I’ve been looking at stocks like RKLB and APLD, and i’m wondering if i just missed the train, as they both shot up by 16-17%.
If you were to invest, would you wait for them to dip, or would you just buy now?
Do you usually wait for a dip, or are you strictly “time in the market beats timing the market”?
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Posted by MuchPomegranate5910
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Long term id buy, as a trader I would not.
I buy a small portion every month and buy extra when it dips.
I don’t chase dips. If I like a stock long-term, I just buy in small planned chunks.
Catching the “perfect pullback” almost never happens — you usually end up watching it run even higher.
If your thesis on RKLB/APLD is solid, start a starter position now and add over time. This way you’re in the game without stressing about timing.
Lately I’ve been buying daily dips on stuff I already own and it’s kept my average down. May as well save where possible. But for entering a new stock, I just find a price that seems right. Like everyone else though, sometimes I’ll buy in then it’ll dip hard the next week.
I put my monthly saving rate in one particular stock I researched thoroughly before. Every month. I keep a safety net of cash on an account that pays some interest and if something really crazy happens, I tap that one just a little and then subsequently lower my monthly stock buys just until it’s refilled. That’s the best of both worlds, I assume. Also with a dip, you should not buy more than you are willing to risk.
Always have some dry powder.
Actually I’ll just say RKLB is going to 300 billion by 2030.
I accumulate long term positions in stocks I like. Buy a bit more aggressively when I think they’ve had a “dip”. But I also like to have about 20% of my portfolio for short term trading in and out when I think things have been overbought/oversold. Probably only made me a small amount more than I would have made from just building and holding but it gives me something to do.
“if i just missed the train, as they both shot up by 16-17%.”
Dude, I’m up 900% on rklb. The train has left a LONG time ago. Now, the train can keep going for a long time, you can very well buy now and do a 10x still, who knows. But saying something shooting up 17% is “having missed it”, when it was $6 a year ago and now it’s $60, is crazy.