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261  Economy / Trading Discussion / Re: Should trades be closed only when the market is bullish? on: March 23, 2024, 09:36:03 AM
Logically, your subject doesn't make sense, it doesn't make sense to close trade when market is bullish, you only close trade when the market is bearish or maybe when you have hit your targets. However, most often, to always avoid your profits wearing off, it's always better to use Trailing profits, that's help you take profits at the particular place you want it to take the profit for you.

What you should know about market is this, both ways profits can be printed if you understand the market very well. As a regular spot trader, I don't short market when everyone is bullish, I become bullish as well because the trend is your friend but I don't follow the trend blindly like everyone do, I take my profits before we reach resistance, that's what I did with Bitcoin when we reached ATH of Bitcoin and then short the market at $71k and it's still open. The reason why I shorted is not because I'm bearish, the market is still bullish but short term bearish as halving is coming a lot of weak hands will sell off until after the halving before another rally will start again and by then my shot will be close as I have another open order waiting to be filled so we can continue the ride.
I would say that the idea was probably "should trades only be closed when profitable" or something like that, or at least it should be, because in this way it doesn't make sense at all. I believe that making that type of return doesn't really mean anything to anyone, and it doesn't really mean anything at all.

I feel like the best thing we could do right now would be just focusing on how to make money this way and it would not be all that easy at all, we should probably consider how to make money based on not trades but the end results and if we are not profiting then what is the point of them even existing. I hope that it could get to a level where we could make some money, would make a lot more sense to people.
262  Economy / Speculation / Re: Im new here but Im old trader i keep eyes on Market. on: March 23, 2024, 09:04:54 AM
Bullish brake out on 68-69k price.
Seems like a lot short positions will get liquitated on 75k,77k 82k
Do i think btc will reach 100k, yes i think so.
So, at first glance, you are good at reading and taking advantage of this momentum by buying BTC, ETH and altcoins. I think you are very skilled and know who to put your biggest percentage on.

BTC had dropped to $61,645 and started to creep up to $65,450 little by little, but I think the market is currently experiencing a consolidation phase and if there is a price reversal after this temporary correction, it will certainly come from a source that provides relief from the current economic conditions. If positive sentiment continues to come, it is not impossible that what you convey will also quickly come true.

Yes. Every speech from the Fed, Jerome Powell also provides some relief if it is positive, but if the delivery leads to negative, more selling will come so that the dump will continue again.
Having that type of thing is not that complicated, it is going to be as much of a profit as we possibly could. I believe that we are going to make some money and that is not really hard to grasp for me, the increase in price is one that is quite common and will definitely be very easy to see. I think making that type of return is hardest during bear markets and most people fail to do that, if you could make that work then I am sure that people will end up with a good income.

If you want to make money during bull run, all you have to do is hold, it is that simple, if you have bitcoin already then you do absolutely nothing and it just goes back up, and you end up with a profit without worrying about much anything at all.
263  Economy / Speculation / Re: If you had bought the previous ATH you're on profit on: March 23, 2024, 07:22:32 AM
I know many people personally who bought bitcoin above $60K last cycle and guess what. Almost all of them have sold.

Some sold in the $30K area where it looked like bitcoin was going nowhere. And the rest sold after the Ftx collapse where it looked like bitcoin would go to $10k again.

I am pretty sure there are rarely any people who are in profit now who bought in 2021.
This proves that despite of the risk investing in bitcoin due to high volatility, there are still few who managed to trust bitcoin and hold it longer. Now they are almost at the peak of their success if bitcoin price reaches another all time high again. While those who end up panic selling are obviously regretting because they were beaten by their fears that lead them losing their future investment profits. However, opportunities never run out with bitcoin so they can still reinvest again and try not to panic selling again.
That is true, anytime the price falls down, people could just focus on making the best they possibly can and in return they will definitely have some good income. There is no "missing out" on bitcoin, there will be ups and there will be downs, if you missed one down, then you can buy at the next down and just keep trying to make more money.

