*Doing* something teaches you far more than most books ever could.
Exactly, but you need a trigger
It seems you really can't be too pessimistic in this market. Day traders must be making bank. Which pisses me off to no end.
*Rosewater contemplates a fresh breakdown*
Possibly to make you feel better, none of my buy orders are even being triggered by these mediocre bullshit price moves in the past couple of days. We need BIGGER price moves for my orders to trigger, whether buying or selling... I will admit that I had orders filling down to $5,777 and some sell orders triggering up to $7k.. but in recent days, NADA... and I don't give a ratt's ass either way, because part of the trick is to attempt to set your orders in such a way that it does not really matter to you too much. Of course, overall, I make more money when my orders are triggering... but I am o.k. when they are NOT too...
Also, overall, I am more happy if the BTC price goes up rather than down (and kind of assuming that in the long run - even 5-10 years that BTC prices are going up), but at the same time, surely can live with a kind of out of my own control happening that BTC prices go down into the doldrums for a period of time (hoping that no, but o.k. if such negative BTC price performance happens to happen).
So, likely if