An expert after the fact Yes, Junk Science, the technicals, have various rules that can give you a warning of when to get in or out. And that involves timing the market. But this is for the traders of sorts, day traders, swing traders, and so forth. The question is how many people can afford to be traders and time the market? Unless they buy mutual funds, ETF or whatever, a retail invetor does not have a chance in the market going solo. That is why I'm of the school of buy-monitor and hold rather than getting in and out of the market for the retail investor. There is nothing wrong with trading, by all mean any one can be a trader and anyone has the right to be killed by the experts. But when the everyday Joe wants to swing in the market, better watch out. And the old saying that "time in the market" wins every time "timing the market" still holds true.