{"id":934,"date":"2026-04-12T23:37:36","date_gmt":"2026-04-12T23:37:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bradkoteshwar.com\/?p=934"},"modified":"2026-04-13T01:26:19","modified_gmt":"2026-04-13T01:26:19","slug":"i-was-about-to-talk-about-q1-but","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bradkoteshwar.com\/es\/i-was-about-to-talk-about-q1-but\/","title":{"rendered":"I Was About To Talk About Q1, But&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>2026 1<sup>st<\/sup> Quarter (Q1) Performance<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>How well you do with your stock market operations depends entirely on your decision-makings skills. If you doubt it, just consider these facts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Most people have the same stocks on their watchlists.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Yet not everybody\u2019s accounts show the same performance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Most people read the same stuff, have the same research, and have access to the same data.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Yet not everybody\u2019s accounts show the same performance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Most people have the same screening programs, same or similar methods, the internet and all trading platforms regurgitate the same nonsense.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Yet not everybody\u2019s accounts show the same performance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This was the screenshot of the stock dartboard and a chimpanzee trying to select the best stocks as of January 2026 for the 2026 calendar year. I had this as the calendar changed from 2025 to 2026, on January 4, 2026. &nbsp;Clearly most had the same or similar stocks on their lists. It only takes one nice run to make your year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"781\" height=\"439\" src=\"https:\/\/bradkoteshwar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/image.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-937\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bradkoteshwar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/image.jpeg 781w, https:\/\/bradkoteshwar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/image-300x169.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/bradkoteshwar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/image-768x432.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/bradkoteshwar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/image-18x10.jpeg 18w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 781px) 100vw, 781px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But the key decision-making skills that separate the winners from the also-rans are:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Did I pick the right stock at the right time?<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>And once I picked the right stock at the right time, did I make the right decisions trading it at its every twist and turn?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>As an experiment, suppose we do a simple decision-making exercise. What if you journey your way along a stock\u2019s rising move, day by day, week by week, month by month?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I was going to write about a couple stocks (AXTI and PL) from the above dartboard of stocks that have made a move since January 2026. Before I could move on with my article, \u00a0a friend of mine sent me a link to an article about Michael Burry having a short position on Palantir (PLTR). Michael Burry trades under Scion Capital and for those who are not aware of who he is, go watch the movie \u201cThe Big Short.\u201d\u00a0 I am not one who pays much attention to what others do. I listen to stocks and no one else as should you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, I have been watching Palantir (PLTR) for a topping action for weeks and I observed the turn in PLTR trend. All you need is a just a simple chart and I bet you can observe what I observe as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Take a look at this chart below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"894\" height=\"498\" src=\"https:\/\/bradkoteshwar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/image.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-935\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bradkoteshwar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/image.png 894w, https:\/\/bradkoteshwar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/image-300x167.png 300w, https:\/\/bradkoteshwar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/image-768x428.png 768w, https:\/\/bradkoteshwar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/image-18x10.png 18w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 894px) 100vw, 894px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At its simplest, despite the low at 153.11 undercutting its prior low at 153.11, Palantir (PLTR) had not confirmed a reversal of its uptrend as of October 2025. Since nothing was confirmed, you would have stayed put and done nothing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"852\" height=\"479\" src=\"https:\/\/bradkoteshwar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/image-5.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-941\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bradkoteshwar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/image-5.jpg 852w, https:\/\/bradkoteshwar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/image-5-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bradkoteshwar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/image-5-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/bradkoteshwar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/image-5-18x10.jpg 18w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 852px) 100vw, 852px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Then a reaction to 154.85 still does not confirm a downtrend. And then Palantir acts as shown below:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"922\" height=\"518\" src=\"https:\/\/bradkoteshwar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/image-8.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-940\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bradkoteshwar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/image-8.jpg 922w, https:\/\/bradkoteshwar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/image-8-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bradkoteshwar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/image-8-768x431.jpg 768w, https:\/\/bradkoteshwar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/image-8-18x10.jpg 18w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 922px) 100vw, 922px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The recovery to 193.38 does not offer any confirmation. Which means a shorting fund would sit tight. And a long would most probably have been sold out or come close to selling out.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1241\" height=\"687\" src=\"https:\/\/bradkoteshwar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Screenshot-10157.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-929\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bradkoteshwar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Screenshot-10157.png 1241w, https:\/\/bradkoteshwar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Screenshot-10157-300x166.png 300w, https:\/\/bradkoteshwar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Screenshot-10157-1024x567.png 1024w, https:\/\/bradkoteshwar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Screenshot-10157-768x425.png 768w, https:\/\/bradkoteshwar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Screenshot-10157-18x10.png 18w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1241px) 100vw, 1241px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>And this finally confirms the change of trend as Palantir goes to 146.59, a low below the prior low of 153.11.&nbsp; While the insiders and the smart people find some reason or other to sell out of Palantir (PLTR), a fool like me just looks at the chart and comes to the same conclusion as Michael Burry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A couple of weeks ago I had prepared a short video for YouTube and deduced that ORCL had been in a downtrend and that perhaps PLTR had joined ORCL in the same downward trend.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"871\" height=\"489\" src=\"https:\/\/bradkoteshwar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/image-4.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-936\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bradkoteshwar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/image-4.jpg 871w, https:\/\/bradkoteshwar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/image-4-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bradkoteshwar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/image-4-768x431.jpg 768w, https:\/\/bradkoteshwar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/image-4-18x10.jpg 18w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 871px) 100vw, 871px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Palantir went to log a low at 131.41 as shown above. The reaction came to this downward leg as shown below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"888\" height=\"515\" src=\"https:\/\/bradkoteshwar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/image-6.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-938\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bradkoteshwar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/image-6.jpg 888w, https:\/\/bradkoteshwar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/image-6-300x174.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bradkoteshwar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/image-6-768x445.jpg 768w, https:\/\/bradkoteshwar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/image-6-18x10.jpg 18w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 888px) 100vw, 888px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But the reaction high was pegged at 157.16, well below the prior high of 200.47.&nbsp; Thus, the downward trend was not in any danger of ending.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"876\" height=\"498\" src=\"https:\/\/bradkoteshwar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/image-7.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-939\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bradkoteshwar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/image-7.jpg 876w, https:\/\/bradkoteshwar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/image-7-300x171.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bradkoteshwar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/image-7-768x437.jpg 768w, https:\/\/bradkoteshwar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/image-7-18x10.jpg 18w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 876px) 100vw, 876px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As of close this past week, Palantir (PLTR) closed at 128.06 and reaffirmed its downtrend. The new top or resistance to any reaction or recovery would now be pegged at 157.16.&nbsp;&nbsp; PLTR and the market are both in a volatile phase now. So, a reaction to shakeout out weak short-sellers would not be surprising. Come to think of it, nothing in the market would be surprising. As we all know, any stock can do anything at any time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2026 1st Quarter (Q1) Performance How well you do with your stock market operations depends entirely on your decision-makings skills. 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