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The market is currently experiencing a heavy downward trend. With currencies touching supports it hasn't gotten to in a long time.

And most investors are left scratching their heads at to how best to make profits.

Here are a few tips which might be helpful ;

- Firstly, the primary goal in situations like this is not maximising profits, but rather PROTECTING YOUR CAPITAL.

-  Avoid panic sales. Do not cut your loses, especially when you are holding a solid currency with good long-term potential. Not all currencies would survive this market, the ones that would, will experience a good uptrend in a more favorable market. (As an investor you'd should only have invested in solid projects with long-term potential, if you find yourself hodling shitcoins, maybe you should refer back, and properly educate yourself on the basics of trading)

- Avoid ICOs. With the current market situation, I would keep my investments to a minimum, and only put my money on projects I deem to have ernormous potential.
I would instead invest a major percentage of my capital on established currencies, preferably those in the top 50 by market capitalization (as published on coinmarketcap.com)

- Be informed. Information is power in any sphere of life, and in crypto it is doubly important. Always be up to date on who is doing what, when, how and why.
Timing is key in making profits, so to avoid missing opportunities, endeavour to get up to the minute updates.

- With the volatility in the market now, as so many factors are influencing the price,  you might want to try your hands in day trading or arbitrage trading.
It is a viable way of forcing profits out of thearket regardless the current trend.
Endeavour to acquire the basic knowledge and skills before trying your hands in it.

GOOD LUCK!

I think that when the market is going down, if you have already made a profit, you can sell the cryptocurrency in your hands. When their prices are stable, you can spend less money to buy them and wait until the bull market comes.

I would say that ib a bearish market one should always find ways to maximize ones profits by investing in altcoins that are already been established in the market or if you feel like you can be lucky then go for the new altcoins or ICOs, but if you do not have any additional capital then protecting your current assets is the right thing to do and sometime doing nothing is the best course of action to avoid losing your capital.

When the market is down, for some that bought when it was really low, and must have already made some profits, they might want to consider selling off their coins, and gather whatever profits they can from them, or maybe sell a part, just in case. For some others who have maybe not gained anything and maybe bought when the prices were really high, it would be a good time to hodl their coins and maybe even buy more coins at a cheaper rate.

The best way to go about the a bearish market, especially if you are trying to maximize the opportunity that it is, is to buy more coins. A bear in the market means that coins are currently cheaper than they used to be, and it is an opportunity to buy more of your most preferred coins and that coin you have always wanted to buy, but was a little too expensive for you.

Thank you very much for this wonderful information about the present bearish market situation, it takes patience and energy to go along with this down trend market period, I strongly believe every thing will soon turn around soon, however take time to carry out a due diligent search to ascertain the validity of any ICO project you are investing in. Thanks

     Well, I will say is just dance to the music, that is means if the price of Bitcoin is down to $6000, then it is the right time to buy but if price of BTC will increase up to $8000 to $9000 then it's time to start selling 40 percent of your investment since you have already gain about 30 to 40 percent of your investment.

Or you can simply stay safe with your current holdings and wait until this market lifts. I think it will require tremendous amount of experience and skill to be efficient in trading during times like these.

Don't sell
8/21: too late to sell now. I have been holding most of my coins (only altcoins atm no bitcoins) and I have lost a bit of it. But I feel that at this moment its pointless to sell. I am going to keep holding unless a major news occurs.

Ongoing ICOs that were pegged to cryptos. eg. 1ETH=xxx tokens would be beneficial to be bought when the prices are lower for ethereum or any base currency as such.
If you are quite sure of a falling streak, you can exchange some portion of your coins to USD equivalent like Tether and immediately place a buy order for lower price to make profit.

Well its true that we should never do panic sell since it often leads to bigger losses. Although traders are afraid of bearish market it doesn't mean that it always result in losses. Well experienced traders can still make good amount of profits in a bearish trend as they plan their strategy well and execute trades accordingly. It never happens that a price of a coin always keeps falling in a bearish market. There are minor ups with greater downs in the charts in this trend and it is the minor ups that get us good gains. So plan your trades well before carrying it out and never panic sell as the market always recovers.

Yes they can, because of experience they able to manage placing their stop and loss to cut the possibility of losing a lot, they just study the market behavior and buy back if they seen potentials or they will try some  other coins to recover their loses, previous trend and movements can give us
great basis in order to still cope up and survive just don't lose hope and  continue learning from each time we deal with our assets.

