Re: Any long term HODLers increasing the BTC stash by trading?

Quote from: FractalUniverse on July 02, 2017, 10:38:04 AM

Quote from: Yuuto on July 02, 2017, 09:50:29 AM

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I think that it should be crystal clear to anyone that bitcoin prices always come in cycles, and block halving is the start of each cycle. Usually you see that bitcoin activity drops dramatically around 1.5 years after the block halving, nobody talks about it, mainstream media goes dead, price is just stable-ish. THat's the right time to buy. Take a look at google search trends: https://trends.google.com.au/trends/explore?q=bitcoin you'll see each halving brings a new round of enthusiasm, topping the last...

There must be something wrong with the stats

It's Google.

Quote from: jubalix on July 02, 2017, 10:34:56 AM

you cannot trade and win, as you have to pay a percentage on every trade and cannot know the future.

you could get lucky but the longer you trade the more likely you will even out to a loss on percentage.

traders do provide stability to the market.

hodl and invest in ico's as a hedge is far more sure than to trade.

Yeah, there's no way I'm doing that. You'll lose even more coins doing that than in trading.