It is really weird how the markets work. Most of the time you have an initial spike that people sell of at but a few days or even hours later the coin reaches a new ATH and the people miss out on making x2 or x3 your profit.
I bet you were glad that you decided to hold rather than sell off. 5 BTC looks pretty tempting but x2 x3 more sounds even better haha.
Steem has fell below $1 now and it seems like people are more interested in other coins than STEEM. I guess we just have to be patient as well as show people that steemit isn't dodgy and that there isn't anything to worry about, that DPOS works and get people to advocate the platform.
The markets are constantly changing due to news and sometimes purely hype and here you have the trade differently than with stocks.
I've invested into Steem and BTS for the long term and I'm planning to pick up EOS in the coming months while it goes lower and lower. I guess we all have to wait and stay patient and hopefully if all goes right we can be looking at some great gains @lukestokes! :)