Where we are now in the 5 stages of bear-market grief?
The market has seen an uptrend since last week after a prolonged decline this year.
The short-term but complete recovery has sparked debate among investors about whether and when it's time to buy the dip.
The bottom-fishing phenomenon is more likely a "slope of hope" which is pretty typical in a bear market.
That doesn't mean U.S. stocks can't stage an impressive rally from current levels.If it does, it is viewed as countertrend in nature within the context of a bear market move.
In a bear market, investors' psychology tends to follow a process similar to what psychologists call the five stages of grief -- denial, anger, bargaining, depression and acceptance, according to analysts.
What does this mean and how can you use them to your investment advantage? Here's how they manifest in the stock market:
Denial–At this initial stage, the market generally sees any decline as nothing more than a buying opportunity.
Remorse– As the market's pullback becomes too severe, investors' mood eventually morphs into anger.
Bargaining– This stage, investors redirect their energies to figuring out if they can maintain their lifestyles despite the hit to their portfolios, trying best to cut unnecessary expense.
Depression– As the market continues to slide, cutting some expense will not be enough. Significant lifestyle changes will be required.
Acceptance–In this final stage, investors throw in the towel. They surrender to the bear market and stop fantasizing about when it might end. They treat any sign of market strength as a suckers' rally.
Some investors believe we're no further throughthis five-stage cycle than the third one, although not all investors progress at the same pace.
What are your bear market trading strategies?Please leave your opinions.
csp-jaguer
DUBYA
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you can sell options against your 750 shares and make premium weekly or however long you want. you can sell a call or put against them. I'd look into it. it can be low or high premium but safety I always go low.
csp-jaguer
DUBYA
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idk if you can trade options on moomoo. you'd have to look into it but on $RH you would just go to the options side and sell a call or put and as long as you have 100 shares, which you do, you collect a premium. I'd definitely look into it.
Pannycakes
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you can trade options on MooMoo. I do it. I don't own any stocks I only trade options. I'm sitting on a bunch of puts so I want the market to tumble
71610634
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only 41% as of now think we're past stage 3. I'm in the super minority (3%). Depression, lol. But it doesn't mean we're in an actual depression, it just means we're feeling kinda down.
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71595623 : Slope of hope!!!
DUBYA : it is up to the investors we are seeing a little light at end of tunnel me personally i am i am all in AMC
csp-jaguer DUBYA : how many shares do you hold? are you running options off them?
DUBYA csp-jaguer : what does that mean, i own 750
csp-jaguer DUBYA : you can sell options against your 750 shares and make premium weekly or however long you want. you can sell a call or put against them. I'd look into it. it can be low or high premium but safety I always go low.
DUBYA csp-jaguer : and how does one do that
csp-jaguer DUBYA : idk if you can trade options on moomoo. you'd have to look into it but on $RH you would just go to the options side and sell a call or put and as long as you have 100 shares, which you do, you collect a premium. I'd definitely look into it.
Pannycakes : you can trade options on MooMoo. I do it. I don't own any stocks I only trade options. I'm sitting on a bunch of puts so I want the market to tumble
71610634 : only 41% as of now think we're past stage 3. I'm in the super minority (3%). Depression, lol. But it doesn't mean we're in an actual depression, it just means we're feeling kinda down.![undefined [undefined]](https://static.moomoo.com/nnq/emoji/static/image/default/default-black.png?imageMogr2/thumbnail/36x36)
Stonecold3 Pannycakes : How's your puts so far?
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