itza, you are not "trading them differently" but simply removing
risk, YOUR CAPITAL, from the equation.
That is all anyone here is trying to tell you. It is not anything
more than taking risk out of a very risky investment vehicle here
with penny stock equities.
If your friend then hit on one of his scratch off's, would he then
have doubled down? Using the same logic he applied in his first
action, the answer would like be yes.
Well, found money or not, some investors here are saying take out
your seed money (capital preservation is KING) & then keep/put the
"free money" (earnings, winnings, or shares-- or some portion
thereof) back in play!! But, capital preservation & "greed
management" is what some folks are after by riding free shares
imhv.