RE: Why would anyone sell here?!6 May 2021 15:38
That's not true at all Nightmarewalking. If you must know the story of my portfolio in recent weeks then I can give you the facts. You could just ask why I sold at a loss rather than guess.
I was holding ARB and DDDD alongside each other. I sold DDDD for a loss yes (around 6% loss) - to buy RMM which is up around 20% since I bought my shares, was 25% until the dip. I sold some ARB at a loss to reduce my exposure to crypto and put the money into DDDD at a lower price than I sold for (about 7% less). Meanwhile ARB is currently lower than I sold the loss for. So I think I have done quite well out of it.
I want to reduce my exposure to crypto further as it was a mistake to put as much into it as I did (it was 21% of my portfolio before the reduction). And yes that might mean selling more ARB at a loss. Feel free to attack me for it when I do however. I think the company is over valued based on hype and I bought in too high.
What I wanted to do was take money out of ARB for RMM but ARB was tanking at the time and I figured it would rebound. Meanwhile DDDD was flat so I figured I may as well "borrow" the money from there and put the ARB cash there once I could get out. Certainly worked out better than selling ARB for a 30% loss just to avoid people like you accusing me of trading DDDD. I could have waited to invest in RMM but I didn't want to miss price rises during the re-rate.
Sometimes you have to make tough decisions for your portfolio. Holding losses is no good if you think they will turn into bigger losses. I don't regret any sale I've made recently.