This isn't some short get rich quick scheme, this is a long term investment, something to consider for your retirement even, so if you want to get rich, just a small portion of this situation is ok. Just wait for your turn, see it go down and then you can get in. Most people would make so much money if they wait for a 10% drop and then get in, aside from the bear market period of course.
264  Economy / Speculation / Re: WILL BITCOIN CONTINUE TO RISE on: March 22, 2024, 03:14:33 PM
if market conditions worsen again after the halving and do not experience the growth that many people currently predict, I think most people who used cold money to buy Bitcoin before will be quite relaxed about this bad thing. Because they certainly won't panic and sell in conditions like that, especially if they are still patient enough to wait for the next increase in Bitcoin while continuing to buy at low prices. So it comes back to each of us who has so much confidence in Bitcoin, whether we will sell it or still really want to buy it and hold on to it until the next price increase is seen.
I do not think that will happen though, we are talking about supply decreasing while there is no valid reason for the demand to decrease, and at that much level anyhow. So, the price needs to go up to cover for the lack of supply to make it work for the miners as well, the moment they stop selling because it is too cheap, the price goes high anyway so you get even lesser supply.

Usually in market, everything is possible and it has happened before but I think there is no reason to break the cycle at the moment and the way we are going right now is actually quite supportive of the fact that people are hyped about it. The main reason why we got this high this early is that everyone knew it would so they got into positions.
265  Economy / Economics / Re: Bitcoin and it's holders in our society on: March 22, 2024, 01:11:23 PM
At this moment the Nigerian government are not against bitcoin or cryptocurrency as the ban against crypto in 2021 by the former administration has been lifted by this current administration, the problem is just with those corrupt law enforcement officers (the police) that are using their uniform to intimidate, harass and extort crypto hodlers and traders of their assets if they notice you are  dealing in the currency or peradventure they do an illegal stop and search and finds a crypto related app on your gadget then you're screwed as they will coerce and intimidate you into releasing your coins to them. And  they make sure all evidence to their trace are whipped off.

As crypto users finding yourself in this milieu it's imperative you take your privacy to any trace of cryptocurrency seriously, if it's by freezing your phone when going out or having a different gadget that's not about your crypto business/trading/holding etc. I am sure with time the government will take cases like this seriously so as to fish out such corrupt officers from the streets.
I would say that is not really unheard of anywhere else neither. Maybe not regards to crypto, it could be about something else, but "corrupt cop" is something as old as time, I have watched maybe like 100 movies where drug dealers end up paying bribery to cops, and cops look the other way and let the drug dealers do their business. This may not be related to crpto, but it is about corrupt cops and it's usually in the USA movies as well, and based on real life in most cases as well.

So as you can see, Nigerian cops could be corrupt and do this related to crypto, and I think that is sad, but every single nation in the world has corrupt cops that will take money from you in one way or another, that is sad but the reality.
266  Economy / Economics / Re: Economic growth and it effect on the standard of living on: March 22, 2024, 10:14:32 AM
Guys what do you think about economic growth as it affects standard of living let discuss
Economic growth and standard of living are directly proportional. We have raised the standard or living because of the growth of the economy and hence the expectations of the people living have risen. With growth of technology, people are learning about their neighboring countries and how they live and eventually bringing that culture into their countries.

This is how a civilization progresses and lack of economic growth is bad for that country.
I do not agree with this. Economic growth could happen while hampering the middle income level people, you can have rich people getting richer, and poor people getting more help, while the middle income stays the same. This is sort of why we are seeing less and less mid level life, most people are either rich, or they are poor these days.

There are levels of poverty of course, like homeless at the brink of starvation and people who own a home but in big debt and can't even afford a dental care are both poor but not on the same level. Yet, it is still true that if you look at the American people alone, you can see tens of millions of people underinsured and having medical problems, that is still poverty, and unfortunately the natural habitat of the current era.
267  Economy / Trading Discussion / Re: advice for a beginner on: March 21, 2024, 11:51:04 PM
I deposited $100, and now I've lost $40. Any advice for me? I watched some YouTube videos and found a technical analysis video which helped a lot. I started not losing as much. Sometimes I even earn. But even though, I feel so lost. Like every day, I see some random coins get boosted. Some people earn from how they know that coin will go up. I'm sorry for my bad English; it's not my first language.
I think a lot of people lose money when they first start out, that is just how it is. Work towards making more later on and learning more and be better. I understand that you started recently and you went right into trading, considering the price didn't fall that much, not 40%, then I am guessing that you picked some terrible horrible tokens or coins, because nothing I am checking went down that much anytime in the recent years.

