How much risk in bitcoin investement ?

[Donawoite]

I just wanted to know that,what amount of risk is there in investing in bitcoins.
Right now i am planning to buy btc approx 3-4 btc and just hold them as i guess the price of bitcoin will increase in future and i will get some good profit.But i want to know what is the risk involved.Can bitcoin price decrease and is this right time to buy the bitcoin.

There is no any investment without risk, bitcoin price can decrease but am very sure it will rise back again.

[BTCwin1]

I personally feel that compared to investing in altcoin, there is little risk of investing in bitcoin and you can enjoy it. Why not invest it???

[brainape]

there is a definitely risk involve in bitcoin investment so always do a good homework means research well and dont invest what you cant afford to lose my advise is always divide your investment do not invest in one place at one time.

In fact no one can be so much sure about trading, that either he will make money in trading or will lose it. But i think one can still make a good money from trading because trading always provide us good opportunity to make money.

[s.mahmood]

No risk  no gain.If you want to earn you must ivest.Either bitcoin or another businss.But every where you will gain or loss. So I think to invest bitcoin is ""no risk no gain".

[BobbyZounours]

Everything in the world has some percent  of risk no matter its 99% or 1% there is always some risk. and when we trade something we play with that risk that little risk is important to make profit. as you see even with bitcoin you can not gurrenty that the current price is good or bad, we can not predict on future so it depends on your decision that can you afford to take the loss if yes then just invest it. while your investment in running you will see many times that the price has gone in the side of loss and that the time when you have to just wait to get a good price boost.

[websoftwareengineer]

I just wanted to know that,what amount of risk is there in investing in bitcoins.
Right now i am planning to buy btc approx 3-4 btc and just hold them as i guess the price of bitcoin will increase in future and i will get some good profit.But i want to know what is the risk involved.Can bitcoin price decrease and is this right time to buy the bitcoin.

Risk is always there in business no matter what kind of business you have, There is always risk for you to take. Investing a lot of money in bitcoins also means a lot of profit will come, If you are hesitating to invest then you can also work on bounty campaigns and earn altcoins in return and from there you can start trading.

[Adanedhel]

the value of cryptocurrencies may change significantly even in a single day, which would mean a capital loss of your investment.

[Adunakhor]

Cryptocurrencies lack the historical track record of other currencies or commodities, such as gold, that could guide whether current levels of volatility are typical or atypical.

[Aerin]

I think that bitcoin isn't new, but in 2017 it was all the rage. Starting out in January around a $1,000 and climbing to $20,000 in one year is enough to make anyone take a second glance at bitcoin.

[Almaren]

But here's the thing about bitcoin, it reveals a very basic investing principle that we all fall prey to and that's that investors tend to be irrational. When bitcoin is sailing high, everyone wants to buy in. But as soon as it starts crashing, people freak out and they start selling.  Successful investors buy low and sell high, but our natural instinct is to feel more comfortable buying when things are good and more comfortable selling when things are bad.

[Aleksabit]

Many people think that this is a cube and that it is a big investment risk, and I think opposite, and I do not think there is a risk, that is, there is a low risk because we have nothing to lose simply and easily when we earn money 97% is safe and there is little risk

[Brithon]

If you're new to the bitcoin craze and you're thinking about investing, the first thing you have to do is figure out what it is. If you can't explain what bitcoin is to your mom or your neighbor and why you're investing in it and why you think it's a good investment, then it's too soon for you to put your money in.

[Edain]

It’s a common ailment defined as the fear of missing out. And now that bitcoin is the hottest financial craze, I’m afraid that you might be extremely anxious that you’ll be proven a fool if you don’t invest in this virtual currency. There’s no question that the price of bitcoin has skyrocketed: It’s up more than 1,000 percent since the beginning of the year.

[Edrahil]

One risk is that governments likely will limit the currencies' use, such as barring them for tax payments, which would keep them out of the mainstream, according to UBS. China recently banned initial coin offerings and trading in cryptocurrencies, and it may not be the last government to act on concerns about giving up control over the flow of funds, the ability to monitor taxable gains or appearing vigilant in protecting investors.

[Eglador]

With an investment like bitcoin, no one really knows where it's going to go. It could go to $150,000. But it could also go to zero. It's a highly risky and speculative investment. When you're investing in the stock market, it's a little bit easier to – it's still not easy, but it's a little bit easier to stomach the drops when they happen. Because, historically speaking, we know the US stock market goes up about 8%, on average,  per year.  Some years there are big swings up, some years there are big swings down.

[wishmillion]

According to me bitcoin investment is not so risky because in current genaration investing in website little risky thing only but we can trust bitcoin , as my past few month of my investments in bitcoin even I have invested in some other website also so, as my research of bitcoin is not so risk.

[Eglarest]

Right now, many investors are using the Bitcoin Investment Trust, which is arguably even riskier than Bitcoin because it trades at high premiums, which means you could lose money even if Bitcoin doesn't go down

[moni44]

we don't know how big that risk for invest bitcoin. but how far i know bitcoin so promises about price. always going up, talk about risk in 2017 bitcoin never let people who use it bitcoin down. and in 2018 i think bitcoin will be better.
so if about risk for invest, i don't know how much that risk but from the fact we know. is good so far to invest bitcoin.

[Eilinel]

When bitcoin is viewed from an investment perspective, it is more often compared to gold than it is to other currencies. That is because bitcoin and gold have a lot in common as assets. Both are limited in supply, have functional use and are considered by many, despite their volatility, to be good stores of value. When gold and bitcoin were compared as investments over the last five years, bitcoin greatly outperformed the precious metal, generating an annualized return of 155 percent compared to gold’s annualized loss of 6 percent during the same period. These exuberant returns indicate that bitcoin is getting investors excited about the prospect of placing funds into a brand new asset class.

[Elberethian]

Not many investments engender the differences in opinion that Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies create. It’s that volatility, and uncertainty about the technology’s long-term viability, that breeds whirlwind days. The currency has turned evangelists and hackers into paper millionaires overnight, while others see it as a fad, doomed to fade as countries add regulations onto what’s currently a stateless, bankless Wild West of payment tools.