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krazychao5 posted...

yeah but, experience and studies proves your feelings wrong. and take today, for example. my portfolio dropped by $2400 at the lowest i saw, and now i'm down $1100. if i sold when i saw how bad it was all doing, i'd have lost that before somewhat clawing back some. it just isn't good business to sell on red days.

Your projecting your own experiences here.

None of which changes what I said if you suspect the market will crash even further, and then it does, I save more money by selling early into the dip them buying the stock back at a point lower in the dip.

Someone who sold in November or December and decided to buy back those same shares today would have saved more money than waiting out November to now.

The hypothetical of if that gamble went wrong or not back in December works on all investments into stocks. It's moot.

When you buy or sell or hold you are taking a gamble based on a variety of factors including your experiences and intuition all of which can be right or wrong.