the 1st rule of stock market: expect the unexpected.

Your decision was correct. The underlying factors are not there, such as the unemployment is still rising, and the factory orders are declining. I think the market is hyper at the moment. There is a contraction following, I think, (rule number 1 again.)

A profit is a profit, right? Almost all long term players have/will lost/lose money. Rule number 2: don't be greedy.

Here are the pennies of mine.