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FOMO - Fear of missing out.

For me, it was actually this year. I actually looked for a $pepe coin around January, because of my love for Pepe Lore memes and couldn’t find anything. Now I missed out on a meme coin of a lifetime.

That's not fear of missing out if you didn't buy any PEPE coin after the pump. FOMO becomes much more meaningful if a trader rushes to buy a coin at the top after the pump and then, shortly afterward, the coins dumps.

But then, there are still more opportunities out there, don't focus and regret on the missed opportunities. Always look forward  ;)

You know what's the difference in crypto than in other markets out there?

In different markets, opportunities doesn't come out that often because it isn't that volatile. In crypto market, opportunities come on a weekly basis at least. You missed on PEPE coin? There will be more opportunities out there. You might see another hype coin in the next few weeks that might pump up again. You might see Bitcoin pump up in a few weeks. You might see some altcoins pumping up in the next few weeks. Those are all opportunities for you to gain profit. Meme coin of a lifetime? I guess it's better for you to just focus on DOGE or SHIB if you are just focusing on meme coins then.

This is what's good in crypto market. There are lots of opportunities for an investor to gain profit. The problem though is that these "opportunities" last for only a few hours at least. and after that, it's gone. Don't overreact like you lost a million dollars on it, and it wasn't FOMO, but a missed opportunity only.

He should wait for such coins to crash and burn, then he could JOMO - Joy Of Missing Out, then laugh at those who FOMOed and rushed to buy at the top.

Plus OP, check the largest holders of those coins and check the market liquidity. There will not be enough liquidity for all of them to sell.

It is better to name it guilt of missing out because fear of missing out is a term used when you have opportunity to have the things, but because of fear you don't delve into the things and miss them. When I read your statement the scenario is different you missed the opportunity even you knew about the thing and now you feel guilty that why you missed the chance to buy the pepe at right moment.

You have really missed a great opportunity by not investing in that useless token because even though it is useless but the pump it got changed lives of many people. I think such chances have always been popping here and there in crypto-world but only few lucky ones have made profit form those rare opportunities. Many people regret even till this day that why they missed the opportunity of buying Shiba Inu it was so cheap, but unfortunately the past is gone and no one can do anything to change it.

Are you sure you missed a lifetime of meme coins when coins will come every time?
Why do you always believe in the missed $PEPE coin because this is part of the manipulation made by the whales, of course many are subject to FOMO due to the price rising too high by thousands of percent after a lot of talk but I don't care how hard the coin meme but don't really believe that in the end, it will be a waste to fall back.

I heard the opinion that crypto markets should be regulated not according to the laws that were invented for trading in stocks and goods, but according to the laws that were invented to regulate casinos and similar gambling establishments :)
The price of PEPE has already fallen by 50% and I would not buy these tokens.

Was supposed to say the same thing on which this isnt FOMO but rather a missed opportunity which lots had been saying into their minds on what they had missed out which would eventually making out that kind

of regret.Yes, its better to move on because there are people who do make out some nice calls and entries on which they do make themselves getting that enourmous amount of profits because of the decisions they had missed. We cant really that avoid on having hesitation because putting up money or investing money into something is never been that simpler. Of course there's really that hesitance and doubts considering
that it is a meme coin after all which we know that it could neither be sparking out some hype or would really be just simply ignore and die away.

We arent that numb on not to see about the reality of those meme coins which doesnt have that actual utility which it cant really be just that so simple for you to have that kind of
decision making whether you would be buying it or not.

The bull season has yet not come and you already have FOMO. What more could you feel when BTC goes more than 100k already and altcoins green in consecutive 3 months.

There are several memecoins out there that are quite new and they are just like Pepe that we haven't heard of before until it ranked up on CMC as it pumps its way making early investors millionaires.  You got to be careful though because it works both ways, you could win tons of money or you could lose a lot more.

The phrase "opportunity missed in investing in Pepe coin" is the appropriate explanation to use rather than making it appear as though you rushed to invest in Pepe coin (fomo) while its price was high and afterwards the price ran down drastically.

You cannot say that a missed chance to invest in a memecoin like Pepe coin is a chance you will never get back in crypto space.

In case you didn't know yet, there are constantly open opportunities to invest in crypto projects. Finding those that will provide earnings and endure in the crypto market for a long time without disappearing is the sole challenging aspect of it all.

