Hi friend, I believe @paxmao is so much on point, only that he did not explain it well. As a fact, this is what is happening in real life, everything is monetised for the marketing's sake so that the company/casino stays atop in their games. You do not trust most of what you see as reviews these days, and the only reviews you may trust are the ones coming from forums like this and also those from websites that allow external people (both registered and anonymous) to write their experiences. Although, some fake reviews would still slip through by this means, overall, one would be able to know the truth on average after reading most of the reviews.

But those reviews that you see on controlled websites are often monetised as @paxmao tried to explain, you never can trust such reviews. They can monetise them through direct cooperation between the website owner and the casino. But in case they are just an affiliate, they will embed their links. Even under the affiliation too, some better/personal packages are given to some people which is higher than the general rates that can be generated through the normal affiliate codes. All these are enticements that motivate the reviewers to work tirelessly for the casinos since it is in the form of partnership, meaning that they can do anything to make them succeed so that they can have higher gains too. This is also the reason why you see companies/casinos fighting for the top spot of search engines, but this might not directly be the work of the casinos/companies, but their agents desperate for the money and using any means necessary.

I must say that this is very good advice even though you are just repeating a point. It's not always about finding the best platform but doing what we know best, that's how we get to get the clause "best" casino/sports betting experience. I know many people who would just be jumping from one casino to another, and if they hear today again that a casino is opened with good functionalities and has huge bonuses, they would go there immediately. At times, they will move their money from their current casinos and continue to try another one just in the name of searching for the best, but most times, I see their lack of contentment here, nothing less.

I do not do that, that's why I carefully studied the gambling companies I bet with before choosing them in the first place. You can't just lure me around for any reason, not for bonuses and not even the UI and the best user experience. So long as the old casinos and sportsbooks I use are treating me right, have my game options and have built trust with me in years, I will stay, integrity counts. No wonder many of these people jumping around in search of the best and for lack of satisfaction are the ones who are complaining the most that casinos are not treating them fairly or cheating them with their money.

Even yesterday when you made this post, Bitcoin still almost hit $73,000. This is the level I know it would hit before the end of this week and before the end of this month in extension, it might have hit $80,000 which is very close to the $100,000 that everyone is now expecting. However, contrary to your remark that history is happening again, you are wrong, no history is happening but Bitcoin has performed beyond the expectations of people. If you look at the history, you would realise that Bitcoin is doing entirely something else now than what it did in the past.

No one ever believed that Bitcoin would have breached its all-time high before the halving so no history is repeating in any form, but more surprises are happening and will happen more as Bitcoin ages more. One thing that is sure going forward is that Bitcoin is in its bullish season and it will maximise it as much as possible. I expect it to hit the much-expected $100,000 pretty soon and from there, it can launch higher. But I do not see it moving above $150,000 this season no matter how much it tries. What is helping it now is the strong FOMO sentiment, this was made possible before the halving expectation that couples with the ETF saga of the last half of last year. The ETF itself is not yielding fruit yet, but as the market psychology would have it, the FOMO it brought due to the huge long-term bullish trend caused by it will always attract more investors.

You guys have come again, fine, Bitcoin is doing well, but we should not overhype things. Bitcoin is just an investment means and there have been a whole lot of them before it, but you guys are too lousy about the coin, that's what I can say here. Also, I do not just see the correlation you link between it and oil, they are just not the same thing, and with all the assets I have witnessed and have dealt with, and all investment opportunities as well that are not in the form of assets, they have one thing in common, and that is the sure opportunities to make money. Bitcoin is not the first asset that has this sure opportunity to make money and those who are buying it at the current levels are even at high risk if I would tell you the truth.

I am not one of those Bitcointalk members who will be hiding things and start hyping Bitcoin too much, I will always tell the truth to you. This is not a big deal, and I had bought an ordinary land that yielded more than 2000% profits for me. Stocks and other investments have yielded way more for people, so we should calm down when it comes to Bitcoin so that people will not be confused and mistaken and start rebuking Bitcoin just like they did in the last bull run when they lost fortunes to it by buying at a high level. My advice is that people should always take Bitcoin as a normal asset and invest when they believe is right but not believe it is the saviour of the world, it is not.

Mind you, as it has its pros, it also has its cons, so let's be careful. It is only when we fully understand it that we will get to make money from it no matter how little. So let's rather be smart than overhyping it.

