My goal in investing is to make money long-term. I, however, have made the mistake of selling on monday because "well obviously the market is going to crash and I will literally have made free money". I will come out of this knowing that I should not try to time the market. I am stuck in a dilemma right now:
The stock price has not dropped to the point where I sold, since I sold. I could either: price in my losses, ignore the stock market for years but it will have cost me a sizeable amount of money. I don't think it's good to have done an unironic "sell low buy high". Or I can wait. It is still very possible for the market to go down, but it might also stabilize from here, especially if a deal is made with china. The market may never return to my buying point, and I will have lost out on a lot of money.
This might come off as something "stupid", but I am extremely new to investing. Which direction would you choose?