Some things I have finally mastered. #1 Not trying to catch "falling knives" #2 Selling and locking in profit rather than watching my stock fall back down and giving away all of my profit and then some. #3 No matter how hot a stock is running I watch it trade for a couple of minutes before I buy at the very least. #4 I rarely play pennies (OTC's or NYSE in the pennies) unless I can watch them and not at work #5 Trying to buy more actual stocks and less options (the expirations and decay were killing me) #6 Not trying to go against the trend LOL.