Finding Opportunities For Trades
By identifying unusual price movements or large quantity trades, AI Monitor by moomoo can enable us to spot bullish or bearish trends and find windows of opportunities for profitable trades. In the screenshots below, we can see large block buys in the stocks of department stores Macy’s and Nordstorm.
This may be because in the run up to Christmas and the New Year, Macy’s $Macy's (M.US)$  and Nordstorm $Nordstrom (JWN.US)$ see soaring sales; it may also be due to the Santa Claus rally. One may decide to open a position to ride the bullish trend for the short term. On the other hand, if a stock is on a clear downtrend, one may decide to short the stock.
How to Access AI Monitor
Go to Quotes > Explore > Swipe right at the top to find AI Monitor. When the desired stock market (US, HK, CN, SG, CA and AU) is selected, the long-short distribution as well as price volatility are displayed. The data are classified by Markets, Watchlist (stocks in your watchlist), Sectors and Indices (DJI $Dow Jones Industrial Average (.DJI.US)$ , S&P $S&P 500 Index (.SPX.US)$  $SPDR S&P 500 ETF (SPY.US)$  $Vanguard S&P 500 ETF (VOO.US)$ , Nasdaq $Nasdaq Composite Index (.IXIC.US)$ ).
In general, a white swan is a foreseeable and fairly certain event whose impact can be estimated while a grey swan is a foreseeable event that has significant impact but the probability is considered to be relatively low. The other extreme is a black swan which is impossible to imagine or predict. Hence, I think white swan for price volatility indicates lower volatility.
There is a wide variety of sectors available for selection upon clicking other sectors. If I select “Entertainment”, I will get results like $AMC Entertainment (AMC.US)$  $GameStop (GME.US)$  $Disney (DIS.US)$  $Roku Inc (ROKU.US)$  $Cinemark (CNK.US)$ $Comcast (CMCSA.US)$   $Netflix (NFLX.US)$ and so forth.
Clicking the three dots at the top right corner (see red arrow in the picture above) reveals a list of options for customisation. CN stands for ‘A’ Shares.
Limitations
Be aware of the fact that sophisticated investors can manipulate their trades to influence retail investors to their advantage and it is not always possible to discern their true intentions. Do your due diligence and trade with care. AI Monitor is a useful tool for detecting changes in the market quickly but always remember to manage your risk exposure and use it in combination with other information and tools to support your trading strategies.
$Tesla (TSLA.US)$  $Apple (AAPL.US)$ $Alphabet-A (GOOGL.US)$  $Alphabet-C (GOOG.US)$  $Amazon (AMZN.US)$ $  $Meta Platforms (FB.US)$  $SNDL Inc (SNDL.US)$   $Nordstrom (JWN.US)$  $Macy's (M.US)$  $Microsoft (MSFT.US)$
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Disclaimer: The above sharing is my personal opinion. It is not financial advice or a recommendation to invest. Please consult a financial advisor and consider your investment objectives, financial needs, financial position and risk profile before making any investment decision.
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A Singapore billionaire has quietly accumulated $Tesla (TSLA.US)$ shares until he is currently its third largest individual shareholder. He sold all his other stocks $NVIDIA (NVDA.US)$  $Baidu (BIDU.US)$  $NIO Inc (NIO.US)$ and focused solely on Tesla, doubling down even when the market plunged. His story is inspiring but my risk appetite is lower and I don’t think I can bet so much on a single stock like he did.
If I had a $1 million windfall, I would put 90% of it in an S&P ETF like $Vanguard S&P 500 ETF (VOO.US)$, $SPDR S&P 500 ETF (SPY.US)$ and $iShares Core S&P 500 ETF (IVV.US)$  and 5% in Treasury bills. The remaining 5% will be reserved for stocks that I think have the potential to become the next $Amazon (AMZN.US)$ , $Tesla (TSLA.US)$, $Sea (SE.US)$ ,  $Apple (AAPL.US)$ and $Microsoft (MSFT.US)$ .
VOO:
Oracle of Omaha, Warren Buffet, feels that stock picking is difficult for the average person to suceed at and recommends investing in a low cost S&P 500 index fund. Indeeed, research has shown that few people and funds can consistently beat the market. Practising what he preaches, Buffet has instructed the trustee for his estate to place 90% of his money in $S&P 500 Index (.SPX.US)$ and 10% in Treasury bills for his wife upon his death.
S&P 500 tracks the performance of 500 largest companies in the US $Amazon (AMZN.US)$  $Apple (AAPL.US)$  $Netflix (NFLX.US)$  $Meta Platforms (FB.US)$ $Alphabet-A (GOOGL.US)$   $Alphabet-C (GOOG.US)$  $Moderna (MRNA.US)$ so one can leverage on the performance of some of the best companies in the world and achieve diversification at the same time. The importance of diversification cannot be overstated as it smooths out fluctuations in the overall portfolio value. Declines in some sectors will be offset by growth in other sectors.
The average annual return of S&P 500 from 2012 to 2021 is around 14%. The actual return is dependent on timing (the cost price) which can be influenced by emotions. As it is difficult to time the market, I would do dollar cost averaging to average out my costs.
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I will buy $Apple (AAPL.US)$ for these reasons:
1) For me, it is the most affordable among FAANG stocks, and Apple seems to deliberately make it so. If we check AAPL's stock split history, the company always brings the stock price down to around USD100 to enable new retail investors to enter, and reward long-term investors who hold. Last year's 1:4 split almost reached USD500 before the split. If I had one AAPL stock at that time, my AAPL portfolio value is now more than USD500 at current price, and definitely growing. Personally, I will hold part of my position for long-term, while keeping a fraction of it to benefit from day-to-day price movements.
2) I am most excited about these two Apple (revolutionary) products and ecosystems: Apple Watch & health ecosystem, and Apple Car. These two address the most fundamental issues of humanity - health and the environment - and therefore, there's no doubt they will find a place in people's lives. I am confident that Apple's innovation on these two will give its competition a run for their money.
3) Evolution from Hardware to Software to Content/Service. Yesterday, AAPL tumbled on a somewhat landmark ruling that would change the App Store forever. Despite the market's reaction, there is reason to believe that Apple will benefit from this in the long run. Even before the ruling, Apple was already reviewing its relationship with small developers, as well as content giants like Spotify and Netflix on its iOS platform. As content becomes an increasingly important part of Apple's business, the company must amend its App Store policy and offer better terms to attract a large pool of diverse and creative content makers. Easing control and letting them have a bigger share of revenue is inevitable.
For me, the drop in AAPL stock price yesterday is a great opportunity to add to my position for the long haul