How to actually trade stock sentiment (without being exit liquidity)

Most retail traders think "social sentiment" just means buying whatever stock is getting spammed on Reddit or Twitter. Doing that usually means you're buying the exact top. If you want to use sentiment as a reliable leading indicator, you need to combine it with fundamental news and chart data to look for Divergence: The Setup: Find a stock where the price trend is flat or consolidating, but its social volume and media/news sentiment are quietly climbing. The Catalyst: This tells you a new narra