Did you not know what kind of a stock you were buying?? Did you not know how risky these small companies are?? Did you not know that just about 10 out of 10 don't make it, or at least don't make it to what their expectations were/are?? Did you not know how extremely volatile the stock is and always will be??
Sounds like Bernanke didn't either.
That said, for 3 and a half, almost 4 years this has been one of the best trading stocks I've owned. That is how you play penny/pinky stocks. You trade them, sell the peaks, buy the valleys. It's pretty basic actually.