You invested in a ICO or IEO project at 1$ per token or coin and the price surge up to 3$ but because you see potential in the project you decide to hold and after few months the price goes down to 0.45$ and after four years and the token surge back to 3$, my question is why the wait? You hold a coin for years just to go back to it's ATH (All Time High) ? And most times majority of coins don't go back to their ATH ever again, what could you learn from this? Never ever hesitate to take profits, even if the project is the best ever, take profits, invest again when price is down because believe me, the price will surely go down
if humans are programmed to see the future won't we all be rich?
Well, it happens that way. It's called FOMO (yeah, I know FOMO is more pronounced with investors who are yet to buy). Even when one had already bought in, one will still have that thought that there could be a sudden reawakening for the token and that fear of selling cheap and missing the cruise sets in. During the early days of Binance I held BNB token awhile while it dragged at less than a dollar. Immediately it got to $3, I sold off only for it to skyrocket to $30 within a few weeks. I still feel bad about that decision of mine till date and I believe that's what a lot of investors are scared of.
On a lighter note: If humans were programmed to see the future, that would make us God. And that would be rivalry with the supreme being. God doesn't like rivalry 🤔.