Yeah I have a lot to owe this thread. Much better than the day trading garbage that I used to frequent on. I've seen a lot of great stocks go by unnoticed here but am sure people make good coin sticking to their guns with their analysis and I want to do the same and provide good analysis to those both new and old in their investing career.
I have a lot less capital to day trade these days so any money I put into the market I aim to hold long term now. Although I can respect people's trading style I am finding good success sticking to <5 companies that you have done your due diligence in and believe in and just hold. Given that less than 99% traders are successful I have moved to holding a lot of companies for months to years in hopes that it will pay off. I am still early in life, but if you can hone in the noise and take in what some users have to offer in this forum their discussion and analysis can provide new insight to some stocks.
One of the biggest things I have learnt though is learning to let some stocks go. At the end of the day you could have the most conviction on it but if you set boundaries (stop loss and taking profit), you will be better off than letting play out in the long run. Having rules and boundaries you abide by in investing/trading is something that I am still working on. You can never fall in love too much with a stock is something I learnt the hard way.
Due to my ignorance and youth I have missed out of many gainers, the most painful ones being DXB and LRV. Surprisingly I had to do a presentation on DXB in uni when it was trading at 6c. Look at it now. That's just one of many examples of doing your research. I actually joked to my friend I would put 1k on it (a lot for a uni student back then) before the pump, and nows its nearly trading 10x that.
