5. Breadth indicators are mostly noise.
Even when market breadth looks weak, strong sectors can still thrive in their own world.
Focus on living themes, not dying averages.
When no strong sectors remain, that’s when caution matters.
1. Chart Patterns without context are randomness.
Strong uptrends don’t come from charts.
They come from real developments — industry shifts, fundamentals, and capital rotation.
Only when context aligns do setups matter.
If your buy and sell decisions are based purely on chart patterns, your performance will likely be random.
You can always find a bull flag, VCP, cup with handle — you name it.
But strong and lasting uptrends don’t happen because of pretty charts.
They’re driven by clear industry trends, solid fundamentals, and an exceptional business model behind the move.
That’s when chart setups truly matter.
The best tool isn’t software; it’s judgment.
Most people can access the same ratios, filings, and earnings data,
but few can connect fundamentals with context: macro shifts, industry evolution, business models, and technological advantage.
True edge comes from cognitive depth:
seeing how world trends, capital flow, and innovation intersect —
before the market does.
2nd year competing in the U.S. Investing Championship. I’ve been getting quite a lot of messages from non-Chinese speakers asking whether I’d consider sharing my trading thinking in English.
I’m considering testing English educational program, taught by my teaching team who work closely with me and fully understand my decision-making framework — not signals, not copy trading.
If I do this, the focus would be starting from the fundamentals and the whole process, building decision-making skills under uncertainty— teaching how to hunt, not handing you the catch.
No plans yet — just curious:
Would this be useful for you?
Agency > Intelligence
I had this intuitively wrong for decades, I think due to a pervasive cultural veneration of intelligence, various entertainment/media, obsession with IQ etc. Agency is significantly more powerful and significantly more scarce. Are you hiring for agency? Are we educating for agency? Are you acting as if you had 10X agency?
Grok explanation is ~close:
“Agency, as a personality trait, refers to an individual's capacity to take initiative, make decisions, and exert control over their actions and environment. It’s about being proactive rather than reactive—someone with high agency doesn’t just let life happen to them; they shape it. Think of it as a blend of self-efficacy, determination, and a sense of ownership over one’s path.
People with strong agency tend to set goals and pursue them with confidence, even in the face of obstacles. They’re the type to say, “I’ll figure it out,” and then actually do it. On the flip side, someone low in agency might feel more like a passenger in their own life, waiting for external forces—like luck, other people, or circumstances—to dictate what happens next.
It’s not quite the same as assertiveness or ambition, though it can overlap. Agency is quieter, more internal—it’s the belief that you *can* act, paired with the will to follow through. Psychologists often tie it to concepts like locus of control: high-agency folks lean toward an internal locus, feeling they steer their fate, while low-agency folks might lean external, seeing life as something that happens *to* them.”
Qullamaggie on It’s The Same Thing Over and Over Again
“Just the same patterns over. Just look at the stocks I’m in right. NVDA, I bought it last week, okay? Very simple big momentum stock. Look at the pattern; what is it? You see this? You see the pattern I bought it here.
NIO, I bought it a couple of days ago. What’s the pattern right? You see it; you see it? I bought it on this day here, like somewhere here.
Right. LVGO, what’s the pattern? Okay, I bought it here, so it was a little bit of a chase. FSLY, I bought it here; what’s the pattern? You see this? DDOG, where did I buy it? I bought it here. This wasn’t a clean one, but it was showing relative strength. But again, same patterns. You see higher lows
Zillow. I bought it here; I also bought it here initially. The same patterns over and over again. There’s absolutely no rocket science involved. Anyone who’s tried to sell you rocket science; you know just unfollow them and run the other way. They’re all frauds; they don’t make any money. Same thing you know. These simple patterns, triangles, channels, high tide flags.
We bought TSLA; right? Same thing. I bought Tesla here, right? Same thing. I’ve also bought Tesla down here. Same thing; this is the same patterns over and over again.
All you have to do to succeed in the stock market is don’t be a f*ckimg retard, really. I mean really. That’s all you have to do. You don’t need any intelligence to make tens of millions. All you need to know is risk management, portfolio management, and these patterns. And then you have to have the power when the market is bad. That’s all you need.
You literally need five things. And yes, the crowd strike—where did I buy it? I bought it here. see the pattern? I bought it here or was it here. I don’t remember well. I do you know; same thing over and over again.”
Qullamaggie shows The Power of Relative Strength
“Wait, like, I’m gonna show you guys the power of relative strength. You need to understand this. For those of you who don’t, you need to believe in this. Why did I buy BILI, okay? One, the chart looks good. It’s been one of the strongest. You know, very linear. It keeps riding the 20-day. It built the range; it’s a growth stock. Very good revenue growth. And I’m gonna like, look at these two days, the 19th and 12th of this month. This is the day when the NASDAQ and you know the markets overall pulled back; this is the 19th. And this is the 12th; you see this? Two big red days—what did BILI do? He tried to go lower on Thursday. On that big red day, he couldn’t find support. On the rising 20-day on Friday, when the markets kept going down, this thing actually broke out. This is where I bought it. I bought it the day after I think. No, I did buy it this day. And I think I added on the day after.
LVGO was another one. It was literally yelling in everyone’s faces, hey. I want to go higher. I have tripled in a few months. I’ve been building higher lows for a month. I’ve been building a range for a month. And when the market went down big in two days, I didn’t go down at all. What is the stock telling you? All you have to do is listen.”
I blew up account after account.
Lost hundreds of thousands.
Thought I’d never figure it out…
Then it clicked. → My first $100K year. → Then my first Million.
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There’s no such thing as a “meme stock”
If there was- retail trades wouldn’t go 90% to dark pools and three years of constant buying and DRSing would have made the price go up, not down.
Shorts never closed.