---
id: "quote-good-bad-strategies"
type: "quote"
source_timestamps: ["00:08:57"]
tags: ["investing-mindset", "strategy"]
related: ["concept-debasement-trade"]
speakers: ["Mark Moss"]
speaker: "Mark Moss"
quote: "There's no such thing as good and bad timing, there's good and bad strategies."
sources: ["markmoss"]
sourceVaultSlug: "mark-moss-debasement-trade-bitcoin-2026Jun25"
originDay: 5
---
# Good vs. Bad Strategies

## Quote

> *'There's no such thing as good and bad timing, there's good and bad strategies.'* — [[entity-mark-moss]]

## Context

Moss delivers this in response to the perennial market-timing question. He emphasizes that market conditions themselves are neutral — what matters is the investor's **strategic framework**. A bad strategy will lose money in any market; a good strategy (such as the [[concept-debasement-trade]]) is robust across cycles because it is grounded in **structural realities** rather than tactical predictions.

## Implication

The quote underpins Moss's preference for **long-duration positioning** in scarce assets over tactical trading. It is also why he is willing to apply an aggressive [[concept-50-percent-hurdle-rate]] — the discipline is the strategy, not the timing.