Dear Me, 

Way back in 1792, a group of 24 guys set up shop and started trading what was mainly governmental securities. In 1817, they went legit and the NYSE was born. Since then, the stock market has grown in ways our ancestors probably wouldn't comprehend. There have been times when the market has soared, and horrible periods of downfall. This ebb and flow has since repeated hundreds of times. 

That's right, trading has been going through the same motions for over 200 years. So when you see what appears to be everyone and their brother talking about how holding "$XXXX stock is a guaranteed ticket to a once in a lifetime trading opportunity", PLEASE recognize what an absolute load of shit they're spewing. Understand that their efforts are probably a result of an epic fuckup which became a sorry attempt at a one man pump and dump. 

(Not that kind, get your head out of the gutter.)

Trading can be as difficult, or as fun as you make it. If you study, or should I say, if you KEEP studying, stay humble about your utter insignificance in the overall market, you will see that the pressure you put on yourself to catch these wicked-ahhsome trades is unnecessary. Do your due diligence, recognize that the stock market will be here loooooooooooooooong after you're gone just like it was here loooooooooooooooong before you arrived and stop letting idiot dumb-dumb poopie heads convince you this one particular supernova "will NEVER happen again". I promise you it will, and I promise you'll be ready when it does. 

 

Be less dumb tomorrow, 

Me