I was a bit lost when started off my first trade. I picked a...

I was a bit lost when started off my first trade. I picked an established firm which is under valued (low PB) and at near its historical low. Thinking that I had a good bargain but it turned south soon after, it stayed flat for a while and went down recreating historical lows.. The takeaway is market sentiment is important when picking a stock, try not go against the market unless you really fall in love with that particular stock and don't mind to hold it regardless the ups and downs. Nowadays I am more into growth stocks on their uptrend, well the risk could be higher but so for the return. I will look into volume to make sure the liquidity is good. I do believe buy the dip methodology thus adding my position during the dips provided I have faith in it. I also do short term trading for some trending stocks, building a smaller position and take profit when it hit my set target, then looking for next dip to repeat. There are still plenty of stuffs to be learnt and I will take one step at a time.