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description: "$Intel(INTC.US) Why do retail investors lose money? They find a stock they like, buy it, and it immediately starts falling. It keeps falling. After agonizing over it, they sell at a loss. Then they switch to another stock and repeat the same process. Looking back, if they hadn't sold, all of them would have multiplied several times over."
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# $Intel(INTC.US) Why do retail investors lose money…


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## Comments (4)

- **cquser · 2026-05-01T14:31:20.000Z**: Can't stand the loss! Just want to cut the position! Stop loss! Sigh!
- **交易员7.27 · 2026-04-30T00:18:50.000Z**: Open a short position!
- **自信的我 · 2026-04-30T00:12:21.000Z**: Yeah. Can't hold it. You can only hold on if you understand it.
  - **潘伟达** (2026-04-30T00:27:52.000Z): What's there to see? It's just a gamble—one person is patient, the other isn't.