Why Do People Buy At A Top?

Discussion in 'Trading' started by tradingjournals, Oct 21, 2013.

  1. People do buy at the top but people are also buying all the way up until the top is reached. Look at gold people, were saying gold was at a top and people kept on buying and rightly so as it kept on going up. I wouldn't worry about buying if the price looks like a top it means that the price is trending.
     
    #151     Nov 22, 2013
  2. Hey smart money: you missed the sell off at beginning of week, and since you are big the market went back to board you. SPY is now at 180.78. I could see your coat made from bear skin. Your estimate location is at most 0.16cents to 0.22cents away.
     
    #152     Nov 22, 2013
  3. How is the street doing? Are they still bullish in their pockets (or in words only)?
     
    #153     Dec 11, 2013
  4. simple answer to the OP: peer pressure
     
    #154     Dec 12, 2013
  5. BSAM

    BSAM

    Why Do People Buy At A Top?

    (And, why do people sell at the bottom?)

    Because they don't understand where S/R are.
     
    #155     Dec 12, 2013
  6. Original answer --- but applies in bull market only?
     
    #156     Dec 12, 2013
  7. vinc

    vinc

    what happened to this thread:confused:
    and how many points did the index climb up since this very first post ??
    just a memo :)

    the op must have made heaps since then..
     
    #157     May 21, 2014
  8. Maverick74

    Maverick74

    The OP was grounded. Something about not taking out the trash.
     
    #158     May 21, 2014
  9. %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
    Good points;
    great points.William O Neil[IBD] wrote a book /system on doing that with profits.

    Good precise question''Buy a top??'' The top, [much different from a top]humanly speaking, is only known after some time has passed.But buying a top can be wise ; as selling a bottom[to open a position] is wise. Not talking about the bottom but a bottom, big difference:cool:
    Wisdom is profitable to direct; bottom line is some buy a top because of trends[NOT the top ,] i wrote a top, big difference........................................................................
     
    #159     May 21, 2014
  10. Scaleout.Scalper

    Scaleout.Scalper Guest

    Most traders dont think about tops and bottoms, we just want a piece of the pie.
     
    #160     May 21, 2014