10 BTC sell orders every 0.0005 BTC. any ideas?

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Quote from: molecular on October 26, 2011, 08:54:04 AM

Quote from: zhoutong on October 26, 2011, 08:37:29 AM

The trading fee isn't that significant.

If I buy at 2.8, I only need the price to increase to 2.80756 - 2.8168 to make a profit. (Depending on fee tier)

goxsh begs to differ (assuming it's using 0.65% fee to calculate)

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$ profit 2.8
Short: < 2.76650
Long: > 2.83391

https://support.mtgox.com/entries/20388551-lowered-trade-fees-and-volume-discounts

0.60% is the highest tier.

A bot would have 0.30% to 0.25%, depending on its volume.

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To use your example, if the price is 2.8 and you get charged a 0.5% trading fee. When you buy you are really paying 2.8140. And when you sell, you are getting that same 0.5% on the Bitcoin side. So if you sold at 2.8281, you are really selling at 2.8140. So you bought at 2.8 and sold at 2.8281 and managed to make a big 'ol goose egg for yourself.

You're missing the point. If you're providing this level of liquidity then you're very effectively cashing in on the majority of swings the market makes. The spacing of those bids and asks from the spacing you can see that this is being done by someone with one of the really low fee levels like 0.25% (someone correct me if I'm wrong, but I recall this as being the lowest). To do this effectively you need a fairly large amount of both btc and fiat but once you reach that level Grin

Essentially the harder the market spikes in either direction the more this guy/gal is up. This is an extremely logical trading "system" provided that you A you have deepish pockets and B don't believe that bitcoin is going to kick the bucket anytime soon.

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Providing liquidity like this can also earn very good profit if the fluctuation continues.

+1 Absolutely right Cool

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Quote from: zhoutong on October 26, 2011, 08:37:29 AM

The trading fee isn't that significant.

If I buy at 2.8, I only need the price to increase to 2.80756 - 2.8168 to make a profit. (Depending on fee tier)

goxsh begs to differ (assuming it's using 0.65% fee to calculate)

Quote from: goxsh

$ profit 2.8
Short: < 2.76650
Long: > 2.83391

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Quote from: zhoutong on October 26, 2011, 08:37:29 AM

The trading fee isn't that significant.

If I buy at 2.8, I only need the price to increase to 2.80756 - 2.8168 to make a profit. (Depending on fee tier)

But to realize that profit, you need to turn the BTC you just bought at 2.8 back into dollars at 2.8168 and then you get nailed a second time on the trading fee and end up losing money overall. So really if you have dollars and you want to get a dollar profit on price fluctuation you need at least a 1% movement.

To use your example, if the price is 2.8 and you get charged a 0.5% trading fee. When you buy you are really paying 2.8140. And when you sell, you are getting that same 0.5% on the Bitcoin side. So if you sold at 2.8281, you are really selling at 2.8140. So you bought at 2.8 and sold at 2.8281 and managed to make a big 'ol goose egg for yourself.

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Quote from: molecular on October 26, 2011, 08:23:09 AM

Quote from: zhoutong on October 26, 2011, 08:13:37 AM

Quote from: molecular on October 26, 2011, 08:08:52 AM

Quote from: zhoutong on October 26, 2011, 07:27:56 AM

Observed the same thing on the buy side.

Yeah, see them now.

This is providing some good liquidity.

Maybe a big player (or group) is aiming to stabilize price a bit?

Providing liquidity like this can also earn very good profit if the fluctuation continues.

True. However, don't forget the trading fee.

What other implications would this have on the market if kept up?

I could imagine it'd instill some confidence.

The trading fee isn't that significant.

If I buy at 2.8, I only need the price to increase to 2.80756 - 2.8168 to make a profit. (Depending on fee tier)

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Quote from: zhoutong on October 26, 2011, 08:13:37 AM

Quote from: molecular on October 26, 2011, 08:08:52 AM

Quote from: zhoutong on October 26, 2011, 07:27:56 AM

Observed the same thing on the buy side.

Yeah, see them now.

This is providing some good liquidity.

Maybe a big player (or group) is aiming to stabilize price a bit?

Providing liquidity like this can also earn very good profit if the fluctuation continues.

True. However, don't forget the trading fee.

What other implications would this have on the market if kept up?

I could imagine it'd instill some confidence.

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Quote from: molecular on October 26, 2011, 08:08:52 AM

Quote from: zhoutong on October 26, 2011, 07:27:56 AM

Observed the same thing on the buy side.

Yeah, see them now.

This is providing some good liquidity.

Maybe a big player (or group) is aiming to stabilize price a bit?

Providing liquidity like this can also earn very good profit if the fluctuation continues.

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Quote from: zhoutong on October 26, 2011, 07:27:56 AM

Observed the same thing on the buy side.

Yeah, see them now.

This is providing some good liquidity.

Maybe a big player (or group) is aiming to stabilize price a bit?

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Quote from: Dan The Man on October 26, 2011, 07:35:00 AM

It's been almost 30 min with no buy or sell data. Is the market quiet or is something broken somewhere? Actually for the last 4 or 5 hours, the price has been almost perfectly dead flat. Maybe someone is trying to lock the price with bot trades?

why not, people have been asking for stable prices for ages.

the volume has been pretty low, though. this just changed.

these orders remain.

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It's been almost 30 min with no buy or sell data. Is the market quiet or is something broken somewhere? Actually for the last 4 or 5 hours, the price has been almost perfectly dead flat. Maybe someone is trying to lock the price with bot trades?

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Observed the same thing on the buy side.

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