{"id":12479,"date":"2021-01-15T16:36:30","date_gmt":"2021-01-15T11:06:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/zebpay.com\/?p=12479"},"modified":"2025-11-20T07:37:46","modified_gmt":"2025-11-20T07:37:46","slug":"dealing-with-a-bitcoin-dip","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/zebpay.com\/in\/blog\/dealing-with-a-bitcoin-dip","title":{"rendered":"Dealing with a Bitcoin Dip"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_66_1 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-light-blue ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title \" >Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/zebpay.com\/in\/blog\/dealing-with-a-bitcoin-dip\/#Investing_is_never_an_emotional_act_If_it_is_youre_doing_it_wrong\" title=\"Investing is never an emotional act. If it is, you&#8217;re doing it wrong.\">Investing is never an emotional act. If it is, you&#8217;re doing it wrong.<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/zebpay.com\/in\/blog\/dealing-with-a-bitcoin-dip\/#Give_yourself_a_break\" title=\"Give yourself a break!\u00a0\">Give yourself a break!\u00a0<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n\n<p><strong>After one of the most explosive bull runs in Bitcoin\u2019s history, we woke up on Monday morning to a rather unpleasant surprise. Bitcoin dropped nearly 20% to the lowest level we\u2019ve seen in a <em>while. <\/em>Veteran investors remained calm and HODL-ed on. But watching the price dip on a large investment can be excruciating for all but the most hardcore Bitcoiner.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Fortunately, Bitcoin managed to push through the week, <a href=\"https:\/\/zebpay.com\/blog\/weekly-trade-report-the-floodgates-are-open\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">closing back near its all-time high<\/a>.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.coingecko.com\/en\/coins\/bitcoin\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">first big correction<\/a> of 2021 has a few lessons to offer us.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A crypto bull run is exciting. You can wake up one morning and see your investments double, if not more. Celebrate, by all means &#8211; but always remember &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/zebpay.com\/in\/buy-cryptos\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">cryptocurrency<\/a> is still one of the most volatile markets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-investing-is-never-an-emotional-act-if-it-is-you-re-doing-it-wrong\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Investing_is_never_an_emotional_act_If_it_is_youre_doing_it_wrong\"><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/zebpay.com\/in\/avoiding-fomo\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Investing is never an emotional act. If it is, you&#8217;re doing it wrong.<\/a><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Watching the Bitcoin price drop might tempt you to \u2018buy the dip\u2019 &#8211; to buy a large amount of crypto while the price is low. Buying low and selling high is guaranteed to work only if you can see the future, or if you&#8217;re <em>really <\/em>lucky. Make sure you&#8217;ve done your research.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Remember to rupee-cost average, and hold for the long term. Patience pays off.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-give-yourself-a-break\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Give_yourself_a_break\"><\/span>Give yourself a break!\u00a0<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Watching your portfolio 24\/7 will only induce anxiety. Stepping away for a while is the simplest and best way to overcome FOMO. Slowing down helps overcome the anxiety pushing you to act quickly \u2013 and there\u2019s plenty of great ways to spend this new free time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity is-style-dots\"\/>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After one of the most explosive bull runs in Bitcoin\u2019s history, we woke up on Monday morning to a rather unpleasant surprise. Bitcoin dropped nearly 20% to the lowest level we\u2019ve seen in a while. Veteran investors remained calm and HODL-ed on. But watching the price fall on a large investment can be excruciating for all but the most hardcore Bitcoiner.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":12480,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"_ayudawp_aiss_exclude":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[113,16,84],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/zebpay.com\/in\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12479"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/zebpay.com\/in\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/zebpay.com\/in\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zebpay.com\/in\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zebpay.com\/in\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12479"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/zebpay.com\/in\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12479\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":36642,"href":"https:\/\/zebpay.com\/in\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12479\/revisions\/36642"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zebpay.com\/in\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12480"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/zebpay.com\/in\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12479"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zebpay.com\/in\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12479"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zebpay.com\/in\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12479"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}