My best tactic is not doing anything. Why trade in a bear market? It can bring a lot of tears and sorrows. If you are not an experienced trader, then just forget about it. Keep your bitkoins on a cold purse and read books, this will help you to keep your capital. If you really want to trade, then separate 10 percent of your capital and after you lose it, you'll understand that it's better to read books!

ICOs are sort of long term investment. They found their project with money they gather thru ICO. Yes it is always a gamble if it will be worth way less then BTC you spend for that ICO. Mostly is that way. But that is just because value of Bitcoin increase that much over longer period of time.  

What is most important advice is to keep your coins safe.

ICOs could be still good investments even on the bearish market but they need more time to be profitable than on a bullish market.

This discussion will help the beginners understand what to do. It is right the market is facing bearish but also it is needed for the market stability. Some people will have a chance to buy coins in this market from third parties and feared people.

There is no assurance of anything in crypto. Tomorrow BTC may go up or go down. Your alts may go up or down, no one can say. I can say in case of mine, I tried many ways to maximize my profit or to minimize the loss. If you are already in loss, do not sell. Just hold and go on a leave. You are not a loser until you quit, I mean you sell. May be you are just in the base of price, may be the price will start to climb up from here, no one knows. But if you are certain about further fall of price and you are already in profit, you may sell to buy back at cheap later. But again no one can see the future.

You said right, here's a lot of information and the information will help to change the status of cryptocurrency and crypto market. I hope that those who are investor will reduce their risk by following the informations. Because all the suggestions are very important.

I hope that investors can be able to reduce their risk by following the informations. Because all the suggestions you have given are very important. Hope we will success in Cryptocurrency.

You suggest a lot of important information that will help investors to reduce the risk. Because your suggestions are very important. I hope every investors will follow those suggestion for their betterment and as well as for the betterment of cryptoworld.

thanks for sharing your opinion. many information for new commers.in your point panic sell is most important. new comers must follow this.

This article is very helpful for me, I got a lot of information from it. I try to avoid the above mention topic. I think it’s a best way to navigate the bearish market.

Thanks for sharing this. Your post is informative. As I know that the market is now face heavy download situation. So everyone should avoid panic sale also some bad project  and most importantly gather information from various sources.

already you make profit i think you should wail for bull run. because it will turn around and increase price than you should sale it and get more profit. it is better for you. it will make more profit for you.

we should hold coin or token and wait for good time. when price are increase or bull run than we should sale and get more profit. it is the best way to handle bearish market. i want to know more about this.

your are right if anyone can do something good in unstable market they should get knowledge about this and hold coin for future. when market increase price or bull run than they sale and get more profit.

well if you have already invest here before then you must have a plan to back up the situation when the price is falling , so that until the price get stable again you can control you money but if you don't then Bear market could cause you a problem

The points that have been mentioned here are quite beneficial for the investors, specially for the newbies. I think anyone who invests in crypto market should gather knowledge to a certain level before making any move.

I do not think there is a special manner method or way to navigate through the bearish moment
Because it just doesn’t work that way

My strategy is not your strategy and if your strategy works well for you; it does not mean it will work equally for me

So everyone needs to get their acts together and figure out what best works for them

With the unpredictability in the market now, as such a significant number of components are affecting the value, you should need to attempt your hands in day exchanging or arbitrage exchanging.

I think bearish market is the perfect time for making good profit. We can buy coins in low price and if we hold that till the right time it will bring us maximum profit.

It’s really a good post indeed. You said the right things. It will help all specially the newbies to understand what they should do in this type of situation.

Yeah we need to hold the coin if the market is bearish and the investors should buy the coins in low prices to make some big profit and then we should wait until the bull market comes. 

in this bearish trend that can last for several months , holding your current coins with no action is consider a loss as this money if it were in bank it would have yield some profits
i don't agree that you should exchange ETH with any ongoing ICO , one thing is most of them now are scams , the other thing is ETH is an established coin  which you can't compare to another new coin and will hold its value no matter it drops in price .

I think we should set a standard goal for this bearish market. Because greed can massive profits can cause massive loss in this trend. And yeah knowledge and information are the only power now.

Excellently explained! I think this can the proper guidance for the newbies to survive in this bearish market. I am always against panic sales. It only causes loss to the selling persons.