This should be the most important thing and I believe that we are going to do fine. I know that it is going to be fine, but the way it is going right now, I would assume that it is going to be something we could probably assume as normal and not really do anything marginal about it, it is just the way it is.
268  Economy / Trading Discussion / Re: Don't do this mistakes in trading on: March 21, 2024, 11:14:22 PM
Those two things are the most problematic and hard to control if you are just starting. It's definitely important to have that money management/ risk management when you are handling your portfolio. It's going to be a hard thing to recover if you have lost it all and have no control. As long as you see in the long term that you would be able to grow your portfolio, it's not a bad thing to consider.

Don't be greedy as well. It's tempting but it's not a good thing to do.
Yeah true, if we deal with a newbie who just goes all in, with a high leverage, we know that the likely result would be that they will lose all their money, and even if they don't lose it at that trade, we know that they will get hyped and do it again and again until they lose it all. I believe that's important and should not be really a big deal, we need to consider that we may not do something major if we are not careful about it.

I hope that people could focus on what we can do, and we should just take it slow and not risk everything we have, it is going to end up with a trouble if we do that and I think it is quite reasonable to make small amount of profit we do not know what we are doing, don't risk anything major.
269  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Can you stake it all put of over confidence in your club on: March 21, 2024, 06:14:42 AM
Have anyone ever had confidence in any match that he was willing to be huge amounts to back up the confidence in a match that features his club. A friend of mine recently shocked me with how much passion and confidence he had in his club, man u vs liverpool  that happened on Sunday I guess was a very hard match cause Liverpool was already stomping 0:2 to man United but my friend was telling that man United won't lose the match, so I told him that if he has much confidence that he should stake life, shocking to me he went on and staked 5k on man United win to qualify which was about 7 odds at that time, and yeah it turned out right for him. Can any one do this or was it a foolish move?
That particular game between Manchester United and Liverpool result was so unpredictable, if you're friend had placed a bet in favour of Manchester United to win that game then he must be a genius to come to that conclusion. When people become too emotionally attached to the club they are fanning, they do things without emotional intelligence and that they say is the beauty of the game. For me that was not too much of a wise decision your friend took, but however this is gambling, the higher the risk the higher the reward, and so far he has benefited from the risk he took.
I mean a lot of people lost money on that game for sure, there is no doubt that people did not expected United to win, and yet they did and that's a great thing to see, I feel like that's important for a lot of people. I believe that we are going to see a lot of results similar to that, and in the meantime we should be probably expecting to not have that type of games all that commonly.

I do not really put it all in, never have, not going to do it for any game at all, doesn't matter how big or small the chances are. Just this season, we have seen Bayern lose to a third division team, and beat a bundesliga team 8-1, no idea how they could do it on the same season but it happens and we should be not really all that interested in how that works.
270  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Gambling is not place to make money is place to lose it? on: March 20, 2024, 02:36:32 PM
In my own opinion, gambling is not a clear means of making money, even though there is a chance of winning that can be obtained, we must understand how gambling works, which in fact will only make us lose money and if we cannot control ourselves with the gambling we do, we will lose money. large numbers will occur. The fact that the host will always win is real, because the aim of gambling is to make a profit, and it is the gamblers who cannot control themselves who provide an advantage for the host.

Gambling is entertainment in the form of games and we have to spend money to be able to enjoy the sensations involved, including the sensation of winning. Of course, most of the people who gamble hope to win, but sometimes that hope becomes a trap for us. Many people have experienced problems because they gamble too much, such as having a lot of debt or messy finances. If they didn't misinterpret gambling, maybe there wouldn't be a case like this, but it can't be denied that with gambling advertisements that say they can win easily, of course it's tempting for everyone, of course when it comes to money, everyone definitely wants it, let alone getting money with it. a large amount just for free. But gambling is actually not like that, gambling should only be done as entertainment, not as a main source of income. that is a wrong perception.
I agree that we should consider it as entertainment but unfortunately there are a lot of people who gave up hope from making money any other way and they are tyring their chance as a last resort here.

