Volatility of bitcoin

[uchegod-21]

Nothing is wrong with bitcoin. Bitcoin's volatility comes from the fact that bitcoin's supply is fixed  at 21million. Whenever there is demand, whether high demand or low demand, the price of bitcoin is affected because the supply of bitcoin cannot be adjusted to create a balance just like we see with fiat. Having known why bitcoin is volatile, the best thing to do here is to learn how to use this volatility to your own favour so you'll make gains from it instead of losing out of panic. People think that investing in bitcoin is profitable; that is because of volatility.

[Byebyebtc]

Bitcoin is naturally volatile because of its limited coins, liquidity, market maturity etc
The volatility is is the what make Bitcoin move aggressively where by making profits faster. Moreover it also has its disadvantages as well, it makes market risky especially for traders.
So the volatility has advantages and also disadvantages

[Natalim]

Bitcoin being  volatile  is  not  only  an hinderance and uncertainty in trading it also gives opportunities  for  enhancing and adoption of new strategies. But how exactly  is bitcoin  volatile.  I know what volatility  means but i still don't  understand  the reason  why price is not stable and why its not like othe pegged  coins.

Bitcoin's volatility is driven by the supply and demand, and the different events of the big whales in the market as they can directly impact bitcoin price.  With this volatility, people will be able to take advantage of bitcoin, sell when the price is high, and buy when the price is low. Volatility isn't a threat, but its a hidden opportunity that only wise investors were able to navigate.

Indeed, bitcoin's volatility is what keeps majority stick to bitcoin, and focus on hodling bitcoin especially when the price seems unstable.

[kawetsriyanto]

Bitcoin being  volatile  is  not  only  an hinderance and uncertainty in trading it also gives opportunities  for  enhancing and adoption of new strategies.

I don't think the volatility in Bitcoin to be an hinderance or obstacle. It is an interesting part in Bitcoin. People are interested to join Bitcoin investment because it has high volatility. High volatility means Bitcoin price can increase significantly although it also means Bitcoin price can freefall, too. For the people who understands it, it is a big opportunity to gain huge profits. Regarding to the adoption, I don't think it has a big correlation with Bitcoin volatility.

I know what volatility  means but i still don't  understand  the reason  why price is not stable and why its not like othe pegged  coins.

Why Bitcoin price should be stable? If Bitcoin price is stable, how investors can gain big profits? Being stable means the price won't move significantly. By the way, Bitcoin will be a part of stablecoins if the price is stable.  

[Satofan44]

Over the long term, Bitcoin has never disappointed. That's why many experienced investors never panic but instead smile during a market downturn. Generally, they are the most relaxed people in various market conditions.

People who think this way have Bitcoin for the wrong reasons. During extremely difficult times they will be disappointed and leave with money lost. Long-term investors who have invested in Bitcoin for the wrong reasons are the exact same kind of people as short-term idiots who sold their coin after a 10% crash, they are just more patient. That is all. Only those that have come to Bitcoin for the right reasons, that understand its real value proposition -- which is not appreciation in dirty fiat -- will be the ones that are most successful.

As explained already, the volatility of Bitcoin can't be stopped, and it continues behaving the same. But why do we have to worry about it? Of course not, because due to its volatility, we know that Bitcoin is not just a simple coin created but a valuable one.

To say that a completely naturally occurring phenomenon can't be stopped is just dumb. To make matters worse, there are many scenarios in which volatility can be stopped - with complete market control for example. Therefore, don't write this generic nonsense and learn what a market is, how it works and why there is volatility. It is impossible to have a free market without some volatility. It is as if you said, you can't have water without having H2O. Useless.

It can make someone earn money and become profitable, but it could also lose our money if mistaken. 

Volatility can not earn you or lose your money, only your trading can. Don't confuse the causal relationship. Water won't drown you, only your irresponsibility relating to water can drown you.

We just need to learn to maneuver it properly and use it to our advantage.

No, you will lose money. How about doing some research first on trading before actually doing trading, instead of reading useless posts by other idiots here, on reddit or X about trading? For volatility it is best to not do anything. You will have the highest likelihood of taking advantage of it by not doing anything at all. All studies prove this, there is nothing to discuss here and there is no room for opinion. The super majority of traders are going to lose money by trading, so by default "taking advantage of volatility" is not at thing that happens for most people. They will lose money instead.

[tottong]

It's due to volatile nature of Bitcoin that we are seeing it's price at 90,000$ after touching it's ATH of 126000$ few weeks ago. The volatility associated with Bitcoin has it's own benefits. There are investment options which are risk free and give you fixed return like the money saved in banks. The downside of such schemes is that the value of your money depreciates with time. While if you invest in Bitcoin then value of your stored Bitcoin increases after every 4 years. This is not a theory but we have seen that happening with people who have invested in Bitcoin for long term.

Given the continued depreciation of fiat currencies, keeping your money in a bank isn't a wise choice right now. I'd consider investing in Bitcoin over such schemes because our money can be much more productive.
Investing in Bitcoin is much more certain, despite its high volatility. As long as the investment is executed correctly, regardless of Bitcoin's short-term volatility, one can achieve financial freedom in the long-term investment process what he is doing.

Everyone strives to build financial freedom and should be brave enough to take risks because sometimes being in a comfort zone will not be able to bring someone to achieve life changes for the better, as long as the risk is considered commensurate with the investment knowledge being undertaken then it's okay to take the risk.

[Antona]

Bitcoin is naturally volatile because of its limited coins, liquidity, market maturity etc
The volatility is is the what make Bitcoin move aggressively where by making profits faster. Moreover it also has its disadvantages as well, it makes market risky especially for traders.
So the volatility has advantages and also disadvantages

 Having lived through a few cycles, I see the volatility differently now. The wild swings are just the market searching for price discovery. Early on, it's extreme. As liquidity and adoption grow, the volatility should lessen (in theory). So the "advantage" of huge swings might actually decrease over the very long term. We're still in the volatile adolescence phase.