Hahaha...Just as I like to say, most of these big names that people often like to idolise are unnecessary, maybe they do not know much about the Bitcoin market, I do not know, regardless, what I do know is that no amount of negativity will make Bitcoin yield, the blockchain mechanism that Bitcoin brought would not allow that that to happen. I have read big names talk rubbish about Bitcoin, but we can see what is happening now, it means that Bitcoin has effectively put them to shame and we have seen about $73,000 already, and we will soon see $100,000 speedily. The issue now is that all these happened before the halving, and I am bothered about it. Well, this is a new era for Bitcoin and one thing I can be happy about is that it has disregarded the past history pattern or should I even say put those who are always kin to history to shame.

I warned about this since I joined Bitcointalk but it seem that most people are adamant here, but I do not care. All my predictions are always happening as forecasted, not even a bit of it has been missed so far it is long term. Going forward, those who would still want to profit from cryptocurrency may not be smart if they opt for bitcoin henceforth, the price is too high and they will not profit much unless they can risk it through futures trading. In the absence of this, they may go for the altcoins but should be so careful in their selection. With that, they can still make x5 profits or more.

I wish everyone all the best!

It's worth it if people are afraid of the scam and performance of a new coin/token. Many have lost money due to that, people should even be more thoughtful about this and be careful as well. But this should not stop their blessing if they are wise, they only have to be smart about it as new projects even give more money than the old ones in many cases. However, I prefer crypto investors to mix the old and new ones together, and the investors that have nothing as much as 10 coins/tokens are still not serious about the crypto investment. This is to outsmart the market because no one would know certainly how the coin/token they possess would behave, which is why buying about 10 of them together can help you average their performance without any issues.

Some would indeed perform better and some would perform less, and when you choose rightly, even the least performing ones would be worth a fortune. Now, about the new coins/tokens, I advise you to wait until such projects are listed on a reputable exchange, and still watch the behaviour for a while. You should try to know the brains behind them, the community they were able to build, the money raised so far, the condition of the trend and all that.

Also, these days, if you must invest in new projects, you may want to study the new ones listed by CEXs, they may not disappoint you in this bullish season. But I warn you, they could be dumped pretty fast during the bearish season, but that can't be earlier than the second quarter of 2025.

You have good points, after all, you've said it all to motivate traders, but at times, it's beyond this and it could be nice if some traders just give up instead of wasting money. If it's about motivation and encouragement, I've done that so many times with so many people in years, but at a point, I realised that I was the wicked one motivating people and keeping them losing their money. That's how I realised that trading is not meant for everybody, and no matter how most people try, the more they fail in it. This is not to discourage anyone but to be frank and real due to my vast experience with it and my relationship with different people.

It's worth saying that it is not even the lack of learning that makes people fail, you have said it all that one should learn and change style when one fails, but it is beyond that. You may be well-equipped for trading and still fail, but you may also use the best management and still fail, which makes me know that psychology plays a huge role in the success of a trader. But unfortunately, traders do not always get this right, they might get it right for a little while, but before they know it, they are getting it wrong again, so they will continue to lose in this regard. It is until they get the psychological part of it right, they will learn and learn but will continue to fail.

Do you want to learn or want a trading signal? You need to decide about it and stop believing that one signal can help you. If those who are offering you signals did not learn, will they know how to issue the signals? And of course, the $500 capital is very good for starting and learning, but I must warn you, you may lose it all if you are learning. This is why I recommend a demo account for you since you are just starting. And if you would start the live trading/training, use a very low risk and do not think of the money at first.

Aside from that, you must know that the journey to attain trading expertise is not what anyone can predetermine, all you need to do is focus on learning, and if you get to the level of professionalism, you will know by yourself without anyone telling you, as it varies from people to people. Because the time people have for the training, their dedication to it and the source of learning matters a lot. The ability of the person to rightly use what he learned even matters most, so no one can predict the actual or average time you can become an expert in trading.

However, about the link, I am not a new trader, it has been a long time since I learned and most of the important sites I learned about trading are no more functioning. This is a pity because they are full of the most useful training tools unlike what we see these days. Well, in the absence of none, you can use and search;

1. https://www.babypips.com/
2. Search some keywords you want with investopedia.com

Well said, but since this account deletion request is now common on the forum where people would want their account deleted having posted nothing other than the said request's post, made me think further than the account used to make the post. Some people opened an alt account just for the purpose, so that people do not know the main account they want to be delete.

