VackFromOhm
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It's turtles all the way down!
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September 16, 2017, 11:05:56 PM |
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I think it's best to have sell floors. I try to always set my sell floor at a price that still keeps me with at least 5-10% profit for good measure, but more if I'm feeling greedy. It's really hard to sell early but if you haven't sold already, you've got two options:
Cut your losses. If you cut your losses, you're locking in those losses. On the plus side you are doing exactly that- preventing even more losses, and this opens up more cash for you to buy back in on the rebound off the bottom, and make up for that loss on the ride back up. The reason for doing this is mainly because you don't know where the floor is going to be, which leads me to the next option...
Hold. If you hold, you're basically at the point where you haven't lost enough for it to be time for you to get out. Additionally, you're still betting on the coin going back up. Most people here are going to tell you that you should always hold (HODL!) but honestly, you need to trade objectively. Really think if you believe that it's not going to drop anymore for you to cut your losses and buy at the bottom. You need to accept the fact that you have losses and decide to either be diligent about deciding on a sell floor (leading you to cut your losses), or about not thinking about the price at all for weeks/months and accepting the possibility of a complete loss, on the gamble of making all of your money back. In this market I'd definitely advise you to trade emotionless and truly think about what's best for your wallet, and to buy when the market is at it's lowest point. This is the point where we make the hard decisions, as we're nearing the bottom now and have to prepare to take some losses if we haven't sold already.
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