Shady? No way lol. You understand one small part of OTC investing. Most of these companies are smoke and mirrors, and it has very little to do with your success or complete failure in this case. We aren't trading Microsoft here. Most of the companies are going nowhere longterm. I've only been here a few weeks and figured that out. Go trade some big board stocks for awhile and learn. YOU decided to watch your position fade to zero. You had a chance to get out with half or more of you money. I margined Nortel, Ascend and JDSU many years ago. I learned from it. That was a lot of money ago. Take responsibility for your decision, and don't trade OTC until you are ready, and that may be never.