![Adobe Portfolio Trader newbie ipit cutloss red port](https://mir-s3-cdn-cf.behance.net/project_modules/max_1200/64a31e58614001.5a02e82333d07.jpg)
*Original post copied from my old blog
April 21, 2016
To ride the bounce or to join the breakout?
I have been trading and studying for the past 4 months now and still ambivalent on which way to go.
To buy the fear or to join the flying gainers?
I had winning trades with the bounce but my curiosity sparks with the breakout.
Here is my current bleeding portfolio:
![Adobe Portfolio Trader newbie ipit cutloss red port](https://mir-s3-cdn-cf.behance.net/project_modules/max_1200/38dc8658614001.5a02e8232e984.jpg)
MCP and SSI trades while attempting to join the fly.
NIKL trade is the hype I was able to buy a year ago while I was still new in trading.
Photo credit: https://i.ytimg.com/vi/wqeZ9C7LbZM/maxresdefault.jpg