주식 투자할 때 개별 종목보다 전체 시장 상황을 먼저 봐야 할까요? 📈

I paint a bunch of stock tickers on the floor, place a chicken in the middle of it then full port the first one it takes a shit on.

if swing trading - most definitely or else you might be hopping on the right roller coaster at the wrong time. at the very least, using the market's new-term outlook to help size the trade makes sense (but more so to understand the risk appetite).

Always check SPY/QQQ first because fighting the overall trend is how you get caught holding perfect technical setups that just bleed out anyway. If the indexes look toppy I'll either pass completely or go way lighter on position size even if the individual name looks clean, because that rising tide lifts all boats thing works both ways when it reverses.