Bitcoin Forum

Hello!

I´ve been interested in trading crypto for quite some time now and finally joined eToro.

I just have a question, I noticed Bitcoin have been doing really good the last 6 months and I now want to invest a very small sum of 250 dollars.

I just wonder, since im completely new to the stock exchange, If I invest 250 dollars, can I loose them if the price goes down? Or do I still hold my share.

Maybe this sounds dumb, but does Bitcoin work the same as a normal share? If I invest in a real stock I probably get to keep my share even if the value is zero?

Does it work the same with Bitcoin shares as well?

Best Regards

It is called holding. Bitcoin is not a shit coin. You can not lose all your money. Bitcoin price will increase back and you will gain. With everything that is going on, it is better to invest than to panic.

1 BTC = 1 BTC.

So you mean, that my share can be worth 0 dollars? But I still hold my share? And that it can increase again in value? Did you mean that?

Did you mean the real Bitcoin or Bitcoin ETFs? Bitcoin ETFs works same like stock.

But if you talk about Bitcoin, that's completely different. It's true in case Bitcoin worth $0, you can still own your coins. But if stock or ETFs went to $0, you doesn't have your share again because the stock exchange already delisted the stock.

It means you own nothing and you can't do anything, but in Bitcoin you can send your coins regardless the price is and no one can control it.

Okey thank you for the simple explanation!

So if invest 250 dollars and the price of bitcoin lowers by for example 300 dollars, will I still hold my share? Whatever the value might be of it by then.

Thank you, maybe it sounds stupid, but Im bad with math aswell.

1 Bitcoin = 1 Bitcoin so in your situation, your fraction of a Bitcoin will stay the same unless you spend or sell it. The dollar price of your holding can change, Bitcoin is very volatile although as time goes on the volatility is expected to be less so. Bitcoin is an inflation slayer so your $250 is very good to be left in Bitcoin if you can stomach volatility. Over time you will definitely be in profit.

That's a good start, friend. You're putting in $250 for now, and then you can keep adding more using the DCA method. Before you invest any money, it's important to do your research so you understand how it all works.

Bitcoin can be volatile, but its volatility is different from other cryptocurrencies. When you invest $250 in Bitcoin, you're buying a piece of that coin. So if the price goes up or down, the value of your portion changes. For example, if one Bitcoin is worth $100k and you have 1 Bitcoin, and then the price drops to $70k, you still have 1 Bitcoin, but it will worth less in the market.

So to answer your question, if the price of Bitcoin drops below what you bought it for, you'll only lose the value you paid for it, but the amount of Bitcoin you own stays the same. Also, it's important to know that Bitcoin works differently from shares or Bitcoin ETFs. While both involve investing in Bitcoin, they have differences in what they represent, who owns them, how they're regulated, how easy they are to buy and sell, and the level of risk involved.

Very good thank you for the answers!

Indeed bitcoin is one of the best coin to invest in

Infant I can't tell you that you will never have a loss in bitcoin investment because once the price crash you only have to let it be and be patient with your coin with time it will grow back is not just like every other coin...

I have a cousin who bought bitcoin in 2020 and at a time there a loss in bitcoin when he wanted to withdraw but I pleaded with him to have patience for some months and immediately after some months in that same year he made a huge profit from that same coin that was crash down then..

So I much commend you to move ahead and invest your usdt in bitcoin because so far so good is the best coin I have seen that always put smile on the faces of it's investors

if you dont sell you dont lose

so yes buy low sell high and hold inbetween if the price goes down.
bitcoin has a 4 year cycle with a new All Time High predicted for 2025.
so buy and hold. dont sell at a loss
you only lose when you sell at a loss. so if price is down hold what you have and treat the lower price as discount to accumulate more

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you can only "lose it all" if there was a major bug in bitcoin code that just breaks bitcoin and makes it unusable.
bitcoins code is open to read and people do read and check the code. bitcoin is actually more sturdy due to being code, compared to say a company which can go bankrupt due to many factors

bitcoin has more longevity security than a company, which is why its being treated as a long term investment unlike those corporation boom and bust scenarios of the last couple decades

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also once you buy it, transfer it out of etoro and store it in a independent wallet (something you cant do with shares)
that way if e-toro(a company) goes bankrupt or decides not to be a broker. you have your coin separate from them thus cant be affected by them

If you are talking about BTC ETF then per-share rates are different and talking specifically about BlackRock's share which is worth around 34.45 USD which was around 28 a few days ago (If I am not wrong) well, the thing is you can't buy a part or fraction if buying a share you have to buy full which mean you can't buy shares of exactly $250 you have to buy 7 shares with the amount of $241 or 8 shares with the amount of $275. <--If I am wrong please correct me.

