maybe off-topic, to people who think that they do take security seriously, please it is time to do some revision, I am reading around and I see a shocking amount of hacks and fraud going on for the last couple of days.

so you may consider:

1- check if you have all security features that your exchange offers already activated.
2- make sure that you use one of the best antivirus programs on the computer you use to browse around and make sure it is up to date.
3- don't leave funds on exchanges, if you daily trade and you have leave any funds there, then make sure to use e-mail confirmations and that your e-mail also has 2FA.
4- make sure that you use only one phone/device which is not rooted, and do not install garbage bitcoin apps or any other app games/garbage.
5- use paper wallets for your long term investment and save them in a safe place.
6- keep the for-daily use coins on an offline computer, use Armory, sign offline transaction and broadcast them on an online pc.
7- use different passwords on all sites, make them complicated and long (capital letters small letters, numbers and special characters)
8- don't keep any track of your passwords, keys or anything else on your computer, do it the old fashion way, write on a paper and save it somewhere safe.
9- encrypt about anything, I would recommend you to encrypt your entire dist as well, if you use linux this option is offered when installing the system, if you use windows then try PGP whole disk encryption, I use it and I recommend it.
10- use avg anti virus on your phone/device, activate the relocation option, there is also an option to wipe-out the device by sending a SMS to your phone if lost or stolen.
11- never trust anyone with your BTC, if you cant control the address then you don't own the BTC, any non reputable, non regulated online service can go offline, and you will lose all your funds (the new term is Goxed)
12- dont click on links without being sure where they direct, you can simply put the mouse cursor on it without clicking and check the address bar if it is a legit link, deactivate automatic redirection in your browser so you cant be tricked.
13- don't open e-mails from unknown sources, especially don't open spam e-mail, if you have to do so, then make sure to not open any executable attachment or any .pif extension, judge any site asking you to install "java plugin" or a "flash player" if YouTube works for you than you don't need any flash player or additional extensions, you are being a victim of a phishing attempt.
14- don't install any opensource software if you don't know what the code does, if can review the code your self then don't install without verifying the signature, especially don't install wallets of the daily created scam coins, some might be created just to steal your coins.


these are just some of the safety practices I can think about now, any user is welcome to add anything I might have forgotten to this list.

Nope, this has no momentum left. how is it going to pass 465 without the sheer panic of yesterday? I dont think it can for many more hours.

china sparking up

ATTENTION ALL SHEEPS - BETTER PANIC BUY NOW

Shroomskit ™

<----- Bullish   

Upcoming 3d MACD crossover might take us to 900$

Edit: Also BTC-E above Stamp for the first time since days.

BTC-E>Bitstamp = short term bullish  
Closing my shorts for now

LEVERAGED @555$ to the MAX includin Bitcoin bought with fresh FIAT

4 more weeks of holiday?

Today is the last day you will see BTC >500$ this year.
BTW Huobi is actually 30$ below Stamp.
I hope you all put new shorts in >500$.

If you wan´t to gamble, buy Bitcoin.
If you wan´t profit short! at least until 200$

I´m almost certain that we will see a price between 50 and 150$ this year!

WE WILL GO DOWN! millions of dollars are leavin the market. no fresh chinese money comin in.~4000 new coins are mined everyday and have to be bought.

There is only one way.
DOWN

And now we are worried about China banning it.  There were exchanges failing then.  There are exchanges failing now.  We are just at a different scale but things haven't changed that much.

I kinda have the feeling that you guys are posting rockets waaaaay too early.

AKA: The Smart Bulls.


The idea that anyone (long) bullish on BTC is only bullish until a certain value confuses the hell out of me.

The higher the price goes, the more (long) bullish I feel.

which way, though?

unlikely?

its already happened!

Buy back.

Stop reading news.

Stop caring about price.

*Have your friend call you if and only if Bitcoin experiences a sell signal (0.4 log units above trendline).

Live your life.

Wait for the call.

When it comes, check if selling max 50% of your bitcoins is enough to retire.

If yes, sell them. If no, take 20% out as profits and buy something nice.

Go to *.

You panic sold. You created your own problem. You took the price down and caused others to sell as well. You get what you deserve. Sorry, can't bring it any nicer.

See a pattern here?

Just to re iterate, your main problem was listening to people on the internet. You took the advice of traders on a forum who will always talk their book. The PBoC notice has never changed they have never said they were banning it and all they did was reiterate the banking rules and double confirm (for anyone still listening to people saying China is banning it) that a ban was not happening.

I respect your stop loss and its wise if this was an investment rather than wanting to have and use BTC but you cant blame people on a forum.

If your here to get rich then it burns to loose money but if your generally interested in BTC, buy back with an amount you can afford to loose and ride the waves and hodl. There are many around that sold out super low and never returned.

I dont really get how its possible to sell @399 and only start thinking about buying back today? You had a decent timing window not only to buy back at 0 loss, but even to make some bonus coins.

unfortunately a lot of people lose btc by trying to gauge sentiment here before realising most posts are just random gibberish and those that post those things usually don't believe it themselves.

you've taken a hit but you'll recover, just remember to only trade with a portion of your btc (or just hold) so you can be patient and not freak out at sudden movements.

Now walk away and come back in a year or two.
The speculating over the long term is always the best way with a very volatile currency/stock.

I'm partly telling myself here since while chasing the *bottom* I missed the actual bottom and have subsequently lost all the hard-fought gains I made in the last couple of months *sigh*
Also I bought in back in December/January.... well above $700 lol

You have not learned your lesson though.  The biggest lesson is patience.  and buying back here and now is not the best place to have made a trade.

Any idea of what caused this rally?

It seems to have started on Huobi at 5:55 UTC = 13:55 CST. is that right?

The notice on their webpage is still the one from Apr/17.

Perhaps some news on TV...

Hard to tell who is leading this rally.  OKCoin seems to be ahead of Huobi in the last spurt.

Could it be insider trading?  Each spurt upwards is when a new group of traders gets that insider info?

 Artificial raising prices, all the same as MtGox.

This is it. I'm shorting. The peak follows a logarithmic trend with the other peaks

Last sell off before moon?

Let's hit 520