Bro. This post is already ancient.  We're at 60cents now.

I like to believe that I have traded anything that can be traded (I understand that I am likely wrong, but not by much); and I can tell you 100% up days and 500% gain in 3 weeks, both are fairly uncommon outside crypto. 

But we have been here before as well. So we know what comes next. Like @Pharesim, I like ATH as well, I even like an instrument that continues to make ATH at all scales. Yes, that happens too, quite common actually. In a bull market. Yeah, there, I said it!

The spike was crazy.  Only those who sell now made a huge profit.  For those powering up,  it will just remain there and watch as the price fluctuates. However,  seeing the bullish trend in hive gladdens our heart.  I just hope the price didn't fall back to where it picked up from. 

And yeah, the fear of failure has made many people lose several opportunities. No pain,  no gain.

man when did you hit 100k?  im already mad i sold out of my orca position.  going bearish is not my strong suit.

in addition to the massive gain one could have made from buying the atl and selling the ath,  one could have also gone x3 on Steem the day before the fork happened.  That's potentially a what, x15 gain in 5 weeks?  

Things are gonna get crazy when they open the economy after the halving.

It's funny because this is the first financial social blockchain article I have read in a while right after I wrote one myself which is also rare. It is so true, taking money out of fiat and into the crypto sphere, it becomes something else. Something meant to be spent in a world that doesn't yet exist.

I bought into Steem as a great project idea, moved from Steem to Hive out of personal dissatisfaction, still in the throes of moving.

Investing time, effort, satoshi's is not always about watching movement in profit, but growing a platform you feel will be beneficial to many in the long run. 

Earnings and seeing profit go up is exciting, no one can say it is not, a little trading may make additional profit to buy me some !BEER at the end of the day, keep smiling!

Some good news atleast.

I bought at 12 cent hive though. It feels really good to know how it feels to sell at a rise. Well I guess we'd relish it while we can

This should have a √ box next to it like a term of use when signing in to #Hive for the 1st time.

***"Those who think that getting downvoted takes away from them is mistaken, because unless that HIVE is under your control and usable, it isn't yours. Prior to payout,"***

And the Tool analogy.... I deal with people all day every day that really **CAN NOT** use them, or **DRIVE** them very well.... LoL

When the price is multiplied by 5 it means that it's a 400% gain, not 500%. 100% is a double, 200% x3, 300% x4, 400% x5. Always go one less with the percentages. Loved this post, upvoted!

Very well said!

That's a staggering gain, 500%

My crypto portfolio is also at an all time high, mainly because I had hardly anything in it back in 2017. 

That's mainly thanks to Hive, most of which i bought when it was Steem, and when that was down in the dumps so it's all good. 

Of course I'm not focussing on the several thousand Steem I bought at 1K odd sats, I'm focussing on the several thousand Hive I didn't buy at 1K odd sats. 

It's only crypto that puts me in this negative frame of mind. 

I'm sure it's the same with professional traders, and they're well known for getting burnt out with extreme stress. 

The problem with Crypto is that it brings that to the masses too. 

I think our onboarding material needs to have something on this wonderful-horrible aspect too!

I actually powered up 5K of that liquid I mentioned to stop me thinking about gains. Now it's locked it's mostly irrelevant and it's done wonders for my peace of mind, which is better than worrying about price fluctations for sure. 

Clever (in your title) use of words @tarazkp.  Nice touch / inspiration!

At heart, the HODLer type, I have, nonetheless, become more aware of the "pump and dump" game so prevalent in the cryptosphere, since first investing into it in August 2017.

So ...

Uncharacteristic of me, for the first time, I moved both the liquid HIVE and HBD I had in my wallet to Bittrex and sold it.  For BTC.  I will HODLer it for a short time => beyond both the "halvening" of BTC and the "pump" of the Huobi promotion.  And then see how much HIVE I can repurchase for my BTC ...

For me, whether a nice gain or total loss, it isn't going to change my life.  But ...  It does provide a little uhhh ... "entertainment" while the madness "out there" continues ...

>People buy on hype, people sell out of fear, people hesitate in uncertainty. When you have already fully accepted the loss prior to its realization, what you are investing with is no longer yours, no longer in your possession - it is a tool, a hammer, a pen, a car. What you build, write and where you go with it is up to you.

@tarazkp, I thought you were a poet like Byron, were you really a cold stock investor?

Let's see what happens next. Some will return stating '*I am back*', no doubt the abuse will increase, but I'm not all doom and gloom.

It seems to be stabilizing around 40c, both yours and my votes are going to be pushing $2 soon, it's a good feeling, isn't it?