And talking about the decrement in the price, if BTC's value lowers by 300$ and you have invested $250 your money did not go anywhere, because in terms of shares, the value of BTC is not directly pegged with shares, it depends on many factors, and in BTC (direct) dealing, you can buy a fraction of BTC and can invest $250, and if BTC lowers your investment will also lower.

for example with $250 you can buy 0.004141 BTC @60,400 and if the price drops by $300 your $250 will become $248.8 @60,100, I hope you got the answer now.

First you need to start getting used to not equating trading with investing.
Although in the end the object remains the same where crypto becomes the object you are aiming for, in the end we cannot equate trading and investment because even though it is in the same medium or object, the way it works is different.

You have to make your initial choice whether you want to be a trader or an investor because IMHO it is an important step that you should think about from the start so that later you don't make a mistake because you think this is the same thing.

If I could suggest then indeed investing would be much better than trading if it is for beginners. Not to underestimate the ability of a beginner but in the end it is important that we can maintain a good situation where the risk of investment is ultimately more minimized when compared to trading.

Yes and the amount of bitcoin you hold depends on its value. If you buy btc at $1 then you have 1 btc but if you bought btc pricing at $100 but you only invested $1 then you’ll just own 0.01 btc  you can buy and sell bitcoin at your own liking depending on market conditions

you can either invest short-term or long-term, short-term takes advantage of quick changes in the prices while long-term lets you hold no matter what happens because the coin might increase again right after and etc just pick what kind of investor are you and set your goals accordingly

Yes, for example, if you buy $250 worth of bitcoin, even if the price of bitcoin drops, you will still have those $250 worth of bitcoin in your wallet. The only thing that will change is the value of each satoshi you have; satoshi is the fraction of bitcoin. Remember that, so if you are just going to hold your bitcoin or satoshi, then you are good. Even if the price drops at some point, believe in bitcoin as it will still make wonderful events such as what is happening right now. The bitcoin price is in a bull run. I don't know if this is the bull run, but one thing is for sure: bitcoin might reach another ATH. So if you are decided to invest in bitcoin, don't hesitate; enter if you feel that you will earn, and remember to be a long-term holder because holding your asset for too long in bitcoin is proven to be profitable.

You still hold that "share" from the time you're able to purchase that Bitcoin with $250 dollars. What you'll lose is the paper value of it but you'll not lose until you sell it at losses. As long as you're holding the quantity of Bitcoin that you've been holding, you're not going to have any problem at all because your purchased BTC is there. But I wouldn't advise you to keep it on exchanges like etoro or any centralized one because you don't hold your private keys. Having that said, try to learn first the wallets that you're going to choose and the most recommended from everyone on this forum is Electrum. Make sure that you download it from the official website as there are a lot of fake websites trying to copy it and will definitely steal its victims deposited BTC there. Here's the official website of it: https://electrum.org/

If we invest in Bitcoin, I think the possibility of losing all our capital is small, but if it experiences a decline in value, it can happen, as long as we don't panic sell, then we still have the opportunity to make a profit. The current problem is that many people think that by investing in Bitcoin they will get rich quickly. Before we have an understanding of Bitcoin, I think this is a high risk investment, because of factors within ourselves.

you should know that in general people trade in two kind of trading that is spot trading and future trading, with spot trading you just buying bitcoin like you are buying a stock, the price can go down but you still own it, if you don't decide to sell, you have unrealized floating loss if the price goes down same principle if the price goes up, you only realize the profit or loss after you completely sell them at certain price point.

meanwhile there's future trading, you just open position and your position worth depends on the margin when you're making an entry and whether you short or long.
if the price goes down when you're shorting you get profit if you long and then price goes down, you position worth in money will decrease, until it hits 0 you will be forced to liquidate that is losing all your money.
even more so if you try to leverage high, the key is margin between entry price and current market price with future.
i think that should explains a lot and enough, usually stock trader can get it quite fast anyway.

