The last couple of weeks the market’s been super shaky. Everyone’s waiting for updates, rumors about drop changes spread faster than actual facts, and because of that beginners are panicking and dumping their inventory.

What I see in reality:
— popular skins (AKs, AWPs, gloves) hold way better than hype trash
— knives with solid finishes are fine, rare but useless stuff keeps dropping
— people once again forget there are no fast x2s without real risk

If you’ve been trading for more than a few months, this is actually a comfy period. Buy on dips, don’t chase rumors, and don’t go all-in. The market has proven a hundred times already — patience makes more money than FOMO.

Skins are not an investment, skins are something you buy for fun with disposable money.

I know people who "built empires"(rofl) on debt and after the trade up update had to quicksell everything at cents per dollar to pay the debts, couldn't even wait for the prices to recover cause they had to pay the credit cards and had nothing to eat.

This post was edited by Lupshy on Jan 19 2026 08:06am

Climbing ur way back to 80% warn huh ?