A lot of the desperate investor has no idea how investments work. Similar things happen to the stock market and all small investor jump out of the boat. People don’t realize that they only loose when they liquidate.
Maybe ways going on right now is just to maintain the supply and demand curve.
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Why dont you mark to market. That gives you an honest assessment, every day, of what you have lost or gained. Pretending you dont have a loss doesnt make it true. Just like pretending you dont owe taxes by not calculating taxes due, means you dont owe taxes.
Hi @davebrewer, it is not pretending. In order to have a gain or loss, you need to execute, sell it or buy it, long or short.
If you don’t execute for a loss you did not loose, the prices can go back up.
You only pay taxes, in the amount you make. How can you pay taxes for something you did not gain?