The “Buy the Dip” Trap Nobody Warns You About 📉⚠️
Every time a coin nukes, influencers scream:
“Just DCA!”
“Buy the dip, anon!”
But let’s talk math — not hopium.
The Brutal Reality:
• 🔻 Down 10% → Need +11% to break even
• 🔻 Down 50% → Need +100%
• 🔻 Down 90% → Need +900%
Let that cook:
If your bag is down 90%, you need a 10x just to get back to zero. Not profit — just even.
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Now comes the gaslighting:
As price claws back up, CT starts chanting:
“Don’t sell yet. Diamond hands! 💎✋”
“This is just the beginning!”
But here’s the cold truth:
👉 Your break-even is someone else’s 900% gain.
Ask yourself:
If you were up 900%… are you still holding?
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The Hidden Rug:
Losses get shown top-down (e.g., “-80% from ATH”).
But zoom out from bottom-to-peak and it gets dark fast:
• $ICP
• $1INCH
• So many more…
They didn’t dip — they disintegrated.
And comeback stories? Rare. Like lottery-winner rare.
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Final Warning:
Buying the dip only works in strong trends.
DCA only works with strong projects.
Before you ape in, ask:
Is this a healthy correction… or a slow death spiral?
Don’t just look at price.
Look at risk vs. recovery.
Because some “discounts” are actually value traps in disguise.
