What should you do in bearish market?

[maianh09]

I am an investor who has contingency plans, so I have a tenth of my investment with usdt so when the market falls I start buying my favorite Altcoin. Increase profits to the maximum. I have divided my money into various investment landmarks based on a fixed price because you must be a known genius of it. So try to buy them at the lowest prices possible.

[Betwrong]

Bitcoin is around for more than 10 years, and we can check the charts from the past to see that everyone who was buying during bearish markets (before the very last one starting from January 2017) and then waiting long enough had made some good profits. It's only those who were buying in the range of $8,000-$15,000 during the latest bearish market are still in loss, but that's a temporary thing. Waiting long enough is the key.

[poptok1]

-snip-Waiting long enough is the key.

So basically patience, maybe it would also be a good idea to stop obsessing about bearish this and bullish that?
Just forget about price charts for a second, get a life, try to make some work and accept crypto for it, anything accept compulsive focusing your attention on market fluctuations. Set a goal for yourself and work towards it, worst thing that can happen is you equalizing your missed investments with earnings. IMO another, equally valid key is the piece of mind.

[btcdevil]

Bitcoin is around for more than 10 years, and we can check the charts from the past to see that everyone who was buying during bearish markets (before the very last one starting from January 2017) and then waiting long enough had made some good profits. It's only those who were buying in the range of $8,000-$15,000 during the latest bearish market are still in loss, but that's a temporary thing. Waiting long enough is the key.

Until you dont sell your coins you cannot tell that you are totally in loss, so if you have got some more investment then start buying in dip slowly and average your buying price so that when the market start to move up , then you should be able to be in profit in short movement. This way you can trade in bearish market and be alert in market.

[vixcious]

I don't think we should stop trading and reading more. Of course, reading more is always good but trying to make money in the bear market is better. Practice is still better than theory and sometimes you will find success when the market is degraded.

[Betwrong]

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Until you dont sell your coins you cannot tell that you are totally in loss,

Agreed. It is very important to keep in mind that all those market fluctuations may not concern you as long as you are not selling your coins. People tend to be frustrated by things which are, in fact, happening only in their imagination. I mean, if someone thought "I've lost so much!" looking at charts in December 2018 when Bitcoin was $3,200, the loss was actually in their head, not in reality, if they didn't sell at the time.

so if you have got some more investment then start buying in dip slowly and average your buying price so that when the market start to move up , then you should be able to be in profit in short movement. This way you can trade in bearish market and be alert in market.

Idk, I wouldn't recommend trading to those who are inexperienced in the field. They can only lose more that way. It only looks like it's an easy task, buy-low-sell-high, but it's not and it has never been. There are many of those who lost a lot to their experiments with trading.

[swordling143]

Obviously, the best thing to do is to go on a shopping spree. However, mindless buying could easily end in disappointment. My personal experience has thought me to go for the more established coins rather than the ones that are recently launched. It mitigates the volatility and risk factors. Catching the bottom isn't always the best way to go even with popular coins. Just go with ones that you've done your research on, reduce the risks, and gain handsome profits.

[BigBos]

Obviously, the best thing to do is to go on a shopping spree. However, mindless buying could easily end in disappointment. My personal experience has thought me to go for the more established coins rather than the ones that are recently launched. It mitigates the volatility and risk factors. Catching the bottom isn't always the best way to go even with popular coins. Just go with ones that you've done your research on, reduce the risks, and gain handsome profits.

buying is indeed a very good thing for investors when prices start dumping. however, for those who try to make a profit with a small risk like me, maybe I will hold back the assets that I have. well, buying might be good when prices go up, but sometimes FUDs are bigger than that. so, for now, I hold assets, or coins that I have.

[zeingrind777]

When the crypto market is bearish, too many portfolios can interfere with the psychology of investors or traders. Limit the portfolio to a maximum of 8 issuers.

[Vaskiy]

Obviously, the best thing to do is to go on a shopping spree. However, mindless buying could easily end in disappointment. My personal experience has thought me to go for the more established coins rather than the ones that are recently launched. It mitigates the volatility and risk factors. Catching the bottom isn't always the best way to go even with popular coins. Just go with ones that you've done your research on, reduce the risks, and gain handsome profits.

buying is indeed a very good thing for investors when prices start dumping. however, for those who try to make a profit with a small risk like me, maybe I will hold back the assets that I have. well, buying might be good when prices go up, but sometimes FUDs are bigger than that. so, for now, I hold assets, or coins that I have.

Market needs to be considered with reference to the events happening around, and if some form of good news is found around relative to bitcoin with some dump in price it is good to invest as the profit can be made in a short. If the market is completely getting dumped with full of FUD it is good to invest but it requires more patience to get back profit from investment.

[Betwrong]

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Market needs to be considered with reference to the events happening around, and if some form of good news is found around relative to bitcoin with some dump in price it is good to invest as the profit can be made in a short.