The nature of bitcoin's volatility makes the entire crypto world has nothing assured. I mean bitcoin's trend is deciding everything and coping up in this bearish market will be easier if we hold only highly reputed coins. Only for the holders who have bought some random coins may need to struggle now and face huge unexpected losses in this bear markets. Before investing, we must take enough time to study about a coin and its future plans. This is the only way to handle this bear market. If you hold a good coin then you can easily pass up this bearish markets.

Many people do suggest that. Selling now in losses and then buy back when more cheaper prices will be available. But, it will be pure gambling in my opinion. First you may loss for your trade  which had been already done and there will be no assurance market will back to rise after some more fall.

Although I lost a lot in the past, but I believe in the future. I think the market will recover later this year. So I continued to hodl.

Your suggestions completely matches with my thoughts. I strongly believe all the points are really important for this bearish trend. We need to keep patience and act smartly during this bad time.

I would state that if a bearish market one ought to dependably discover approaches to augment one's benefits by putting resources into altcoins that are as of now been built up in the market or on the off chance that you have an inclination that you can be fortunate at that point go for the new altcoins or ICOs

I imagine that when the market is going down, in the event that you have officially made a benefit, you can offer the digital currency in your grasp. At the point when their costs are steady, you can spend less cash to get them and hold up until the point that the positively trending market comes.

if you do not have a big loss and if you are bored with this expectation you can increase your investments by cashing your money and lowering your prices but if your loss is great I do not recommend you to be harmful in the long run

Thanks for posting this, after the recent condition I forgot when I have last seen a post that gave out hope rather than spreading fear among all the people here. Hope you'll get merited for this. But, I think we should be making profit from the ICOs while the crypto market is bearish but obviously by checking the legitamicy and credibility of the ICO we are trying to invest in.

According to me, the key is keeping your cool and observe to gather information. Once you have gathered information and do research and analysis by yourself then you are minimizing the risk of falling for FUDs and FOMOs and panicking from them. The market has always been fluctuating and we have to wait for the right time now.

I would like to add another point to your post and that is investing on coins while the price stays low but making sure that the coins have actual potential to grow once the market gets stable. For example, during recent bearish trend I invested on Zilliqa, EOS and IOTA tokens. Though the market is bearish but these coins still can be very profitable in the future.

Since the market is bearish, it will be good thing if the investors try to maximize their profits if the not only HODL but invests in altcoins too. There are a lot of ways to invest in the coins, the most popular one is investments in bonds or stocks.

I completely agree with you. The cryptocurrency market is going bearish right now. We need to be patient and must not panic. Our aim should be protecting our capital first. We should not hastily sell off our coins. Lastly, we need to be informed and keep updated to the latest informations in this market.

Yes, a time like this is encompassed with panic and lost of trust in the crypto space. Despite all these,i have made up my mind never to seel at loss. Any coin i have or that i am holding, that has plunged in price will never be sold. What we should look out for now is our to replenish our portfolios. The strategies to deploy in order to regain back our losses. Part of which is trading. I have decided to resort into it and it is working out well for me.

Even though the market is bearish, it will still be better to keep on investing in the altcoins. Being in HODL is not enough as it will play no part in rising up the level of the price. If we invest in it too such as in stocks, then the price will get a rise.

If market price going down you can sell your project and wait for bull market for buy coin. I suggest when the market is stable that time you don't spend more money for buy coin.

Best to be a little cautious with how you approach the Bear market, It certainly is a time that presents us with some renewed opportunities to purchase coins at a level we thought was long gone. There is no cast-iron certainty that we have hit the absolute bottom (It does look like that) so don't throw all of your funds into one dip. Pace yourself and watch for further chances to pick up some cheap coins buying in 3 or 4 stages should give you a pretty good average.

These points you've given are highly educative. These points should actually be the best mode every cryptocurrency trader or investor should assume. To crown it all, let's all cultivate the habit of patience. Other vital news are coming ahead to keep our hope activated as soon as possible.

In the bear market, we should be more cautious and wait for the recovery of the market. Of course, this is a very difficult time. Everyone is losing money, but anxiety is often useless. You need to think calmly and prudent investment.

I agree with this, but I do not think that all ICO should be avoided; at the moment there are such projects that should be invested right now because the price is very low. Later it will be unavailable.

It's obvious the market is in a downturn at the moment,as prices dwindle,this is the perfect time to test your experience in the market..