That's what's wrong with other people's mindsets, that when they hear the word bitcoin, they immediately think of instant money even though they have no idea how the bitcoin investment works. if we study it carefully or have an idea about it before we enter it, it is possible that you will earn a lot and you will be careful in handling your investments

You keep saying "share" but bitcoin is a currency not a stock. Imagine if you had dollar and exchanged it for euro. You have another currency and can go up or down but it will continue to have a value.
Granted Bitcoin is the only decentralized money in existence and has a capped supply but the part about its value is similar.

If you still interested in trading, then we have thread for that here. So if you still got the vibe to discuss about trading and learn more about it then you can use this.
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?board=8.0

This is bitcoin we are talking about and you talking of holding it also, so you can see is not some kind of  future trading where your funds can easily get liquidated,Well  Aslong is Bitcoin and not other shitcoins. And you holding for long your funds would still be yours (mostly  holding  it in a non custodial wallet). If the market go dip your coin still remains in your wallet but the value would decrease so if the market increase so as the value of you asset would also increase in your portfolio.

Currently, the situation of Bitcoin is not growing as science, you will never be able to eat loss because currently you have more chance of profit in Bitcoin.  An edit price increase that puts you in control of your entire market means an increase in all your prices.  In that case, if you want, you can edit 250 dollars in stock exchange because if you fix binary now or if you do this gaming, your loss and chances are very high.  When is the current situation where you can buy bitcoin if you want, your profit will increase a little bit because if the profit is you will increase your income and you can say student?  This is my personal.  I said in that case you should invest as you wish.

You know, in fact, I know some institutional investors who invested their capital in the gold market, and when they found out there was a bull run coming to Bitcoin or a halving was coming, these investors decided to release their gold. shares in the market, and they first moved it to Bitcoin because they saw that the profit they could get was bigger compared to staying in gold.

Not all gold capitalists did this; there were others who pulled out and still left some gold. My only point is that its ROI is faster than Bitcoin. Then one more thing: Bitcoin is actually proven and tested.

You have the wrong idea that Bitcoin is in a stock exchange, it is in an exchange but cryptocurrency exchanges, not in stocks because BTC is not stocks. For eToro, I think they are treating it as stocks. Is that why you have set that?

For your question with $250, you would lose that value depending on the percentage of losses that you have. In spot markets, it would be directly proportional, like if it goes down 10%, you would lose $25, something like that. If $250 is all your position.

You can purchase BTC and HODL it on your own even if it's zero in value. The digital part is that you still own it.

I think it works the same way for both in the way I view it even though they have different mechanisms like bitcoin is stored in a wallet and the term is hodling. Yes if the value of bitcoin drops from its ATH, you will still have the unit of bitcoin you are hodling in your wallet though with reduced value just like you know of shares. Like if a company's share drops in value or price, those share holders still hold the amount of shares they bought and own with the company.

So the value for both access may depreciate as price fall and may appreciate as price increase but the units remain the same despite dropping or rising. For example if you have 2 btc in your wallet, it remains that way but with fluctuations of increase or decrease in the value but not in how many units that you have and that is how it is with company shares.

It's practically known that if you Invest on a high capital probably in expensive real stocks, the inventor is expected to sell on a higher price. All that's involved there is making profits.
So if you invest such amount of $250 at this halving, you're definitely not counting a lost because bitcoin hasn't met to it's bull run yet neither has it hit its ATH. But I would advice you to apply the DCA if you don't trust the system so much due to the fact that you're a beginner.

Right. Short-term investing is like catching quick waves in the market for fast profits. You're in and out, trying to ride the price changes. Long-term investing is more of a chill surf where you hold onto assets for the long haul, not getting bothered by the market's short-term ups and downs. It's about believing in an asset's potential to grow over time. Your pick depends on how much risk you're cool with, your money goals and how hands-on you want to be with your investments. Its a matter of priorities

If you buy Bitcoin on eToro, you actually own Bitcoin, not a futures contract. Therefore, a decrease in Bitcoin price will directly affect the value of your investment. And the price drop only affects the current value of the investment, you can still hold Bitcoin and wait for the price to increase again in the future.

