Here's The Secret To Investing In Bitcoin
Don’t use leverage, and don’t overexpose yourself to it.
Over the course of the last week, we’ve seen reports of massive bitcoin liquidations.
For those unfamiliar with the term “liquidation” as it applies to finance, it refers to when a trader is forced to close a leveraged trade because the margin for the trade has been depleted.
In everyday pleb terms, it’s when someone borrows money to bet on the direction of the price of bitcoin and they get it wrong, resulting in their losing the money they put up for the trade (or more, in some cases).
When it comes to trading bitcoin with leverage, I keep in mind the first line from the post below:
A fool and his leveraged #bitcoin are soon parted.
To quote one of my teachers, “up 6% today, down 100% tomorrow.”—@aantonop
To quote another, “#notyourkeysnotyourcoins”
Be careful out there. @michaeljburry is right—there’s a lot of hidden leverage in #bitcoin. Caveat emptor.— Caitlin Long
