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Well, the blood has been huge on the street for some days now and we still do not know if there is going to be more blood before the next fork. There are some situations that can be predicted, most especially situations like the pre-forks, however, it is a market that is very volatile and no one really knows what is happening.

Presently, bitcoin seems pretty neutral on the chart, and we can only predict based on what we can see at the moment, which sometimes don't even tend to be right.

What makes one a trader is not just by the name, it is the fact that you are good at what you do. I cannot call myself a Doctor if I know I cannot even analyze health conditions and the rest.

Trading is a profession and most people always fail to note that and only when you are good at all those things you mentioned, is the best way you can do your thing daily and get good at making money. Rushing into it will only make you rush out.

It is apparently not definite and honestly, from my own point of view, I do not see so many people dumping their BTC for alts knowing even the November Hard Fork is coming. I foresee people dumping their BTG and using it to buy alts anyway for profit but will not  last long. We hopefully just wait and see how everything turns out.

I guess only people who are not believing into the future of bitcoins may go for dumping bitcoins for securing altcoins. But in reality no alt can secure our future

it will really be a bit hard before we can start seeing some supermarkets making use of bitcoin as payment method. Some are not well informed and some are scared of its volatility whereas there are services that can automatically convert it to fiat if that is what they want.

The thing is, having stuffs like this will create more awareness and will make the importance and value of bitcoin to really be exploited.

Sure, learning is a very good thing and no knowledge is lost. However, it is not really necessary to have to go to the university to get your hands on being a good marketer. The essence of learning is to make you better and since you can easily get some of the resources online to improve your knowledge and marketing know-how, then you will be as good and even more practical than someone from the university.

This is just a pretty brief and best statement the OP can hear from anyone. Everything balls down to the investor and you just have to make sure you are seeing an innovative product, the availability of the product and the team backing the product before making a move.

Some ICOs will promise you heaven on earth without nothing to show and those are just some ICOs to not bat an eyelid for. Even those with good team knows better than giving investors empty promises.

The sharks are really out there and they are looking for some gullible and naive ones to test their sharp teeth on.
The ICO environment is like a big ocean and you just have to pick the safe side to swim so you don't get eaten or bitten by those sharks.

Investment requires being smart and if you aren't you will be liable to loosing most of the time unless luck is just on your side to always pick right even when you have no idea what you have dipped your hand into.

You are right and wrong at the same time. Sure, gambling is making a decision with the hope of a good outcome and we can relate it in a way. What makes trading not the same is that you can totally limit the risk of losing if you can do your proper analysis and use them to your benefit.

If you enter trading with the approach of gambling, yeah it will go up or it will go down, buy at dips, sell at peaks, etc... you will be doing yourself more harm than good and apparently, you won't be better off than gambling anyway.

Trading is a profession that requires learning and practice and in as much as you cannot ascertain the future, you can make right predictions with your analysis.

It is not just about putting into altcoin because they are all down, it is about putting it into the right one and be sure, you don’t have to wait some pretty good months before they recover and gain support back.
I agree with you though that it is important to make good of the present opportunity with low altcoins as that can make you some pretty good profit.

When making decisions such as this, this is just the perfect ways to view things as they will allow you to play safe in case things end up not turning out how you foresaw them or planned them. It is still a 'MIGHT' and we are not sure yet as bitcoin is always full of huge surprises. However, just as you have said, it will take some pretty tough months for some altcoins to get pumped back in the market, so it is important to know the kind of coin one should buy in.

It is not at all, not until we get to the stage where we now start having laggards who are late to the show and only ended up meeting us where we are spending for daily needs possibly. By then, there would be more concentration on the value it creates with daily spending, decentralization than it just being a digital asset as most people see it today. But I believe it is too early to worry about the end price of bitcoins.

That is all it takes. Patience and Holding, hoping for the best to come in the next few years. We really do not know what bitcoin's value will amount to in coming years but I am sure so optimistic that it is going to be great. So, any amount that one can get now should be a target from what one would get from it in the future.

The interesting fact about bitcoin holding is how long you are able to hold is the right proportional to your profit levels. More you wait, more the profits.

That is why they are Alts anyway. They cannot always have the best of time and those ones with a good project backing for them that will make them useful in the community will have a longer life at the end, while some will just end up fading off until we forget they ever even existed.

BTC on the other hand is the legacy and will always have an edge but that does not mean if one finds a good project that can really generate interest, one should not invest in them. It is the long term after all.

I do not see how he was so rude as he was just pretty much stating the obvious. The decision is always in every addict hand and whether they want external moral support or not is dependent on them. No one can force anyone to do anything and in this world, hardly can you see anyone babysitting an adult and forcing them against their will to stop gambling.

So, it is either they know they need help and be serious to look for the help or they just keep on with the way they are living if they feel it is good for them.

Yes of course! No one will ever get sad or angry from winning. However, there is no point regretting when you lose since that is what gambling is all about anyway. It is either you lose or win and you cannot always win as long as you are not a wizard that has been given the gift to see the future. So, it is best to be ready for losses as much as winnings at the same time.

These days, no cloud mining will even give you your ROI in 12 months and that will be like a pretty waste of time and resources. There are so much better things to do to invest one bitcoin to be able to have more and it just depends on how far each person is willing to go.

So far, I still consider trading the best option but obviously, trading is not for everyone as so many people think they can just gamble their way into trading and start making huge money just like that, otherwise it is better to just hold as you have said.

It is not everyone who got to know about cryptocurrency or are currently into cryptocurrency really know about bitcointalk.

Some just search for information online and once they get it from this forum, they just move on. So, his account being a newbie after a year of knowing cryptocurrency has nothing to do with his earning. He just did not get the right information to assist him or probably did not just bother to do some research,.

NEO and DECRED most especially.
I really have high hopes for these coins in the coming years and the chances of them hitting to that point is very possible. NEO most especially will have a huge boost once china announces their stand on ICOs and have finalized the regulation procedures. I am just watching to see how things will turn out.

Usually, the higher the risk, the higher the profit. As he is angry with altcoins, some are pretty happy right now because they made the right decisions at the right time. Most of the altcoins presently with the dip will give so many people a huge percentage profit once the tide is clear, it is just to find the best time to get in and best time to get out as well.