Rich_by_the_Bay
Moderator Emeritus
This is my first experience with a five figure loss on my portfolio, and it's definitely a weird feeling. I know some of you have lost six figures, but I've never experienced this kind of drubbing before. It's north of $20k now but I don't want to do the exact math. I won't leave the game plan, but it hurts nonetheless.
A good antidote is to remind yourself that when the market is way up, you don't really "own" all those gains; they'll drop sooner or later. Just like when they're way down, you are not really fully on the hook for it since they'll eventually go up. Only two days count: the day you bought them, and the day you sell them.