It's a lot easier when someone else holds your money hostage and then comment on what you 'would have done' which of course would be to perfectly play the market
Haha, that is true! I actually experienced that IRL: I had ~2000 BTC in Bitcoinica back in early 2012. My plan was to sell the moment the price would hit 30$ (BTC on par with 1oz of silver). However Bitcoinica got hacked, the company became insolvent, and has been in liquidation ever since holding the remainder of the customer deposits hostage. Even if I get back only 25% of my deposits I will have done better than my original plan. Things that make you go...whaaa!?