Yes, you can rationalize your behavior all that you like, in order to make it seem that you were right about how you were playing this, even reflected in your posts that said that you were waiting for a dip in the lower $30ks... also especially when I was probably correct in my speculating that you had likely been holding onto too much cash during the two months (between mid-August and mid-October) that BTC prices were between the upper $24ks and then lower $27ks, and so now you are trying to act like you are playing your cards correctly merely because you happened to have caught a 4.6% dip and you likely would have been able to pick up more cornz between mid-August and mid-October when the BTC prices were between the upper $24ks and then lower $27ks...

You can read the ideas of this thread however you like..

We are likely talking about a variety of ideas within this thread including that some of the concepts of the thread of waiting for the dip might not be correct for those folks who are too busy waiting for dips rather than making sure that they are prepared for either price direction (psychologically and financially), and surely if you are too busy waiting for dips you might not be sufficiently and/or adequately prepared for UP.. and that is for you to decide those kinds of balances.

I doubt that any of us are not going to be able to judge those kinds of specifics in regards to other members... We do not have details about other members.. only about our own situations and maybe going by what other members are saying that they are doing or thinking about doing.

Each member has to figure out those kinds of balancing of when to buy and how much to buy matters for themselves, even if they might have had been sitting on too much cash and then buying BTC at higher prices (that technically happens to be a wee-widdo dip).  

By the way, I bought some on this dip too.. but it is hardly even really worth mentioning.. since I am more in a kind of maintenance stage rather than a BTC accumulation stage, since I had already been overly stocked in BTC since about 2015 or so.. depending on how matters might be measured..  

Since you have been registered on the forum for more than 6.5 years, it could be that you are in a similar stage of your BTC journey as me, but I have my doubts.. especially based on the way that you had been describing your wait for a dip and then you end up bragging about a mostly meaningless dip.. so hopefully you are more adequately prepared for UP now, just in case we might not get any more dips for a while.. not saying that I know, but I am saying that it is good to figure out systems in which you are prepared for either direction, even if you have some beliefs that it might go in one direction or another and you may or may not end up being correct.

Sinner was on a really big level and probobly the best play and match of his career. Still Djokovic had his chances in the end to win the match. Sinner will do really big things in 2024 if he can play close to this level. Alcaraz beated Rublev but still hasnt passed the group.

In the whole scheme of things, there is not much of a difference between $35,500 and $37,200-ish.  It is not even quite 5%, and surely it might not be worth the risk to be fucking around with those kinds of waiting, especially if you are still low on BTC.

And surely ONLY a month ago we had bitcoin in the upper $26ks and the lower $27ks, so if you had been regularly stacking, then there should not have had been much cash build up in one month unless you might have had been unduly sitting on cash because you were overly waiting on dips lower than $25k or whatever reason that you might not have had been buying a month ago.

Another thing is that you have been a forum member for more than 6.5 years, so surely you might well have the luxury to be fucking around with waiting for dips if you have largely already been stacking for 6.5 years.  So even a relatively aggressive and consistent stacking of $100 per week since your forum registration date would have caused you to spend $35k, and you would have had stacked 4.3672 BTC (which would be nearly $159k.. which is more than 3.5x in profits).. .. and surely anyone who might have been stacking longer might be able to reach a stage in which they might set themselves up for various buying on the dips, but sometimes there still might be needs to continue to buy regularly, especially if you might still feel that you do not have enough BTC to be waiting for BTC price dips that may or may not end up happening.

what a great game played by Sinner yesterday
In an extremely balanced match, he was able to achieve a victory that was never achieved before against Djokovic! Could we talk about a "handover"?
Certainly the dear Italian player will be a number one in the coming years

Ah dont worry what FIAT remains is only after what Bitcoin I have bought! I have been buying
Bitcoin regularly, Last price point when I bought was at $33250 but I'm holding off with a few
purchases until as I said we get a correction.

Breaking: Tsitsipas withdraws from his match against Rune after just 3 (!) games. According to sources he incurred some sort of a leg injury. Details are most likely to follow. This is not the first time the Greek player has to withdraw from the ATP finals due to injury. Back in 2021 he had to call it quits due to elbow injury.

