I'm worried about my retirement, so I started investing in stocks - DAY 19

― Walking with Haru, Age 60 Investment Record - Day 19 ―

I watched one video today. The theme was “The Appeal of Technical Analysis”.

I feel like I've finally stepped into the world of full-scale “stock techniques.”

If reading financial statements and financial figures is “fundamental analysis,” then reading the “flow” of the stock price itself is “technical analysis”.

I have a hunch that the latter might feel more intuitively familiar to me right now.

📚 What I learned today:

Technical Analysis: The technique of reading the “flow” rather than the numbers

① Whether to “look at the company” or “look at the stock price flow”

First, I organized the differences between the two major investment styles.

✅ Fundamental Analysis: Looking at performance such as sales and profits. A medium- to long-term investment method of “buying good companies cheaply” over a year or more.

✅ Technical Analysis: Looking at stock price movements and trends. A short-term investment method of “riding the flow” over several days to several weeks.

Even if performance is slightly down, if the stock price is rising, you ride that wave.
While it is important to seriously examine the contents, analyzing the market's “momentum” seems to be the real thrill of technical analysis.

② There are only three types of stock price movements

Although charts look complicated, they say that movement patterns (trends) are actually consolidated into three types.

📈 Uptrend: A state where it is rising to the right.
➡️ Sideways: A state where it is not moving much and is stagnant.
📉 Downtrend: A state where it is falling to the right.

The essence of technical analysis is to find the moment when an “uptrend” is likely to occur early and ride the wave.

③ Technical analysis is efficient for "putting capital to work"

As someone who is self-employed, this talk of "capital efficiency" really struck a chord with me.capital efficiencytalk.

With fundamental investing, if you invest 500,000 yen, you end up having to let it "sit" for over a year until it turns a profit.

But with technical analysis, you can lock in profits in a few days to a few weeks and move on to the next stock.
By "putting the same 500,000 yen to work" over and over again, the opportunities multiply even with the same initial capital.

④ The key to success lies in the "watch list"

A common mistake is jumping on stocks that are trending in the news or on social media.
But if you do that, you'll end up "buying at the top" and won't win.

Successful investors create their own"watch list"and stare at it every day and every week.

They say they just wait until the perfect timing comes along, thinking, "Oh, an upward trend is about to start!"

Instead of "jumping in," you "lie in wait."
I want to make sure I don't forget this mindset.

💬 Satsuki's questions and Haru's answers

🌸 Me: "I haven't learned about fundamentals in detail yet, is it okay to start with technicals right away?"

🌸 Me: "Candlesticks, moving averages, trading volume... these sound like difficult terms..."

📝 Today's summary

Read the "flow" rather than the "numbers."

Until now, I had braced myself thinking "investing requires difficult calculations and analysis," but the idea of riding the "waves" created by stock prices has made me feel a little lighter.

Instead of letting 500,000 yen just sit there, I'll put it to work repeatedly.
It's kind of exciting, like talking about inventory and turnover rates in business.

I watched the video, took notes, and summarized them into an article.
A total of one hour.

One hour every day. That's all it takes.

I believe that consistency is my greatest talent.

Next time, I will set up my environment for viewing charts. Candlesticks, moving averages, and trading volume—this is an important preparatory session before diving into actual analysis.

I will continue tomorrow as well.

📣 "Friends Walking with Haru" is currently in preparation.

I am creating a place where friends who have started investing just like me can report their progress and support each other's consistency.
If you are interested in joining, please let me know in the comments 🌸

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