<prompt> Human: I opened a traditional IRA account with Vanguard. Then asked my old employers 401 to send my retirement savings to Vanguard. They send it to me instead, is not under my name, not payable to me, but to the order of Vanguard Fiduciary FBO my name. Check is good for 180 days, so I am keeping the check praying for Market to have a hiccups so I can buy more cheap shares with my money.I will wait 120 days, if Market goes down, my check will buy more shares. If Market keeps going up, well I will miss two months of growth, hopefully not big deal.What you think? Bad idea? Are the odds with me?TL:DR I am holding my rollover check at home praying for the Market to go down before I turn it in to Vanguard. Crazy idea?UPDATE: Yes I beat the Market, I timed the market, I sat in the sidelines and just like in 2009, it paid off. Foolish, terrible idea, stupidity and all, IT WORKED perfectly with the current market correction, I Purchase way more shares just because I seriously timed the market. For those with constructive comments: THANKS, for haters and imitators: Go ahead downvote. I am not saying this will work every time, or even recommending it to anyone, I risk it and I won, thats all.  <response>: Are you seriously asking us whether timing the market is a good idea?And you arent just timing it on a second, or even a minute. Hell, not even a day. Youre timing it over a 5-day period during which your check is going to be mailed, processed, and deposited by Vanguard.Not only is timing the market generally foolish by an amateur like you, but youre timing it and hoping that over the next couple days the market stays steady or continues to drop. If youre that good at telling the future... 