When a $200M market-cap token starts looking overpriced, holders tend to hit the panic button. The math is brutal: downside risk outweighs upside potential, and once that reality clicks, the exit game begins. This is where most traders stumble—they fail to lock in gains when momentum shifts. The real lesson? Taking profits isn't selling out. It's the only way retail investors survive bear cycles and stay ahead of the house always wanting to keep winners too long.
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GateUser-75ee51e7
· 1h ago
It's about time to say this: those who HODL until death are all the ones getting chopped up as retail investors.
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LuckyBearDrawer
· 01-13 18:04
Really, reading articles like this just makes me want to laugh. They say it so correctly, but no one listens. Clearly knowing when to take profits, yet still being greedy and getting trapped. I'm the same way...
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LiquidationWatcher
· 01-13 01:14
ngl been there, lost that with the $200M gamble back in 2022... health factor dropping faster than my portfolio lol. locking in gains isn't cowardice, it's literally survival mode. retail always holds too long thinking moon, then margin calls hit different 😅
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GasFeeNightmare
· 01-12 22:11
That's true, but the problem is that most people simply can't bear to sell, always hoping for another rise.
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DegenWhisperer
· 01-12 22:09
Taking profits is easy to talk about but hard to do; very few can actually execute it.
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TommyTeacher1
· 01-12 21:54
I should have cut my position at the peak. After all that frantic trading, I still ended up being locked in at a loss.
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FarmHopper
· 01-12 21:44
Luckily, I ran away early. Seeing this 200M thing now like this... Taking profits is not betrayal; it's the art of staying alive.
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FOMOmonster
· 01-12 21:43
It's about time to run, why are you still holding on?
When a $200M market-cap token starts looking overpriced, holders tend to hit the panic button. The math is brutal: downside risk outweighs upside potential, and once that reality clicks, the exit game begins. This is where most traders stumble—they fail to lock in gains when momentum shifts. The real lesson? Taking profits isn't selling out. It's the only way retail investors survive bear cycles and stay ahead of the house always wanting to keep winners too long.