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title: "Don't worry about buying too early, lying flat is also fine"
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description: "I know many people have been bottom-fishing recently, maybe a bit too early, and have some floating losses in their accounts. Don't worry, I'm in the same boat—I started bottom-fishing a few steps too early, which is normal. July is still long, and there won't be a shortage of events ahead. The Fed's interest rate meeting, tech giant earnings reports, the chip game after Zhipu's lock-up expiration, and various geopolitical news popping up from time to time. The volatility this month is likely not to be small, so just be mentally prepared. But I want to say something that might not be very pleasant to hear: If you weren't there during the decline, you won't be there during the rise either. This isn't motivational talk; it's the truth. The market never waits specifically for you to be ready before it rises..."
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author: "[阿修AX](https://longbridge.com/en/profiles/12691394.md)"
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# Don't worry about buying too early, lying flat is also fine

I know many people have been bottom-fishing recently, maybe a bit too early, and have some floating losses on their accounts. Don't worry, I'm in the same boat—I started bottom-fishing a few steps too early, which is perfectly normal.

July is still long, and there won't be fewer events ahead. The Fed's interest rate meeting, tech giants' earnings reports, the post-lockup period game of chips for Zhi Pu, and various geopolitical news popping up from time to time. The volatility this month is likely not to be small, so just be mentally prepared.

But I want to say something that might not be very pleasant: If you weren't there during the decline, you won't be there during the rise either.

This is not a motivational quote; it's the truth. The market never waits for you to be ready before it rises. Trying to buy precisely at the lowest point is basically impossible. So, if you're already in, a little floating loss is just that—don't take it too seriously.

Constantly making decisions in a volatile market is actually quite exhausting. Wanting to chase when it's up, wanting to flee when it's down, staring at the K-line every day takes a huge mental toll. Many decisions, in hindsight, would have been better off not made.

So I recommend a strategy to everyone: lie flat.

Not the negative kind of lying flat, but a mental state of lying flat. As long as you hold good companies, aren't using leverage, and are investing with idle money—just close your account and go about your business. The scythe cuts those who chase rallies and sell in panic, those who get liquidated from using leverage, and those who make emotional trades.

As long as you lie flat enough, the scythe can't cut you. The standing chives are the ones easily harvested; the ones lying flat are safer.

$Z.AI(02513.HK)

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## Comments (5)

- **王水木 · 2026-07-14T03:08:45.000Z**: The decline has just begun, wait until it's back below 1000 to see
  - **阿修AX** (2026-07-14T03:14:40.000Z): This price is a bit ridiculous. If you can buy it below 1500, you're cutting into the institution's chips.
  - **王水木** (2026-07-14T03:28:58.000Z): The institution's cost is only a few hundred bucks, just waiting patiently for an opportunity. All the current volatility is just the big players harvesting naive investors.
- **我在送钱 · 2026-07-13T16:37:02.000Z**: Self-comfort
  - **阿修AX** (2026-07-13T16:39:41.000Z): Yeah, the market has already fallen so hard. If I don't comfort myself a bit, my mindset is going to explode.