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I've been considering selling my ETH all day to put into BTC. Just can't make up my mind

Bitcoin is reaching new highs and a lot of people are predicting a correction very soon so it probably wouldn't be wise to do it just yet and wait for more bang for your buck

Well first of all this topic belongs in the trading discussion section, As for what you should do, Nobody can help you with that, We don't know what the future holds, Maybe BTC will crash right after hitting the $7000 mark, or it may skyrocket to $30,000. So its a risk, Trading always is, What i can recommend to you right now is, don't invest any amount which you can't afford to lose. BTW if i were you, i would wait till this 2X drama is over.

It is not necessary, I myself hold a lot on the air and soon it will rise and bitcoin will fall on the contrary. So do not make hasty decisions, wait time.

No, I wouldn't sell ETH fot BTC, I believe in its future. Besides you never know what will happen next in this sphere, so just splitting your assets is a better solution

I totally agree with it. ETH and BTC are quite solid right now so having both assets is a good thing.

If you sell Ethereum to buy Bitcoin right now you are literally selling low to buy high - The exact opposite method to making money! Save your Eth, BTC will drop again. Part of me thinks that Bitcoin Cash is going to take over BTC but that is just speculation

I think you need to save all your Eth ,bitcoin price will drop soon and eth even it has a lower value for me it has a better future someday.Both of them are assets no need to worry for its price.

I got drunk yesterday and sold my 10 ETH. Today the rate was -12%, I am glad I did it, will buy my 10 ETH back right after the fork.

ETH may have future, but it is has unlimited supply (== inflation), so it is not a good coin for long-term investments. However I agree that there is no reason for selling ETH for BTC (or vice versa) right now.

Try to keep a balanced portfolio. maybe you can go for 60/40 in BTC/ETH or in the reverse order if you prefer a little bit more risky one. Do not put all your eggs on the same portfolio. Also check the news and try to analyse the possible outcome of eth and btc price in the coming weeks/months.

As above, its good to balance btc and eth in your wallet. Both currencies are strong but I think it is the worst time to trade your eth to btc.

That's right. The only thing I would consider selling at the moment are altcoins forked from BTC, although you would also end up selling low to buy high, but since BTC is looking great as an investment for the future with possible Amazon acceptance and return of Chinese trading on the horizon that wouldn't be a bad idea.
ETH has still a chance to go up, like many other altcoins. I still hold some coins although they've been sluggish lately (LTC for instance).

I'd rather sell my BTC and reinvest after SegWit 2x hard-fork.

Everyone is now selling their altcoins and buying bitcoins thats why bitcoin price is so high and altcoins are dumping . Thats why this is the right time to buy altcoins like eth and waves . You can make a massive profit in coming days through Altcoins .

Well, you have to do decision yourself. Peesonally, I wouldn't sell my Ethereum for Bitcoins now. Ethereum isn't big part of my portfolio and I'm holding it in long term.
Now mostly people changing their altcoins into bitcoins as they are preparing for upcoming hard fork and this is why mostly altcoins price decreased so much recently. Maybe now it's better to increase your altcoin assets, including Ethereum. I think you will benefit from it more than if you buy btc which is hitting price records day by day. It's hard to predict how long it will continue.
Anyway, you will have to decide and take responsibility yourself, we only can advice.

If you are thinking about long term investments, I would recommend holding some of both Bitcoin and Etherium long term. So the answer to your question would depend on how much Etherium and Bitcoin you have and what ratio is best. I would lean to being more heavily invested in Bitcoin but I think diversifying is important.

If you are talking about short term trading, then I would only sell the Etherium for Bitcoins when Etherium was high and Bitcoin was low (or at least relative to each other). And of course I would trade the other direction when Bitcoin was high and Etherium was low.

