My BIGGEST Weakness As Beginner

in investing •  7 years ago  (edited)

When I just started out trading - can you guess what my biggest weakness was? (Let me know your guess in the comments)

It was Patience. Or rather the lack of it.

Whenever I saw a good investment opportunity - I would do my research and if it looked good I would take it and invest.

I would tell myself that this is it and I would stick to the end... but this didn't work out.

As a newbie - the thrill of waking up in the morning and looking at my investment portfolio was big.

If it was green - everything was good. But if it was red - I would spend my day in front of the charts and see how it went.

I was scared. Scared that I would lose my money. And sometimes if it went too far down - I panic sold.

This my friends - is the biggest mistake everyone does when they start out.

The reason why this is a mistake is because there is a difference between investment and trading is:

When I invest - I truly believe in the product/currency and that it will "go to the moon". So whenever I see downspikes - I don't mind - because I know, that in the end everything would be good.

When I trade - I know that prices rise and fall. But I don't know when and if they rise even more or fall even deeper. And friends -
this is the reason I don't trade anymore. The stress level gets waaay too high.

And let me tell you a secret:

The real money is made through investing.

Just imagine if you would have invested into Bitcoin at 1$ or in Ethereum when it was at 0.1$ or even NEO when it was at 0.01$.

So always remember:

Patience is your biggest strength in investing.

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I hope you have an amazing day. If you have questions - please ask them below.

-Wolf

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Strongly agree brilliant

Thanks for sharing!

As I am new to crypto I value this type of advice!

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