Charting 101: If I Knew Then What I Know Now

I remember my first encounter with a stock chart. We are talking years back, in the early to mid 2000s. I had received a tip from a “buddy” to buy a certain junior mining stock. The tip had all the usual ingredients to get my heart pounding and my wallet emptied. Promises of the next great gold mine, 100% upside from here, “your still early” comments etc etc. I could barely contain the excitement as I gathered funds to buy the sure thing! The urgency that my buddy had instilled in me was…