Is it possible for someone to lose money while following profitable alt coin signals if bitcoin goes down?
What's best way to prevent it?
signals are only as good as those interpretting them. although an altcoin could pump at a certain time. when the 'player' turns it into bitcoin.
many things can happen al depending on which way it was arbitraged
imagine Alt X going up in price. ill show you how bitcoins USD price can go up, stay the same or go down because of it
altX->fiat->bitcoin (bitcoinUSD goes up, but then AltX has gone down after)
altX->fiat->altY->bitcoin (bitcoinUSD remains flat, but then AltX has gone down after)
altX->altY-> bitcoin (bitcoinUSD remains flat)
altX-> alty->fiat->altX->bitcoin (bitcoinUSD remains flat)
altx ->bitcoin->fiat->altx (bitcoinUSD goes down. altx continues to go up)
i could play out loads of arbitrage routes people play daily.
remember this. by the time you have SEEN a arbitrage signal.. many players have PLAYED the arbitrage to cause the signal.
its like the old trading.
when a whale is announce the market is entering a "sell" zone.. the whale has already sold and waiting for the sharks and piranha's to drop the price so the whale can BUY at discount while the piranha are selling