You also need to learn more about the volatility and opportunities/risks in each investment market to have a more honest view when comparing between them. One thing I feel the OP needs to consider is the issue of stocks having an intrinsic value based on the company's business, Bitcoin has no intrinsic value. And remember that the cryptocurrency market is highly volatile, only invest what you can afford to lose.

Bitcoin is a very trusted and highly demanded coin.  Investing in Bitcoin is seen as very profitable.  Bitcoin is not a meme coin or a shit coin. There is no way to lose everything here.  Every time we talk about e-investing, we talk about investing in Bitcoin. Because if you invest with patience, the price will decrease but sometimes it will increase. And if you can invest $250 and hold, hopefully you will get a good result during the bull run. As far as I know the price of Bitcoin is going up a lot now. Those who held Bitcoin have already profited a lot.

Not even close to a dumb question. What happens is that when you buy Bitcoin and the value goes down, it will worth less but the exact quantity you bought will still be available to you. And even when the price is going up, the exact amount of Bitcoin you had from the onset is the same you’d have, it’s the worth that increases and gives more money.

Yes, you'd keep your bitcoin shares even if the price of bitcoin reaches zero. There's no liquidation. You can keep and transact your coins in anticipation of it being valuable again.
Buying bitcoin means you get a hold of a chunk of this limited digital asset. So, you keep on holding to bitcoin even if the price goes down.
Unlike stocks of companies, there are no liquidation or increase in supply. The price of bitcoin is determined by the supply and demand.
As more people want to have bitcoin and it is limited in supply, the price of bitcoin would keep increasing. It would increase till there is demand.

If you buy a house, regardless of its valuation in terms of fiat, you still have the house and you can do what you want with it, bitcoin works in the exact same way, once you buy the bitcoin you can afford, you can store it in your wallet and keep it for as long as you want.

However keep in mind that bitcoin is a volatile asset, and even if its performance has been impressive during the previous months, there is no way to be sure if such behavior will continue or if instead a downward movement is coming.

The OP is very green on the subject and I do not predict a good future for him. If you are going to trade $250 and you are asking those questions you are going to lose it all TackleBash.

For starters, do you have a good emergency fund of at least 3 months of expenses saved aside from this? If not start building it and start putting in that $250.

You have to know that no matter how much trading is promoted, 95% of traders or more end up losing their money. For that it is better that you dedicate yourself to investing for the long term, but for that you need patience and better information.

Bitcoin is top of the line in terms of security the demand for bitcoin is always high in the market and is a currency with high profits. No specific organization or government controls so there is no security problem. There is no extra cost to trade bitcoins you can do everything within your limits you can buy and hold bitcoins according to your ability if you want you can sell it again no problem. But investors prefer to hold bitcoin for long term. Slowly bitcoin is gaining legitimacy worldwide people will use this coin system to make all kinds of purchases in the near future.

There is no worrying if you invest in bitcoin and hold it for long term. Even if the price drops down to zero value, you can still say that you still have your investment. However, you need to hold it longer until the price recovers and reaches its new resistance level. Until you decide not to sell your bitcoin, you will never lost your position.

However, different thing when it comes to stocks. They have this mandatory delisting when those stocks become worthless anymore to its investors. With this, the investor loses eventually his investments when they drop down to zero value. Which is totally opposite from bitcoin investment.

If you sell it when the price goes down you will obviously lose your money. When the price goes down, the best thing you can do is hold it until the price goes up again. That way you will not experience losses. You need to know that the crypto market is very volatile. Therefore, carry out an in-depth analysis before investing.

Why did you choose e-toro, I read that the fees are high


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Trading isn't easy, you have to learn first, and I'm not sure that e-toro is the cheapest on the market. Wouldn't DCA be better to start with, while you learn to trade?

Your question : a bitcoin still a bitcoin. His value can be 10cts or 10 000 dollars.

