Not sure what you mean exactly and why you quoted my post. But I'll reply anyway:
Too many people here let their emotions get the best out of themselves and missed the opportunities to make short term trades. To get back to what you wrote, it is indeed obvious that it was possible to make money in August, price went around $6000 at some point and gained almost 20% if you consider the price on August 31.
Too many have unrealistic expectations, that's why we read a lot of negative posts around here. It's only your own fault if you bought at the worst time, by that I mean that usually when everyone is getting excited and the price is going up like crazy, it's time to sell, not to buy... this has proved to be a winning strategy a hundred of times before.
Yeah, I've been accused of that in my small circles, who know I simply don't trade beyond my need to pay bills and/or collect funding for some other venture. Whatever Bitcoin I don't set aside for spending and using, I simply hold, so yes, I've missed out on multiple opportunities to sell high buy low... but I'm comfortable with that.
It's always easier to look back on how markets performed, but trading for me is all about setting objectives and having the discipline to stick to them. So if stops keep making people lose money, they just have to stick to it if that's the strategy and decisions they arrived at after research.
But you're also right, too much negativity - and too much impossible optimism at times.
