Ouch! My apple was rotten!

Contrary to most people today, I bought before yesterday's WWDC at a pretty high price, and sold too early when it fell huge, before the main rise today. Loss of 550 USD, but I take this as an opportunity for reflection. (And if you're wondering, yes, I managed to recover my losses using other investments in the same period of time.)

This is indeed unfortunate timing (and I recognize it will not be the last) but a lesson learned is to ignore all the Chinese commentary bots and a self-reminder to keep emotions in check during trading! What could have been +1400 was instead -550!

More importantly, if I believe a stock will rise (and I found that my guesses are usually 80-90% correct), I should HOLD for dear life even if they fall for a few days. It always bounces back humongously, such as CRM where once again I had lost, a -800 usd when it could have been a +1800 usd. That being said, what if I am wrong? I realise the need to use STOP losses and other similar tools.

Anyway, as we are not time travellers, we won't know the future, so it is important to indulge in the present and not think too far, nor too much.

Thanks for taking the time to read, and as usual, may the markets be in our favor.