The reason is actually best known to them even as the suggested reason by people rather than the OP are always faulty. However, the main issue we often get in this regard is that the OPs would just open the thread and abandon them without letting people know the acatul reason for the propose deletion if there could be better resolve than deleting the account. This one too has lasted 2 days without the OP returning back to it.

Since you are a new trader, my first advice for you is to learn about the market, and with this, you get to know what to do better even if you do not know how to trade so well. Expertise about trading will take time, and the less you force it, the better for you, just let it flow easily even as you are serious about it. Also, I would like you to continue trying automated systems like copy trading and all that alongside it, and before you know it, you get to know the best ones to choose even as you get better at trading. You may want to look beyond their percentage performance as well, it could be deceptive, you need the time they've survived the market, their maximum drawdown, the risk level and much more before you can be certain of their earning performance and the safety of your account.

Many of them would do well for a while but make you lose the whole money in your account later, so the management part is so important and this can only be known if you study the strategy for a long period. But I have not seen anyone who says they are successful with the copying trade system of crypto exchange in the long run.

You have enough questions here and I can't blame you, it's a general panic when it comes to the liquidation of an asset at a very good price that will not cause regrets on whether you liquidated it at a price that would make you miss more money or blaming yourself for not liquidating it soon enough.

Well, first, I would like you to note that there is no perfect trader/investor just as there is no perfect speculation of the market, so there can't be perfect liquidation of positions as well. You should know that liquidation could come with luck as well, this is where luck and expertise are working together due to people's approach because some people would just liquidate at a particular time that the market would start selling without any prior analysis, they will just use their instinct and it will be a near perfect decision. But this is still a style that is random, it is never professional. If You would like to liquidate your asset professionally, I bet you use your chart guidance.

I knew it when the long-term bullish trend of Bitcoin started in 2023 through chart readings, so good chart readers would also know when the long-term bearish trend of the coin starts. This is the best time you liquidate to avoid mistakes. You can use the weekly and monthly charts together for proper analysis to achieve the purpose, and you will never regret it.

Personally, I believe Bitcoin would hit $100,000 in this bullish season and might still hit above $120,000 as well. The comeback level should be between $100,000 and $150,000 as well. If such an assumption is what you want to use, fine, but note that it is just a random pick for the liquidation. What if the asset moves far above the level? This is why you need your analysis.

I know people would have been checking the market capitalization of Gold when Bitcoin was moving higher but Gold did the more surprising things by adding more trillion dollars this time to make people shout their mouths, or else, the comparison will be more. Now is the turn of Silver since they see it as a weaker Gold. Well, the market capitalization of Silver can never be more than that of Bitcoin over time, it is an easy prediction as Silver has always stabilised around a little above a trillion dollars, and of course, we all know that Bitcoin would surpass it with time due to how people and institutions are focusing their attention on it.

But I do not see any craziness here as you claimed and it doesn't have to be a physical asset before people would appreciate it. Gold, Silver and any asset that is expensive today are so because people appreciate them and give them relevance through the money invested in them. The same is applicable to Bitcoin irrespective of whether or not it's physical. This is people's money on a good initiative (blockchain), this is priceless at the same time because it has changed the financial system to the point that even central banks have their projects on blockchains these days. This shows that it is even worth more than what it's being priced today due to its status as the pioneer of the payment blockchain initiative. I only hope that Bitcoin will hold/sustain the edge above Silver for long because the capitalization tends to reduce again during the bearish season which could make it inconsistent against Silver.

You are on point and it shows the right restraints and balance that players should endeavour to exercise in betting games like that. Even if I am a fan of either of the two clubs, I would only support them with mouth and action but still abstain from betting on their match just like I did yesterday. Lo and behold, the match was so tough and it was as expected, and thanks to my retraints as it saved my money because I mostly bet on winnings. The draw would have been a total loss for me. Although I saw enough gambling sites believing Man City would win and giving them better odds. But that was not obviously coming forth in my opinion and more reason why we should not be using odds to bet like some would do. My unwavering analysis of the two clubs can't make me doubt judging by their current feats and their antecedents when it comes to resilience in football and the times they have met, I would not dare to take a side.

