TRTC

Terra Tech (TRTC) is one of my most favorite mistakes. I invested $1,000 many years ago into this company with the hopes of it turning my investment into more green dollars, if you will. Did it do that? Not at all; it’s been my biggest loser to date and ever. My investment went up in a cloud of smoke. I bought over 200 shares of TRTC for about $5 back on January 18, 2018. Since that time, I’ve watched it sell off, undergo reverse stock splits twice, and rebrand itself at least once. Now I have only 2 lousy shares left that I paid close to $500 per share. LOL. ...

I invested in Terra Tech Corp (TRTC) back in January 2018. Marijuana / Cannabis type stocks were making big moves back then and this company looked like it would capitalize on it. At the time it was trading around the $4 to $5 range and I picked up 200+ shares of it for about $4.82. Since then I watched it do a reverse stock split and get put on the Pink Sheets. I should’ve sold but I felt that pot stocks are a long term play as America finally get’s their shit together and legalizes it. Still, it hurts a little watching this stock slip into oblivion. This is a classic case of letting my feelings for a better future interfere with what the market tells me. ...

Identifying stock market trends is like eating and drinking the Zeitgeist. It has to be inside you to understand it. You have to be social, go outside, go to parties, etc. If you’re not “hip” then you’ll never see emerging trends until they’re already established. Then it’s a matter of chasing their coattails and riding them for a bit. Years ago Howie had a great tag-line for his blog, it was “Trends… Find them, ride them and get off.” I thought that was a great way to frame the problem and represent one way to generate “alpha” for the short term. Get in on a trend before it takes off and then ride it up (or down). The next trick is getting out, as Howie so eloquently puts it, “ride them and get off.” ...