The recent drop in Bitcoin price has caused a lot of panic amongst new investors and of course in the media, who has compared the 20% price drop to an actual human Massacre. Yes thats right! Traders are so self-absorbed that they actually think losing money on cryptocurrency is similar to being slaughtered to death in Africa!
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Well, to calm people down and put everything into perspective I have made this image, I think is pretty self explanatory:
I hope you feel better now and please whatever you do...
Keep in mind that most people who entered the crypto markets have NEVER seen nor experienced a true CRYPTO BLOODBATH! People have no idea how hard Bitcoin could correct. We must sacrifice more noob blood to really scare people. LOL.
My strategy is simple. For all you noobs out there. Don't panic sell the blood, buy more on a set schedule and don't sell. You will regret it several years own the road.
And if you did buy BTC or ETH at $3000 or $400 then you learned a good lesson (at a possibly high cost). Take that knowledge with you into the future and learn from it.
I've survived to tell stories from past crypto blood baths and if it happens again, I know what to do..... MEH
Thanks for the post
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True story. The best strategy for small fish like us is to buy, put in a wallet, sell every couple of months, if the price goes down, buy again with what you sold. HODL is always the best way!
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Haha nice one!
Excellent intervention
@bitinformant so do you think that BTC and ETH will not get back to this level?
Lol, comparing crypto to massacre. I think that you can't be an investor in crypto high priced coins. You must daily trade to cut the potential loses and avoid the bubble in the future. You just can't lay back and chill. That's why everyone is going daily trading which will increase the volatility even more. I don't really care for Bitcoin. I care for Steem currency which is still vulnerable to market manipulations due to low price and outside-Steemit Steem whales.
hahaha GREAT post! Very funny and so true. Upvoted and resteemed :)
hehe, thanks!
Great chart - thank you.
I'm a trader of fiat currencies, commodities and options for a long time and although these fluctuations are difficult to handle emotionally, letting your emotions get in the way will be your demise.
Stay focused on the long-term even if you are attempting to "trade" on the shorter term.
Thanks for your insight, totally agree!
Easier said than done... we're in such a volatile moment and we're pretty high now, that is so easy to sell and buy impulsively and to lose real money. The easiest way is to always diversify your portfolio and to rebalance it once a month. An example of a good portfolio today is 20% Bitcoin 40% Litecoin 20% Ethereum, 5% Namecoin, 5% other cryptocurrencies. Of course, this is just one strategy, you're welcome to share any other.
Good thoughts for sure and diversification can be helpful. But with broad-market ups and downs, the pain can still be the same.
However, managing your emotions when trading and investing is among one of the most important elements people miss when starting out. Especially if they are lucky enough to have started in a secular bull market and caught the uptrend. They just think; "this is easy, I'm going to make a fortune."
It's important to "know yourself" and the type of trader you want to be. Day-trader, (being in and out of trades on the same day) Swing-trader (positions that last a few days or weeks) or a Position-trader (taking a position weeks or months at a time). Personally, I've done all in different markets, but choose to be a Position trader in Crypto.
Not knowing how you want to trade when you start will likely get you into trouble.
Volatility is a "traders" friend; however, in Crypto, the "rules" are not the same as in other market, in many ways. These are fledgling markets that really need time to evolve. The relative liquidity is small, thereby allowing for these monumental swings.
And as many are seeing, volatility is also the enemy.
Making emotional decisions, whether they be trading or personal will very often lead to disaster!
Be careful out there and know yourself and what your objectives are.
You need a strong stomach in these early days of Crypto!
I am just chillin it out and relaxing.
EVERYONE PANIC!!! SELL SELL! IT'S MORE BRUTAL THAN THE HOLOCOST, STALIN AND RWANDA COMBINED! NOTHING THIS HORRIBLE HAS HAPPENED TO ANYONE ANYWHERE SINCE THE BEGINNING OF ALL THINGS! THE STREETS ARE BEING PAINTED RED WITH THE BLOOD OF THE INNOCENT
NOOOOOOO!!
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very nice post great thoughts.
great buying time
remember about predictions..
Very good post! I agree, after gains like the crypto market has seen a correction was needed. Now the markets have an excuse to run again! Can't be all roses all the time. Followed you.
Who in the right mind would use a genocide as a comparison for the recent drop???
The dumb ass who wrote that article or whatever (probably just for click bait)
Keep HODLING ON.
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When in doubt always zoom out.
Sell the news, buy the FUD. Crypto investing 101. Feel free to tip me when you make millions.
Do the opposite of what everyone else is doing
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Exactly. Just zoom out from the chart and you will see that we're still doing very well this year. It's just a correction
Amazing article! Love them images, but seriously people need to just HODL and wait for the recovery after BIP 148. Now is the time to buy not sell.
You are assuming BIP148 will win the battle?
I'm running a BIP148 UASF (economic node) myself.
I think for the future of Bitcoin it must work for users to show the miners who is boss and not the other way around.
Lets do this shit :)
Agreed!
I definitely see BIP 148 winning! It will only make BTC stronger :)
Thanks for the sensible logic!
that' good to know I was afraid but know I feel better thanks for the analysis ;)
Confidence means a lot to every marketplace. Good post! Great points!
lol im in it for the long haul. #bitcoin is the way to go baby!
Yea it's just a correction.. Steem has dropped a much bigger percentage than Bitcoin..hopefully we start heading back up soon!
These cryptos are a matter of life and death to some people . For example if u are one of those big shot traders with a portfolio of over $10 million 30% drop means u lost your investors around 3 Million which isn't some loose change. But if u have minimal investment 30% maybe nothing. However, there were huge profits made over the last 4 to 5 months so I don't see what this whole panic is all about. Thank you for sharing.
If you bought at price peak then you can call it a bloodbath.
No kidding the price drops and everyone calls it a blood bath, this was due for a drop a lot of traders are taking profits after going from $900 to $3000 a coin in 3 months.
This must win the price for least political correct in whole 2017.
Ask the people who bought Ethereum at $400
Some coins took a hit but lots are already recovering. People are saying and predicting things on something that really only happened for 3 days and is already recovering. People with the articles and videos saying this shit are just click baiting.
THANK YOU! hahha I've been getting a bit worried as well. Maybe too worried. But it will probably go up again later!
just hold on to the investments!!
This!
As a daytrader.... yes, the ones that normally never look past a 5 minute chart... I can't stress how important it is to look at the higher time frame levels first.
Just look at that chart you've posted above. If you saw that on another time frame, you'd be creaming yourself over how bullish the chart looks!
We all just need to take a deep breath, look at the higher time frame support levels that are ALL still in play and relax :)
While Segwit throws a bit of a spanner in the works, it's still just like any other news release that markets react to BEFORE the event. I wrote my latest piece on the market psychology behind this move in Bitcoin and why I'm still bullish so please check it out if you want some accompanying reading.
I think comparing the drop to the massacre is way too much. Many innocent people died there. That just brutal and unfair.
Y'all can sell, I'll HODL
"Call this a bloodbath?!? You must be new to crypto!"
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ha ha I love those pics ha ha very funny