Forget about making "The Perfect Trade" by unbiasedwriter

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· @unbiasedwriter ·
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Forget about making "The Perfect Trade"
If you have ever tried to trade cryptocurrencies or other stuff, then you have for sure had thoughts like, if I only had done it like this, or why didn't I? This is entirely normal, but I am trying to move away from them and not let them get a hold of me. After all, those thoughts are trying to make me image what is impossible!

What do I mean?

![forget about the perfect trade.png](https://files.steempeak.com/file/steempeak/unbiasedwriter/PgVAe03p-forget20about20the20perfect20trade.png)

## If I had only....
I bought some VET tokens a few weeks ago (Vechain). I bought them at 0,00002400 Ethereum per piece. Well, by that time, the price was about 0,01 USD per piece. Now, that was nice. Then the prices started to go up, and not only did the Ethereum price go up, but Vechain also. So at the top, the Ethereum price reached 0,018 USD per token. That is almost 80% up. That is when I was considering selling them. But, if I would sell... should I sell it to Ethereum, or to USD. 

Then came the little crash yesterday, and the price of Ethereum/USD fell, and so did the Vechain/Ethereum pair, and as a result, also the Vechain/USD price. Now, it is easy to see afterward, that if I had actually sold at the top and traded it for USD, then I could have bought myself back in and now be the happy owner of 25%-30% more tokens.

**Guess what I did? NOTHING AT ALL!**

And do you know what that means? What if I had done that? What if I had sold them when I considered doing so, and bought myself back in?

But do you know what? That is just dream thinking! If I had sold, the prices could have kept going upwards, and I would feel sorry about that. If I had sold, I might not have bought myself back in, hoping that the prices would fall even more. And anyway - there are so many "what if" questions in this, that it is just unbearable.

Of course, I could have done things differently, but it is important to know that there is no such thing as a perfect trade. There are so many things to pay attention to, especially as the tokens go up and down in price, and when you do not trade against a "stable coin", but against a very volatile asset like Bitcoin and Ethereum, it gets even harder.

In other words, forget about all those "what if" thoughts! Stick to your plan and be happy whenever you sell. That is my best advice in the situation we are in right now!

**Happy trading, happy blogging, and have a wonderful weekend everyone!**
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@chesatochi ·
You need to always be happy with the choices you did in the first place!
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@trabajosdelsiglo ·
Good article, one of the things that can help you is to have a correct management of the risk and not to let the emotions control you.
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@rbalzan79 ·
<div class="text-justify">Hello @unbiasedwriter.
A great content that you share with us in this opportunity and it is very true what you express:

>If you have ever tried to trade with cryptomonkets or other things, then surely you have had thoughts like, if only I had done so, or why didn't I? 

This happens to all of us at any time in our lives, you really make an excellent approach to the shared topic, thank you for sharing such important content with all of us. Greetings.</div>
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@ojerinde ·
I have learnt that it is not our fault and the market price is too flexible for one to predict urgent occurrences, on days when we make extra bugs we celebrate and those days when the market is red we count our losses and move on.
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@crypto.piotr ·
Dear @unbiasedwriter

Finally I managed to find some time to catch up with work and read your publication. Another solid piece, worth checking out (upvote on the way).

I totally agree, that trying to make a perfect trade is just to difficult. It's almost like a gamble and perhaps those who do like gambling will enjoy adrealine rush.

I prefer to average buying or selling. Mostly because it's allowing me to distance myself emotionally from those small financial decisions.

One important lesson I've learned in life is that emotions around "joy and happiness" are way weaker comparing to those related to "sadness, anger, frustration".  So it's best to avoid those negative emotions by avoiding seeking for PERFECT TRADE.

Enjoy your sunday :)
Yours, Piotr
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