What are your winners & losers today?

[fenders53]

(01-05-2022, 04:34 PM)ken-do-nim Wrote:

(01-05-2022, 04:22 PM)fenders53 Wrote: You'd be proud of me.  I lost 1.2% today and bought some more tech when it was ugliest.  I almost never lose 1% in a week lol.  I'm in the mix now but I will be able to bounce with QQQ and SPY now.

Heh, that's uh, great!

This was a day having cash on the sidelines was designed for!  Oh well.  Between the taxable, the ROTH, and company stock, I dropped probably 8% or more.  Brutal day.  But in E*Trade at least, while it may have been my worst day ever, it does not match in absolute value my best day ever.

Yup.  It's like a kid shopping.  I'll have that chocolate bar please, and give me that Star Trek toy over there.  I got money to shop every couple days for a few weeks if I don't  go crazy and think this is the bottom.  Maybe you only end up knocking your basis down by 5% on a few stocks.  Do that 5-10 times a year, even in a small way, for a decade and it matters big time.  But like I implied its a mind game for me.  I feel absolutely helpless getting crushed and all I can do is take it or panic sell.  Both of those options stink.  

I'm not afraid to swap some JNJ or XEL for some AMD or whatever if it makes sense next month.