35% in my pocket
If you talk about fiat, it's in the pocket of whoever controls the fiat system - bankers. Render unto Caesar, you know. Meaning you have no profit, they are letting you use their money and can apply whatever rules they want. Too premature to talk about profits under such conditions.
My question, what did you take profits in?
If you took profit in BTC, well, you took a chance, this is a calculated risk. It's statistically more profitable to buy and hold for 99% of crypto investors than to try to time the market. If you're that 1% that can time the market and switch between crypto coins perfectly, I'd be surprised.
But you said you sold ~12 days ago, about the price level Ardor is now, didn't you. After that Ardor went up another 50%. It's all your word - I can't verify it, I can only check the date of your claim (May 14th), but that's what you said when you said it. Meaning that the price is back to where you sold it 12 days ago. Now if you waited 12 days and sold yesterday, you'd have a profit in BTC that was accrued over the last 12 days. But since you ejaculated your Ardor prematurely 12 days ago, you're back to how much everyone else has who simply bought and held through ups and downs. So, I am not really sure about your skills to time the market, you look to me like an average hit and miss trader, mostly miss
Well no. As usual you are mistaken. As I posted I pocketed 35% gains (BTC , as stated, plus what the BTC gained since I purchased the ARDR originally --- part of it was free actually). And I sold at 4444 and 4777 the whole lot. Admittedly, and as usual, I left the "last dollar" on the table but as stated then, i was certain I'd be able to purchase it back significantly under those prices. So, even if I held my BTC -which I did not- and even after the 25% "loss" of today in BTC, I could purchase the same amount of ARDR that I sold, keep my 35% and still have spare change in significant amounts. AND that is not counting that it will continue to go lower as I start testing the waters for a re-entry.
But if you say that it is a sounder policy to just hold, then I have nothing else to say. It is a bit like saying "many-fold", you know...
In one aspect you are right though: I tend the "ejaculate" somewhat early and leave the last dollar for others.