Anfield is the stronghold of Liverpool, this is more reason why I believe that Man City can only beat them with luck. More review shows that the ball possession is even at the side of Liverpool, and the pass accuracy too, so they are determined in the game However, Liverpool should still work on their firepower, if not for the penalty issued to them, it could have been a different story. The goal of Man City by Stones was early enough too, I guess Liverpool never expected the pressure at first but later woke up to the change, it was after this that things levelled up for both teams.

Above all, both sides did well and I love them for it. As for the coming Man City vs Arsenal match, I wouldn't view it the way you view it, I am rather taking a straight winning for Man City. Arsenal, though on the top of the table, I still believe they would drop because they are not my favourite to win based on speculations. Man City would win Arsenal for real even as the external forecasts I see today show a huge difference in the team with Man City preferring to win, which also buttresses my pick.

Like I said yesterday, I will be answering these questions in twos to avoid cumbersomeness. This is the next two.

I have read the context of gambling loss and fun many times and my conclusion is that it is all about your disposition about gambling. Indeed, gambling could be done for fun and it could be done for the money, nand if you played games for fun, you will surely not feel it when you lose, but of course, if you gamble for the money, you will feel hurt when you lose the money. Again, those who are gambling for the fun are not using big money for it which is one of the main differences here, and if you are gambling for the fun, ensure you use a ridiculous amount of money for it, and this amount should have been well-budgeted and the mode of spending it must have been well-calculated even before you visit the gambling house or opened the gambling platform.

And if it is for the money, just gamble right and plan your gambling very well with a very managed portfolio so that it will not hurt you. Most people who pretend to gamble for fun could be hurt because the sincerity is not there but you can only pretend to people you, can never pretend to yourself. It will definitely show in the form of pain. That's normal

To be honest with you, my friend, I do not know how I spent my gambling winnings, I do not even take any inventory of it because I have never taken gambling so seriously to avoid psychological issues. And since I do not depend on it for the money, it makes it easier for me. Still, what I normally do that I can remember now is that I have some treats with gambling money at times instead of using the money in my bank account. This is especially true when I am broke or do not want to touch the money in my bank account due to lack of excess money to spare.

Also, when I lose in my casino accounts or want to fund a newly opened gambling account, I do not use the money in my bank account but the ones in my sports betting account. With these, I think I am doing just fine with the money.

Examining oneself is never a bad idea as this is a way to evaluate the person, the gambling style in relation to psychology and the result got so far. This should even be done by gamblers periodically so that they can get to know their strengths and weaknesses in gambling so that the strategy can be further made to work for the gamblers and they would have to improve on the weakness or avoid it entirely since it could be some thing that is not manageable. However, this may be more applicable to gamblers who want to take it so seriously, but for me, I do not think I need that. I am not taking gambling seriously as such to avoid emotional issues. Not that I don't gamble regularly or somewhat commonly betting even if I do not gamble excessively like some people, but I am satisfied with my gambling analysis, the forecasts, management and the results so far.

Also, what helps me more in gambling is the fact that I do not take it seriously like some people would do. I take it as a side activity that is not all about the money, and this psychology alone has helped me so much. Unlike those who would depend so much on it and get desperate about it and the money they want to make from it. This can only cause more issues, so I love the way I do not take it so seriously to preserve my mind. The same reason is why I will not continually evaluate myself in gambling, I do not just have that time. But all I can say is that with my rough calculation, I am still positive since I bet mostly on sports betting.

Of course, those are the two main reasons that make it alien to you but if you peradventure visited a place where you were able to witness such, you will most certainly do it to encourage the bereaved, well, at least me. But when you are not in the same country, you may not see such, and even if you are in the same country, the locality/community you are in matters. Just like in my country, the division is many because we have over 170 tribes in just a country. So, what they are doing in the North and East of the country could be so strange to me, but in my place, we do not have any unusual practices that can be strange to them.

Even in the East and North, many communities still have their strange practices that their fellow Easterners would not just know of, that's how deep it is. The world is large, and we should expect strange traditions like this when we are far from home.

