Another Tweak to the Strategy

During August and September, ideal buying opportunities were few and far between. So, I was forced to adapt my strategy or stay out of the market altogether. So I've actually broken up my by criteria into three different groups and split up my available funds accordingly. The breakdown is:

• Buy in above my established buy price - 25% of funds
• Buy in at established buy price - 50% of funds
• Buy in at bargain prices below my established buy price - 25% of funds

This gives me a viable strategy for most markets:

• Bull Market - I will buy in at higher prices than I typically would, but I would have a maximum of 25% exposure and I would continue to gain some thin profits as long as the market stays positive.
• Up and down market - I would buy in at 25% and a high price and up to 50% at my standard price. I would then invest a maximum of 75% and receive my expected profit for most of these purchases, but some would be thin profits.
• Bear Market - I would continue to buy in as the market slides below my target price range and get bargain prices on 25% of my investments, while 50% would be bought at standard price and 25% would be bought at premium price. On average, I would get my standard profit on 100% of my funds although this might require and extended holding period. But since I'm averaging 8% profit on each flip, this is a respectable return, even if the bear market would last a full year. Plus, dividend income would be significant during a long holding period.
• Flat Market - As noted in previous post, volatility is important for my strategy. So a totally flat market offers few buying or selling opportunities, so this would be a bad scenario if I'm minimally invested. But even this would be acceptable if I'm able to collect dividends on invested funds.