Sorry, then yes to answer your actual question, I don’t think that would commonly be called “market timing” (although of course the phrase could be an apt descr

Sorry, then yes to answer your actual question, I don’t think that would commonly be called “market timing” (although of course the phrase could be an apt description of that strategy). All the uses of that expression that I see refer to an investor whose principal aim is to buy-and-hold to capture beta, but simply wants to try and pick the right moment.