A company's shares may be worth nothing at all if the company goes bankrupt and disappears altogether.

I would guess if it goes to zero then it would be pretty darn near impossible for it to recover, but yes you are right in the other sense. It means that while we may have gone up these days, it doesn't mean that we are going to stay like that for a long time, we need to arrange a situation where it has to be quite normal for us to accept it as it is. This means that we are going to end up with a situation where it won't be all that easy to handle.

I personally believe that the best way to go would be just keep holding it as well, no matter if there is a correction or not, people are overreacting to the possibility of correction but it's really not a big deal at all. I believe that it would be something normal and would not have any trouble to wait it out and then let it go up again.

Yes, definitely you would still own a certain amount of Bitcoin, which is the amount you got when you bought it at the ratio of; 1btc = $61k, but the value of that amount of Bitcoin would have reduced drastically, definitely less than 250 dollars.

I think that's the maths. But mind you .. that's not trading since you eat to own shares, that hodling... And the probability of earning way more than the value you purchased after at least 2 years of hodling is high... So if you can wait for that long, it won't be a loss anymore.

Yup! just like stock wherein you have shares.  This time, you have coin.  Hence if you have 1 btc, even the price goes down you will still have 1 btc at the end of the day.  The only thing that will differ is the price of the btc (just like stock when the price of the share goes down then your money will also go down).

Btc is on the bullish side right now.  Hoping that you will get to ride with it.

If you are now interested in buying Bitcoin, Bitcoin investment will be your best decision you have to conduct research before investing in Bitcoin. Now you may wonder why I am saying this to you about conducting own research Doing this may help you to understand the Bitcoin Ecosystem and you surely learn many things through your own research you have to give it time while doing ow research. I would say if you want to learn and earn you have to do research first.

Besides this, you may also have to learn about Investing techniques Like DCA, Lump-Sum, and some more because if you want to earn maximum profit your investment strategy will matter a lot. The best investing Strategy is DCA(Doller cost averaging) DYRO. In conclusion, I would say First learn, then Earn. If you do not know about the Bitcoin environment/ecosystem you are just doing gambling without any knowledge.

It is always better, before deciding to invest, that we must first carry out in-depth research so that we can make a decision on the investment we will make, because if we cannot understand well the type of investment being made, of course they will not be able to benefit from it. the investment they make, so it is very important for every person who wants to invest to seek all knowledge about investment to be able to generate profits from the investment they will make.

I think you should first clear your mind because if you have fear of losing money then you cannot take profit from bitcoin because after a slight dump you will be scared of losing money as a result of which you can make any wrong decision.

Bitcoin is not useless coins like that of others and if price goes down you can hold it for longer time until the price increase from your buying price. The value of your holded bitcoin will changes when the situations of the market gets changes but remember that in bad circumstances you can just hold your bitcoin because decision of selling at that stage will cause a big loss for you.

I get your point and you're worried about your money regardless the price low or high, if you're not bothered about the profit then the money you used in investing will still stand like you made mentioned of $250. There's not point exhibiting fear with the price of bitcoin except you have zero knowledge about bitcoin, when the price of bitcoin decrease there's still chance for the price to increase that's one thing you need to understand about bitcoin, the bull and bear market, as an investor who want to make profit will want to sell during the bull market. You should have a clearer meaning about bitcoin investment cause it seems you speak with doubt.

Bitcoin is a lot different from stocks. Bitcoin might drop into zero and you still have chances to grow it again by being patient while waiting for its price to recover. However, with stocks, if they end with no value, they will eventually become delisted in an exchange, thus losing your own investment more than you can imagine. If you lose $250 in stocks, you will never retrieve it again. But if you invest it in bitcoin, that will grow 5x or 10x from its amount if you are just capable of holding your investment for couple of years without being tempted to sell earlier.

You will not lose your bitcoin when you invest because however much you buy will still be the same but in terms of value there will definitely be a decline when bitcoin decreases but in this case we will not lose your bitcoin.

But in this case we must be aware that this is a risk because after all when we talk about bitcoin then this is not only sweet things but also have to think about the worst possibilities that must occur therefore learning by researching in advance about what bitcoin is an important thing to do.

