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What My Defensive Strategy Is In This Market

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Written by Timothy Sykes
Updated 10/12/2022 6 min read

Most investors are keeping a close eye on key inflation data this week in hopes the Fed will take a step back from aggressively raising interest rates.

As many traders are worried about what the Fed will do next, I keep looking for as many trading opportunities as possible…

In fact, I have 3 stocks that I am keeping a very close eye on.

Last week we saw a decent bounce in the market, but the overall market couldn’t continue the momentum upwards and we are testing September’s lows…

Take a look at the SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust…

SPY chart 1-day candles Source: StocksToTrade

Many traders are wondering where the bottom is…

But I am wondering what my next trade will look like.

I am focusing on the ability to adapt to whatever the market gives me, and right now I am focusing on these 3 key stocks…

If you are wondering what my plan of attack is before the inflation data is released, you’ll want to see what I have in mind…

How To Trade In A Scary Market

In today’s market, I am just sitting back and riding the wave and taking whatever the market gives me.

It is important to understand that traders should never force any type of trade.

As a trader, you want to be…

When the market is on a constant downtrend, you may notice that there aren’t many great opportunities…

And that is perfectly fine because sometimes not trading is the best trade.

But you should never give up on scanning the market for any trade that fits your trading strategy.

You see, every morning I look for the same thing…

Which helps me prepare and review to see if any stock is worth trading.

As the market continues to remain volatile and we are still searching for the bottom…

I continue to stay on defense because the market can turn on a dime, this is why I always stick to my #1 rule and take quick profits.

Perfect Execution

With any type of trade, it’s all about perfectly executing it.

You never want to buy into a trade due to FOMO, or think that this may be a good time to enter…

It is important to prepare and meticulously set an entry and exit point for every trade you make.

I am looking for these stocks to do one thing in today’s market

So let’s take a look at these two stocks I am waiting to pounce on when the opportunity is right…

FingerMotion, Inc. (NASDAQ: FNGR)

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FNGR chart 1-day candles Source: StocksToTrade

Pineapple Energy Inc. (NASDAQ: PEGY)

PEGY chart 1-day candles Source: StocksToTrade

Both FNGR and PEGY are stocks I have been closely watching…

Why, well both of these have been big percent gainers over several days.

Every morning before the market opens, I go with the same approach to help find these big movers.

Both of these stocks fit in with my framework and I am just waiting for the opportunity to dip buy.

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How To Know When To Buy

Every trader doesn’t know when the perfect time to buy is, but you can make a very well-educated plan of attack as to what point is the best point of entry.

There are a lot of tools that go into trading to help you with your decision…

But there are a lot of things that it is difficult to share with you all in detail.

You see, all of my students need to study charts to help them better understand the process.

I want all of you today to continue to study and find these same opportunities that I am today!

Whether it’s a recent trade or stocks I am watching, I want to help you become a self-sufficient trader!

I Almost Forgot

Trading is never easy, and even I have taken it slowly over the last few days with the number of trades I am making…

And there is nothing wrong with that!

Most of you may not have traded in market crashes like this before, but I have…

That is why it’s important to be on the defense and cautious with your next trades…

So I want to be able to share with you what my next steps are.

I plan on being patient and waiting for the right opportunity to trade, and I already shared two stocks I am watching closely…

But this stock is reaching new highs, setting it up nicely for my next trade…

Make sure you are keeping a close eye on it!

Study up and stay safe!

Cheers,

Tim

P.S  – In sports, defense wins championships.  My defensive strategy has helped me feel like a champion in this crashing market. 



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Tim Sykes is a penny stock trader and teacher who became a self-made millionaire by the age of 22 by trading $12,415 of bar mitzvah money. After becoming disenchanted with the hedge fund world, he established the Tim Sykes Trading Challenge to teach aspiring traders how to follow his trading strategies. He’s been featured in a variety of media outlets including CNN, Larry King, Steve Harvey, Forbes, Men’s Journal, and more. He’s also an active philanthropist and environmental activist, a co-founder of Karmagawa, and has donated millions of dollars to charity.
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* Results are not typical and will vary from person to person. Making money trading stocks takes time, dedication, and hard work. There are inherent risks involved with investing in the stock market, including the loss of your investment. Past performance in the market is not indicative of future results. Any investment is at your own risk. See Terms of Service here

The available research on day trading suggests that most active traders lose money. Fees and overtrading are major contributors to these losses.

A 2000 study called “Trading is Hazardous to Your Wealth: The Common Stock Investment Performance of Individual Investors” evaluated 66,465 U.S. households that held stocks from 1991 to 1996. The households that traded most averaged an 11.4% annual return during a period where the overall market gained 17.9%. These lower returns were attributed to overconfidence.

A 2014 paper (revised 2019) titled “Learning Fast or Slow?” analyzed the complete transaction history of the Taiwan Stock Exchange between 1992 and 2006. It looked at the ongoing performance of day traders in this sample, and found that 97% of day traders can expect to lose money from trading, and more than 90% of all day trading volume can be traced to investors who predictably lose money. Additionally, it tied the behavior of gamblers and drivers who get more speeding tickets to overtrading, and cited studies showing that legalized gambling has an inverse effect on trading volume.

A 2019 research study (revised 2020) called “Day Trading for a Living?” observed 19,646 Brazilian futures contract traders who started day trading from 2013 to 2015, and recorded two years of their trading activity. The study authors found that 97% of traders with more than 300 days actively trading lost money, and only 1.1% earned more than the Brazilian minimum wage ($16 USD per day). They hypothesized that the greater returns shown in previous studies did not differentiate between frequent day traders and those who traded rarely, and that more frequent trading activity decreases the chance of profitability.

These studies show the wide variance of the available data on day trading profitability. One thing that seems clear from the research is that most day traders lose money .

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Citations for Disclaimer

Barber, Brad M. and Odean, Terrance, Trading is Hazardous to Your Wealth: The Common Stock Investment Performance of Individual Investors. Available at SSRN: “Day Trading for a Living?”

Barber, Brad M. and Lee, Yi-Tsung and Liu, Yu-Jane and Odean, Terrance and Zhang, Ke, Learning Fast or Slow? (May 28, 2019). Forthcoming: Review of Asset Pricing Studies, Available at SSRN: “https://ssrn.com/abstract=2535636”

Chague, Fernando and De-Losso, Rodrigo and Giovannetti, Bruno, Day Trading for a Living? (June 11, 2020). Available at SSRN: “https://ssrn.com/abstract=3423101”