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'I'm a Long-Term Investor Now,' Says Man Down 60%

Time horizon extends in direct proportion to unrealized losses, researchers confirm.

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Following a 60% drawdown in his account, a local trader announced Tuesday that he has always been a long-term investor and that anyone who says otherwise is engaging in revisionist history.

This was never a trade, said the man whose original post described it as a trade, included the word squeeze, and featured three rocket emojis. This is a generational company and I am investing on a ten-year horizon, he continued, refreshing the price for the ninth time that minute.

Researchers confirm the average time horizon extends fourteen months for every 10% of unrealized losses.

Researchers have documented the phenomenon extensively, finding the average retail time horizon extends approximately fourteen months for every 10% of unrealized losses, before collapsing instantly to zero on the first green day.

At press time, the position had bounced 4% and he was reportedly asking if anyone knew whether selling here counted as a win.

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