RE: Avacta has found its bottom12 May 2023 11:14
Gambling. Trading in and out, while trying to guess short term price movements. IE, selling at 100p to get spiked in another share while the share you sold rises.
Investing. Considering the long term potential of a stock and buying as and when funds are available, rolling with the price movements and continuing to follow as research and news unfolds.
Apple had lots of strange ups and downs along the way. I believe at one point they also used bonds(? I know a Tesla have) but if you bought in early you’d now be incredibly rich. Why? The fundamentals.
The thing with investing and holding is you can be sure you’ll be in when big news lands. If it’s bad then yes, you’ll lose. If you’re trading then there’s a 50/50 chance of being in for bad or good news. There’s a much higher chance that you’ll lose a lot of money since as good as every trader loses.