I get that it is going to be something that will not be that easy, and we should consider that as the most important part, if we are not really that much scared of it then we are going to end up with some return one way or another. But that is not the goal, the goal is to have fun, if we make money that is great, if we lose it then by all means that should be fine too, if you have that type of mindset then you could gamble and have fun and leave without losing too much or having a nervous breakdown. That is what gambling should be about.
271  Alternate cryptocurrencies / Altcoin Discussion / Re: Can governments crack down on crypto? on: March 20, 2024, 01:33:22 PM
Yes, even though people talk about decentralization or something like that, crypto needs government involvement to achieve high prices. But imagine if all governments were to ban crypto. I think crypto would still survive, but it would be used among small groups and be hard to maintain a high price like it is now.
I would say that there is a limit to it though. I mean I am fine with regulations and such, but when government makes it so much crazier then it changes a lot. Let me give you an example, I am not American but I read the laws and the situation at USA right now and I can give an example there.

Right now, New York state has such a high regulation barrier that we are actually getting a lot worse and all the companies there basically either stopped working and closed their shop, or they just moved to another state, that is a state involvement, so it is still politics. At the other hand, Texas made it so clear (and has cheap energy) that there are dozens of mining companies popping up every year. See the difference? It is important to know the degree of it.
272  Alternate cryptocurrencies / Altcoin Discussion / Re: Why you need to have spare USDT in this bullrun. on: March 20, 2024, 10:42:02 AM
Couple of weeks ago, a friend told me about a new memecoin Gecko Inu (GEC). As at that time, the mcap was below $2.5M & I was like this could be another rugpull but as an investor, it's sometimes necessary to take some calculated risk so i invested some few $$$.

Surprisingly, the token started to trend and in less than 33 days, mcap has now surpassed $16M with prominent exchanges now listing it. My 2024 would have been sealed had it been I also took heed to invest in BRETT and BOME which have equally done massively well.

With the realization of what appeared to be dream, it looks like some new projects could be the centre of attraction in this coming bullrun as investors are looking for ways to maximize profits by being among the early birds in a particular project hence the reason you need to have some USDT kept aside to take advantage of this evolving new projects. What are your thoughts about this? Let's discuss.
Not only for this reason but a trader should have some USDT as spare for any market conditions because you never know when the market might take a plunge and if you have spare USDT in such situations, you can be able to buy more cryptocurrencies at cheap prices and then sell them when the market recovers, that's how day traders earn a profit, they always have some liquid assets available at the disposal for such situations.

Talking about meme coins, they are a gamble, you invest a few dollars, you might get a good reward on that just like hitting a jackpot, but you should also know that you might not get your few dollars back sometimes in case the project fails to attract a large amount of investors.
273  Economy / Economics / Re: Do you believe in savings or investment on: March 20, 2024, 08:56:01 AM
there is a big possibility that if we only have or do one of these two things it might be disrupted, but in my opinion it depends on us ourselves. Because if our finances are stable and if we only have savings, this possibility will not be disturbed even if we just save. I have a friend whose finances are very stable, he doesn't make investments but he saves in many banks, where he chooses which bank to save and not to disturb his funds, and saves for financial funds that can be withdrawn at any time as long as we need them, in my opinion this is depending on our own finances and the way we manage our finances.

It would be a shame if the investment made had to be sold at the wrong time. Of course we want the best, including profits, which are the most profitable point, but if we sell it at the wrong time, of course it is not a desire but a compelling situation, so we have to do it even though the profit is not much or even at a loss. Therefore, before making an investment, in my opinion, we must have a reserve fund or emergency fund or other savings to deal with unexpected things, don't let the investment made be disrupted at the wrong time.
Sometimes life pushes you to sell before you want to, normally the mindset "do not invest the money you can't lose" is true, but sometimes you can't calculate which money is the one you can or can't lose. Yes it is true that I am not investing 100% of my salary, probably just 10% in normal cases, and lets assume that I collected 3X worth my salary in bitcoin, and I do not need it so it is a great investment right?