Yes. I want to sell my eth and buy btc because when btc grows all walet becomes cheaper

If I owned a larger percentage of ETH to BTC then I would sell so it the percentage was more like 80/20, but that is just my opinion.  Also, just because I would want to re adjust the ratio, does not mean I would sell right away, BTC is way up and ETH has been lagging, I would wait for the ratio to correct a bit, but then again, there is a BTC hard fork upcoming, and current futures are trading for about $1000 per B2X. 

The price of the broadcast is several times less than bitcoin, even if you sell everything, it will be hard to buy bitcoin, and it is not worth it now, who knows what will result in such a rise.

I think it will be a good idea if you will convert your ETH to BTC until the next fork,
for you to get the new token from that fork with that sole purpose. You need to convert
your bitcoin to ETH right after getting the fork because price might go down after that fork.

By doing this you can expect to earn from the new token and expect to have more ETH after
the fork. Bitcoin's price might go up to $8,000 by November 15 and ETH will remain the
same or might go lower because more and more people are converting their alt coins as of now.

It is not a good idea if you think bitcoin will increase after fork.

Agree with you dude

The sooner the better. Maybe u don't know, but ETH is just a experiment that even creator Vitalik don't know purpose of yet. It have no limit of ETH creation, it will be worth less and less over time and in the end is just a programming experiment for geeks.

People say that all the time. The truth is, when correction comes, it's quick. You better be ready to just buy on the down days and know that it could go down more tomorrow and be ready to buy more tomorrow because when we go on these runs we set new support levels that are becoming harder and harder to fall through.

To the OP, why not own both? Are you just trying to prepare for the fork? If so...it's probably a solid idea.

A better question is: will the Bitcoin price fall in 2018 once all these forks have stopped driving demand?

i wouldn't sell any alt now. in fact, i used all my eth to buy playkey.

If you already have bitcoin, no need to sell your Eth, maybe better to have both, safer

No dont do that now. BTC price high, it may decrease anytime. And ETH price is too dip. If you sell ETH now and buy BTC, then ETH increase that double lose!

Anytime is a good time to buy BTC for now since the price keeps on going high and I think it hasn't reached the top yet. I read on this forum that a fork might happen on November 15, the segwit 2x and if you have BTC you will receive the coin from the fork. You can take advantage of this since it will be a free coin from the fork and ETH price is almost stagnant.

I don't think that you should sell your Etherium coin for the bitcoin Because the price of the ehterium coin is down because of not much activity by the Etherium coin team .
Here it will not take more time to get Active in the market because I know very well that the team is much busy in the improvement in the technical ( fork) of the Etherium coin , so we can understand well that how the Etherium coin is near to get up .
Here you can think in another way that you are not in the loss Because , the value of the Etherium coin in the term of the bitcoin is increasing by the value of the bitcoin , so overall you are not in loss .
So don't sell your Etherium coin and wait to increase in this  month .

BTC price will go higher on the next days better convert your ETH for now for faster increase on your cryptos value.

I am sure ETH will grow further and this Altcoin has future. However, if you have many coins, you can sell part of them to buy BTC. Do not be in a hurry - keep both Bicoins and Altcoins. It will be the alternative decision.

How can You be so sure about this?

Personally, I would hold ethereum and bitcoin and make more bitcoin by adding more amounts in it and i would hold them as long as I can.

ETH isn't varying much in price at the mo while BTC soars and will probably continue to do so until the fork. If I were you, if I have a lot of ETH I would get rid of most for BTC. ETH will get higher than ever soon but there's money to be on BTC until then.

yes i will sell it to buy btc because the price will rise up big and we can make big profit this is what traders do

Yes yes yes! Bitcoin is the only coin to buy these days. I mean you should buy earlier and it's kinda too late, we are only 10 days behind the fork. I'm predicting that the price will peak one or two days before the fork and kinda mini crash right after the fork block.

If I were you I'd hold that ETH until the fork, wait for the dump to happen, then trade those ETH to BTC when BTC crashes. Don't aim on gaining B2X, it's kinda too late. You won't likely to profit from B2X if you buy just now.

