That's the problem, Cat. You put your money into this, took all the risk, suffered for years and exit with a small gain feeling pretty happy that your got your money back! The next guy buying your shares receives the pay out. No one said investing was fair.
Cannot help thinking about CC said years gone by. You might remember better than me. He was talking about investor turnover and how investors come and go. That those say get in at $2 and sell at $5. These new investors then sell at higher levels and so on. He had it right but reversed, buy at $2 and sell at $.5
Another thing you have to look at. How many hours of your life has been spend on PTK. For me too many! Sad.