| | After the Lovin': A Quantum Stock Story
by Brandon Chapman, CMT | Like most things in life, markets move in cycles. Sometimes calm and sometimes vicious. The state of our relationship with the market is measured in P/L and at times the market giveth freely and at other times, the knives come out and our P/L is slashed. | It's common for traders to want to find easy money and can find themselves in pockets of profitability where the only reason for the gains is being in the right place at the right time. | As a result, traders can get very protective of their position. This is manifest by trying to eliminate any indication that the tenuous relationship with the market is only skin deep. | At other times, traders can feel like there is significant grounding for their profits and will seek out any information that will help them project. These projections are often in the form of groundbreaking work that is about to change the entire paradigm of an industry. Of course, the profits aren't manifest with current earnings and revenue expectations, but rather some ethereal, almost mystical, glimpse into the future. | Like many relationships that are whirlwind in the beginning, but lack grounding, they eventually dissolve and not always quietly. What's left is the loss of the feeling of being in the right place and a degree of despair. | Have you felt these sorts of feelings about a company and have your hopes dashed? | The point is that while a real relationship can provide true fulfillment, a relationship with an investment generally doesn't, especially if we allow for a whirlwind romance to be anything but temporary. | What happens "after the lovin'?" |
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