Successful investing requires two main components – making big money when we are right, and limiting drawdowns when we are wrong. Making big money inevitably involves being invested in top companies during their most profitable, bullish runs. Our investing capital should naturally flow to the stocks that are going to reap the best performance, and gravitate away from stocks that are showing troubling signs. These can include deteriorating fundamentals such as slowing earnings and revenue growth, or more technical-based signs such as the stock breaking down below significant support levels, a series of lower stock price lows, and heavier trading volume on down days. These instances can serve as a warning signal that institutions are unloading shares and it's best to sell rather than hold a stock that will continue to move down. Case in point today: Meta Platforms. FB has been a great growth stock for many years.