Reasons why you should NOT trade cryptocurrencies
volumemaster
Member Since Mar 03, 2019
32 posts
Mar 14 2019 at 07:31
No need for leverage on crypto, the market quite volatile, leverage can kill your account for sure
JesusSaves
Member Since Mar 14, 2019
8 posts
Mar 15 2019 at 08:10
Magelaus posted:
Unfortunately, I do not understand cryptocurrency. Although I read the article here https://bitcoinbestbuy.com/bitcoin-mining-guide/ . I plan to start mining, even if it sounds very difficult. I want to try :D
Love it. Just like everyone else. You don't understand crypto but because of one article you decide that it is worth investing in. Madness!
volumemaster posted:
No need for leverage on crypto, the market quite volatile, leverage can kill your account for sure
Absolutely agree, no need to leverage on crypto.
Somethings I learnt over 3 years trading on crypto:
- Don't use any broker that offer crypto CFD because their spread is crazy (sometimes 1-2%), just trade with own money in exchange like Bitfinex, Binance.
- Truth be told, I gave up predict the trend of crypto since early 2018, instead, in such volatile market, you can make money without predicting the trend of market. Use mathematics, you will find crazy unreasonable volatility in market that you can take advantages by some simple statistical arbitrage strategy.
- One more thing, understand Value at Risk (VAR) theory is critical when you trade in any bubble market like crypto.
ATB,
have fun trading
Matt
(BluePanther)
Member Since Jan 25, 2010
1344 posts
Mar 17 2019 at 06:53
JesusSaves posted:Magelaus posted:
Unfortunately, I do not understand cryptocurrency. Although I read the article here https://bitcoinbestbuy.com/bitcoin-mining-guide/ . I plan to start mining, even if it sounds very difficult. I want to try :D
Love it. Just like everyone else. You don't understand crypto but because of one article you decide that it is worth investing in. Madness!
True! omg... lol
psnowfox posted:volumemaster posted:
No need for leverage on crypto, the market quite volatile, leverage can kill your account for sure
Absolutely agree, no need to leverage on crypto.
Somethings I learnt over 3 years trading on crypto:
- Don't use any broker that offer crypto CFD because their spread is crazy (sometimes 1-2%), just trade with own money in exchange like Bitfinex, Binance.
- Truth be told, I gave up predict the trend of crypto since early 2018, instead, in such volatile market, you can make money without predicting the trend of market. Use mathematics, you will find crazy unreasonable volatility in market that you can take advantages by some simple statistical arbitrage strategy.
- One more thing, understand Value at Risk (VAR) theory is critical when you trade in any bubble market like crypto.
ATB,
have fun trading
I am really interested in your idea of using statistical averages. Could you please explain a bit more about how you do this? Do you think it would work with Forex because I mainly trade Forex not crypto
LeBuffon posted:
I am really interested in your idea of using statistical averages. Could you please explain a bit more about how you do this? Do you think it would work with Forex because I mainly trade Forex not crypto
Theretically, you may. To be able to stat-arb, you need to find pairs those are cointegrated, then you trade everytime they diverge. But I never find any forex pair sets which highly cointegrated for a long-term.
You can find some basic knowledge here:
https://gekkoquant.com/2012/10/21/statistical-arbitrage-correlation-vs-cointegration/
https://jonathankinlay.com/2018/09/developing-statistical-arbitrage-strategies-using-cointegration/
https://www.quantinsti.com/blog/johansen-test-cointegration-building-stationary-portfolio
Yep, I thought it's all finished and we just went smoothly with all established crypto currencies, yet like 2 years ago till now they are still popping up everywhere, so please explain this to me ? Somebody just virtually want to increase that interest. Some homemade currency which were issuing there tokens already closed 6 month ago. So it's artifical boom for another....
Global Robotics
(GermanyFX)
Member Since Jul 31, 2018
211 posts
Apr 11 2019 at 08:15
uxStyle posted:
Yep, I thought it's all finished and we just went smoothly with all established crypto currencies, yet like 2 years ago till now they are still popping up everywhere, so please explain this to me ? Somebody just virtually want to increase that interest. Some homemade currency which were issuing there tokens already closed 6 month ago. So it's artifical boom for another....
cryptos are like fancy toys anyone can make his own crypto and start his own market and bump and dump whenever he wants to.
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Beethoven9
Member Since Sep 10, 2018
8 posts
Apr 11 2019 at 10:46
So many ICOs right now. Everyone is trying to get in on the excitement of crypto. I would only consider trading the top 5 crypto and even then only in small amounts. More of a gamble than anything else. Even the oldest crypto BTC is very volatile