Joab - you are in the denial stage, you have a ways to go.
Denial (this isn't happening to me!)
Anger (why is this happening to me?)
Bargaining (I promise I'll be a better person if...)
Depression (I don't care anymore)
Acceptance (I'm ready for whatever comes)
Joab, you're just getting a lesson in how markets discount future events. It happens a lot in all sorts of market. You'll get it, eventually. Although you seem to have a lot of self delusion which may hold you back temporarily. Don't give up.
Of course he will find a market for it, no doubt about that.
"Why trade OPM if you can get triple digit returns on your own."
Cause 2 and 20% on hundreds of millions is a tidy sum.