OH MY GOD!!!! Are you writing my story or what?!?!?!?!? My situation is so similar to what you describe other than what pushed me into trying to start trading in the first place was an act of desperation from a horrific tragedy. Then on top of all the mess from the tragedy, I compounded it all with HUGE financial losses. I put my first trades in, in March of 2000, LOL. I finally took a breather about a year ago. I could not seem to ever buy into a stock that would not drop precipitously virtually MINUTES after I bought in, some even within seconds. No kidding! And the reverse was very frequently true when I finally decided to sell a take the losses - up, up ,UP the stock would go, almost immediately.
When looking at the bigger picture; notice March of 2000 is when the markets started tanking so badly and about 9 months ago is when they had some semblance of recovery. I get in in March 2000, wait for years for them to recover a little and finally cannot take it any more and get out, RIGHT BEFORE THEY MAKE A NICE RECOVERY!!! It is so sad it is comical, LOL. This is a PERFECT example of how my timing has been - get the picture?
I'm sure hoping this great gang here can work some of their magic for me and I can finally figure out how to make some more appropriate trading decisions. I love this way of making a living but, BOY, DO I NEED HELP! As it stands from my past history, if you see me get in a stock, your best bet is to exit and vice versa. My trades are the best indicator you could find for a run, lol.
