Journal of a Professional Irish Gambler

I am scared by what may happen this evening. I am short all my portfolio on RIMM and they are about to announce after market cloe their results for this quarter. By tomorrow I could be a lot poorer or a lot richer on paper. But all my indicators tell me I am right to be shorton the market. The question is , ´have I picked the right stock to short?´ Whatever happens I will remember to let the feeling of success affect me more than any feeling of failure. I am becoming less and less addicted to the adrenaline of a failure. RIMM has tanked fifteen per cent. I am successful. I am in the money. Despite NASDAQ going up last week RIMM went down. I have had a great week. I want the adrenaline buzz of this success to last and last and last. I love it. I am becoming addicted to success. I want more success. I want to short it again and again. If Nasdaq dips down below the fifty day moving average again. I will double up my bet and short RIMM again for six weeks. If Nasdaq rises I will go ...