Sold mostly-out at 240, tried to buy back at $170, got goxxed into buying at $130.
Still holding.
($62 AUD as of writing this post. I still have fiat ready for large buys if it dips below a certain point.)
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Proper actions would have been
Sell at $250+
Buy back now that its lower, even if it drops you still made profit.
Sell at $250+
Buy back now that its lower, even if it drops you still made profit.
Didn't sell, won't sell. Didn't buy, will buy.
+1, I didn't sell, I used them. By buying in BTC to a seller. I spent half, I kept the rest. 
I realized crash is imminent at night before crash, like 16 hours before. But i didn't knew when exactly, hoped the price will double again till this saturday. Was totally uprepared, BTC was in cold storage. At work i had unusally busy hours, couldnt prepare anything. Went home and bum - price started to drop, my market (Bitcurex) went down completely with few bitcoins burried there. In next hour I opened few accounts on markets (BUT NOT ON f... GOX) learnt interfaces, transfered BTC with 11x minimal provision. It turned out that BTCDE is totally bad but i luckily transfered just 1,5BTC over their withdrawal limit. Bitstamp crashed both price and itself, i had to move BTC from there too. All sooner or later landed on BTCE - Russians made amazing market, it trades all stuff at once, can even exchange fiat, and there was few minimal lags overall. Start sell from 220, than BTC from Bitstamp for 180, last came from BTCDE and sold for 140, but last sell was bad move.
Felt bad after all but now feel like a bladerunner, happy when look how much others lost.
2BTC left. Will not buy anytime soon.
Felt bad after all but now feel like a bladerunner, happy when look how much others lost.
2BTC left. Will not buy anytime soon.
Had allmost all my coins stuck "pending" at bitcoin-central through the major part of the drop. Thats a misstake I wont make again...
Bought them at an average of about 40 euro so its closing in on being a loss for me soon. I'll probably keep sitting on my coins anyway.
Bought them at an average of about 40 euro so its closing in on being a loss for me soon. I'll probably keep sitting on my coins anyway.
Thanks guys. I'm buying right now. A bitcoin crash is an opportunity.
Did some arbitrage and lending to speculators.
Cashed out completely at 92 euro just after mtgox came back up, would have sold earlier but I always seem to be busy with something when we reach the top of each bubble, was out fishing when the 2011 one happened -.-
Still quite heavily invested in BTC tho trough my BFL and Avalon orders.
Still quite heavily invested in BTC tho trough my BFL and Avalon orders.
I had a shit ton of them given to me for free about a year ago or so when they were worth $5 each. Then I put it on external hard drive, and forgot about it. Start seeing BTC on the news and like omg I gotta dig out my external hard drive and sync up my wallet.
Got out at $138 being confident it was going to crash soon, should have waited to around $250
Got out at $138 being confident it was going to crash soon, should have waited to around $250
I bought 433 coins at 11USD some months ago as a trend trade. This is how I got out:
- Sold 333 for Gold and Silver Coins at 30
- Sold 75 for USD at 48.8
- Holded 25 BTC.
I got screwed by the bubble, which took place when I was sleeping. I wanted to sell at 120 (when I got up) but MtGox was already on "market cooldown mode". I ended up selling them at 80. So, I neglected to nail the top and missed 7K and got screwed by f****** MtGox and his bloody cooldown mode.
But overall, I made a good profit. Can't wait to see BTC in single digits again to get back in.
PS: I HATE MtGox
- Sold 333 for Gold and Silver Coins at 30
- Sold 75 for USD at 48.8
- Holded 25 BTC.
I got screwed by the bubble, which took place when I was sleeping. I wanted to sell at 120 (when I got up) but MtGox was already on "market cooldown mode". I ended up selling them at 80. So, I neglected to nail the top and missed 7K and got screwed by f****** MtGox and his bloody cooldown mode.
But overall, I made a good profit. Can't wait to see BTC in single digits again to get back in.
PS: I HATE MtGox
None of us are survivors yet, this is only the beginning of the crash.
When we passed $75 for the first time, I was expecting a correction down to ~$50, so I sold a few coins. When we bounced off of $260, I sold a few more for $250. The total between the two was about 10% of my holdings at the time (after paying for some Avalons).
I have a standing buy order between $50 and $60. If I see a solid turnaround towards higher prices before we hit my goal, I'll buy for higher if I need to.
When I first learned about bitcoin nearly 2 years ago, I thought it was cool and had potential. For the last year or so, I've felt pretty strongly that bitcoin was the future of money. For the last month or so, I've thought that the rest of the world was coming to that conclusion as well. This crash did nothing to change my long term views. From what I'm seeing in the press and from people that I talk to, bitcoin is still gaining acceptance, the crash did nothing to slow that down.
I don't consider myself to be a particularly skilled trader (notice that 50% of my recent trades were unprofitable), but I am occasionally willing to risk a small portion of my precious bitcoins when I feel like I can acquire more in the short term.
My only regret at the moment is that I don't have the time to contribute more work to the software.
I have a standing buy order between $50 and $60. If I see a solid turnaround towards higher prices before we hit my goal, I'll buy for higher if I need to.
When I first learned about bitcoin nearly 2 years ago, I thought it was cool and had potential. For the last year or so, I've felt pretty strongly that bitcoin was the future of money. For the last month or so, I've thought that the rest of the world was coming to that conclusion as well. This crash did nothing to change my long term views. From what I'm seeing in the press and from people that I talk to, bitcoin is still gaining acceptance, the crash did nothing to slow that down.
I don't consider myself to be a particularly skilled trader (notice that 50% of my recent trades were unprofitable), but I am occasionally willing to risk a small portion of my precious bitcoins when I feel like I can acquire more in the short term.
My only regret at the moment is that I don't have the time to contribute more work to the software.
Didn't sell, won't sell. Didn't buy, will buy.
Bought 3 for £13.30 each on Feb 1st 2013. Could have sold at the top for £175 each.
Didn't sell, wont sell. Didnt buy, wont buy unless >£25 .
In for the long run and not out to speculate on the peaks and troughs (although I do speculate between LTC and BTC).
Didn't sell, won't sell. Didn't buy, will buy.
+ 1
Didn't sell, won't sell. Didn't buy, will buy.
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