What if I get sick and I have to pay my medical bills with it? In that case, how could I know it before it happens? Should I have both bitcoin investment AND rainy day investment as well? All in all, sometimes things are not as good as we hope it would, life sometimes hurts you just as you are down, and I am in one of those days unfortunately, been like that for over a year I think.
274  Economy / Economics / Re: World changing and those who don't adopt this Will stay poor on: March 20, 2024, 07:44:44 AM
As technology develops, the gap between countries widens. It is not easy for countries to keep up with each other. It is very difficult to keep up with the development rates of some countries. This shows that we have entered a time when great differences have emerged between countries in areas such as technology and it is not possible to close these differences.

Working hard and providing quality education are things that some countries need to do to catch up with other developed countries in these areas. Technology is developing so fast that even a slight delay can cause a huge difference.
And the sad thing is that, it shouldn't, it should lower the gap. Considering everything is getting cheaper with time, and we could build stuff for cheaper, we should at least get rid of poverty, and make the world more online.

Like for example Africa is known as a poor continent, and yet they are growing strong because they have the power to grow, they are untouched in that sense, and that growth could be done with not only traditional methods, but they could just build companies, and computers are getting cheaper, AI is getting cheaper to use, and they could just build stuff from those companies. It doesn't really take that much money, it is something that would be so simple and that should be important in the end.
275  Economy / Economics / Re: Technology and work ethics on: March 20, 2024, 06:34:23 AM
We can't dispute the fact that the advent of technology has played a great role in improving activities in the workplace. With the networking of the different PCs in companies, it has become easy to send a broadcast message to all staff at a time, and coupled with other sophisticated technology, coordinating and controlling multiple workers has become easier which has resulted in a high level of productivity and an increase in the staff to management relationships.
The main achievement of technology was that it made absolutely everything easier. It's easy and fast to do hard, complex calculations, it becomes possible to book things from home, it's possible to connect with friends, it's possible to buy things and trade with different parts of the world from your home or office, it's possible to work from your home to a different country. Many things became possible thanks to technology and it accelerated absolutely everything and every process in the world.
The point of controlling what workers do is to increase the productivity, not gossip. The managers are not there to prevent you from doing something that is not related to work, so that when they catch you do something, they go ahead and gossip about it with other managers, that ain't the reason, hell they couldn't care less at all.

However, they do it so that they could increase productivity, if they are following you on CCTV and they are checking every website you are visiting, that means they are trying to just keep you working. In most cases, someone works 8 hours a day, with 1 hour break, and 2 15 minute breaks, that's how it has been everywhere I worked, that means you work 6.5 hours and during all that 6.5 hours, they want you to only work and nothing but work.
276  Economy / Economics / Re: What is The Negative Effect of Inflation on Household Savings? on: March 20, 2024, 05:59:52 AM
Every day, inflation devalues your money.  Think saving is safe? It's pouring faster than you blink. The "implicit tax" is a quiet robber that steals your savings and reduces their purchasing power

As if that's easy, invest in bonds or the capital market. While profit-seeking is appealing, let's not ignore the risks. They could be financially devastating and cause sleeplessness. Not all financial issues can be solved by investing. It requires informed decision-making with the knowledge that success is not guaranteed

The great finale: buy bonds because Central Banks will slash rates if inflation declines. The market has a way of making even the most confident predictions look foolish. The play's what? Jump into investing with eyes wide open, aware of the threats but ready to take them? Or rely on dwindling savings accounts? Your option, but in this economy, every choice is risky
It's true, imagine what you could have done with your currently salary but five years ago? If I made this salary 5 years ago, I would have been so rich that I would be able to buy a car every one year, just from my savings. Obviously I live in a high inflation nation, and not like some Swiss person who doesn't feel it too much.

