I cringed at the market drop last couple weeks. My portfolio was climbing steadily till about Jan 22, 2018. Investors/Traders were taking profits all time highs especially in $AAPL just before their earnings call on Feb 1st. Each day, my portfolio would drop a few thousand here and there. I started to doubt myself and thought I should have sold this and that at all time highs to lock in my gains. When said and done, all this is paper profits until I sell my stocks. Greed tends to get the better of me 90% of the time!
Some traders/investors would hit the sell button to stop the impending losses for the forthcoming days, but for me, I completely ignored the market. I am happy to see the recovery in the last three days. However, I need to lessen my margin risk and lock in my profits before we have another market drop. Who knows what is in store for the next few months?
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