I'm feeling like I've missed a nice opportunity here to sell a little Steem and pick up maybe even a couple of BTC.
I mean with a 30K HIVE airdrop already waiting for me, I'd be selling any liquid Steem right now.
Problem is I had a grand total of 42 liquid Steem which I sold yesterday at around .38, so I probably would have sold a few thousand at the same price.
And now that Steem is at 0.7 (honestly WTF saw that coming!?!) had I sold at that price I'd now be feeling as if I'd missed out even more
Or maybe I'm getting it all wrong, maybe I should be buying more Steem?
Maybe I should be buying for the free HIVE - problem is there I have no idea what the final value will be, although I'm sure it's going to fluctuate a lot!
With so much uncertainty, I go back to this Buddhist Parable
There was an old farmer who had worked his crops for many years. One day his horse ran away. Upon hearing the news, his neighbors came to visit. "Such bad luck," they said sympathetically.
"Maybe," the farmer replied. The next morning the horse returned, bringing with it three other wild horses. "How wonderful," the neighbors exclaimed.
"Maybe," replied the old man. The following day, his son tried to ride one of the untamed horses, was thrown, and broke his leg. The neighbors again came to offer their sympathy on his misfortune. "Maybe," answered the farmer. The day after, military officials came to the village to draft young men into the army. Seeing that the son's leg was broken, they passed him by. The neighbors congratulated the farmer on how well things had turned out. "Maybe," said the farmer.
In other words
Missing trading in Steem during this little pump may be good for me in the long run, although in my little head I can't figure out how!?!