Being in bitcoin is ultimately not as easy as imagined because there must be several things that must be prepared including learning and a strong mentality so in this case before you start it would be better if you learn more first.

I agree with what you're saying because after all, this is a basic and important thing to do.
Many people do not want to be complicated by taking shortcuts where they will just be in bitcoin and buy it without learning first. Believe it or not even though this is a silly thing but many beginners who follow fomo still do things like that and I personally have also felt the same way where when some of my family suggested bitcoin I immediately bought it but did not learn more first.

This is clearly a mistake and carelessness because by skipping basic learning we are like buying goods in a mystery box without knowing whether it will be a jackpot or turn into a zonk.

     You know my advice to you is that instead of investing in the stock exchange, it is better to invest in crypto exchanges. Because you will have more control over the bitcoin you buy compared to the stock exchange you are talking about.

     Then you have 100% more control over bitcoin, unlike stocks, of course what they still use there is the traditional way. and that's normal because they are regulated unlike crypto exchanges, not everything is like that, just make sure that the exchange you buy bitcoin from is on top, like Binance, Mexc, and others. Here I will give you the difference between stocks exchange and crypto exchange, just read it https://corporatefinanceinstitute.com/resources/cryptocurrency/cryptocurrency-vs-stocks/

I think he asked how it works, and I think it's the same, the value is determined by the user and its use.
if there are many people who want to use them, these 2 commodities will continue to rise, but here bitcoin is the main one in crypto so there will be little difference with shares.

For note BTC is not categorized as shares. Shares are usually issued by a company that has carried out an Initial Public Offering (IPO) and are bought and sold only on the capital market and if someone wants to buy it, then the profits are obtained from the company's profit dividends.

Well, if you invest in BTC and buy it for the benefits you can enjoy it directly without having to depend on other people and of course BTC also becomes access to world markets for business and this is the reason why blockchain is changing the financial world today where we can see its role in real terms or indirectly it also supports the growth process in developing countries, although in a limited way, such as in El Salvador for example.

If you invest in a company in the stock market, you can hold the shares even if they fall in price until you are profitable.  And if you want to talk about Bitcoin then it is a digital currency and it is measured in satoshis so you will own as many satoshis as you can buy and if the price of bitcoin goes down then your investment amount will definitely come down and if the price of bitcoin goes up you will get profit.  And you can hold your bitcoins for as long as you want

You need to know and remember that Bitcoin and shares are two very different things. Generally Bitcoin is generated from a computer system usually called "Blockchain", based on a supply and demand agreement. When you decide to buy Bitcoin, you will have digital money according to the amount of money you invested to buy Bitcoin. In general, both Bitcoin and stocks have movements that are not continuously flat. The assessment can go up or down which can be influenced by several factors. However, for cryptocurrencies, changes in value can occur suddenly and drastically without warning and are more volatile. Meanwhile, for shares, the rate of movement is considered slower depending on the performance and developments in issues related to the company in question.

I mean going up and down is part of the market and there is really nothing else we can do about it, we just have to accept it the way it is. I get that some people may want something bigger than that, but we are not going to get it and we have to learn to live with it. Just wanting it to go up in a stable manner, like maybe 0.1% a day, it looks something small but going up everyday like that would not be acceptable.

First of all, that's savings account and you are getting interest, secondly it's way too high in dollar terms, maybe there are some terrible fiat currencies it can go up that way but it's not that easy for dollar terms. Basically it HAS TO go up and down to create a market and it would only make sense that way.

It's the same as stock exchange alright. If BTC goes zero, your 0.01 BTC for example will also go zero. That's what it is.
It's just hard to believe it could go zero because BTC started its price with ZERO, unless there is no one else using BTC anymore which could plummet its price down that state.

You will need to consider that BTC isn't the kind of stock/shares you regularly know that is owned by a company. Nobody owns a company called BTC, it is just codes and a program that makes computer systems solve problems to earn Bitcoin which its maximum supply is 21M. Not everyone in the world will have 0.01BTC.

Take a look at the spike Bitcoin has experienced recently, including the price it is trading at today. The higher the traded value, the more the value of your asset increases, but when the price falls, you still have the same amount of assets when you first bought it, but the value decreases following the flow of trading in the market. If you have never invested in Bitcoin before, start learning how to make safe investments and prevent all risks.

