I Don't Trade The Noise, I Invest In The Fundamentals

🌟🌟🌟This week's earnings season feels like a fireworks show : dazzling, volatile and over in a flash.  Tesla surges, Pinterest dives, Rocket Lab ricochets like a pinball.  For many traders, it is a playground for quick trades - nimble entries, sharp exits and the thrill of catching a perfect swing.

I admire that agility.  I really do. 

But I have never been that trader.  I don't chase the spark, I build the fire. 

My style?  Buy and Hold.   I lean into conviction, not momentum.  I study business models like stories, not tickers.  I hold great stocks like $Alphabet(GOOGL)$  and $NVIDIA(NVDA)$  because they have solid fundamentals, wide moat and a quiet strength that compounds over time.

Still I watch the charts and read the signals - MACD crossovers, RSI spikes, volume surges.  They whisper possibilities and sometimes I wonder : What if I took the trade?

There was one time I did.  I saw the set up, felt the pulse and jumped in.  Sold within hours.  A small gain.  But oddly it did not feel triumphant.  It felt transactional, like I skimmed the surface of something deeper. 

So I returned to my rhythm - to the slow dance of compounding , to the quiet confidence of holding through noise.

Next week, I won't be chasing volatility.  I will be observing it and respecting it.  Perhaps I will write about it because every chart tells a story.  I am here for the ones that have the strong  fundamentals because they are the ones that last.

While signals may flash and Bollinger Bands may beckon, my compass points me elsewhere. 

I invest in stories that endure, in companies that reflect my values, in a future that I want to be part of, not just profit from.  And to me, that is the strongest trade of all.

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