I am in the same boat as you. Looks like the market will be going sideways for a number of years so it could be a long time before you are able to recoup your loses. But if you sell now you will lock in your $6k loss. If you do sell I have found that there are some really good dividends out there in some good companies that have just been pulled down with the rest of the market. I am talking about in the 8% to 10% range. I have been buying those and plan to just hang on and draw the dividends while the Wallstreet fat cats continue to manipulate the market up and down making lots of money in this volatile market, Good luck