Key insights
- The author highlights a relief rally driven by a systematic trading approach (trend, momentum, analyst consensus) that countered instinctual panic. Despite geopolitical noise, holding positions in stocks like ASX and RIVN proved profitable. This suggests that systematic strategies can outperform emotional decision-making during volatile periods, potentially signaling a broader market upturn if such discipline is widely adopted.
my book’s finally starting to look decent again after a pretty rough couple of days. the funny part is, with all the geopolitics noise lately, my gut was basically yelling ... just go to cash! What kept me in was a little scoring system I built (trend + momentum + analyst consensus, 0–100). It had ASX at 75/100 and RIVN at 73..... both STRONG, both still BUY… so I held. ASX is +3.8%, THG +3.2%, RVMD +2.9% now.
same lesson I keep learning over and over…. my instincts are great at panicking and selling at exactly the worst possible time…
curious how are you playing this? Adding into the rally or trimming a bit and locking gains? and do you go mostly on feel, or do you run some kind of system to keep you grounded?