy the dip and to average the loss I have, but hesitating to do so due to many headwinds the company is facing at the moment, so perhaps i wait till its earning is out. All the best for all investers!
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  • Patmos
    ·04-21
    I sold Navide stock last week luckythe hedge funds are shorting the according to charts ii could fall below $500
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