LOL, it's a meme coin so what is their to FOMO for it?

If you missed it then so be it, there's nothing to cry over a spill milk. Maybe if you have done your investigation then perhaps you wouldn't missed it. And let this be a lessons for you, who knows, there could be another meme coin in the future bigger than $pepe itself?

So with that, be very active and look for the next meme coins.

reported this to be move to Altcoin discussion.

The fact that you didn't buy it at all would be better then buying it on the top because of the FOMO. But there will be other coins flying high and you will most likely give in to your fomo and buy them near ATH if you are not careful. Don't buy anything in panic or because something has risen a lot. Markets tend to correct and there still are pump and dumps. When you have FOMO, act against it. In fact you might be better off shorting because buying with FOMO most likely get you rekt.

^Haha, are you sure about this?
This is not FOMO, it is probably because of the hype.
Here is what I can say, there will always be new opportunities and trends emerging, so it is worth keeping an eye out for other exciting ventures in the future. Don't let this experience discourage you, as there will likely be more chances to participate in exciting projects that you think it is with your interests. But for me, nothing good in meme projects, they are created just to hype and always manipulated.

You simply missed it.
Based on my experience, I've missed also a lot of greater opportunities but then let so be it. I've got still my stash on the brighter side and it's more with Bitcoin and I know that it's on the right path. Forget about these meme coins and you're trying to find a gem in the market. You don't have to be that far just for you to get into this emotion of being FOMO. It might even give you more losses if you start to FOMO for an actual project that you think you're about to miss.

I think that's is wrong. You were not FOMO caused by you were not even feeling fear missing the train when pepe has been pumping so high. People who FOMO will always be buying the token once it has been pumping so high caused by they thought that if there will still be another pump to come.

That's what i called that FOMO but since you were missing it and you don't even think to buy that at the top price and that means if you were not getting FOMO.

Im also the same like you. Missing meme and mislady when these meme tokens traded at very cheap price.

When you fear that you have out on a trend,  then after jumping in on the train when the price is at ATH it's call (FOMO)/but in your own situation what happens is not FOMO but missing out on hype,  both hypes vs fomo means different things and direct an investor to different directions and results,  but the ultimate goal is to always stay motivated and keep your head up regardless of how many opportunities you missed because it better to miss the hype than to lose to FOMO.

You will always have a better opportunity to buy some other good assets,  all that you need is to keep your eyes open and do more extensive research to discover those assets that could yield you the expected results.

it looks like you really passed it because it looks like pepe has passed the top and currently pepe continues to move down  :D
if you really love pepe, rest assured that one day this meme coin will be hype again and pepe will reach a new higher ATH. so your task now is to continue to monitor Pepe price movements to determine the best price to buy.

Honestly, if you missed out on a meme project, you missed out on nothing. I understand that it has gone up a bit from the start and the hype was there but you will see it crash down a lot when the time comes as well. I hope that people will see the future a lot clearer and meme projects will not be around when the time comes. I understand that you may like it at the moment but just because you like it, doesn't mean it is a good investment. I like so many projects that I do not invest into, because I am a realist and know that the reason to invest into something is not to like it, but to see a potential of growth in it. You may like pepe memes, but that doesn't mean that it is a good investment, in fact I can say that it would have been bad easily. So you dodged a bullet there, be happy about it.

I understand your sentiment. It's natural to feel a sense of FOMO when a particular meme coin aligns with your personal interests and you miss out on the opportunity to be part of it. However, the crypto world is constantly evolving, and new opportunities emerge all the time. If you have a passion for meme coins, rest assured that there will likely be other projects that capture your interest in the future. Stay engaged and prepared, as the market is dynamic and opportunities can arise unexpectedly. Remember, there's always a chance to participate and be part of exciting ventures, so there's no need to feel left behind.

Never get FOMO on hype memecoin like PEPE because if you do and bought at the top in the end you'll be rekt once the hype is gone. If you are looking for quick profit gamble on PEPE but if you want a secure investments, always put your money on top tier projects in the market because it's the safest way to may profit once market will recover.

Just move on this situation since not all expect that Pepe coin will pump hard just like that since many thought that this is another short term shitcoin in the market. If you buy at the top while this one still pumping then this is dangerous decision to take since mostly people got FOMO in this situation lose their money since they are been prone to experience the dumping stage where a worst thing to see by every investors.
Better move on and find another new tokens to invest and be careful if you still want to invest on shit meme tokens.

