I suspect, however, that those who have listened to your market concerns and who play both long and short, haven't fared nearly as well....<<<<
All veteran market traders and timers have good and bad cycles,
there is no black box or magic Zeev trading machine for speculators,
the only greater fools in the market are the ones that hand their decision making process over to someone else and then blame them for not being right, nobody should hand their decision making process over to somebody in a chat room,
now if you want to hand your money and decision making process over to a guy like Warren Buffet, who has a huge lt track record, that's different.