But judging from what I've seen in the two previous bear markets (2000 and 2008), you would be amazed to see these "bargains" today can actually turn out to be "real cheap bargains" tomorrow. Not saying your premise is wrong, but what you're seeing is not a bull market pullback. You shouldn't approach the bear market as you would a bull market.
To each his own. I don’t understand why you ask questions like was it a bargain at ATH, I didn’t start buying anywhere near ATH. I believe in Mark and his team, he is a winner and META is a financially sound company. You can choose to chase when price turns, you didn’t really say when you’d consider trend reversal anyway, I choose to buy when price falls and keeps falling.
You could also miss the train entirely by waiting a repeat of .com or credit crunch, neither scenario are likely at present.
I said:- "...wasn't it a "bargain" @ $283 .... and $183 ... and $153 ... and ... and ... ? IOW after it dropped $100 and so on, not @ ATH. "I choose to buy when price falls and keeps falling." Really? That's gotta be a typo?
You ever heard of "dollar cost averaging"? When price falls, it's considered a bargain. That's what INVESTORS do.
Nah, I go both long and short. I'm more flexible than you might think. (Whereas some folks only go LONG.)