That girl in the jersey knows what ' s up . <| sep |> Yeah but you wasted money on a bot that didn ' t work so there ' s your L . <| sep |> There are many nations who fit all these qualifications that we have not invaded . Iraq didn ' t have WMDs . <| sep |> Hold the bulk of the stock but top up when cheap and sell some to get more liquidity when it is high . You are not timing the market since the stocks might go even higher but you are lowering your risk by selling a few . It helps if you find good companies and learn the ups and downs . Most of the market is shortterm and bad news like brexit and the election affect all of the market . In the long term the downs go up and the ups go down . Don ' t do this with leverage and risky stocks . Also , include indexes in your mix .