I think this is why we should consider that savings in fiat is not a smart move, this is why I keep my money in bitcoin, it makes it a lot better. I get that it is not that simple and we are going to feel some pain eventually if we are not careful, but if we could make it work then we are going to benefit from it eventually. Life will always be tough and we are going to need help if we do not consider inflation.
277  Economy / Speculation / Re: Road to 100k? on: March 19, 2024, 07:00:02 PM
Seems like the road to $100k is very rough indeed with how poorly the market price has been, some how it looks like we're never going to see $80k before the end of this month. Is getting to a week and we haven't seen anything positive like heading towards the $70k it was before dropping and we're expecting to see a new ATH anytime soon and that would happen when the price start going up, I think the market price might change in the next 3 days.
I do agree that the road forward seems like it could be like that, nobody says that it is going to be easy, we all know that it will be pretty hard to get there, we require nearly 40%+ increase and that's important increase, but not like something we haven't done already so we could definitely get there.

It is only a thought because it has never reached there, if I asked you when we were at 40k or 50k if we could break over 70k+ then people would be uncertain about it as well, at least for it to be reached this quickly, but then we did and that's the important part. I think we should let it be and not really focus on anything that would be too marginal, just assume that it would be normal and nothing too crazy going on as well.
278  Economy / Speculation / Re: Do not let the over excitement after the bull-run pull you out to danger on: March 19, 2024, 02:34:35 PM
after the bull run and hopefully you hodles your Bitcoin til the ATH and then you have made enough money, are you going to go out there and let those who were in doubt about the profitable potentials of Bitcoin to let them know about your investment in the Bitcoin and how so well you are doing in the industry?
Yeah, these days I fear that further crash could be at play, and that is going to ruin the entire momentum that we have gained so far. I know that it may also not happen, which is what we all hope, but there is a possibility that it could happen as well. We should definitely consider what type of investment we have just at this moment.

If we have a good long term holding in place then even if a correction crash happens and sees us at like 60k or something in a week or two, then we are not at a position to worry, because we can hold until it recovers and goes back above 70+k. However, if we are in a position where we need to take profit but waiting a little higher, then maybe it is time to put a strong stop loss, so we do not get any trouble in the future.
279  Alternate cryptocurrencies / Altcoin Discussion / Re: Help me to invest altcoin now on: March 19, 2024, 11:32:09 AM
I want, after the noticeable decline today, I want you to advise me on some currencies to invest in. I have two thousand dollars to invest. I want you to give me a list of digital currencies to invest. What do you advise me?
First of all, if you have no bitcoin investment, you should definitely put at least a thousand dollars of that money into bitcoin. If not, then we could start looking at alts, first of all ETH is the king of alts and you could invest into that, do not forget to put that at a place like binance to get proof of stake money from a pool (you can't do it all your own with that amount), secondly LTC has been strong for over 13 years now, and I believe it will stay strong.

While we are talking about binance, we should talk about BNB because its a good one as well and could go a lot higher. We could take a look at ADA as well, the dev team works so hard on it and I think it should do fine. These are all the ones I can suggest.
280  Alternate cryptocurrencies / Speculation (Altcoins) / Re: Top altcoins are in trouble?? on: March 19, 2024, 10:49:32 AM
In fact, the entire cryptocurrency market is affected by following the price of bitcoin, so it may take some time for the altcoins market to become crowded. During this time many of the top altcoins have increased in price to profit from selling opportunities to investors. A few months ago the situation in the crypto market was bad and it is natural that those who invested then will now get good returns. So if you just keep research roots and don't invest then this market is worthless to you.
The entire market is affected, undoubtedly, however, some of them seem to show no growth at all even when Bitcoin went up to $73K creating history once again by marking a new all-time high even before the halving event. But as you said, if someone is analysing the market at all times, watching each cryptocurrency closely, and doing enough research, they should be able to identify the ones that are growing more during these times.

Besides, once the actual bull run, that comes after the halving event, starts I'm pretty sure that almost all the top cryptocurrencies will start gaining value and that is when their investors will start gaining profits for their investors from the past. So it's all about patience in this market.
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