Fomo came at any time and did not know the type of coin, but we had agreed that Fomo was a trait that did not want to be left behind, when in fact he was really left behind then it could be said Fomo. I gave a thumbs up because you had enthusiastic about the meme coin in January but Pepe had not been created at that time.
You don't need to worry about such a scheme, in the future you might find a meme coin like that, but it is a bad thing if you are really late making the purchase because you will be a victim of those who have jumped first, you don't have to have to Regret if today you have passed the opportunity to Pepe because that does not mean you will die tomorrow.
Bitcoin is in a low price, I hope you also don't have to pass it.

I think you don't really get the concept of fomo. Fomo happens when you buy a token because it appears to be the rave of the moment and everyone seems to be buying it, and then you end up buying at ATH.

Pepe will not be the last of it kind, there are other coins that are coming up, this is part of what is expected of you to do in making research and findings about some of these coins, they have the very high opportunity to rise high and also go down thesame way, which is the high volatility tendencies in them, you can narrow your research on the reason behind any crypto project and check the history of it developers, still yet that is not enough for being free from any risk associated tha may come later with these same coins, i will advise you to make an investment on more than two of these coins you're very sure about the research conducted on them till next year halving whe we expect bullrun to take place, if you're scared you may not be able to take risk and if you can't, then you may have have just dropped one of the opportunity or means to maken more money  in cryptocurrency by not being able to take risk and bullrun will certainly come

I think you don't understand the FOMO term / slang in crypto. You didn't FOMO just because you missed in buying a coin. FOMO is when you buy a coin that is going uptrend on a rush because you don't want to buy it on a higher price, Also without having that much knowledge on it. You simply just missed buying that coin which did go very high on this month, it's a big missed and I'm sure there's a regret in your mind not buying it. This case happened all the time and I'm sure that you are not the only one who missed buying that coin.

As others in this thread have already pointed out, what you are describing here is not really fear of missing out. It is just being unlucky or not having that huge amount of luck that is needed to be part of a new token that is achieving life changing gains. So of course you missed out on PEPE but so did almost every other person, that is interested into cryptos. I also like the whole Pepe meme and also the origing where it is coming from. So if i would have read that there is a new meme-coin launching that is named PEPE i would maybe also have invested.
Don't think to much about missed chances or you will get crazy. There are literally hundreds of new tokens launching each and every day. 99% of those are just useless meme-coins that are dead again in a few weeks but from time to time there is one that is giving life changing profits. You need to be very lucky to find that one project out of those thousands.

Hmm, FOMO can cause individuals to make impulsive decisions based on fear of missing out on potential benefits. When you see others making a profit on an investment and feel the urge to dive in without analyzing or scrutinizing the risks involved. This can lead to buying at inflated prices and losing money when the market corrects or the hype subsides. Losing will make you feel like you want to get your money back, and you will begin to be consumed by FOMO. So don't try to rush into FOMO because there are still many good projects out there that you don't know about yet.

The world of cryptocurrency is vast, because opportunities come and go like the wind. So let's toast to those who made it through. Maybe who knows, maybe one day we'll find the “Rare Pepe” of the crypto world and finally conquer that FOMO once and for all by entering the market early in the morning when no one else has come buying and saying “Now I didn't miss this meme coin this time.”

This happens very often when you are looking for a coin at the wrong time and in the wrong place. The Pepe coin had a TGE on April 14th, so you couldn't find it in January. But you shouldn't get upset because you couldn't buy a coin when its price was very low. Except for the project team and its developers, no one could do it.

You don't understand what FOMO means. In terms of investing, FOMO can strike when there is a big rally or investment strategy that the news or other traders are talking about. It means that you are feeling anxious because others are making money on an investment's price movement and you are not. But the desire to be part of the bandwagon and make money off the trading strategy and news that others are profiting from could make you enter a position before properly analyzing it to determine if it is a good investment. FOMO is a bad thing, it can happen to anyone whether you are a professional, institutional, or retail trader because of greed

You have the wrong approach to investing. It is impossible to do quality research of a meme coin because all these projects don't make sense. You are lucky that because of FOMO you didn't buy this coin when you found out about it during the crazy growth. You probably would not have earned profit but lost your money. There are a lot of meme coins on the market, but only a few of them are profitable.

