Paper Hands
a.k.a. Paperhands
Slang for someone who sells at the first sign of trouble or takes a tiny profit too early.
In plain English
Slang for someone who sells at the first sign of trouble or takes a tiny profit too early.
Paper hands is the taunt for anyone whose grip tears like tissue: they sell on the first scary dip, or grab a small gain and run before the big move. It's the opposite of diamond hands.
The shaming is mostly crowd pressure. Selling according to a plan, say because your stop-loss was hit, isn't weakness; it's discipline. The real paper-hands mistake is panic: selling because of fear, with no plan at all.
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