I Bought Every Dip… Until I Went Broke

How Losing Everything in 2008 Taught Me to Stop Buying Weakness and Start Following Strength

The first time I opened a brokerage account, I didn’t know what the hell relative strength was.

I just bought dips.

In 2008…

And like clockwork, the market kept falling... and I lost everything in that little account.

Every damn dollar.

I remember thinking, “How do people actually learn to trade? Is this even possible?”

It felt impossible at the time. But de…