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June 11, 2011, 01:40:10 AM
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i started when it was $6, sold it at $20 and made $45K.

so i leveraged 60 to 1 and piled in when it hit $30.1, but today when it dropped over 20% i was forced to cut all my positions, and lost 110K in the process!

how could this happen? there should be a central authority to bitcoins regulating daily loss of maximum 5% per day!
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June 11, 2011, 01:41:59 AM
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I woke up this morning. How did this happen?

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June 11, 2011, 01:45:32 AM
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Welcome to volatile markets.  That means they go up AND down, sharply.

If you can't handle the losses, don't play.

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June 11, 2011, 01:46:56 AM
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So you got super greedy and are wondering why you now have nothing?

Sounds legit.


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June 11, 2011, 01:51:44 AM
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there should be a central authority to bitcoins regulating daily loss of maximum 5% per day!

Wow, this has absolutely made my night. Hahaha.
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June 11, 2011, 01:52:57 AM
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I don't know how anyone dare play the markets like that...
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June 11, 2011, 01:55:06 AM
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how could this happen? there should be a central authority to bitcoins regulating daily loss of maximum 5% per day!

Is not sure if joking.
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June 11, 2011, 01:56:59 AM
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how could this happen? there should be a central authority to bitcoins regulating daily loss of maximum 5% per day!

Is not sure if joking.

The exclamation mark suggests to me that he's trying to be funny, but I could be wrong...
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June 11, 2011, 02:04:46 AM
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Is the OP a spam bot? check: nickname, signature, weird posts (automatically stolen from somewhere else?).
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June 11, 2011, 02:06:40 AM
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how could this happen? there should be a central authority to bitcoins regulating daily loss of maximum 5% per day!

Is not sure if joking.

The exclamation mark suggests to me that he's trying to be funny, but I could be wrong...

I wonder who he would want to be this central authority? Assuming that he isn't making a joke.
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June 11, 2011, 02:11:29 AM
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how could this happen? there should be a central authority to bitcoins regulating daily loss of maximum 5% per day!

Is not sure if joking.

The exclamation mark suggests to me that he's trying to be funny, but I could be wrong...

I wonder who he would want to be this central authority? Assuming that he isn't making a joke.

I'll do it.  Send me 5% of your bitcoins every day, and don't spend anywhere else.  As long as you follow my instructions, I promise you won't lose more than 5% of your bitcoins per day.

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June 11, 2011, 02:13:11 AM
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Will you make more bitcoins if we have a crash?
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June 11, 2011, 02:14:34 AM
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Will you make more bitcoins if we have a crash?

Sure, I'm always mining.

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June 11, 2011, 02:16:13 AM
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You know, it's a damn shame we can't put guns to you people online and force you all to give restitution to this poor victim. What a terrible state of affairs.
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June 11, 2011, 02:18:27 AM
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You know, it's damn shame we can't put guns to you people online and force you all to give restitution to this poor victim. What a terrible state of affairs.

It could be like the Soviet Union! We need the government to regulate us because we are too stupid to do anything [/sarcasm]
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June 11, 2011, 02:22:03 AM
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Guys, why are you taking him seriously? Who lets you leverage bitcoins 60 to 1? No one, it's a joke. Chill.
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June 11, 2011, 02:23:47 AM
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Guys, why are you taking him seriously? Who lets you leverage bitcoins 60 to 1? No one, it's a joke. Chill.

Shh play along.
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June 11, 2011, 02:41:22 AM
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Guys, why are you taking him seriously? Who lets you leverage bitcoins 60 to 1? No one, it's a joke. Chill.

Maybe the bank lent them fiat so they could buy bitcoins  Cheesy
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June 11, 2011, 02:42:45 AM
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Guys, why are you taking him seriously? Who lets you leverage bitcoins 60 to 1? No one, it's a joke. Chill.

Wait, there was an ounce of seriousness anywhere in this thread?  How'd I miss that one? o.O

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June 11, 2011, 03:32:02 AM
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i started when it was $6, sold it at $20 and made $45K.

so i leveraged 60 to 1 and piled in when it hit $30.1, but today when it dropped over 20% i was forced to cut all my positions, and lost 110K in the process!

how could this happen? there should be a central authority to bitcoins regulating daily loss of maximum 5% per day!

you're a troll.  first of all a 15 yo can't get a hold of leverage, let alone 60-1.  this kinda sophisticated talk makes me think you're a f*cking Wall Street punk who wants to scare everyone here into to selling to you.  don't sell to this weenie.
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