Retail traders, especially those engaging an ultra-high-profile name like Walmart Inc (NYSE:WMT), must contend with a harsh reality: you will always be slower than the institutional players. Still, accepting this reality leads to clarity. By not wasting your time and energy trying to find an edge where it does not and cannot exist, you can focus on realistic solutions. Essentially, we're going to play a different game by slowing it down.
Sure, the emphasis on Wall Street is about speed. We've been hearing about high-frequency trading and more recently, using artificial intelligence to find hidden opportunities. The issue with attempting to play the speed game is that, from a retail perspective, you're always going to start off on the back foot.
