Those who invested in Waves are not very pleased at the moment. But for future, I recommend you to hold some waves in your hands so that you will not regret it.
I also invested in Waves mid 2017 at around $3.5, I split my money buying some Neo and Waves, Neo was around $8 and Waves around $3. I am not very happy with the performance of Waves while Neo is still 8x from that price. I plan on hodling until it gives me a big return.
Actually, I'm very pleased with Waves and I'm very sure a lot of people are. I got in also around $3 to $3.5, but now even below $5 is extremely good value to me so I don't mind topping it up every now and then, all the while leasing it for a small amount (I see it as free transaction fees for the future). It is struggling now, but so is the rest of crypto! When it gets back to $10, which it will, we'll all be relaxed. And that growth is not going to stop there. Just look at all the developments and merchant onboarding Sacha is working on. That's going to pay dividends.