Those are incompatible things imo. Any good news (if it's a really good one) immediately followed by price rising, and a regular trader is always late to the feast. And there are cases when you think, "Wow! I'm not late this time! The price has barely raised!" So you buy as much as you can, and then you see that the price is starting going down, because the news was either fake or just not good enough.

If the market is completely getting dumped with full of FUD it is good to invest but it requires more patience to get back profit from investment.

True, it requires patience. It takes more than a year in some cases, but the chances of being in profit are much higher than they are with short term trading.

[travwill]

The bear market has taught me that you need to prepare for it, because it provides many opportunities for investment that can be easily missed without money.

[Sum24]

The bear market has taught me that you need to prepare for it, because it provides many opportunities for investment that can be easily missed without money.

Same as you I got to know, in crypto currency we will have to be very careful never take any step without thinking, try to buy when the price is low and sell when the price is high, in bearish market real and wise investors grab the opportunity to buy more and more, to be honest I really become happy when the bearish come because I get chance to buy at low, for huge profit.

[Bitcoin Smith]

Nothing big things will not happened in my life in this type of situations and there is no big moves will not been taken by me in the bear market so it will be like we cannot make the things probably the best so I am waiting to take a chance and make good profit in best days.

[aimata27]

The downtrend market is a very normal phenomenon in the overall market movement. But for investors, this is a very unfavorable time because it is difficult to buy & sell and take risks if trying to buy a certain crypto code. The downward market often drags most crypto down.
So what to do to survive and live well when the bearish market happens??? Here are some tips for you.

1. SHOULD NOT CATCH THE BOTTOM IF YOU ARE LACK OF KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCE:
Normally, investors like to catch the bottom. Catching the bottom is a normal action, even helping investors buy cheap cryptos, but it is a huge risk. Therefore, if your knowledge and experience are not enough, it is the best not to see the price drop too cheap and buy it, because in fact you cannot know how much the price will drop.
The thing to do in this period is to jump outside and wait for the price to stop falling, start to create a solid price base or show signs of increasing to consider whether to buy or not.
In the three states of increase - decrease - sideways, the trend of rising prices always gives us the highest probability of buying cryptos.

2. FOCUS ON READING BOOKS, SEEKING FOR INFORMATION, GETTING MORE KNOWLEDGE
Our knowledge is very limited, no one can claim that we know everything in this market. Instead of watching the price board, charts, just find a book about investment, or crypto trading to learn more knowledge from previous people in order to upgrade your level to new heights.
When the crypto market starts to bullish, with the knowledge you have just acquired, will you invest better when you don't know anything?

Work more and most importantly is that you also learn more. Getting more knowledge before doing big/small investment will give you good profits at the end.

[Pattart]

Nothing big things will not happened in my life in this type of situations and there is no big moves will not been taken by me in the bear market so it will be like we cannot make the things probably the best so I am waiting to take a chance and make good profit in best days.

I also sometimes confuse what I should do when conditions are difficult such as bearish, prices tend to fall more often and if you make just a few mistakes you might suffer losses. much of what I do is just wait and waste time, that's not the right thing. even when bearish opportunity is still exist, you have to be more observant in seeing it

[moynul2050]

of course not panic and still believe in the altcoin that you have now, if you do not believe and have excessive fear and in the end you do CL then it will harm you.

[Landak]

For me? I keep trading as usual but be more careful.
if I just waiting the good moment, I won't get a profit. buy and hold? not my type, I'm afraid if when buying then the price goes down.

[imstillthebest]

downtrend is not unfavorable time for investor because investor will rather use that time to buy more cryptos   . its not difficult for them to buy though its only difficult for them to sell .

1. SHOULD NOT CATCH THE BOTTOM IF YOU ARE LACK OF KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCE:

this is true but only applicable to other unknown coins  . if you will be only investing in bitcoin  ,  i think its a good idea to catch every bottom because bitcoin is known to increase and recover especially in the future where adoption can possibly grow  .

2. FOCUS ON READING BOOKS, SEEKING FOR INFORMATION, GETTING MORE KNOWLEDGE

thats a nice suggestion  . but what will help you out the most in a bearish market situation is " seeking for information " you need to check the lateest updates on cryptos whether its from a news ( crypto news ) or from this forum bitcointalk

[radjie]

Nothing big things will not happened in my life in this type of situations and there is no big moves will not been taken by me in the bear market so it will be like we cannot make the things probably the best so I am waiting to take a chance and make good profit in best days.

I also sometimes confuse what I should do when conditions are difficult such as bearish, prices tend to fall more often and if you make just a few mistakes you might suffer losses. much of what I do is just wait and waste time, that's not the right thing. even when bearish opportunity is still exist, you have to be more observant in seeing it

almost everyone feels uncomfortable when bearish market conditions continue, they feel hesitant to make a decision. if they are able to make a sale, of course they will feel loss for taking improper actions, but they are also doubtful about the market conditions that occur to maintain it, not all types of coins may not be able to provide benefits in the future because not all coins have good potential if we can hold them for an old time