I feel you on the not selling. I have a very hard time ever selling. I just like to see my money in my crypto accounts. I thought about selling at $3 too, but only for a fraction of a second because I had the same though you had.
I don't give any thought to those market cycles. I used to, but I think most of the things people base their decisions on that they think are solid and logical aren't really. Just because crypto has behaved in a particular way multiple times doesn't mean that it will again. I don't think it's a very predictable thing in that sense. Things always change. We're living in different times now then we were during those cycles, so to me the way it behaved before is out the window. I look at where we are now and that's it.
RE: Never taking profits and beating the dead horse on lengthening cycles