Any "trading" requires a purchase, or investment, into a corrupt ecosystem with extra trading costs. Don't try to dazzle people with a personal, imaginary definition to prove a point.
Investments can be long term or short term.
A lot of idiots also made a lot of money playing slots over the last few years. Don't ask for a resource; it's not exactly a scholarly subject.
Warren Buffett made exactly zero of his fortune on the OTC.And many other investors will not touch the crap. They aren't idiots.
All OTC stocks are just as shady as pinks. Some are fooled by the "higher tiers" which don't necessarily mean the company is any more legitimate. It's just another method of scamming idiots.
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