I love being called Dude, rather than mr Lebowski.

I am from Southern California. What can I say?
I only use it when I am really trying to get through to a friend. "Like DUDE pay attention!"

That said, I understand your skepticism but do not underestimate the risk of having ALL your coins sold. What I see all the time is people feeling like Bitcoin is risky. Everything in life is risky. Walking outside my door each day is risky.

That said, we don't know what will happen tomorrow. All we can do is guess based on trends and the analysis of those trends. Risto does an amazing job of understanding those trends and has been kind enough to give us some of his "secrets" if you will. He could go smoke cigars in his castle but instead he "casts his pearls" out here for us "swine" to take advantage of. I for one, am grateful. And NOT having any coins at all could be the riskiest move to make. I believe it is far worse than those that bought at $1100 and are still holding. Why? When the price gets to $5000 or more they may still have some coins.