Investor Brain Type

📉 The Bag Holder

You don't sell losers. You marry them.

Only 19.1% of players get this type

gistgarden.com · Investor Brain

You get emotionally attached to your stocks. When others cut their losses you call it "having no conviction." Somewhere in your portfolio is a position down 40% that you refuse to sell — because selling means admitting you were wrong, and you'd rather let it sit there reminding you that "it'll come back someday." (It won't.) You forward the good news to friends — "see, told you" — and swipe past the bad news — "what does that reporter know." Your most-used phrase: "I'll sell once it gets back to even."

The biases pulling your strings

Sunk Cost Fallacy

You hold on not because it will go up, but because you've already put so much in.

Confirmation Bias

You read only the news that supports your decision and quietly filter out the rest.

One way to fight it: Ask yourself: "If I were holding cash today, would I buy this at this price?" If not, you're not holding a stock — you're holding your ego.

For educational and entertainment purposes only. This is not financial advice, a professional assessment, or a recommendation to buy, sell, or hold any security. The biases described are general behavioral tendencies, not a diagnosis. Provided as-is.