nice pontiac fishing on a rainy day I see some times that's when you catch the biggest fish.
I surf, and do ocean kayaking, learned through just doing over and over with alot of wipeouts but minimal damage a couple stitches when a novice surfer hit me in the head. white water kayaking requires training and protective gear. When I joined egmi I thought I was learning how to surf, apparently I am white water kayaking. Just means the learning curve got steeper but that is an opportunity to step up or a good learning experience.
Only way to loose is if choose to walk away and blame it on someone else. Own your decisions and learn that is all you can do. In the end you will be better for it win or loss of $.
Pontiac you in gold? I have 50% margin with gold miner currently ( with tight stop loss ) I bought on fridays dip and it has build momentum since. Pennies should have bounce too.