"call to arms" Where does this pseudo morality come from in trading in a market? Why is it OK for you to make money because you bet on a stock price to go up as opposed to traders who make money based on the underlying assumptions of the buyers being unsound? A binary event play, pharmaceutical, technological, whatever is the most unsoud risky investment there is. The odds that the stock will crash after a run up on speculation are like shooting fish in a barrel. Did someone force you into that barrel? It's a market, it goes up and it goes down. If you buy something based on popular opinion without real experience trading in markets 90% of the time you will lose. If a company makes unsound decisions and loses accordingly should someone prop it up? If you make unsound decisions and lose accordingly should someone prop you up? If you think yes you are in the wrong game. IMHO