" . . . in the trading aspect of it."
You've hit the nail right on the head, and it's why I and "most" of the "faithful 50" have been trying to educate everyone concerning ETIM. We are still inundated with "traders" and others who simply view ETIM as a trading stock. And I'd be lying if I told you I felt bad for the traders today because they did not have a chance to flip more stock at a higher price. I can't wait until the day -- and IT IS COMING, LIKE IT OR NOT -- when the fluctuations will be smaller and smaller, and the larger day gains will NOT be followed so much with sell-offs that encourage traders. I LOVE IT when the pattern of the stock movement not only confuses traders, but makes them lose money when they try to trade it.
The "faithful 50" would like to see ETIM lose all appeal to traders and be replaced with thousands of new, long-term investors taking out large chunks of the float for years to come. I've heard a few say or imply that we need to attract the trading crowd to get the price up. I say that's baloney. We need ETIM to deliver licenses, sales, growth, and they will automatically receive plenty of free national and world exposure. Once our "faithful 50" becomes a "faithful 100" and then a "faithful 200," we will own the float, and when the current alliances and future sales justify a shares price of .10 and then .25, a whole new group of "investors" -- not traders -- will have ETIM show up in their view, and they will then consider investing, whereas they would not at this moment in time.
I understand the traders don't believe any of this will happen, and that's fine. It doesn't matter what they or I believe. It matters what ETIM does and the reactions of the public to their concept and business model. The real story will then play out no matter what.
Would a .008 made me feel better looking at my account today? Sure. But not if it automatically means a traders' sell-off back to .0045 and then a repeat of the whole process ad infinitum. I'd much rather see 10% gains weekly that hold tighter and tighter, so traders take a 20% gain, sell, and then never see a drop that encourages them to get back in again. Although, with the right news, we might just have a 100-200% gain that makes us lose a ton of the traders in a much shorter time frame, but the news will tell enough of the future story, that enough of the new buyers will be convinced just enough, as we are, to hold for a much longer term, so we accomplish the same thing -- getting rid of traders and replacing them with investors. The traders can keep laughing and making their comparisons and implications and doing their best to keep ETIM as a pinky vehicle plaything for themselves as long as they want. The "faithful 50" (and growing) will just keep soaking up more and more shares little by little that will make their job more and more difficult.
Today was simply another step in the right direction for those who want (and have the ability) to see the big picture going forward instead of focusing on what many Americans are known for (and especially traders in this arena) -- instant gratification and no concern for the future. Disregard for the future where ETIM is concerned will one day cost the short-sighted people vast amounts of money -- and I couldn't be happier about that.