Immediately I first saw this post last month, I knew it would be done in the Asian part of the world, and when people replied to my first post, they stated that the tradition "Tong" is commonly practised in the Philippines, which made my suspicions right. Strangest practices are happening in the Asian part of the world, so brace yourself when you visit such a place.

I do not blame the sport or the ardent fans but the evil perpetrator and the lapses in the security of the stadium. The heart of an average man is wickedly wicked, this is bad, why would you harm others just because of football? This is preposterous. Just like freedom of speech is our right, the right to support any team is equally our right and should not be taken from us by the bad heads in society. I pray those useless perpetrators of the evil act rot in jail.

But your advice is best fitting for evil people and those who cannot control their feelings simply because of football, and not the people rejoicing as this will never stop. I do not see what those guys they stabbed did that has not been done before in football, so why the hate? For me, I will continue to encourage people to express themselves as they like and not fake anything because of anyone but let's all be security conscious. Whether we like it or not, there will always be division in football where one side will support team A and the other side will support team B, but never should we take it too personally, after all, it is just football.

This is so valid and it is what puts gamblers in the most trouble witnessed if they disregard the warning. I thought about it carefully a while ago on reasons that gamblers are losing and I realised that no matter what anyone says, the psychological aspect of it is the main reason that outweighs others.

Fine, gamblers must learn, possess qualified gambling skills, have plans and budget blah blah blah, but if the psychology of the gambler is wrong, all of these would still be useless because the gambler will set all of them aside and act foolishly. Although I have not witnessed such bad behaviours in gambling but I have seen many witnessed it and no amount of advice you offer, they will reject it at that time until they waste all their money. It is only then that their eyes will clear and realise their mistakes and regret of not listening to the good advice issues to them. This makes me relate it to trading, it is similar and I've witnessed similar cases in it myself, it would be as you you are under a spell and will continue to waste the money until you finish it.

To avoid this, irrespective of what we know, we should take care of our gambling psychology very well and never allow emotion to dictate what we should do for us. Discipline will be very effective here as well, and we should make sure that we enforce it especially when we know we are deviating from our plan. Taking a break is also good if all control measures fail, it will do us a lot of good to take a fresh breath.

These are a whole lot of questions and show you are conversant with the forum. Regardless, permit me to answer them in twos on subsequent visits to your thread.

Well, I have seen women gambling physically, only that it is not as rampant as men gambling and it depends on the environment they are in. But at times, it could be that women have a better focus than gambling, but this is a school of thought. In another school of thought, the environment matters so much. Some women may not want to be seen in such places where they could be tagged as gamblers, so they hide from it.

Yet, this does not concern those local women who do not care because it is a norm in their locality. But mostly in an urban area where more civility is seen, women often hide from this and it could only be to avoid stigmatisation. Do they pretend? Yes, they do, because what they could not do offline, they are doing it online. This is simply a fake life.

We should not find any excuse for these guys, and you've said it all, they are notorious. However, I can help them add "irresponsibility" to it because whether you are righteous or not, you may be responsible, and that would be seen in your attitude and character. Can the same be said of the character you explained here? Certainly not, so they should be rebuked in all its entirety.

They are such that makes gambling to be tagged with bad names. They will just be gambling with a lack of common sense and are greedy, and that's why the outcome is often bad for them. I wonder how these people could be useful to themselves, not to mention their families. It's just a pity for them, but certainly, I will not pity them, they are the ones who should turn a new leaf.

Just as if I knew earlier today when I aligned against a gambling event recently organised by big shots in the industry. My position was that AI is the next development to be watched out for when it comes to gambling when they state otherwise. Now seeing it here is very good for me which buttresses my point. I've thought so deeply about the next steps of advancement in gambling and I realised that it is AI-inclined advancement that we should expect. It is going to be better then, and I must say that the project must have started already in some quarters, and in the next few years, we might be seeing something like that.

Well, this is so needed because the house itself needs to be proactive and even make the work easier for themselves through this initiative. My latest research about AI in the gambling industry proves that some casinos have even started using it as they started using it to easily and quickly detect unusual and similar patterns in the betting of customers. This will be more effective than the former manual ways of doing it and will prevent more fraud as fast as possible. Also, as we know AIs, they can do enough datasets so speedily and prevent fraud no matter how hidden it could be depending on how the AI works. This is one out of many to expect in the AIs' development and integration with the casino and sports betting businesses.