First you have to avoid panic sales,do not be forced into selling just because the market is retrogressive..holdl on..
Patience is another key factor,as when a bullish market comes up you'll maximize total profit

I try to be cautious when I trade in the cryptocurrency market during the bearish trend, because most coins start to decrease in price and trade becomes more difficult.

In order to trade in a falling market, you need to understand which coins exactly have chances to recover in price. Therefore, in a falling market, I mostly buy coins from the top20..

For me if the market is in bearish or is downfall then you can chose the right alts to buy and sell them when the market is in bull run. You can take it as an opportunity to buy cheap coins and wait for the price hike. if you have coins then holds and wait for bull run.

Investing in the crypto currency can be compared to a marathon, not a sprint. For those who are more tolerant of risks or wish to receive a more rapid result of their activities, there are a number of other strategies: day trading, shortening to BitMEX and scalping. These strategies may be more viable options in the current bear market.

Currently the price of coins on the market is experiencing a downward trend, many people are selling coins to secure capital, but I have chosen a different path that I have a lot of ETH investments that I think has the power to recover which then increases significantly, I hope to make a big profit because to be successful I have to dare to speculate

I agree that in today's market you can and should try yourself in day trading and arbitrage trading. Only in this way is it possible now to earn a little or maintain your existing portfolio. But about the news does not quite agree! The less you know the better you sleep!

just like you, I never panic for every sale and never cut losses. the top 50 coins are the best choice for investment and if we have them, it is better to hold them for the long term or until the bull run arrives.

Yes can, only on the bear market. The good company can not to get own income very fast. They come back a money, but you lost a time. But you could have a more useful operation with money and multiplying your money.

If we have more money to invest in coins is a good time to buy, we can now protect existing assets and wait for the bull market to come.

I agree, but also its not necessary to afraid ICO's, you just need to make your own research of any project

Bears have already earned too much in this market, I probably would not have thought that now the market still has a fully bearish trend, but I think that now it still needs to become more patient, because patience always does more and more good for the trader.

I still do trading when the market is at the bearish state. I can still make profits out of it but I need to be extra careful with my tradings and put some stop-loss.

My position during bearish Cryptocurrency is to observe and look!  If an offer on prices of quality altcoin is irresistible,  I will find a way to buy.  But the best approach to bear market is to refuse to do nothing but wait for reversal!

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i convert my portfolio to usdt and try to trade in short between usdt and btc in the bearish market and it is quite profitable also i also try to buy the dip when the alts touch their bottom and then sell after 10 percent profit so bear market also can be possible

Nah, the bear market can be prevented by using stop loss and derivatives that can help you recover any loss if you decide to hold. Leveraging negative movements should be in everyones portfolio.

I think this time the wisest choice now is turning your fund to USD and exit the market. Do a real job then wait for a positive signal like Q4 last year, then come back to the market.

Lots of people, especially with those who are new or getting less experience  know that panic selling may lead them to a bad result but most of them can’t control their act when they see the market is prone to a decrease. I advise all of us to prepare good knowledge when entering this market, because if you are lack of knowledge, you will be rapidly get into the loss. Most importantly, don’t let the panic control your emotion and act, you should remind yourself that although the fluctuation is unpredictable, the price will definitely have a rise again, obviously It never be in dip forever.

Downtrend and uptrend is pretty common and in the other hand natural occurrence in this crypto industry as it is a community driven asset. I only have two things in mind when it comes to  trends in crypto which is the most basic thing to do by most newbies which is "buy low sell high". It gives me no headaches other than thinking of something that will cause panic or uncontrollable emotion which will lead to loss.

Thank you, there is alot that is going through the minds of people but it they follow the things that you have outlined here then there would be no problem with the bear market, it is just like all of the others before it, it comes and it goes with no problems, the only thin is that the bear market could end up lasting a couple of years at a time which is where the tips come in

Hold your FIAT until where the Bearish stops, when Bearish stops, that's when you buy the altcoins.
We can know that Bearish descends when and will rise again when there is NEWS from all elements, such as gorup telegram, website and talking experts.

The concept is indeed easy to said, but the reality is, someone will think of many things when the bearish trend really stops. I guess a lot of people nowadays have collected money fiat to buy some altcoins, but they are still hard to decide when to buy. For me, when I started investing I always had a concept for long term investment so when I bought altcoin I didn't see the lowest price of the altcoin, I just compared the price of the altcoin in the past year and compared it to the current price.

You can actually trade down and get more of the altcoin that you plan to hold long term.
It's just relative actually and which crypto you'd like to hold long term.