dchua1969

On hindsight, it is easier to say , sell high and buy low since you can see the price movments happening already! On a day to day basis, it is much harder as the price patterns are evolving... Plus the media would do what it is supposed to do - create sensational headlines to capture your readership and the more bloody or negative the better ! And many retail investors tend to freak out when reading these news and sell their shares. The challenge is they may not be so lucky to capture it at the bottom price and weeks or months later, they decide to enter the market because it is hot again, many people are talking about it, analysts recommendations, etc The one thing I have learnt throughout the years is sitting tight and doing nothing. It is really difficult at times when you see your profits evaporated or dwindled from say , 25% to 3% and you were thinking to yourself - I should have sold some earlier and took some profits............ Maybe you were busy, lazy or forget about it, after some time when you look back, the market has rewarded you with your patience. Profits start to climb up and things are looking good again. Then it happens again much like the valleys in the chart, up and down , up and down........ On a 10-20 years basis, a fundamentally good stock will be on its upward trajectory and delivers solid capital gains to those who believe in its growth story and willing to ride the short term roller coaster ride and emerge as winners much later........

Please see day and 1H chart , all bullish This digital asset whether you believe it is productive and generates cash flow or not, please put 1-3% of your capital to it. Buy and keep long term , avoid trading unless you like volatility.

Please refer to the 4H chart as shown. Good risk reward ratio. Always have a SL in place.shorted a moment ago

As if timing cannot be more coincidental, Trump has announced slapping 25% tariff on Japan and South Korea. This sends chills back to the stock market as the SPX has recently climbed and exceeded the previous high of 6148 price level. This week, I expect the SPX to retrace to the various levels I indicated on the chart. Profit target 3 and 4 looks less likely but not impossible. 1 & 2 are more likely and that again would be a good entry level to accumulate. No, I am not shorting as I invest in the VOO ETF for long term so retracement is a good opportunity to long.

Please watch this interesting article and feel the cool nice breeze blowing along........... Nice , isn't it ? As I read this article, I can't help as if a REAL giant fan was blowing at me although I know it is not REAL, just an image in my mind, magnified by the LED image and the sound as well. And for a moment, I allowed it to play with my mind and instantly, I felt cooler......... It is the same for reporters/journalists worldwide who made a living covering news and writing sensational news headlines to capture your eyeballs. Although we are not in Israel/Iran war, we too feel the pain and tragedy suffered by the innocent people. How about the numerous floods happening in China ? I can't help but feel a sense of gratitude for where I am born - Singapore , free from natural disasters. It is the same as INVESTING/TRADING. If you look at your P&L statement on a daily/hourly basis, it somehow spurs you to take an impulsive action. This is especially if you have lost some money and you wanted to quickly recover your losses. On one hand , you wanted it to go along but afraid the pullback may be too strong and your profits turn to losses again. I remembered the book I read about - it says yesterday result was history. Whatever had happened , leave it there. Today is a fresh start and if you want to trade, you must have a brave heart and start afresh , look at your available capital (not including what you had lost) and do what you are supposed to do in the moment. Social media is a double edge sword and every day, there are doomsday porns including marketing gurus telling you that the stock market is overvalued, tariffs this , tariffs that and you should sell. Did you ? And there are also Asia bulls or rather China bulls that claims US funds are shifting to China and the price is going to the moon. I have often said treat this as entertainment , as reference but do your own due diligence. A safer and lower risk is to get exposed to the VOO ETF where it is more diversified and you need not worry about a single company performance dragging the rest down. Position sizing is also important - just because you had made some money (could be luck), it does not mean you should increase your position size (increase in risk) due to your greed. Consistency is the game in trading not BIG IN BIG OUT.

I expect some retracement to the support level and would accumulate more.Central banks worldwide are loading up a lot more gold than before. Read here

Gap or hole to be filled up reminds me of looking at your own wallet. How many times did you realise that you were low on cash (yes in SG, we still use a lot of physical cash) and needs to go to the ATM machine to withdraw money to fill it up. Logically, from the chart, it appears that option 2 is more likely to happen first before we think a rally picks up thereafter, right ? Nobody can tells you for certain where the market is going and that is why it is easier to REACT to the market moves and follows the trend rather than oppose it and predicts how it should moves. At any time, there can be short sellers, institutional buyers, government agencies, algo traders, etc that are in the market with tons of cash to move the market. How can you possibly knows as a retail trader ? That is why it is wiser and financially prudent to follow the market trend and not go against it. If it breaks up to 6126 resistance level, I will add more for the 2nd leg bullish run. However, if it falls to the support at 5741 level, I will buy slightly more as it has becomes cheaper. Either way, I am long term bullish on the marketwe are now back to the same level in mid Feb this year, that means all losses were recovered had you not sold your positions.

I am bullish on gold and expects this move. It is now ding dong in the channel and once it breaks above, it should rally towards the previous peak of 3448 level.As usual, please DYODD

Read latest article here I have covered my regrets for missing this stock here and here From this article , you can see that resellers are investing/buying up these limited edition plush toys and selling online at a profits. See, you need not be dabbling in the stock market to make money. These resellers neither manufacture nor market these toys but were sharp and fast enough to catch the trend. Risks - if they bought too many and the trend dies down or the profits start to come down, they stand to lose as well since they need to first cough out capital to purchase these toys. I am of the opinion that the stock market is created equally for both the rich and poor to have a stake in the game. That is why if you are an employee earning a fixed salary, learning to trade/invest is no longer a luxury unless you have a huge inheritance, strike lottery or simply not interested in making money. Since Dec 2020, Pop Mart has gained 286% returns for the shareholders who ride through the lows of less than 10 dollars in its darkest moments during 2023/2024. In comparison, the same amount of money invested in the SPX will gives you less than 70% returns. Pop Mart gains is 4x more than passive investing in SPX. Congrats to those who had longed it and are laughing to the bank. For those like me who missed it, no point crying over spilled milk. There are abundant opportunities, just keep an open mind, if the fundamentals are ok, nibble a bit and see how it goes. All you need is 1-2 multibagger in your portfolio

If purely looking from chart point of view, I would wait a while...... it is at this consolidation stage and the important resistance line at 105, 415 needs a more convincing break up.Current price action shows us buyers and sellers are at conflict with one side pushing up while the other is pushing down (shorts or take profits).......The 100k psychological price level is sensitive and important as well. It needs to stay above this level for the rally to continue. If you want exposure to bitcoin, consider the BITB ETF. You can sleep peacefully at night ........As usual, please DYODD