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I have to laugh at people who complain about "losses" when fiat prices fall and are happy about "profits" when fiat prices rise. A user once wrote that he is happy about a "profit" and hopes that the price will rise, then he will have even more "profit". In most cases, people don't sell their coins at all, so they have no profits and no losses. Only when they have sold BCH do they have a real profit or loss, depending on the price at which they bought BCH. The user who has made a "profit" and is hoping for an even higher profit cannot make a higher profit at all if he has sold his BCH and realised his profit. But if he has not sold his BCH, which I assume he has, he has made no profit at all (perhaps he has sold in part, in which case his statement would be true, but I doubt it). It's actually very simple, but many people don't understand it.
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People are often confused by this, no matter how many times you explain it. In investment terms, we have always used the terms "realized" and "paper." In other words, a gain that is made but not sold is considered a "paper gain." A gain that is sold is considered a "realized gain." Conversely, selling is a realized loss. If you do nothing the loss is only on paper. It is the same confusion people have about the world's richest people. For example, Jeff Bezos does not actually have $150 billion in the bank. Most of his money is tied up in the stock he owns of Amazon. His money is technically on "paper," but not actually in his pocket.
Exactly. "Paper gain" and "paper lose" are correct terms. People talk about profits, losses or even assets that are only on paper. If a BTC whale selling hundreds of thousands of BTC's at once, the BTC price would drop to zero, therefore the assets of that BTC whale are "paper assets", far from reality. On the other hand, if I were to sell all my BCH, the BCH price would hardly change. My BCH asset is also a "paper asset" but the fiat value of the asset is very close to reality.