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Title: There is no short selling of Bitcoin
Post by: ijphlrnxewho on April 13, 2016, 08:50:14 PM
If you don't own Bitcoin. There is no short selling of Bitcoin.


Title: Re: There is no short selling of Bitcoin
Post by: mkc on April 13, 2016, 08:59:35 PM
There are two ways to short Bitcoin .

1 use an exchange allows shorting btc.
2 borrow Bitcoin from p2p site, then sell them in exchange or localbitcoin. When the price drop, you buy back at lower price, pay back loan.


Title: Re: There is no short selling of Bitcoin
Post by: Wapinter on April 13, 2016, 09:10:37 PM
There are two ways to short Bitcoin .

1 use an exchange allows shorting btc.

Which exchange allow bitcoin shorting?

2 borrow Bitcoin from p2p site, then sell them in exchange or localbitcoin. When the price drop, you buy back at lower price, pay back loan.

In short term bitcoin price do not fluctuate largely, how can it cover the interest paid on loan?


Title: Re: There is no short selling of Bitcoin
Post by: mkc on April 13, 2016, 10:16:00 PM
There are two ways to short Bitcoin .

1 use an exchange allows shorting btc.

Which exchange allow bitcoin shorting?


2 borrow Bitcoin from p2p site, then sell them in exchange or localbitcoin. When the price drop, you buy back at lower price, pay back loan.

In short term bitcoin price do not fluctuate largely, how can it cover the interest paid on loan?

One of the exchanges allow shorting is bitfinex.

Well, shorting always involves borrowing, always pay interest. To justify how much how long etc is beyond me.


Title: Re: There is no short selling of Bitcoin
Post by: gentlemand on April 13, 2016, 11:50:17 PM

Which exchange allow bitcoin shorting?


Loads. And it seems to be far more important to traders than whether their exchanges are actually legit. The 'proper' American exchanges aren't allowed to do it seemingly.