Loss porn via missed gains from paper handing but life changing painful anyway.

I sold all ~$25k of my stocks at the start of the covid crash.

I log all my trades in a spreadsheet, and can see wins/losses/gains/etc. Never updated the sheet after I liquidated.

Market rallied, continued to rally, continued… what I sold for $25k was worth over $300k at the peak.

Mostly SHOP/PLUG/AMD/CSIQ.

Not saying I woulda sold at the peak but definitely would have at some point earlier when interest rates were low and bought a house.

Since I waited to buy a house I basically can’t afford to in my home town anymore. I can on paper, but can’t compete with the full cash + over asking offers.

Paper handing will probably haunt me for the majority of my life.