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I heard this on a podcast I listen to, or maybe somebody tweeted it.
Hugely important. Those commenting on price action (myself included) are always doing so after the fact and most times trying to find a narrative that fits the price move. As humans we believe in order and we have an expectation that things happen for a reason. Now sure prices move for a reason, but there is every chance we're not privy to the reason. The short answer is that prices go up when there are more buyers than sellers, anything beyond that is trying to fit a narrative to a move.
As a trader we frankly don't care why they move. We simple wait for our entry and obey our stops.
As an investor price only matters when we're buying as this is all we control. Other than that it is results that matter.
So the narrative around price is fun, but it is not very useful.
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I heard this on a podcast I listen to, or maybe somebody tweeted it.
Hugely important. Those commenting on price action (myself included) are always doing so after the fact and most times trying to find a narrative that fits the price move. As humans we believe in order and we have an expectation that things happen for a reason. Now sure prices move for a reason, but there is every chance we're not privy to the reason. The short answer is that prices go up when there are more buyers than sellers, anything beyond that is trying to fit a narrative to a move.
As a trader we frankly don't care why they move. We simple wait for our entry and obey our stops.
As an investor price only matters when we're buying as this is all we control. Other than that it is results that matter.
So the narrative around price is fun, but it is not very useful.
We Get MailJSE – The JSE is a registered trademark of the JSE Limited.
JSEDirect is an independent broadcast and is not endorsed or affiliated with, nor has it been authorised, or otherwise approved by JSE Limited. The views expressed in this programme are solely those of the presenter, and do not necessarily reflect the views of JSE Limited.