Whether you are a day trader or you trade once in a while, you have to align yourself with the smart money, not the dumb money, surf along side the whales,not against them, trading is war and you have to choose your battles correctly
Riding their waved is the besr idea you can do. They have all the power to manipulate the market and benefit themselves so you are there to follow them and get benefited too. Its like waiting for the value to drop then buy more, hold until it goes high again.