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FOMO

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Definition

Fear Of Missing Out - The anxiety that others are profiting from a price increase while you're not invested. Often leads to emotional buying at peaks.

Example

"FOMO caused many traders to buy Bitcoin at $69k in 2021, right before the crash."

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