so $4 isn't much and yes I'm just a student , I asked for an advice here so I would know what to do if it was more money that's all and for god sake I'm still learning don't be harsh on me
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Edit: as a student I live with 3 other students in a rented room ,and I can manage to live on $4 for two days with two meals every day ,so yeah.
As a fellow broke-ass student, I'll share the two most important pieces of information I've learned so far:
1. Don't take anyone's word as truth - form your own conclusion after lots of research (you seem to understand this already
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). By blinding following someone's advice, you could unknowingly be giving
them all your money.
2. Only trade/buy/sell what you can afford to lose
I also put $50 into BTC when I had the money. Shortly afterwards, I was injured and couldn't work, so I had to take it back out and convert into fiat (luckily I made $1 off the investment instead of losing anything). I did keep $5 of that $51 in BTC, bought some altcoin, did research, mined what I could, did more research, traded, did more research, and lost a lot because I didn't do enough research. But now that $5 is $15 (was $20 at LTC peak)!
Either I lose it all and cope with the loss of $5 - or I play my cards right and continue to profit!!!
By the way - to answer your question, I would hold (unless you really need the money for school). When it comes to this market, history tends to repeat itself, in terms of highs and lows...