Time to get some momentum

Long time reader, 1st time poster. Some stocks are just born losers. A workmate 6 weeks ago, told me to invest in one of these 3 pot stocks, ac8, mmj or mxc. He told me his stockbroker has gone all in on the 1st 2, he changed his mind on mxc when it went into a trading halt back march 19th. Because it was only 8 cents, i thought it would have the most scope to rise. Purchased at 8 and stand down 25%. Could have been up 75% on mmj in 2 weeks, if i had of bought it. My workmate bought into ac8 and mmj, but did not buy into mxc. Remember zld went into a trading halt the day after mxc. Both did basically a capital raising, but due to a broker recommendation, zld doubled in price in 3 weeks. I bought this stock to make a quick kill, now i will have to hold like others. This stock reminds me of integrated workforce which i bought many moons ago at 1.08. My friend at the time, was doing computer work for a broker, who said" skilled engineering". It was 75 cents at the time, but had a higher p/e ratio at the time, compared with "iwf". I watched skilled go from 75 cents to about 2.50 while "iwf" went from 1.08 to 1.22. I hope mxc isnt another "iwf"