The stock market is a rhythm that changes repeatedly. Whoever follows the rhythm of the stock market will find the panacea for stock trading. Keeping the rhythm right is the highest level for retail investors in stock trading. Keeping the pace right is easier said than done. Generally, efforts should be made from the following three aspects: 1. Keep track of the rhythm of the market. To keep pace with the market, we can grasp it from two aspects: First, compare the domestic market with foreign markets. According to statistics from a domestic securities research institution, the contrast between the Chinese stock market and the Indian stock market is relatively large. When the Chinese stock market rises, the Indian stock market falls, and vice versa. The comparison between the two can predict the basic trend of China's A-share market at a stage or annual level. The second is the factors that dominate the rhythm of the domestic stock market. Practice shows that the rhythm of China's A-share market is led by heavyweight stocks or leading blue-chip stocks. For example, leading stocks such as PetroChina, Sinopec, Industrial and Commercial Bank of China, China Railway Group, and Vanke A, they dominate the market. Rise and fall. Other second-tier, third-tier blue-chip stocks or junk stocks can be ignored because they have too little energy to make big waves. The significance of keeping up with the rhythm of the market is to control investors' participation emotions from an overall perspective and an overall perspective. When the market rises, the enthusiasm will be higher; when the market falls, the enthusiasm will be lower. 2. Follow the rhythm of the board. In terms of industry, there are more than 30 sectors in the A-share market. The linkage effect between sectors is a one-on-one relationship. They take turns to lead the rise and fall of the market. It can be described as "you sing and I will appear on the stage." This requires investors to analyze statistics by themselves and find sectors with relatively low correlation. That is, when this sector rises, that sector falls. Then, withdraw from the falling sectors, participate in the rising sectors, and enjoy the benefits and fun of sector rotation. The significance of following the rhythm of the sector is to narrow the scope of investment, continuously participate in stock market investment, and continuously obtain stock market returns. 3. Follow the rhythm of individual stocks. It is the most difficult to grasp the rhythm of individual stocks. The key is to look at the trends of the main force. The stock price will rise when the main force participates, and the stock price will fall when the main force withdraws. The main force determines the rise and fall of the stock price. I once wrote an article on "Dare to fight against the 'bad tendencies' of the main force" (see Tang Zhu's blog for details), which proposed that retail investors should "establish the idea that the main force determines the rise and fall of the stock price, insist on finding the main force, tracking the main force, The suggestion of "defeating the main force as the basic idea for retail investors in stock trading" is of reference significance for keeping track of the rhythm of individual stocks. The significance of following the rhythm of individual stocks is to choose the right time to invest in individual stocks and avoid the risk of being trapped. All in all, keeping track of the market rhythm is helpful for grasping the whole, keeping track of the sector rhythm is helpful for grasping the part, and keeping track of the rhythm of individual stocks is helpful for grasping opportunities. However, following the rhythm is not the goal. The ultimate goal is to grasp the rhythm and achieve "buy low and sell high."