For me, it makes much more sense to sell gradually into an uptrend and take profit and then later use that profit to buy back whatever you sold.

Completely Agree with you! Everyone was waiting for dip, here we have it and unfortunately some people do the opposite, they sell. That is one of the reasons price will go even lower. Makes me happy, I get even better discount. Take heart, if this is a bear market and we continue with the pattern we'll never see BTC prices this low again in our lifetimes. Last bear market found it's price floor at $230. Those prices are looong gone. The same will be true for the price floor found in this bear market, if we have entered it. Enjoy your bank event, give them a short crypto lesson lol. And I’m very thankful for Steemify, can’t thank you anough!