Bitcoin thread anyone?

Quote from Pekelo:

Technically speaking, the price looks like going full parabolic, so there is more upside left. I would say $13-15 in the next 2 weeks, where at I would short it, because it should fall back to $8 at least.

It took 4 weeks but it did reach $15 and then it very quickly dropped back to $8...

So after all, I am good at this prediction thingy... :)

Can one put limit orders on this thing? I see it is traded on different websites. Are those connected (I see different prices) or does a bitcoin trader have to set up account with each one?
 
Quote from stock777:

doesnt take much to whip fools into a frenzy over nothing does it.

so if you take two idiots and they swap an apple pit back and forth at every increasing values, is that a market? or is it two idiots?


Its both
 
Quote from Pekelo:

It took 4 weeks but it did reach $15 and then it very quickly dropped back to $8...

So after all, I am good at this prediction thingy... :)

Can one put limit orders on this thing? I see it is traded on different websites. Are those connected (I see different prices) or does a bitcoin trader have to set up account with each one?

Yeah. You can get an account with Mt Gox. They are basically "the game" as far as execution goes in the US. There was another popular exchange, Bitfloor, which recently was hacked for $200,000+ IIRC

If you plan on trading large amounts of bitcoin I would recommend a Yubikey, which is a small security device that unlocks your account. There are too many convenient hacks in the BTC world, if you plan on keeping coins for yourself on the side to dollar cost average KEEP THEM IN YOUR OWN PERSONAL WALLET and don't leave them with anyone else. Fair warning, lol.

I would take a look at www.bitcointalk.org, which is the forums for all things bitcoin.

EDIT: About the real trading price / different websites. That is where a lot of arb takes place and I would imagine it is being done all day by a variety of people. There are posts on that forum I linked which go into detail about that same subject. Basically, a bitcoin is a bitcoin is a bitcoin. But anyway, yes, you would have to setup multiple accounts with all your various small other exchanges.
 
Quote from Pekelo:

Thanks for the info. Can you short it though? I think you can only sell what you already have...

kronos.io (search) I believe allows margin trading / shorting, but I am not sure. Used to be able to do it with bitcoinica.... I am sure there is another major service like this in the works.
 
Bitcoin looking real good right now!!

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Quote from traitor786:

I like the idea behind bitcoin. I briefly looked in to it for something else. If I understood right, there is no new currency added. Unlike money.

It's really a good idea but i think you just have to watch out for the press. Chances are, we came across it when it was more talked about. This would mean we saw it at a high.

So just watch for your entry, make sure its not being hyped at the time you buy it (remember its not a stock or commodity) exposure means popularity which should mean high price.

Couple of problems (from what i remember i understood of it.
trading means working with strangers with large amounts of cash. This can be limiting as it is a test, splitting your orders in small chunks may result in predictability of your volume requested. after a long period of this, people can get start to get ideas. this is for face to face trading.

lack of traders,

and I'm a bit worried that the idea get copied and maybe improved. In this case we could see a % of user start selling to use the new service lowering price,

but like i said i thought about it and didn't like the risk so didn't go deeper in to it. Id really like to see a chart. Its been a long time since i last saw it and maybe now the press is a bit quiet.


Damn my old bit coin post ! nice to see its alive and kicking !
 
Quote from hft_boy:

Anyone think there is a market for Bitcoin HFT?

people are doing this right now, more or less an arb situation between different exchanges, but the liquidity isn't really there for true HFT. Right now maybe about $16,000 USD of liquidity within 10 cents of the best bid and ask on both sides.. take a look for yourself at bitcoin.clarkmoody.com
 
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