Maybe the highway was smooth and maybe it was bumpy. In these volatile times, you need a solid strategy if you are trading the financial markets. Because of technological advances and the speed in the dissemination of information, boom and bust cycles are speeded up and getting shorter and shorter. Risk is much greater than in the past which implies that moves are much bigger in velocity and duration. Black Mondays and Grey Mondays will only get you black and blue if you don't understand how to minimize your market risks.
Fundamental analysis is great for the long term and sometimes that means easily over several years.
Both market and stock risks will be then reduced to smaller and normalized standard deviations. If you do not like to lose, open your eyes and learn how to trade efficiently and effectively. Capital preservation and risk management will always be the highest priority objectives in our trading framework. This website will be the place where theory meets reality. We do not give investment advice on this website but only attempt to show you some of what we trade and how we trade it.