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For plebs like me, I believe buying no matter what the price currently is very hard from a psychological standpoint. It might not be as hard during $3,000 to $20,000, with $20,000 starting to be a little hard, but buying during new ATH? Thats an outcome for buying high, and selling low during panic-crashes, especially or newbies. I would currently not tell friends and family to buy now. BUT, I might tell some who can take a loss to use Elon Musk as their guide, and leave. Hahaha.
seems to me to be all a matter of proportion.. and surely if you have not reached your accumulation goal then buying $100 per week might be good. Saving $100 per week to buy on dips might be good as a supplement.. each person should figure out their proportions, but if they are just getting into bitcoin, they have to start somewhere, which likely means buying some now... buying regularly and buying on dips... and maybe some other individually tailored variations.....
Those of us who already have a established a decent BTC stash can sit back and say, just wait for the dip, and yeah, works well for us, but such dip might not come... not saying either way, but there have been a lot of peeps left out of bitcoin because they failed/refused to establish some kind of a regular buying strategy.. and were to damned busy waiting for dips that ended up NOT happening.
Dips ain't gonna happen anytime soon. 50k is the next psychological barrier after that I expect some shaky days with some good dips. JJG you are right though, for those who have kept buying through the most difficult times it is only time to sit back and enjoy.
I still buy some tiny amount every month to unload useless euros.
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Surely we have to consider that many of us are getting our cashflows in fiat, so that fiat is going to be stacking up if we do not develop a comprehensive plan, and surely some folks might well be satisfied with merely allowing the fiat to build up and to wait for dips that may or may not happen. So I am not even suggesting that buying on dips is not a good strategy, but it is not a good one for everyone and it might not be sufficiently specifically tailored.. and in that regard, the three pronged (perhaps more than three) approach is my recommendation. Schedule some for 1) buying right way, 2) dca, 3) buying on dips and 4) perhaps figuring out how to employ money that has been generated by selling on the way up to the extent that such money exists and your strategy involves that kind of money, too.
So not only are peeps going to be in a different place in regards to whether they have reached their BTC accumulation goals they are also going to be in different places to the extent that they are still generating fiat that they might want to allocate to BTC accumulation.. and to divide that new cash into various categories in terms of strategizing their BTC accumulation methodologies.
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That migh work for crazy HODLers like us,
My conceptualization of the strategy can work for anyone and is even including a bit of emphasis on those who consider themselves to be BTC accumulators. I am not even suggesting the strategy would be as good for someone who might be in a BTC stash maintenance stage or a liquidation stage - even though there can still be some useful tips for any stage that a BTC accumulator/holder might be in, but I am moreso considering the accumulators and the persons who might be new to BTC in terms of needing to make sure that they are also comfortable with whatever stake that they might have made in BTC based on their circumstances.
but for the other side of me, thats a pleb, and combine the plebness with being a Bitcoin newbie, I believe they dont have the right psychological hardness to buy the dip during a 20% price crash.
No need to be patronizing..
Any of the fucks can develop a strategy, whether they are quasi-retarded or not. Sure, the more retarded, the more difficult to focus on strategies that do not devolve into gambling, but of course, any people have capacities to develop strategies or to improve on their own strategies based on current circumstances.
I believe many would them would sell.
Yes... of course, there are people who do not think through their plans enough, the value their wealth in dollars and sure there are lots of problems, but the mere fact that there are a lot of people with various weaknesses does not mean that they should not be attempting to solidify their BTC strategies in such ways to cause themselves to be in much more likely better places and to restrain themselves from various extremes...
I am a bit of a who cares if some people do dumb things.. I don't have problems making fun of them... if such making fun is warranted.
Paper hands, then blame the market for the loss. Newbies should be buying in the right kind of conditions.
Sure personal responsibility is important psychologically and financially.. but I still believe that my framework helps to hone those various skills rather than waiting for fucking dips that might not happen.