That is a lesson I learned hard several times. I did it the first run with ALKM when it went to from trip 3 to .0028. It was several other stocks that beat the lesson into however. The shares I hold here are all already paid for, and I'm set to buy a bunch more if it hits trip 5. The reverse split might have to happen, but it won't until they exhaust all the remaining shares, which will take a good while in relation to the timeline they have recently released shares. Even if it did they are a company that could clearly benefit from one if it coincided with their uplisting plans. I am super confident it will spike again or I would have ditched it all a long time ago, and I wouldn't have orders in for more. You have to take profits/costs in these markets when they get there. Setting a realistic goal and sticking to it will serve you well, but I am breaking my own rule with Alkame because I am that confident in them. Lots of the OTC stocks I have invested in I sold completely, but of the couple hundred or so I have researched these guys have the highest potential return I can see in the cannabis market, and I have held a lot more of their shares than any other stock I own.
Good luck to you brother and Peace to All.
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