No, people are not making money beating the market. See long term bets about ETF vs managed money managers. If you beat the market today like "you bough when it

No, people are not making money beating the market. See long term bets about ETF vs managed money managers. If you beat the market today like "you bough when it was 20% down" then "sell now because i went back to what it was" you have to buy again to stay in the market or never sell. Otherwise market will go up and you will stay with "one time shot" that in 5 or 10 years will be worth nothing. Time in the market makes money, so market is right.