{"id":46759,"date":"2026-09-02T10:26:35","date_gmt":"2026-09-02T10:26:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/financialrush.com\/?p=46759"},"modified":"2026-09-02T10:26:35","modified_gmt":"2026-09-02T10:26:35","slug":"selling-at-the-wrong-time-heres-how-an-unlucky-crypto-trader-missed-a-3-million-profit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/financialrush.com\/?p=46759","title":{"rendered":"Selling at the Wrong Time: Here\u2019s How an Unlucky Crypto Trader Missed a $3 Million Profit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> \n<br \/><\/p>\n<p>The cryptocurrency market is a weird one and frequently offers investors the opportunity to make enormous gains in just days, sometimes even hours. Of course, securing such profits requires more than skill; one also needs a bit of luck, perfect timing, and the courage to sell when the moment is right.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s the story of a certain trader who missed their chance to become a millionaire.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"selling-too-early\">Selling Too Early<\/h2>\n<p>The analytics platform Lookonchain <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/lookonchain\/status\/2094723865230594321\">revealed<\/a> the case of a crypto trader who bought 7.99 million PONS tokens a month ago for roughly $443,000. Shortly after, the price of the coin headed south, and the investor cashed out their entire position, taking a $308,000 loss.<\/p>\n<p>What happened next must have been hard for the mysterious trader to watch. PONS experienced a major pump, with its price skyrocketing by approximately 1,100% over a two-week period. Lookonchain estimated that those 7.99 million coins would now be worth nearly $3.46 million, meaning the investor would have made a $3 million profit (at least on paper).<\/p>\n<p>PONS is a relatively new token that currently boasts a market capitalization of around $275 million. It is closely connected to Robinhood Chain; if you are interested in learning more, take a look at our detailed article <a href=\"https:\/\/cryptopotato.com\/watch-these-3-coins-on-robinhood-chain-this-week\/\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"previous-unlucky-traders\">Previous Unlucky Traders<\/h2>\n<p>Selling too early can be just as painful as buying at the top, only to watch a major price decline drag your portfolio down with it.<\/p>\n<p>This is what happened to one unlucky trader in the summer of 2024. Back then, they <a href=\"https:\/\/cryptopotato.com\/unlucky-trader-lost-almost-1-million-after-dealing-with-a-newly-launched-meme-coin-details\/\">spent<\/a> more than $900,000 to buy 7.2 million Restore the Republic (RTR) tokens. The anonymous person hopped on the bandwagon when the valuation of the Trump-related meme coin exploded upon launch.<\/p>\n<p>Instead of a further rally, the token&#8217;s price crashed hard, and the trader eventually sold the stash for only $18,000.<\/p>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/cryptopotato.com\/selling-at-the-wrong-time-heres-how-an-unlucky-crypto-trader-missed-a-3-million-profit\/\">Selling at the Wrong Time: Here&#8217;s How an Unlucky Crypto Trader Missed a $3 Million Profit<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"https:\/\/cryptopotato.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">CryptoPotato<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/cryptopotato.com\/selling-at-the-wrong-time-heres-how-an-unlucky-crypto-trader-missed-a-3-million-profit\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The cryptocurrency market is a weird one and frequently offers investors the opportunity to make enormous gains in&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":46760,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-46759","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-crypto","cs-entry","cs-video-wrap"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/financialrush.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46759","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/financialrush.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/financialrush.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/financialrush.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/financialrush.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=46759"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/financialrush.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46759\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/financialrush.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/46760"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/financialrush.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=46759"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/financialrush.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=46759"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/financialrush.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=46759"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}