What if
we are all not panicking and Big Whales are using this knowledge to
their advantage..
If one day I have open positions full of nothing I will call myself weak hands because I didn't have the courage to sell while I could.
Be rational about the situation and
react appropriately, don't catch fire and panic sell or freeze in place and hold everything religiously. It's easy to do those 2 things.
Be smart and figure out what is the best solution in the current situation.Ends Of The Spectrum
Panic selling ------------------------- Rational decisions ------------------------- Hodling
you dont understand holding paper is irational thinking.You want a paper with a value becasue some secret society members print it and give it to you and tell you this is what it is all about? Paper that is unlimited that is the conpiracy and the weak hands fall for the scam.Bitcoin is the future PERIOD
That sounds outright ridiculous. SolidCoins (or whatever his username pretends to be) gives an accurate description of what people should be doing. As long as your actions have a rational, non-emotional motivation behind them, you are unlikely to go wrong. On the other hand, if the reasons why you are buying/selling are emotionally motivated, you are probably doing something wrong. It is also ignorant at best to say that paper currency is "irrational thinking" and that Bitcoin is the future. Nothing is set in stone. I am a true believer in cryptocurrencies and Bitcoin itself, but that doesn't mean that I think it will be the only currency standing and I would hope no one else thinks so either.
That is the truth here, but if you just have a limited source of income and you are just a beginner then the tendency when the price falls down you tend to panic all the time regardless of they are saying not to, well, it is fine for as long as you will find out one day that you should not panic because you will lose the show.
Thanks btcton for the support, much appreciate that!
I didn't mean that you should hold instead of panic selling, I mean you should take choose positions and close them wisely. Right now I see the early cryptocurrency investor stages:
1. Panic sell. See that it doesn't work.
2. Hodl. Don't have enough patience.
3. Swing trade. Based on FUD and FOMO. Doesn't work.
4. Day trade. Don't know what the hell is happening.
...
n. Successfully taken profits because the trade wasn't based on hype or emotions.
We all live and learn, everyone goes thru the cycle more or less, you can do better if you know what you're doing and use your head, not your greedy heart.
I currently see paper as a better option because it tends to hold it's value and not be so volatile. It doesn't mean I'm anticrypto, not at all - I think this is a means of payment in like 10 years and it will change the banking industry once and for all. Only for now I feel more safe having some cash at the end of the day/week/month whatever. It is still used in every person's day to day life. I want to ask those people that bash dollar or another fiat currency because it's unregulated and unlimited -
What do you use when you buy your apples at the grocery store, huh?