Upon and examination of a 5 or 10 or 20 year S&P 500 chart I understand why my financial professionals advised a hold strategy during any down periods (2008) given the amount of years I had left to earn and invest. They also had a plan on how to optimize the amount of risk my portfolio was taking on or off as time passed. In trading the time functions condense; while successful trading shares a foundation of managing risk with investing, it adds leverage, and emotions to mix. The Large SPX500 Diamond from June created a disturbance in the force....