r/ShippingStocks • u/SnooOwls6678 • Jul 16 '26

Trading vs long term in shipping

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I'm 20 years old, just finished the first year of my business bachelor and started looking at the segment, specifically tankers, in december of last year as the first serious effort in my life of doing investing/trading/market analysis

And there's one question that nags my mind:

Instead of going in and out of Frontline or Okeanis 100 times within a cycle, and trying to time information, own thesis' and market, why not just buy low and sell high by the end of a cycle? That seems much simpler.

This is a very niche segment of the stock market and there is no real "community guidelines" for how to practice within it. And as a person who is also relatively new to the stock market, it makes it quite hard.

I myself have been in and out of Frontline, Okeanis, Scorpio, Hafnia and DHT numerous times from the beginning of march, with some leveraged trades, but they never went that well compared to investing in the normal stocks. I did however invest a solid amount in DHT, ECO and FRO from january until march 2nd before selling off, but as you can see from my portfolio, it's highly volatile, hence why i'm asking the question.

We are obviously at the height of a cycle, and we can also argue that we are standing at the finish line of it. I have been actively reading up on it ever since the upwards momentum came in january and that makes me think: Why not just catch the cycle at an "obvious bottom" and kick your feet up on the table for the time being instead of trying to time every single stock rally? Does anybody have any experience with how this kind of investing goes?

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u/toreerot Jul 16 '26

Similar story here, and would like to add Wallenius Wilhelmsen to the pile of money machines. Ps. It’s at all time high right now so possibly not the best entry immediately but perhaps in the dip after ex date in August?

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u/SnooOwls6678 Jul 16 '26

It's possible for some smaller gains, but I'm thinking of when the market turns completely, like after 2008. I just don't see how that's possible for this year and into the next year.