It's all fungible.
If I spent $10 in BTC to move from $50 to $80 in Steem I can just sell off $10 worth of Steem to buy the BTC back, now I have $70 worth of Steem. The fact that I would have $80 worth of Steem if I'd just wandered off after the first buy doesn't matter to my overall profit except that I didn't do a very good job of maximizing it.
Am I in a worse position than someone who just stuck around in Steem? Sure. They made $30 and I only made $20. But that's just FOMO in more complicated language.
hahahahha yes you are confusing people tho....
i'll explain it to charity bot in a different way.
The end goal is to have more Steem, not to have more USD valuation of Steem.
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hahahahhahahaha that made me laugh more than it should have.
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