Pepe coin is only one of the hype coins bringing FOMO. Previously, we have several others that ended as shit coins. Starting from the bearish era, actually there are several coins that make FOMO. but how many bad experiences, sometimes, some people will not look up at those. Many more people are still not aware of the risks of FOMO. Moreover the newbies in crypto investment, they are the easiest victims to be because of Fomo, having not enough knowledge but investing in them because of the hype, moreover because of how many influencers and shit posters that rise up the projects.

There’s no hype before with this Token early on January so I don’t see any FOMO there not until its current hype. You might missed that opportunity and its ok because new projects will always come all you have to do is to take risk next time and believe on your own instinct and analysis. PEPE is getting cheaper btw, if you see potential for this project then have some, just analyze it if its still ok to buy.

If you bought while in a pump you are on FOMO but because you did not buy this meme coin so we can call it a missed opportunity FOMO is when you rush to buy something because there is a continuous pump going on and you think that it will pump even more so you buy a lot, stock a lot.

PEPE is a hype coin so there's a risk of buying it now the pump subsided so it's a risk investing thinking that there's going to be another pump.

He has not yet understand about that. He was missing the pump that means he acts nothing for sure. I don't even know how he was determining the meant of FOMO. He missed opportunity but he has not ended FOMOing pepe caused by he was not even buying it.

I don't really know what aspect that makes him gets FOMO here. Am i missing something or what from his post?
 :D :D :D :D

FOMO is just you wanna buy just because other people is also buying some asset thinking you might gonna miss your chance of having massive life turning opportunity of investing yet instead you just become exit liquidity for those earlier than you.

I don't think you missing investing in meme coin and didn't decide to invest in this case could be called fomo instead you just missing an opportunity and thats it.

it's most certainly better than getting real fomo'd like if you invested thousands of dollars and then within few days the trend fading you literally lost 95% of your investment value.

You could always encounter chance of other meme coin rallying in the future but I doubt you could ever regain the same value that you just lost from the same investment.

You have understood this term the wrong way, FOMO happens when an investor looks at an asset that is going up in value and fearing they could miss on getting some of those profits they buy very late into the movement.

This is a risky proposition as such a pump is most of the time the result of a hype which cannot be sustained and which could cause you to lose a lot of money if you are not careful, you missed investing on this coin but at the same time you were disciplined enough to not do so when the price was very high, so while I can see why you are regretting this, you still have all your capital intact and you can invest in any other coin you may like.

FOMO is usually affecting new people in the crypto space because we often see new people in crypto just want a quick profit from altcoins that's why many pump and dump altcoins almost like 100% in a day or within a few hours. If you missed out $PEPE then you can always look for other altcoins with your own research, don't easily fall to FOMO because an altcoin become trending.

I'm surprised you didn't find anything. Or maybe you missed something that keeps you from investing in PEPE coin? I saw that some people could buy PEPE coins even when the price started to increase and finally, they could get profits like the people who bought it at the beginning before the launch.

You have to look for more so you don't miss something and can invest in the coins you want. There are still many new coins like PEPE but you have to look for them in more detail.

While FOMO can be used in any social or business circumstance, FOMO in the crypto industry specifically refers to an intense feeling that you are missing out on the next big thing in the crypto space, and subsequently the opportunity to make large profits.

Yep, usually Fomo is more easily exposed to new players in the world of crypto, or traders who are thirsty for profits, it will be easily provoked to make purchases because the hype is experiencing a significant increase, especially meme coins, it is very difficult if for the long term.


Finding coins that have the potential to pump like pepe are very difficult to obtain me, like you are looking for a needle in a straw pile, a lot of meme tokens are released and we cannot identify it clearly even though we do a careful search, meme coins that have potential pump moments like that are very Rare, unless you have news from insiders that they will do a pump on certain coins, maybe you can have that opportunity.

I have been the victim of FOMO many times over the years. From FOMO’ing into meme coins too late to FOMO’ing my fiat bags into bitcoin too early in a bear market, missing the bottom by quite a big %.

It’s important to have patience though & be willing to HODL for many years to maximise your profits. You need to be able to sit underwater for a year or more to wait for your bags to get back in the green. Everybody knows about DCA, that’s a good way to avoid FOMO. Just always be calm & trade with a clear head, no snap decisions.

