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Paper Hands

Paper Hands is a slang phrase made popular on Reddit, describing crypto traders who sell too early because they don't have a risky bone in their body. They're completely afraid of losing money because the risk of holding their open position is too high for them to handle

Example

A trader who bought Bitcoin at $40,000 sold at $38,000 during a brief dip was called 'paper hands' by the community when it rallied back to $50,000 the following week.