Having made a very nice profit in 3 months on Bitcoin purchased through etoro,ending up owning the imaginary equivalent of nearly 3 bitcoins , i wondered if i am better off buying actual bitcoins to own rather than using etoro, where you don't actually own any coins. With the hard fork coming up ,as i understand it , unless you actually own the bitcoin then there will be no free coins allocated. So by staying on etoro i would get nothing .
I thought about withdrawing all my money and began the process of buying again through Kraken , but they are not accepting deposits from the UK . So can anyone offer some advice please?
I don´t know etoro well. But as a rule you should have your coins with you (control the private keys). And put on exchanges etoro or any other the exact amount you want to be trading. Any holding medium to long term should be in a wallet controlled by you.