Quote from: Crypto9er on February 06, 2015, 04:46:55 AM

Quote from: traderman on February 06, 2015, 04:39:47 AM

The implication is that Bitfinex being the largest exchange and offering traders the option to lever up in an illiquid market causes excessive volatility.

Quote from: odolvlobo on February 06, 2015, 04:26:03 AM

Don't bother reading the article. Only one sentence in the entire article was about margin trading and Bitcoin and here it is:

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Bitfinexs current leverage is about 3.3 to 1 for buying Bitcoin/Litecoin on margin, which is very miniscule compared to the leverage in more established markets.

I m more worried about Higher leverage (Like futures trading - 10/20x leverage), where sometimes with just few coins, traders can move the price up/down by few $. It make it much easier for "Big players" to manipulate the price and drive it in any direction they want.

True mate..even I am a bit worried about the "big Players" but I guess there is mostly someone to counter it..so it doesnt move much..unless few big guns sync it together.