If you are reading this bitcoin has hit the incredible $10,000 mark! Bitcoin has gone up faster than any other asset or currency I have ever seen in my life in one year. That's why it is very important to protect your bitcoin in a hardware wallet off the exchange. Bitcoin has now reached $10k in 2017 and many experts are predicted it to reach $25,000-$40,000 in 2018. If that was fiat money you wouldn't leave that type of cash in your back pocket in a wallet you would want to protect it. Since bitcoin is intengible the best thing you can do is to protect your private keys in a offline hardware wallet. My recommendation would be the Ledger Nano S. You can find this item in my blog below. You can get a full review as well as a step by step guide on how to use the wallet.
Ledger Nano S: https://medium.com/@jdarcio/ledger-nano-s-11e851769149
Make Money With Bitcoin: https://medium.com/@jdarcio/make-money-online-with-bitconnect-c113ac04f1bc