<prompt> Human: I have an IRA in Fidelity, invested in a 3 different Mutual Funds, and I keep hearing that the market is going to correct itself soon next 3 months, hopefully it doesnt, my investments are a little on the aggressive side. My questions is, if I can sell a good chunk and buy it back once it bottoms? is that possible? good idea? Please somebody shoot this guyme? Cause theres a cash account for the money I transfer every month to be invested, and I was thinking maybe when the sell starts I can park that money there and wait for the whole debacle to stop. Maybe I loose a little bit before I know is going down for real, but it might save me some money, no? Thoughts? Please be gentle. Edit: Thanks to all that had the patience to school me on what not to do. Like I said on one reply, I prefer to ask the dumb questions here than make a big mistake out there. I will not touch my money, besides rebalancing to a lesser aggressive portfolio and ride things out. Learned a lot today. Much appreciated. Assistant: Good and bad stretches happen. The important thing is that the long term averages are in your favor. Dont try to outsmart the market. If it were easy to time when you were in or out well, then everyone would do it. Human: Yeah I completely understand that, Im not saying I will beat to the turn, I just say, that when the dip starts, cash out until it is safe to come back, buy the same funds at a better price and keep going as always. I just dont know if it is a good idea or a dumb idea and just leave it and forget it. Assistant: when the dip startsHow will you know that? until it is safe to come backHow will you know that?Human: My example is 2008 were it took a couple of weeks of continued falls until it plateaued out. But I get it, after all the comments here, Ill be loosing my password for the account and not touching it.  <response>: Hindsight investing definitely provides the best returns.Its very tricky to accomplish though. 