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Re: Bitcoin dropping after BTC China said it is closing

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Take note, high-risk investors: now is a good time to buy.

I got some ETH at $230-$240 range but it would not surprise me if we see a $170-$180 range (next resistance level) the next hours.

Same here. I'm trying to figure out how to short ETH. Unfortunately, I'm a noob and don't know my way around.

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> The cryptocurrency traded at $3,601.40 at 7:58 a.m. in New York, far below an all-time high of $5,013.91 set earlier this month. That's a 28% drop from the high. For normal securities a price drop like that in less than a month would be considered a crash. Does it count for BTC as well or are the elevated levels at the start of the month with too thin a volume to be considered legit?

In cryptocurrency world 10% daily change is considered normal. The markets were extremely volatile in the past and as years pass by they become more stable. We are not there yet but I believe in the future as the market cap increases and more people get involved the price will stabilize more and such changes will be considered a crash. Also do not forget the people that had money in BTCC exchange. I suppose many of t…

For comparison, I checked how CNBC reported the TSLA price fall, to see if it treated it differently. If anything, they were more harsh on Tesla:

"Tesla Sinks 20% From High — Entering Bear Market Territory — As Concerns About 'Bubble Stock' Mount"

https://www.cnbc.com/2017/07/06/tesla-shares-plunge-12-perce...

Re: Bitcoin dropping after BTC China said it is closing

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In cryptocurrency world 10% daily change is considered normal. The markets were extremely volatile in the past and as years pass by they become more stable. We are not there yet but I believe in the future as the market cap increases and more people get involved the price will stabilize more and such changes will be considered a crash. Also do not forget the people that had money in BTCC exchange. I suppose many of t…

Tesla is considered an infamously overvalued stock, and even Elon Musk has publicly questioned the price in the past. It has had the highest number of shorts for any stock. Despite making 1/100th as many cars as the big manufacturers, it has a market cap higher than Ford and GM. That is not exactly a great comparison. A normal blue chip won't fluctuate more than ten percent in a month, let alone in a day. But currenc…

I agree with you, Tesla is a volatile and overvalued stock. My point was that such volatility is not unknown even to the US Stock Markets. I don't think a blue chip stock can be compared to bitcoin. It is interesting to see some big movement stock movements that happened in the past. http://www.investopedia.com/articles/stocks/12/most-shocking...

Re: Bitcoin dropping after BTC China said it is closing

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Take note, high-risk investors: now is a good time to buy.

I got some ETH at $230-$240 range but it would not surprise me if we see a $170-$180 range (next resistance level) the next hours.

Resistance level? It's 2017 and you still believe technical analysis BS?

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I got some ETH at $230-$240 range but it would not surprise me if we see a $170-$180 range (next resistance level) the next hours.

Same here. I'm trying to figure out how to short ETH. Unfortunately, I'm a noob and don't know my way around.

Bitfinex is probably your best bet.

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I got some ETH at $230-$240 range but it would not surprise me if we see a $170-$180 range (next resistance level) the next hours.

Same here. I'm trying to figure out how to short ETH. Unfortunately, I'm a noob and don't know my way around.

You can short ETH on some trading websites such us eToro or Plus500 which in my opinion are not really great. A really high risk move would be to register on 1broker which is a CDF broker where deposits are done in BTC. There you can short BTC if you like. I would surely not leave any amount in that broker for a long time

Another way of shorting is to get an ETH loan from someone, covert it to $ and then wait for ETH to fall. When it does you can buy more ETH, pay back the loan and keep the profit.

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I got some ETH at $230-$240 range but it would not surprise me if we see a $170-$180 range (next resistance level) the next hours.

Resistance level? It's 2017 and you still believe technical analysis BS?

Not 100% and surely I don't believe I can predict price movements with TA. But resistance levels can help a bit. Don't forget that cryptocurrency markets are yet immature and self-fulfilling prophecies is something de facto in them

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Same here. I'm trying to figure out how to short ETH. Unfortunately, I'm a noob and don't know my way around.

Bitfinex is probably your best bet.

I'm using coinbase atm that doesn't short. Also has very high fees.

EDIT: bitfinex doesn't work on the machine I'm using. Guess shorting will have to wait for later.

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I got some ETH at $230-$240 range but it would not surprise me if we see a $170-$180 range (next resistance level) the next hours.

Resistance level? It's 2017 and you still believe technical analysis BS?

what is a better way to decide on buy/sell signals for cryptos in your opinion? Genuinely curious.
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