every newbie to bitcoin has to realize that we take part in an experiment whose outcome lays in the future 5 to 10 years.
it's not about the quick buck.
What you describe has little to do with bitcoins, and everything to do with normal investment and non speculation commodity trading.
Really, it is common sense. As for the OP, silly person should have been buying at $77 per, and paying closer attention. But attempting to "daytrade" over the internet at this point with all the DDOS's happening is a recipe for suicide.