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Paper hands

In shortSelling quickly at the first sign of a drop (or a small profit).

The opposite of diamond hands. Selling according to a plan is not paper hands; panic-selling without one is.

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Related terms

  • Diamond handsHolding through big price drops without selling.
  • Loss aversionThe tendency to feel losses about twice as strongly as gains of the same size.
  • CapitulationA wave of panic selling where many holders give up and sell at any price.

More in Slang

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  • Bagholder (bags)
  • Degen
  • DYOR
  • Exit liquidity
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