Crypto Cafe · by Chinedu Adeyemi · 2026-10-02

sold my btc at a tiny profit and immediately regretted it

I had this very disciplined speech prepared for myself about taking gains and being rational. Sold a chunk, price kept running a bit, and within 48 hours I was annoyed at myself from three different emotional angles.

Not even because of the number. More because I realized I don't actually know my own plan as well as I thought.

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Mara Fischer · 3 likes

I started pre-writing rules in Notes. Sounds nerdy, helps a ton.

Salma Idrissi · 1 likes

This is why having a plan before you're emotional matters. Your brain becomes a courtroom after the fact.

Camille Dubois · 0 likes

Everybody regrets something in crypto. Sell and it pumps, hold and it dumps. Welcome.

Chinedu Adeyemi · 0 likes

A beautiful system with no possibility of peace

Rachel Tan · 0 likes

Nothing wrong with taking profit if that was the actual plan. The pain is usually when the plan was invented mid-candle.

Chloe Davis · 0 likes

The phrase 'tiny profit' tells me fees and taxes might've been the real winner.