1stealth Phase
Stealth Phase
The earliest stage where smart money and institutional investors quietly accumulate positions. Public awareness is minimal, and the asset class may be dismissed or unknown to most investors. Prices begin to rise slowly from a base, but the moves are largely unnoticed.
Warning Signals
- Institutional accumulation in filings
- Quietly rising prices with low volume
- Minimal media coverage
- Insiders increasing positions
- Early adopters showing interest
Common Mistakes to Avoid
- Dismissing early signals as noise
- Waiting for mainstream validation
- Underestimating growth potential
- Not doing independent research
Detection Checklist
- Smart money accumulation visible in filings
- Smart money accumulation visible in filings
- Asset largely unknown to general public
- Asset largely unknown to general public
- Minimal or dismissive media coverage
- Minimal or dismissive media coverage
- Early adopters can articulate a thesis
- Early adopters can articulate a thesis
- Price rising slowly from established base
- Price rising slowly from established base
- Low trading volume relative to later phases
- Low trading volume relative to later phases