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Reflections on Actively Trading in the Stock Market for a Year

by predictand on 12/27/21, 9:55 PM with 9 comments

• by mvkel on 12/28/21, 5:37 AM

  What this fails to consider is what the market has been doing regardless of his/her actions.

  Those who make gains when the market is tanking is who I want to hear from.

• by etempleton on 12/28/21, 5:03 AM

  I would recommend value investing. Read some books on the topic. We have been in a fairly unprecidented bull market. The S&P 500 is up nearly 30 percent on the year. You would have almost had to try to lose money in this market. Where strategies prove themselves or not are in a bear market.

  Further, the most important attribute in investing is temperment. If you find yourself making decisions based on emotions then just invest in a low cost index fund. You will beat 50 percent of investors over the long term.

• by joerickard on 12/28/21, 5:00 AM

  Well written article. The drawbacks to active investing mentioned mirror my own experience. I ended up with a constant nagging in my head to know how the market was doing. Since moving back to a buy and hold strategy I feel happier and more focussed on the rest of my life.

• by kkleindev on 12/28/21, 12:27 AM

  I appreciate the level-headedness of this writeup.