people need to learn trading psychology..
EG April
= financial year end/start
november december = sell off to get presents and gifts ready for christmas.
and then if you check every month inbetween, the first week of every month there are mini ramps and dumps, this is 'pay day' and store restock days (most probably)
theres a pattern to this in every market. so dont panic next time
Yup.
End of December to summer vacation booking profit-taking is
generally the best time of the year to
buy hold anything.
Edit: That should be hold. You want to accumulate in the fall while people are dumping for Christmas then hold until spring or early summer.