it’s not a loss until you sell. I read this crap all over this website by investors in the red trying to save face. It is a loss. An unrealized loss, but a loss nonetheless. https://www.investopedia.com/terms/u/unrealizedloss.asp#:~:text=An%20unrealized%20loss%20is%20a,or%20posting%20a%20marginal%20profit.