Surprising win for Zverev against Alcaraz at the tournament in Turin. The door opener for Zverev was his strong first serve. For coming into this tournament as an outsider, he has regained respect with this performance. But against Medvedev and Rublev he will have to play with the same concentration.

there's always a lot of pressure when you have to prove you're number one.
I personally thought that he would have lost like a final this year against Rune, but he was able to bring the result, meanwhile Alcaraz probably "pays for this pressure", perhaps even a minimum of "inexperience" after a season at the highest level.

I think Gold is just to store and maintain the value of assets freed from inflation and not what you're thinking. Moreover, the value of BTC is based on its usefulness as a medium of exchange and its scarcity. The present generation actually preferred BTC over Gold despite its higher volatility because BTC is much more liquid than gold meaning that it's easier to buy and sell. Again, BTC is much easier to store and transport than gold since it's a digital asset. Majority of us believe that BTC is a better store of value than gold because it has a fixed supply and is less influenced by politics or central banks. Gold seems to be outdated.

There are many differences between bitcoin and EUR and USD. Besides the tangible and intangible differences, bitcoin is a decentralized currency, with a limited supply...it is completely different from the fiat money that governments are creating. Furthermore, bitcoin is considered an asset rather than a currency so I think it is more appropriate to compare it with gold or other financial markets than with USD and EUR.

Basically, there are already many bitcoin ETFs in other countries but people are still waiting for an ETF from the SEC because the US is the largest financial market as well as the world financial center. I believe the SEC will have to approve ETFs but they need a better time to make that declaration and the best time could be the Bitcoin halving event.

In other countries, do not expect bitcoin to be bullish if their SEC approve spot bitcoin ETF, but in United States, expect the market to be bullish as we expect becuase it will first start from people fomo and also US have more than half of the worlds share of traditional market.

The first was in two years ago but listed this year. So the first bitcoin spot ETF in Europe was this year.

Also this is about bitcoin spot ETF in Hong Kong.

I do not use it for cross border transactions cause those I regularly transact with are not exactly excited about the prospects of bitcoin and refuse to use it, even for the singular purpose of receiving.
On a more general perspective, Bitcoin is cheaper and faster than other cross border channels for money transfer. For everyday expenses the transaction fee can be a burden ads it is now, but for larger transactions to farther distances it is the ideal option to use, showing that bitcoin can be scalable depending on how it is used.

This feature is not limited to low and middle income countries. Anyone who engages in international transactions will appreciate using bitcoin as the channel.

- Jay -

Watching Djokovic v Rune, a very entertaining match so far. Djokovic won the opening set on a tie-breaker 7:6, lost the second one (again a tie break) 6:7 and third set is now under way 2:2. Djokovic made an early break but got broken by Rune a bit later. He then destroyed two(!!!) of his rackets crushing them with his foot!    

You've already had a million and one opportunity to buy during correction, so why wait now? You think next correction would be any different from correction we had before? Come one man, dont be so greedy. Take some of your holding and make a test purchase. You wont lose much, and would have tested the market. Who knows, maybe today is the best time to jump in and you would thank me in half a year.

Yes, I've always heard good things about Connacht so I thought I'd go with them.  I'll have to be more mindful of Edinburgh as the weeks go on.

...  Ah well, Maybe next week.

Fognini is in the last stages of his career and is having a great week. However, Humbert is playing at home and has played some good matches in this tournament. Humbert will want to take this opportunity to break into the top 20 before the new season.
Herbert, who is far from his old self in singles tennis, had a good week and lost only one set until the semifinals. Shevchenko, on the other hand, pulled off one of the big surprises with his performance against Khachanov and will go into his match against Herbert as a slight favorite. However, I think the crowd will be on Herbert's side and that could give the veteran a boost.

Humbert is in really good form at the moment and playing at home is an advantage. He performed well in the second half of this year, but he never got further than the semi-finals.

In contrast that Fognini reaching the semi-finals is surprising. But it shows that, despite his age, he can still play for a few more years if he is physically and mentally on top.

Humbert is the favourite in this match. But it will not be an easy game for him and it remains to be seen who will reach the final.

Where is the book now?  Is it finished?

Perhaps it would be best for the book to be returned to aoluain so that he can make a decision as to what becomes of the book and we can have a side discussion thread to make suggestions as to the book's fate.

 I have book. Just putting finishing touches on my picture. I will mail to geo on Monday. I think there are 3 or 4 more pages to be colored. It looks great. Finished product will be spectacular. I may post my picture on monday