--- type: "Topics" locale: "en" url: "https://longbridge.com/en/topics/39905997.md" description: "Off work. Made a good profit shorting SanDisk today~Over the past few days, I've concluded that for intraday trading, the liquidity of the underlying asset is crucial.Sufficient liquidity makes your stop-loss orders less likely to be triggered. Yesterday, trading Western Digital was a terrible experience due to insufficient liquidity.Currently, I only trade 4 underlying assets: SOXX, MU, AMD, SNDK" datetime: "2026-04-14T15:02:55.000Z" locales: - [en](https://longbridge.com/en/topics/39905997.md) - [zh-CN](https://longbridge.com/zh-CN/topics/39905997.md) - [zh-HK](https://longbridge.com/zh-HK/topics/39905997.md) author: "[Olen](https://longbridge.com/en/profiles/16140043.md)" --- # Off work. Made a good profit shorting SanDisk toda… ### Related Stocks - [SNDK.US](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/SNDK.US.md) - [WDC.US](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/WDC.US.md) - [SOXX.US](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/SOXX.US.md) - [MU.US](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/MU.US.md) - [AMD.US](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/AMD.US.md) - [AMDL.US](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/AMDL.US.md) ## Comments (2) - **Olen · 2026-04-14T15:17:03.000Z · 👍 1**: For illiquid stocks, there are only two experiences when day trading:1. You enter, and the price doesn't move for hours.2. The price fluctuates wildly within a minute, jumping up and down, often hitting your stop-loss order and then rebounding.Both experiences are terrible. I'm calling out Western - **新用户_pzFxdk** (2026-04-14T16:09:13.000Z): Poor liquidity is mainly due to the second point being really tough; the first point, on the other hand, is relatively rare as long as it's not a company that's truly unknown.