You can invest your money in Bitcoin if you want. Bitcoin is more popular than other coins in the cryptocurrency market. Currently its price has reached 66000$. You said you currently have $250. Yes you can wait for the right time to invest And investing is your personal matter. That's why you should start researching yourself about investing first. Then you will understand which process will actually work best for you and when you can do it. Then you can start investing with small funds towards the beginning. So if you benefit from this then your confidence will increase and you will be interested in investing. And even if there is a loss, don't be disappointed, stick to it, success will come one day.

Yes recent bitcoin price is increasing a lot especially since the month of October 2023 Bitcoin price is continuously increasing. You can start investing in your bitcoins with any amount you want it's totally up to you whether you want to invest or not. The dollar amount you mentioned is not low but recently bitcoin price has increased much more than before so if you had invested earlier you would have got a small profit from here. Also if you start with $250 in Bitcoins at the beginning and it gradually adds up to your Bitcoin dollars every week or month then this is another important investment method for you.

I don't understand what you mean by bitcoin shares, but make sure you are not buying or investing in bitcoin in the futures market, buying bitcoin from the futures market simply means that you will lose all your money if the price of bitcoin goes down, if your position is "Long", or goes up, if your position is "Short".

What you have to do is buy bitcoin in the spot market market, find a good crypto wallet, a non - custodial wallet where you are solely responsible for your wallet keys.
Now head over the exchange where you bought the bitcoin and withdraw it to your private wallet you created, and hold your bitocins there, this way, rest assured that, even if the price of bitcoin goes to zero, you will always have your bitcoin to sell at any time the price goes back up and meets or reaches your selling price target.

And so you know, the price of bitcoin is never going to zero by the way, I just used that above as an example, we are in a bull run and the price of bitcoin will only go up and up, with some minor corrections from time to time.

Bitcoin is a cryptocurrency and stocks are shared by a certain company meaning owning a small portion of that company or something like that, the main difference between the two is the volatile market price of its shares. Since Bitcoin has a volatile market price and the stock market has a very slow market price and doesn't have a twenty-four-seven market, unlike Bitcoin where you could trade anytime.

If you're going to invest on eToro most of it are shares so you could buy stock out there, but they also offer Bitcoin there, I guess the best thing on their platform is you could copy something trader trades, there are a lot of traders there that has high profit, I think you could see that on there profit most of there trades meaning you know if that trader lose a trade, I have a friend who does copy trading on eToro and he didn't really need to do anything at all since he could just copy trade other traders trade.

To answer your question, If you buy like for example 1 Bitcoin it is always going to be 1 Bitcoin whenever the market price increases or drops, the value of 1 Bitcoin when converted to fiat money is the one that is gonna be affected, so for your if you buy 250$ worth of Bitcoin then the market price drops you're going to lose its value but it would not really matter if you're not going to sell because it is still 1 Bitcoin when the market price increase again the value might be back to 250$ again. So yes it doesn't have a huge difference when you buy stocks you could still keep your 1 Bitcoin even though it has zero value. Bassically you're not going to lose money unless you're going to sell your Bitcoin or your shares, as long as you buy low and sell high your going to make a profit on it.

This is not stock exchange but this is cryptocurrency market.

You still have it and just have to hold it until its back to its the same value or more. You only lose if you're going to sell at losses and that's what you have to remember. Whether you trade in centralized exchanges, or with the etfs or decentralized exchanges.

As long as you won't sell and it is projecting you lost value, you still have the chance to recover with that.

BTC fluctuates and then there are transaction fees, so sometimes we may get a lesser money from what we use to buy a BTC but we shouldn't worry especially if we are here to invest/HODL, as it can only recover and can give us a good amounts of profit soon. It is possible to receive a warning if the price will go up or down because we have news that covers this and then we have software/tools and websites like this forum that always speculates the crypto movements.

Bitcoin shares on the other hand, must be the same with Bitcoin because we are talking about Bitcoin here, not any other company but it's just that someone might HODL it for us which can be and advantage or disadvantage depending on our personality.