campusglass: I hope. My stomachs in my throat from today

anonymous#12: Put tight stops on your shorts. I lost today, but this month has been one of the best of my life.

campusglass: I shudve. I didnt. Now i dont have much of a choice but to hold em and hope they workout. Down to the point that if i sell im out of mkt

campusglass: small money sucks losing 20% makes me to small to trade at all.

campusglass: then again. I lose under2 gs. Most ppl here can make or lose that in an hour.

dak269: Chasing me out of ATML in a hurry, that's for sure. Fidelity likes that! :P

John Rayhall: I dunno I still after 6 years of trading my own portfolio am still more comfortable being long it's easier to manage and you know your

Youngone91: learn to cut your losses better

John Rayhall: stock can only go to 0. Also I guess it suits my personality as I am a glass half full kinda person. mkt is going to sell off again u know

John Rayhall: that stick with your convictions.

campusglass: Thanks youngone GREAT ADVICE. fucking monday morning quarterback over here. Sorry im grumpy.

campusglass: Actually tahnks to all of you. the ppl on here taught me alot. And make losing less miserable.

campusglass: as a sub 5k portfolio its more to learn, but itd be nice to be a winner too.

John Rayhall: Gotta start somewhere. When I was in college I def did not have any money saved to trade so kudos to you! :)

Youngone91: haha sorry dude i got burned a little by tvix too, bought in at 43 had to sell at 39

JCH57: You should see some of the bad calls I've made this year. But so far riding them out has made me money, selling early has lost money.

JCH57: The trick is to know when to ride it out, and when to eat the loss and move on. That just comes from time and hard knocks.

Josh Krause: Selling early has lost me more money than I can rightly think about without crying inside. Holding my puts through this BS rally.

campusglass: Im trying to close my eyes and let the mkt do its thing. Might sleep late tomorrow. Give my head time to clear start trading at noon or

campusglass: something. losing 20% in like 30 hours is killing me.

campusglass: I know that my money seems small, but the idea of NOT BEING ABLE TO TRADE is my biggest fear.

campusglass: I love the mkt, love following it, and would hate to do an IQ7 and capitulate

John Rayhall: Did you have any hedges or you were all short?

JCH57: Drinking heavily helps a lot.

brownlee30: The bottle of Grey Goose or kettle one will be tipped at my house tonight..

diepwjulius: At least you guys trade, I'm a buy and hold pussy. 6% year for me (div/distributions), nothing but junk bonds and pipelines.

diepwjulius: Flat on cap. gains b/c of garbage like TEVA and GLW (down HUGE on both)