 

The position of ETH is not very clear now. Leaving much ETH in hold is not worth it. Maybe after the transition to PoS ETH will strengthen but this is not a fact.

No , I think the rate of increasing is very crazy . It make think one sentence: The higher you climb, the heavier you fall . Actually , I am very afraid of this , this state that look like everyone is in crazing . After that ， ETH is not bad , I still think ETH is in a very big promising.

Don't sell them. ETH looks very promising and will probably have a great value in the near future.

Some ETH need to work with tokens. The rest was sold at summer

at the present time I would not sell, because I suspect that ETH will have a high value, seeing other currencies more ETH not

I guess it is not wise to sell all your ETH inexchange for bitcoins.It would be okay if you split your investment incase when the price of bitcoin will eventually drop. You can have a 70% btc and 30% btc ratio.Bitcoin price increased yet very alarming and sudden.

It is not a good idea if you think bitcoin will increase after fork.

No, I recommend to hold in Bitcoin and Eth in order to diversificate risks.

Sorry i dont know what are you saying? what is ETH problem? i think you should not sell ETH to buy bitcoin, bitcoin have price is too high but compare to ETH. ETH is potential will big increase in 2018

I did it long time ago. Ethereum's parity got hacked today again, not looking good.

Good thinking but for me it depends on "amount" of etherum that he has cause if it is more than thousand dollars he could invest and earn more with bitcoin after down which will be in near future.

I would hold Ethereum at your place because their course should soon jump. Watching the market, I believe that it will soon be a decent competition on the BTC. I've invested a little bit and I'm holding on and I'm counting on more.

I think the diversivication is the best thing ever. Sell a few eth to diversificate your portfolio.

I think not. ETH/BTC exchange is falling while the price of bitcoin rises. I think its smarter to wait for a more profitable price.

That's a good decision tbh because the value of ETH is sliding in flow with the alts' destruction going on with Bitcoin on the rise.
But have it sold immediately and buy back after hard fork as alts are surely going to see a great recovery after we pass this.
ETH and other solid looking alts (only a few ones) will survive and others which were just for pumps won't remain in the game.

Bitcoin are growing now. However, BTC shows the larger growth.

I would make an exchange of some ETH for BTC, but I will not sell them all. Then I will compare profits in both cases.
But I hope that ETH will rise up. I think it should cost around 700$ now, because so many ICOs doing on Ethereum!

I would hold my ETH untul next year,, because some people said ETH price will rise at the end of this year, well I don't know if that's just a rumour...
but tbh, ETH to BTC rate is very low today, so I would just hold it anyway ~



I hope that too mate,,, ETH price will rise ~

I don't think you should choose. It is better to hold both and be happy with that then go all in and risk it with picking just one. You should have a nice spread over your investment money.

Certainly a decent advice. Fortunately I have not much at stack, guess I will wait and watch stuff.

why do not you keep eth until bitcoin has a strong price adjustment eth will increase again. Bitcoin is at its highest level since its inception, but if you sell eth now and invest in bitcoins then I think not. Suppose you sell eth and buy a large amount of bitcoin and the price is constantly dropping compared to the price you bought leading you to no word from what you do.

I would split my investments because if bitcoin goes lower then ethereum will gain and vice versa. Do mind the hard fork coming up when investing in bitcoin, also note that BTC is overvalued right now and a big dump might be in the making.

Short term, this guy might be right.  Long term tho?  IMO I think BTC will out perform ETH medium to long term so yes, I would.  I say this while still holding a small % of my portfolio in ETH, but I have always been a fan of BTC and continue to hold a larger % of my portfolio in it. 

At this juncture, any member has the right to his opinion. To me, with the current fork, I can make my eth to btc 40% to 80%, preparing myself to withstand whatever consequence. Afterall, business is risk.

No ,im gonna hold my eth cause once the fork ended ethereum price will be the next to go the moon.

