This Italian heritage has come up before on this board, there are Many Italians who own MRKR.
The only way we get screwed is to sell out.
Solution to that is easy - Don't Sell Out.
Next time it's pushing $6 (yes, it will happen), I will sell about half of my recent buys and add the rest to the core long term holdings.
It's just, be patient and dollar cost average down, works just about every time.