Typical newbie trading. Buy momo stocks and believe they can only go up.
When they go down average down and convince self there will be a rebound - soon!
Market doesn't rebound and miffed trader realizes account gains won't be recouped for a while.
Then trader starts buying call options on said stocks thinking we can make $$$ back quicker - figuring the stocks have to rebound at some point in the next month.
Now that the calls are chalked up as losers - StckTrd3R buys more calls at a lower strike price.
The surest way to give back ALL the previous gains made and perhaps now be LOSING money.
All this when a good trader could have sold into strength and/or limited losses at the beginning of the pullback.
Still think corrections are a historical anomaly whose place is deserving for the rear view mirror? Still think AAPL/GOOG/BIDU/RIMM/AMZN/FXI HAVE to still go up - despite the market????
Well for now the bulls can hope there is a sliver of a silver lining in the Fed minutes, that shorts cover and rally has staying power.
But like I told you before, it takes time for said stocks to begin building new bases before further gains willl stick.
pS