Personally, I still hold my eth while waiting for btc sinking, then I'll go there

Ether have scope for much appreciation one should pick ether to bitcoin before fork. 

it depends how much you hold your coin, i only have around 0.137[eth] from airdrop (thanks airdrop) then i can say i will exchange it into bitcoin why ? because the amount is to small to hold if i hold it i only got small profit to, then i prefer to hold  my eth and buy incoming best ICO, GOOD LUCK

It depends on you, but for me it is better if you have eth and btc both. Next year it will go up new ath, if you're trader you have to buy more btc to trade some altcoins that's the fastest way to get more bitcoin.

No, Dont sell ETH to buy BTC because both of them have a potential to increase and good for a long term goal. Just do buy more ETH and BTC using money and after a years you will earn more profits

For me, i do prefer to buy both ETH and BTC. I would not sell my ETH for buying a BTC, those cryptocurrency have an abilities in the future and good for the continuing also that soon can gives a huge earnings by holding it

It is not worth how much you need to sell the ETH to at least firmly enter the market with bitcoins, and not with crumbs. And what then to wait for further fiction, better wait for the growth of alts.

BTC already going higher everyday, altcoin dump cause everyone sell altcoin and buy BTC . I dont know how long BTC survive
But i think no need to sell ETH for BTC. If you tell me 1 year ago then i used to say buy bitcoin.

I think I will split it about 60% of my eth to be placed into BTC. I missed the moment anyway.

You can sell the part and buy bitcoin the way you want. But I would not sell everything, it is better to leave a little. It's not the best idea to keep everything in one place. Whenever such a strategy may not be the best option, you need to think through all the options

To date, do not sell air. I know for sure that there will be growth. BTC is undergoing major changes, I would refrain from buying it.

yes i will sell my eth for buy btc because i know that, when btc price up then every coins became cheaper. Now btc price is under $6500  i think. I hope it will increase more very soon. But eth is also good coin it will also grow up in future.

I am holding BTC and ETH both, because I believe they have the most promising potential among crypto currencies. I am not planning to sell my ETH azctually nor in the near future at least. I think the price of ETH will rise again highly in the few coming months and years, and it will be the best opportunity for the holders.

No i don't sell ethereum to buy bitcoin right now although bitcoin's price is went down because with ethereum i could made good profit from trading altcoins and i also participated on ICOs projects due to almost all of ICOs projects based on ethereum's platform, i will sell ethereum to bitcoin if i have got the profit from trading altcoins or of i have got the profit from investment into ICOs projects, ethereum be used for capital investment in digital coins world.

Both are profitable and worth keeping. So, I guess it's good to hold both for a long time. Both ethereum and bitcoin are profitable and their prices will continue on increasing as time goes by. Most ICOs are ethereum based and more people are investing bitcoin.

O would consider this time, my Ethereum is been a while in a dragging drama price increase so as we observed that Bitcoin Cash is now shifted as Bitcoin's parallel rival due to some confusion where a large group of miners are leaving Bitcoin.
Yes, it's better dump Ethereum and invest Bitcoin Cash this time if you want to get good profit after the next few months.

Bitcoin is currently dumping as the cryptocurrency developers are looking  to push and promote bitcoin cash equally to bitcoin.
Whereas ethereum is also cashing since past two days. People are eagerly following bitcoin cash now bitcoin is still king of cryptocurrencies.
If i have ETH right at the time, i would have bought bitcoin. I beleive bitcoin will regain its priority in just a month.

ETH and BTC are two different coin important for everyone in the cryptocurrency world,Nice to have the two in your wallet,just ensure you following the news to know where the pump and dump is at every moment.

I will definitely not sell my bitcoin for ether. Bitcoin is the face of cryptocurrency and the leader in cryptocurrency. I would rather sell ether to accumulate more bitcoin.

