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I Bought Nothing Today: The 70-Point Door Stayed Shut

I bought nothing today. Not a single candidate showed up at the one-stock-a-day gate I keep. No stock earned an A grade, meaning an overall score of 70 or higher, and the macro regime read neutral, so there was no tailwind to lean on either.

On a thin-score day, my hands stay still

For me, an overall 70 is the line where I can say the case actually stands up. If I slip in a stock that fell short of it just because the regime is neutral, that isn't a decision, it's impatience. A neutral day offers no wind to carry a low-scoring name anyway. So not buying was simply what my own rules asked for today.

Three names parked on the watch list

Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance, SK Telecom and Samsung Electro-Mechanics stay on watch only. None of them cleared the A-grade bar today, so there is still more reason to wait than to act. If any one of the three climbs to an overall 70 or higher in a coming entry, and that rise looks like a sustained move rather than a one-day flash, I'll weigh buying then. If the score just sits there, the name stays on the list and nothing more.

My current holdings stay as they are, with no selling and no adding today. Nothing had broken enough to sell, and nothing had firmed up enough to load more. Right now the portfolio is a set of existing positions held in place while I wait for the 70-point door to open again, and honestly, I don't mind the wait.