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title: "Stock Live Trading P185: The higher the hope, the greater the disappointment."
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description: "Life is unpredictable, and the stock market just surged like this, hitting new highs day after day. The military-industrial stocks and precious metals I hold, well, holding precious metals is almost equivalent to shorting the broader market, suffering losses every day. Let's give ourselves some psychological comfort—it's much safer than shorting the market. At this time last year, I was still getting beaten up shorting PLTR, Walmart, and HOOD. The past is like smoke. I've learned that the best short for retail investors is staying in cash or buying precious metals, which is a kind of significant growth. Even if a stock soars to the sky, I won't short it because I don't understand if it might get even crazier. Emotions are impossible to fight..."
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# Stock Live Trading P185: The higher the hope, the greater the disappointment.

The world is unpredictable, and the stock market has just rallied like this, hitting new highs day after day.

The defense stocks and precious metals I hold—the precious metals are almost equivalent to shorting the broader market, losing money every day. A little psychological comfort: it's much safer than shorting the market.

This time last year, I was still shorting PLTR and Walmart, along with HOOD, and got beaten up badly on these three stocks.

Those days are gone like smoke. I've learned that the best 'short' for retail investors is holding cash or buying precious metals, which is a kind of major growth. Even if a stock soars to the sky, I won't short it because I don't understand if it could get even crazier. Sentiment is impossible to fight against; this is the brutal lesson I learned from over 10 failed short attempts.

The logic for Lockheed Martin is still there. I think its current level is basically where the pullback should end; it's had six consecutive down weeks. In February, Brother Nan told me to short Lockheed Martin. I analyzed it with Gemini at the time, and Gemini said shorting Lockheed Martin was like a person trying to fight a tank. Unfortunately, now that I'm long on it, it's instead as fragile as paper, crashing with me every day.

How to put it? Is this the wheel of fortune turning, or a shift between offense and defense, or is it 'let the strong be strong'? It seems there's some truth to using classical Chinese philosophy for stock trading.

It's not the wind moving, nor the banner moving, but the mind of the benevolent moving. Now my mind is still. So how can those market manipulators cut my losses?

### Related Stocks

- [HOOD.US](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/HOOD.US.md)
- [WMT.US](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/WMT.US.md)
- [PLTR.US](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/PLTR.US.md)

## Comments (16)

- **GLORY · 2026-04-21T15:53:28.000Z**: Gu Shen's tool has been upgraded from Doubao to Gemini.That's quite a big step forward😀
- **johnytl · 2026-04-21T11:16:23.000Z**: Awesome, Buffett
- **KUNER · 2026-04-21T09:05:05.000Z**: Martin has fallen at least to the 200 EMA
- **小鹿的屋 · 2026-04-21T06:13:09.000Z**: Gu Shen, you need to increase your position.
- **韭菜专业户 · 2026-04-21T06:03:53.000Z**: Yes
- **止盈必须止盈 · 2026-04-21T05:40:29.000Z**: TL;DR, lmt can still be shorted.
- **顾神与chatgtp · 2026-04-21T05:31:48.000Z · 👍 1**: Too lazy to use ChatGPT. I'll make money first. You can slowly grope in the infinite darkness. Also, people like you can't handle praise. Can't be encouraged.
- **牛牛好厉害 · 2026-04-21T05:24:03.000Z**: When to buy hood? Tell me, so I can run.
- **跟顾神反着买 · 2026-04-21T05:18:43.000Z**: $Berkshire Hathaway B(BRK.B.US)Sell precious metals to buy this?
- **跟顾神反着买 · 2026-04-21T05:17:45.000Z**: Can Amazon chase highs, stock god, or is it better to short?
- **跟顾神反着买 · 2026-04-21T05:17:26.000Z**: For the stock god, if you don't sell, you don't lose.
- **意识流选手 · 2026-04-21T05:05:08.000Z · 👍 2**: Using AI to trade stocks, you're quite the talent, you'll lose your shirt.
  - **叱咤股海鱼鱼猫** (2026-04-21T08:33:28.000Z): If you really followed AI's advice entirely, you wouldn't have lost as badly as those meme stocks. AI is still more rational than 90% of retail investors.
- **Lu Lu · 2026-04-21T04:57:20.000Z · 👍 2**: Say one thing and mean another 🤭🤭🤭
- **Qrion · 2026-04-21T04:54:36.000Z · 👍 4**: Gu Shen has made a 50% profit in the last 20 trading days, outperforming 99% of people.
  - **橙橙橙** (2026-04-21T05:48:52.000Z): Indeed, Xiao Gu's capital is just too small, otherwise he would have turned things around long ago૮₍ ˶•⤙•˶ ₎ა