RE: We should get Chinese payment RNS1 Jun 2026 12:46
TBT ; there are downsides to long term holding as well. Those who dip in and out of a share fairly quickly would argue that they are less exposed to the market.
A downside risk of simply holding long term is the possibility of becoming a " bag holder " which traders sometimes refer to as "a trade which went wrong, " and then you hold hoping it will come back. A lot of traders try at all cost to avoid becoming a bag holder.
Take someone who started buying shares here back in say 2018 with an average of 3.5p. Up until last year they could have exited at some point in every single year with a reasonable profit if they timed it correctly. Or maybe just at break even, but without further market exposure until they dipped in again -maybe in the following spring. Even in the COVID year they could have exited at 4.8p.
What changed in 2025 however is that they became locked in baggage holders without any chance of exiting except with a hefty loss. Last year the high was around 2.5p - this year it is about 1.5p.
So when you hear the likes of Master and Hamn complaining constantly, this is the reason. In the exploration years prior to last year, the pressure for bag holders was far less, as there were decent bounces every single year - 9p in 2021, 7p in 2023, 5.3p in 2024 etc etc. The disquiet that you often hear on this board these days is simply down to the fact that a lot of bag holders have been locked in for about two years now - in fact for many, ever since that brief 5.3p high in late May 2024. There was a 3.4p hit in August of that year, but since then the high has only been around 2.5p.
Hopefully a farminut deal will radically change this situation for the better.