Spoken like a trader, glty.
Now for the reality; most PROFESSIONAL traders lose money-why? because virtually every stock's appreciation, no matter the exchange, is accounted for by a few major moves, spikes,that take place quickly and w/o warning. The LT investors benefit, the traders have to be back in to benefit and mostly are NOT.
Remember if Xgem(lsd) goes from .0215 to .043 then the flipper has to re-commit his entire capital to buy only 1/2 the shares.
Talk about dilution-self inflicted.