I really should have sold my holdings when they were at their high but i didn’t. too optimistic of the market clouded my judgement. now with the prices like this, I’d probably need a long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long time to recover. Lady Luck please please please please please please please be with me.

Be as rational as possible when investing short term. To protect oneself, only buy on weakness. Split the purchase into 3 or 4 tranches so that if the share price continues to drop, we can buy and average down the cost price. Try not to be overly concerned with price drops as these fluctuations typically suggest that the market participants are active on this counter.