I think its not a good idea to sell your ETH just to buy bitcoin because both coins are the two most potential coin in the market, maybe in sometime your ETH May got high and you can gain more profit out of it.

If the number of ETH starts to decrease, as stated by Buterin, then I do not exclude, ETH will head the cryptomarket.

For me it's a no, maybe some but not all.  You can collect many potential coins for future purposes. You should still hold ethereum because when it's price rises you will regret it thats why atleast keep some of it and also buy some bitcoin. It's a win win situation if you own both of that cryptocurrency.

Probably in my opinion, i will sell my eth to buy bitcoin right now, because as we can see that btc orice now are getting lower and lower. This is our change now to buy it then hodl it till the it rise again in the future

Oh we can see a bit of drama for sure. First, Ethereum thought yeah we're gonna do the Flippening. People went ETH crazy, ICO crazy, and Bitcoin was supposed to be dead. What happened after that? Bitcoin went on to go and reach new heights, ETH keeps struggling to get past $300. Every time it reaches $300 again, BTC has rushed past a new ATH.

We'll see the same happen with BCC. It'll be the new golden baby, making money for miners everywhere and whales. Then we'll get back to business and everyone will realise it didn't work with Cash.

I think both will see a lot of rises in the next couple of months. Maybe the altpumps will come earlier than expected this year. But lets see what will happen.

Seems like something like that. I missed a moment on BCH. Wrong decision last week  :-\


I think it's a good idea to split it like u said. Left regret behind.

That's a wrong idea my friend if I were you, for now that altcoin has a great potential in the future much better you just hold that one and some other altcoin like LTC. Holding both of two coins is have a pretty idea and more possible of gained.
Now I owned some ethereum but I still hold with it together with my bitcoin in different wallet this two cryptocurrency I strongly believed have a good potential in crypto market.

I think it doesn't make sense to sell an Eth and buy Btc
So you shouldn't do it for now
You can buy Altcoin with Ethereum
It would be a good investment in small amounts

the year end would be nice to wait as we are expecting how things will turned for our investment, as bitcoin showed downfall and eth are trying to
cope up with bcc just needed to make good judgement before doing any action whether to hold or sell your holdings.

I wouldn't sell both my ethereum and bitcoin, because I really think that these coins are worth keeping for a long time. Bitcoin is a good investment because it is the main currency. On the other hand, ethereum is widely used especially most ICOs are ethereum based, that's why it's price will keep growing in the future.

Both are great prospects at this moment and I would not want to sell all of my etherium to get into bitcoin. If I were you i would rather put in more fiat to buy bitcoins or sell half of my eth to buy some bitcoins.

I think itsn't good time to dump ethereum and buy bitcoin. Ongoin clash with bitcoin cash affected bitcoin hard. In the long run I would definitely buy more bitcoin but not now.

i nothing so...
I will keep my ETH, and digging bitcoin with different resourse
Playing with 1 altcoin i think not efficient

Yes, as you can see, the bitcoin and other altcoins are recovering, that means the ICO market will be recovered soon, so the ETH will pump if the ICO market become hot.

But ethereum now is back in the game again, from 0.047BTC now is 0.053BTC, which is not bad anymore while bitcoin decreased an hour ago I mean from yesterday to 1000$ almost and now rising up again.

To sell your etherium to then invest money in bitcoin does not make sense. It is very risky to keep all of your money in one digital coin. The etherium is the most suitable for this purpose. The leader of altcoyins is always an important alternative means for investment.

I will say that selling of ETH to buy BITCOINS is not a good deal because ETHEREUM has a very bright future ahead and it is having a good market potential. In future Ethereum will break all record and will reach to the peak soon. Investing in Ethereum is a good choice rather than investing in Bitcoins because bitcoins are already very expensive .

the price of bitcoin as of now are dumping for me i have that kind of mind to sell just like if i have ETH and the price of bitcoin is pretty dumping i may sell my ETH to buy bitcoin because i know that bitcoin will rise again.