I tried to do it last week. If I'd have been able to then I'd be up 20%. My fault for moving on to other things as it was hard to find a way to buy bitcoin.
Anyway,
Today I signed up at Coinbase and Kraken. Approved instantly. Problem is
1. Coinbase has high fees. It will also take 3-5 days.
2. Kraken has low fees but requires a wire transfer which costs $30 with my bank. It will also hold for several days.
Also signed up at Localbitcoins. LocalBitcoins was very fast to approve my account, but it's too sketchy.
Is there another way to buy Bitcoin now?
I'm obviously not going to contact a stranger online, which would probably be a scammer, and I also have no family or friends with bitcoin to buy from.
If I initiate everything today, it seems that the earliest would be next week with available options. At which point I probably would not want to buy. How can I buy it right now?
REVISION:
As it turned out, Coinbase lets you convert to bitcoin instantly before the money settles, if you trade using a connected personal bank account. You cannot use a business account. I ended up opening a personal bank account in person at a local bank which is supported by Coinbase and depositing cash to do the same-day transaction, the next morning.
