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The Discipline of Doing Nothing
It was the kind of week that dares you to be dumb. Screens flicker, fingers itch, and the silence between ticks gets loud enough to make you reach for the buy button just to prove youâre alive. We didnât. We did the hardest thing this job asks: absolutely nothing.
Portfolio back to full cash. Waiting. Then waiting some more. Boredom as strategy. It doesnât look heroic on a P&L screenshot, but itâs how you keep your powder dry for the only fights worth taking.
Could we bounce from here? Sure. Markets love a deadâcat drama. But the watchlist isnât offering much: one setup we actually like, maybe two if we squint. Thatâs not a menu; thatâs a snack. Weâll give it more time. Let the tape declare itself before we start pretending to read its mind.
Volatility was everywhere, the kind day traders write poems about: gap down 1.5%, close up nearly a percent, rinse, repeat. Opportunity if your horizon is minutes and your heartâs made of rubber. For our swing book, itâs static. We make our money in quiet, directional tapes with highâADR growth names firing on all cylinders, not in jumpâcuts and whiplash.
Weâre not here to impress adrenaline.
Weâre here to protect capital and compound when the weather cooperates.
Friday gave one clean tell: VIX bled hard. Thatâs a positive for next week, a door cracked open. Still, T2118 and T2108 keep sagging. Weâre waiting on the hook, a turn back over the 10âday period that says participation isnât just a rumor. Until those two clear the line, new exposure is a maybe at best.
Sector map is a buzzkill: Utilities and Healthcare at the front of the parade. Respectable, defensive; what you buy when you donât trust the ground.
In a ripâsnorting bull, thatâs background noise, not lead guitar. Could change in 48 hours. Markets pivot faster than pride. But right now, the only edge is patience.
So weâll keep our hands off the buttons, keep our rules on the table, and let the next good trade come to us instead of hunting it with a flashlight and a story.
The quiet is not an absence; itâs a stance.
Sometimes the bravest thing you do in this business is live to swing another day.
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What they do: Designs and manufactures electric vehicles, energy storage systems, and solar products.
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