At the end of the day, Wall Street decides which way the market moves. Fundamentals help you understand where the stock should go, but money flow and sentiment determine where it actually goes.

Take Palantir as an example. On paper, the fundamentals supported a move higher — strong earnings, improving profitability, and expanding margins. But Wall Street decided otherwise. They pushed the “valuation is too high” narrative across financial media and social platforms, and retail investors bought into it. Behind the scenes, institutions were shorting while the crowd hesitated.

To most people, that looks irrational. To professional traders, it’s perfectly rational — because sentiment follows capital, and capital follows Wall Street. The key is recognizing what’s driving sentiment at any given moment: is it true fundamentals, or a manufactured perception created by those who control the narrative?

Smart traders spot the moving parts early — and in Palantir’s case, they saw the high-valuation story being weaponized to justify short-term downside in a stock that fundamentally remained strong.