Market does not care who you are. It will wipe you out if you are not prepared, even if you are the son of a conglo with prime A1 information.
If you can’t explain what you are buying, you don’t buy a business, you buy a ticker.
It went up, you “just” do not know when to sell. But you know its not just a “just”. So you are -60% now.
Blaming the macro, the government, the geopolitics feels good because it means you never have to change anything.
Everyone is a genius in the stock market, on hindsight.
“I will sell when I break even” is not a plan. It is a prayer.
You didn’t lose the money when you sold at a loss. You lost it when you had no proper plan when you bought. Selling is an admission of your past mistake.
No body is responsible for the mistakes you made in the market. Not your parents. Not your friends. Not your investment guru. Only you are responsible.
Therefore, nobody is going to save your portfolio and turn it around in an instant.
15% per year looks like peak stupidity, when your friends are bragging 400% returns.
Your ego is your worst enemy and you know it. But you still choose to (fill in the blanks yourself)
Everyone says they have “learned the lesson”. But most still keep their position.
So therapy does not make you immune to the mistakes
It just shortens the denial phase to accept reality. It expedites you growing up and graduating from get rich quick schemes and irresponsible investing behavior.
Which is why we are building Recompound Balik Modal. You transfer the pasrah, stress, anxiety to us. And you get all the things we stand for:
Money stays with you (no sharing sekuritas password)
Restructuring plans shared with you transparently
Investment recommendation from actual licensed investment advisor
You pay once all the way until you break even
Disclaimer
Not investment advice. Recompound is the platform; the advisor is Budi Ryan, OJK-licensed investment advisor.