Title: Why do so many people refuse to sell losing coins? Post by: sdmathis on May 17, 2015, 01:24:28 PM Why do so many people refuse to sell a coin that's consistantly losing money when they bought it at a high price, yet they would have no problem selling it if they bought it at a lower price? It shouldn't matter one way or another what one paid for the coin. After all, a dog is a dog no matter what it costs. Any ideas?
Title: Re: Why do so many people refuse to sell losing coins? Post by: Sythyn on May 17, 2015, 01:25:34 PM you already made this thread?
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1059045.0 ??? Title: Re: Why do so many people refuse to sell losing coins? Post by: JackRipper on May 17, 2015, 01:29:32 PM Behavioral Economists call it loss aversion. They are afraid of losing money and believe that it's not a loss until they sell. Of course the whole idea of it not being a loss until they sell is redicilous, but selling does lock in their loss, and they are desperately hoping got a recovery.
Title: Re: Why do so many people refuse to sell losing coins? Post by: sdmathis on May 17, 2015, 01:31:31 PM you already made this thread? https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1059045.0 ??? That's a different question. Title: Re: Why do so many people refuse to sell losing coins? Post by: TaunSew on May 17, 2015, 02:17:31 PM The lesson here is don't buy high - guy before you sleeps sound at night while you sweat.
Title: Re: Why do so many people refuse to sell losing coins? Post by: TheMystic on May 17, 2015, 03:03:51 PM The lesson here is don't buy high - guy before you sleeps sound at night while you sweat. Most people seem to think that prices are going to continue to rise, especially when a coin is being pumped. Title: Re: Why do so many people refuse to sell losing coins? Post by: MicroGuy on May 17, 2015, 04:06:19 PM Why do so many people refuse to sell a coin that's consistently losing money when they bought it at a high price, yet they would have no problem selling it if they bought it at a lower price? It shouldn't matter one way or another what one paid for the coin. After all, a dog is a dog no matter what it costs. Any ideas? The behavior of the market is driven by the many egos of its participants. Decisions, both buying and selling, are most often times fear-based. Any time anyone does anything, it is because they think it will make them feel better (pain avoidance). If someone refuses to sell a coin for the reasons stated, it's to protect the ego from the possibility of loss/pain; loss of investment, feeling stupid, loss from missing a potential price rebound, etc., etc.. Title: Re: Why do so many people refuse to sell losing coins? Post by: sdmathis on May 17, 2015, 04:53:53 PM Why do so many people refuse to sell a coin that's consistently losing money when they bought it at a high price, yet they would have no problem selling it if they bought it at a lower price? It shouldn't matter one way or another what one paid for the coin. After all, a dog is a dog no matter what it costs. Any ideas? The behavior of the market is driven by the many egos of its participants. Decisions, both buying and selling, are most often times fear-based. Any time anyone does anything, it is because they think it will make them feel better (pain avoidance). If someone refuses to sell a coin for the reasons stated, it's to protect the ego from the possibility of loss/pain; loss of investment, feeling stupid, loss from missing a potential price rebound, etc., etc.. I think you're really on to something there. A lot of people blame everything on greed when fear seems to be the motivating factor much more than greed does. Title: Re: Why do so many people refuse to sell losing coins? Post by: Troonetpt on May 18, 2015, 04:29:50 AM Why do so many people refuse to sell a coin that's consistantly losing money when they bought it at a high price, yet they would have no problem selling it if they bought it at a lower price? It shouldn't matter one way or another what one paid for the coin. After all, a dog is a dog no matter what it costs. Any ideas? Hope, people buy in a high price will don't want to sell at very low price, you have the coin , you still have the chance.Title: Re: Why do so many people refuse to sell losing coins? Post by: SimonCrypto on May 18, 2015, 07:54:57 AM because even if you sell you make next to nothing. You just hold and hope someone pumps it. XSI baby! can anyone say 30 sats?? ahahahahahahahahaha
Title: Re: Why do so many people refuse to sell losing coins? Post by: jacktheking on May 18, 2015, 07:59:05 AM I bought some coin because there was huge pump. I always forgot to sell them when it was pumped higher. Not I refuse but I forgot to sell! :/.
Title: Re: Why do so many people refuse to sell losing coins? Post by: damashup on May 18, 2015, 01:21:23 PM Implicit in the OP question is that there is someone willing to BUY!
So the real question is: why do so many choose to buy "losing" coins? Title: Re: Why do so many people refuse to sell losing coins? Post by: shogun47 on May 18, 2015, 01:43:43 PM Yeah there are bag holders for a reason. They hold their coins waiting on a positive valuation that they can then sell them on at a profit or lessor loss.
Title: Re: Why do so many people refuse to sell losing coins? Post by: trotter55 on May 18, 2015, 02:51:09 PM There are always people who buy a tiny amount of an alt coin and hold it when it crashes because they cannot be bothered dumping it for a few cents. Thousands of those people cumulatively hold a large percentage of the distribution.
Title: Re: Why do so many people refuse to sell losing coins? Post by: shanem on May 18, 2015, 03:05:50 PM Their loss is already too big to sell. It might be more worthwhile to hold them and see what will happen.
Even if they sell, they already lost a huge part of the capital. Title: Re: Why do so many people refuse to sell losing coins? Post by: Snail2 on May 18, 2015, 03:27:11 PM Hope dies last. Until they have those coins there's always hope for minimizing losses, or even make some profit. In most cases it's a false hope, but still hope.
Title: Re: Why do so many people refuse to sell losing coins? Post by: Demille on May 18, 2015, 03:59:02 PM Why do so many people refuse to sell a coin that's consistantly losing money when they bought it at a high price, yet they would have no problem selling it if they bought it at a lower price? It shouldn't matter one way or another what one paid for the coin. After all, a dog is a dog no matter what it costs. Any ideas? Because they're stubbornly holding on to it in the hope that they can recoup their money but the best practice would just be to let it go and recoup what you can. Alt coiners will never learn, though. Title: Re: Why do so many people refuse to sell losing coins? Post by: username18333 on May 19, 2015, 03:52:10 AM I think you're really on to something there. A lot of people blame everything on greed when fear seems to be the motivating factor much more than greed does. Quote from: David Konstan. “Epicurus.” The Metaphysics Research Lab, 2014. Web. 22 Feb. 2015. <http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/epicurus>. [Epicurus (341–270 BCE)] regarded the unacknowledged fear of death and punishment as the primary cause of anxiety among human beings, and anxiety in turn as the source of extreme and irrational desires. |