In prior market cycles across history, taking a hard - defensive outlook in response to overvalued, overbought, overbullish conditions rarely kept you on
the wrong side of the market for long; either the market declined, or the syndrome was cleared.
As such, we neatly avoided getting caught on
the wrong side of the market during the sudden reversal.
While this approach to investing can be challenging at times when we find ourselves on
the wrong side of market trends, our confidence in its efficacy over a long - term investment horizon is unwavering.
My question when using this tecnique do you place the order
the wrong side of the market?
How much of it was due to the forced unwinding of trades on
the wrong side of the market?
While this approach to investing can be challenging at times when we find ourselves on
the wrong side of market trends, our confidence in its efficacy over a long - term investment horizon is unwavering.
Too much ego to take a loss: You are on
the wrong side of the market trend but think if you hold a losing position you can be proven right on a reversal.
As a contrarian, I want to be trading when most other retail traders are committed to
the wrong side of the market, and this is difficult to do if you don't understand false - breaks and fakey patterns.
When stubborn traders blow up because they have stubbornly bet on
the wrong side of the market the trend trader wants to be on the other side of their trade.
The one thing that intraday traders hate is to get on
the wrong side of the market.