Grant - agreed.  I believe this can be part of the Bitcoin companies growing-up process!  We will certainly look into options to offer more traditional payment modes as we progress.

Thank you,
      Keyur

RC,
       Thank you checking us out!  These features were available for testing during our two-week trial period on testnet, so they are certainly not vaporware.  We will enable them on livenet when volume improves above a certain point; at low volume they are hard to implement.

      You will receive email and text message notifications at 15% and 20% drops, and the trade will be liquidated at 25% drop.  Timeliness guarantees are not implied in this, just like your stock broker.  You can read a little more about this in "Margin Calls and how to avoid them" FAQ section.  Hope this helps!

Thank you,
     Keyur

LG,
      Thank you for pointing out the VirWox feature: I was not aware of it, so have edited the post to correct it.

The intent of this thread was to keep it more of a general Q&A, so hopefully we can keep the discussion going here in this forum.

Thank you,
     Keyur

Thank you for trying us out Smalleyster - We are already working on a "Spend X-Amount" type of order that you mentioned.  Stay tuned for an announcement soon!

BBit,
     Quick Buy means that you specify a price, and we try to find a matching or BETTER price.  In trading terminology, this is considered a Limit Price order.   I would recommend skimming through this SEC Trading Basics guide: http://www.sec.gov/investor/alerts/trading101basics.pdf

    On a side note, Camp BX also supports both Market and Limit prices.  As you start trading more, you will find this feature indispensable.

Withdrawal is standard procedure: You send a withdrawal request, and we send the money to your Dwolla account.  We do not charge any fees for withdrawal, but Dwolla charges 25 cents.

Hope this helps,
     Keyur

Grant,
     Credit and Debit card purchases can be canceled for up to 180 days.  In the early days of Bitcoin some scammers bought Bitcoins and then called their card company to cancel the charges/payment.  That is why all exchanges will be very skeptical to accept cards (same with PayPal).

     In order to fund your account, you have to use a non-reversible source.  Dwolla is backed by a credit-union in Iowa, so it has become the source of choice for most.

Hope this helps,
     Keyur

Hi everyone,

    Camp BX is a platform where you can buy and sell Bitcoins for US Dollars in real-time.  We are an Atlanta - USA based company, and we are starting this thread with an intent to make our entire team's knowledge-base available to the newbie community.  If you have questions about trading, security, or technology behind Bitcoins or Camp BX then ask us here!


A little about us:
    Camp BX platform was designed from the ground up with stability and security as top priorities, and we became the first Bitcoin website to obtain Payment Card Industry (PCI) certification and the McAfee Secure seal of confidence on June 28th, 2011.

   For new traders we provide a "Quick Buy" or "Quick Sell" option.  Any buy or sell order that you place is matched against a database of other orders, and if a perfect match is found, a Bitcoin-to-USD trade is executed instantly. If there are no matching orders at the price you specified, then your order can remain open for up to 31 days. To maintain fairness in trading, we have taken a purely-platform approach and Camp BX is never a counter-party to any trade.

    We are also the first Bitcoin platform to bring advanced features like Margin Trading and Short-selling, and have several more exciting and innovative features in pipeline.

    There are no fees required to open a Camp BX account, so we encourage you to sign-up and try us out!

Thank you,
     Keyur
     Camp BX FAQ:  https://www.CampBX.com/faq.php

Hi everyone,
      If you guys are interested in some trading tools, I can point out a few that are already available to Camp BX users (and couple other exchanges as well).


1) SierraChart (www.SierraChart.com):
A free plugin from Slush allows you to take Camp BX historic data and feed it into SierraChart Technical Analysis tool.

If you are not familiar with SierraChart, it is a desktop application that provides a professional Trading, Real-time and Historical Charting, and Technical Analysis platform for the financial markets. Despite a somewhat steep learning curve, it is very strong tool for professional technical analysis.

Steps to install and configure SierraChart for Camp BX:

• Download and install SierraChart software using default settings and data directory.
• Download SierraChartfeed.exe for bitcoin markets.
• Start the feed by typing "sierrachartfeed.exe -s cbxUSD" at the command prompt.

(Help on all parameters can be obtained by typing "sierrachartfeed.exe --help" at the command prompt.)

• Launch SierraChart software
• Go to File Menu->New/Open Intraday Chart and select cbxUSD.scid
• Customize your view using F5 (chart settings) and F6 (analysis/studies) menus.
• That's it!

