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Board Speculation
Re: Bitfinex: Short > Long positions (Will end violently)
by
phoenix1
on 16/02/2017, 20:23:39 UTC
55k Bitcoin in a short position ?  Holy mother.. Shocked

55k contracts. IE $5,5000,000 which is 5.5k BTC and he's probably using 10x leverage so 5.5k/10 = 550

550 bitcoin short

Nope ... look again ... 55k BTC  Shocked

Agree, probably on a 10x. So 5.5k BTC on the line as margin ...