FOMO
TheoryDefinition
Fear of Missing Out. The behavioral driver of late-cycle bubbles. Investors who held cash through a 200% rally start to feel pain not from market drops but from missing gains, and capitulate at exactly the wrong time.
Most acute in concentrated themes (memecoins 2021, AI 2023-24). The classic FOMO trade: buy at the top, hold through the crash, sell at the bottom out of panic.
Most acute in concentrated themes (memecoins 2021, AI 2023-24). The classic FOMO trade: buy at the top, hold through the crash, sell at the bottom out of panic.