If you like the feed plugin, please consider making a donation at Slush's Bitcoin address 1FNTpsLm8Mitdd99YC1tHSyN2dVMdQiWYo



2) PHP Library for Camp BX:
The Camp BX API PHP client library is implements all API calls for Camp BX. The author of this library is BTCHash of SourceWerks LLC , and library is an open-source effort available under the GPLv3 license.

The library, PHP example code, and documentation are available at this link:
https://bitbucket.org/brandonbeasley/campbx-php/overview

 If you like the library, please consider making a donation towards Brandon's open-source efforts at Bitcoin address 1J9XU1C4yfcQhAbRHWxokv16HYLLQVMp5X


3) DIY:
If you want to write custom code, please consider our library which provides some advanced functionality for trading:
https://www.CampBX.com/api.php


Hope this helps and please feel free to ask questions!
      Keyur

Brandon,
      Thank you again for writing and open-sourcing the Camp BX PHP library - we really appreciate your time and effort!

Thank you,
      Keyur

This is amazing information - thank you for sharing, Mark.  Based on our conversations with Dwolla, we knew Bitcoin is big for them. Now we have the numbers about exactly how big it is.

We should work with Dwolla to lobby for Bitcoin.  Sooner or later we are going need a lobbyist in Washington DC, and Dwolla along with exchanges/platforms can be a major contributor towards this effort.

     - Keyur

Thank you very much Brandon - I am looking forward to installing the lib and trying it out!   This will be a huge help for people looking to kick-start their trading algos.

Do you mind if we provide a description and a link to your library on Camp BX?

Thank you,
      Keyur

Jim,
    The trades can be executed through this API call:

https://CampBX.com/api/tradeenter.php POST: user=USERNAME pass=PASSWORD TradeMode=QuickBuy Quantity=DECIMAL Price=DECIMAL

OR

https://CampBX.com/api/tradeenter.php POST: user=USERNAME pass=PASSWORD TradeMode=QuickSell Quantity=DECIMAL Price=DECIMAL


Details available at:
https://campbx.com/api.php

If you have a specific idea to build a service or business, PM me with details.  We will be happy to work with you to make additional API calls available for interfacing with Camp BX.

Thank you,
      Keyur

Yes DGWW - we were able to get listed on Bitcoin Watch and Bitcoin Charts ahead of schedule!  Our symbol there is cbxUSD.

We are also reaching out a few other community websites and exploring opportunities for integration.

Thank you again,
     Keyur

Slush,
     Agreed - we are working to publish advanced API in production on Friday, and then the dev team can start exploring websockets. 

Firefox 5 was shipping with websockets disabled, but finally FF6 and other browsers are shipping with the feature enabled.  This will definitely boost the user base in near future.

Thank you,
     Keyur

Thank you NM - we will make the change to display balance on every page alongside the ticker.  Should be pushed out to production server in a day or two.

Look forward to having you back!
     Keyur

Jim,
     CampBX user-to-user trades have instant BTC transfers.  You will have the BTC available in your account as soon as the Buy trade is executed, without the need to wait for confirmations.  

Thank you,
     Keyur

PS: Does this answer your question?  Please elaborate if it doesn't - I can run it by our devs.

Rounding was an attempt at keeping the order book clean of strange fractions.  If one more user points it out, we will have to get rid of the rounding ;-)

- Keyur

Error,
     We are already working on this call - the objective is to prevent attack similar to what Mt.Gox experienced few weeks back: someone brute-forced this call and filled up the wallet with empty addresses. 

We are trying to find a solution that gives you a fresh addresses, but at the same time cannot be brute-forced.

Thank you,
      Keyur

Imanikin,
       Don't let Dark Pools put you off, because we have also provided a tool to probe dark pools: the Fill-Or-Kill option.

If you suspect a dark pool at a price level, execute a tiny FOK order at that price and you will have your answer!  

     We have chosen to provide more building-blocks that you can use when building a strategy or a bot.  The better strategy will always win in the medium-to-long term, dark pool or not.

Hope this helps,
      Keyur

Clark,
     Good ideas - I have shared them with the team and will keep you posted as we finalize. 

By the way, great website you have put together - installed FF6 especially to view it!

Thank you,
       Keyur