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Thanks for your reply JJG though I only just saw it, I've been neglecting WO thread a little lately , missed many pages. I guess what I described in my previous post was only the kind of 'fiat gateway' part of my system (if it can be called a system). I rarely cash out to fiat unless there is a reason, eg paying for a car or paying off mortgage, extra funds for a holiday, investing in something outside crypto etc. I'm quite frugal and live within my means mostly without needing to cash in any crypto. Those sort of ideas start coming on my radar when bitcoin is on a crazy bull run spike. But my normal state is to HODL and not sell to fiat. I am much more likely to trade between bitcoin and a few other cryptos that I like, mainly Dash. Yes,,Dash sorry. Its a great asset though regardless of bad rep on this thread. As I said I have no stats to know what my dollar cost average is, due to my convoluted trading style. But I do know that I have cashed out more fiat value then I first put in, and my stack in btc terms has grown over that time too.
edit: Just to add in case it wasn't clear, I wouldn't go all into fiat or even some big number as part of my trading strategy, I got into precious metals and cryptos as a way of getting my wealth out of fiat. I might cash out then but then buy gold if I was wanting out of crypto as an example.
Even though I disagree with your apparent upward valuation of Dash, I merited your post because I appreciate that you provide a decent explanation that shows that you are attempting to find decent balances in your own strategy, which would also likely cause you to improve on your approach, from time to time.
Even though on more than one occasion you mentioned that you don't have accurate numbers regarding your own profit level(s), I would suggest for your own good (rather than merely to boast about your profits, or lack thereof) that you would attempt to figure out whether there are ways for you to calculate your own numbers (whether on pieces of paper or on an excel spreadsheet), because one way to better understand the effectiveness (or lack thereof) of your own approach is to attempt to figure out how profitable it is as compared to other approaches that you might have taken or could take.
Of course, there are likely ways that you can keep your calculations completely private or even to provide misleading numbers to anyone who might look at your numbers, but likely for your own attempts at self-improvement, it remains better to attempt to narrow in on some of your number particulars. For example, there have been times in which I have engaged in various trades, but my record keeping during that time was not very good; however when I went back to retroactively construct my records, I used various forms of approximation to attempt to accurately calculate what I actually did in order that I would be more clear in my own understanding of the effectiveness (or lack of effectiveness) of my system.