For sure many of us here were carried by FOMOs especially on our early years. It is not surprising simply becaue we lacked knowledge on our start and the only and easiest thing to do is to ride the 'wave' hoping for a favorable outcome. As we learn new things in this industry, we also adopt with uncertainties. Perhps FOMOs can be taken advantage of. FOMOs sinply create a demand or either a decline to market prices and if you would be able to know which action to make as in line with the FOMO idea, then profit is more likely to be earned.

It has something to do with experience. Most of the new ones are dependent with news alone wherein they base whether they should sell or buy in that instance. So I'd say FOMO is not a bad thing totally.

He didn't buy the token and as such he only missed an opportunity. But I think he still doesn't understand what it means to fomo. Maybe he will learn that from here now.

You did not get fomo'ed. In fact the opposite happened to you, you regretted not jumping in on a coin of a lifetime. But fret not, with things coming up there's a huge chance another meme coin that could be better than PEPE's gonna come around within our lifetime at least. Don't let this loss take over your mental. It's tremendously sad I know, I'm one of those who wished I could've cashed in no PEPE when I had the chance but I just missed it because life happens, and instead of succumbing to the sadness it brings I just focused on making sure that my portfolio's strong and intact you know. That's the very least you can do right now I think.

Again, don't make a single mistake define your character, don't let a single missed opportunity ruin your chance at a better open door next time. Carry on with investing and be better everyday.

It seems to me that the trend is just beginning. Meme coins did not show themselves. Except for Shiba, of course. But with the all-new, everybody should be careful, because you can simply invest in the sheetcoin and fly out into the pipe. I am still distrustful of such coins. Therefore, I would not consider it FOMO.

I think generally we should avoid meme coins most especially those that created a lot of hype in recent times because the worst thing every investor will do is to jump on a meme coin while not at its pump stage. After all, that could result in a great setback that could come along while holding those coins.

We are beginning to see a new trend that points to a direction that could not be favorable for late investment unless you ready to gamble with your money.

one could even get saved from having incurred massive loss from FOMO just with patience, if the coin is good enough fundamentally, just hold it.
there have been many cases of doge holders that get fomo'd yet they just decided to hold their coin altogether all the way until few years into the future where they
quite literally make greatest save of all the time turning their loss into some massive profits after elon is shilling for their coin.
that's one way to avoid losing other than just cut loss which gravely means there's no method to save it anymore.

I used to have an incident where I bought the wrong coin, which made me suffer a loss, although not much. But I've spent a lot of time looking for it and when I found that the coins weren't going up, I was disappointed. But it was all a lesson for me and I hope not to repeat it next time. And I agree that finding coins like Pepe really takes time to identify them. We also have to avoid the temptation of certain media inviting us to buy one or two new coins we don't know about.

I have many years in the crypto community. And FOMO is a natural thing to happen because of our ignorance and our fear of speculation. And the way to minimize FOMO is patience. Therefore I prefer to be a long-term investor who applies the buy and run principle.  ;D

The issue is that in fact coins like PEPE are everywhere, what we do not know is why a particular coin gets immense success while many others fail, now in the case of a coin like bitcoin this is easy to explain, as the fundamentals of bitcoin are so strong that a whole market sprout around it.

However we cannot explain the success of PEPE in the same way, PEPE is just a meme coin that captured the imagination of meme coins investors, however just as PEPE got that success it could have happened to any other coin, as there is no reason we can name which can explain why PEPE became that successful.

Crypto is all about taking risk, in fact that's how life works in generally, there is no way you can actually detect the next coin that will pump so that you can put money into it, so it's all about taking calculated risk by putting some amount you can afford to lose on some coins you have some level convention that it will go up... If it works out, then lucky, if it doesn't work out then you try again until you hit the jack pot

Basically it is like that and when taking risks, of course there must be a basis, namely by doing research and analysis first,
make a decision without doing that i think it would make it much more risky,
who clearly take risks also need a strategy.

Yes. I do not dispute what you say is true. for me fomo is synonymous with the feeling of being left behind because you don't participate in buying coins/tokens..we see the strongest effect like the PEPE coin or something else. But. If hit the jackpot, you can buy a car. I think it's a sensation when it works.