I'm kicking myself cause I created this account 2 months ago, tried for a week to remember my password. Then left it be and came back a week ago to remember it and kick myself in the face for having missed out on all the steem.

You at least are one of the major holders so you should be thankful for that.

thanks for info

One never can be 100% sure about the future and thus diversification is needed. So "going all in" can sound great now in theory, but it can come crashing down in your face worse than the scenario that you already gave. If you sold and bought some Bitcoin then you are in fine shape. I say do not cash out into fiat but keep it in the cyryptocurrency ecosystem. Bitcoin is the world reserve cryptocurrency so it is a beacon of relative stability in the wild wild west of the cyrpto-world.  My latest article can be found here: https://steemit.com/steemit/@bitcoinmeister/video-from-january-where-i-recommend-that-twitter-incorporate-a-cryptocurrency-system-into-their-platform-and-where-i-describe

Great title, but even greater article... you rok (rok=rock in Croatian language) @rok-sivante

While reading I pictured Michael Douglas saying ..."Greed is Good". For someone absolute new to steem, "me", this post shares its potential. Thanks for sharing.

Congrats ...
I don't care at all about this rushing feeling of every one posting and making lot of FIAT? ... for that i use trading and my real work.
Hope  this project keeps on going and people manage to understand there's lot much more to learn than becoming more greedy every day.

I guess many of us feel that way, I sure do on so many levels... Namaste   :)

Surfs up bra

We are still in the beginning, aren't we?  Surely there is more money to be made. Hundreds of new steemers are joining each day.

I disagree.  The price of steem happened to go up at that time (by a lot) but that doesn't mean that you made a poor decision.  In hindsight you can always find "investments" you could have made that had incredible returns but there's no way to know that in advance.  That's why there's risk associated with these decisions.  I'm sure I could have made millions if I bought some combination out of the money options on Facebook and twitter yesterday but if I had, in the real world there's also a chance I would have lost it all.

I'm new to steem and I'm a skeptic by heart so take that with a grain of salt but the way I look at it, it's like you're on a game show, you won $5000 and now the host asks you if you want to gamble it all on the next question or put half aside and gamble with only half .  I know that I'm not going to win the $1M without gambling it all but I'd put half away every time. I think it's the smart thing to do...

Definitely catchy on the title. False advertising a bit but at least the info helps shed some light on Steemit for newbies like myself. Thanks!

"So did I really lose over a hundred grand on Steemit?

No. That did make for a catchy headline though, didn't it?"

You got me to click it, with mouth agape and eyes wide "Wow, what did he do?"  I thought.

Thank you for this post! Info with value.

Honestly never thought I'd be into this stuff...came here to blog and maybe make a couple cents now I'm powering up like a maniac.

I just saw this post ! Good to know !

You did the right thing by cashing out, parabolic market, it will collapse soon.

Lol... you beat me to it. I had a post lined up on exactly the same theme!

Yes, i have also made that same mistake. But now im gaining back the lost time of not powering up. By working hard and give advice  by posting  and writting.  You'll get it sll back 😀

Same here, different situation. I've been  watching  steem price jumping 10x and never make the move until today. Now I'm in with small portion  and let see where this community bring us to. 
http://www.shawacademy.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/Photograph-the-Moon.jpg

Nice headline Grasshoppa :)

Great post.  I think a lot us did something similar and got caught out.  If not with Steem then with some other crypto.  

That's why I don't like day trading.  

I would be more heart broken at selling something before it reached a million dollars than if I kept it too long and it went to pennies.  It would be too much to be the mythical guy who sold the pizza for 10K BTC (I know it is a not a true story but it illustrates the point).

I think the real day traders need to be very unemotional and just forget about things like this.  

That's why most of us are better off being HODLing:)

All of my Steem is marked to power up! All aboard the next train to the moon :)

Love the title!  Grabbed my attention and didn't disappoint.  For a newbie like myself.  This info is golden.  thanks for posting.

This platform looks fascinating, I wish I had heard of it earlier. Sorry for your almost loss.

what did you make majority of your steem from. Posting content or up voting? sorry new to this so just trying to understanding