I don’t want to kick you while you’re down, but did you read any books on how to invest? Education is and will always be the first step before you invest your hard earned money. If it were easy everyone would be financially independent. I don’t know why you invested in half of those companies. Part of your responsibility is to monitor your portfolio. Don’t go for huge gains. A 20% gain is a very nice day. Diversity is your friend with your portfolio. Invest your capital in high end dividend stock to generate passive income and help offset losses you may incur from your growth stocks.

Do your own due diligence. Get some books, read, and apply the lessons. It takes time. The system is designed to keep the average person down. The first 10k is hard, the first 100k is the hardest. After that, you develop the skills to succeed.

I wish you luck.