Topic: Is Shorting profitable??? - page 4. (Read 4273 times)
Shorting's risk is based on the individual. It's only risky if you short something risky at a time which is more risky, so it's solely based on your own experience.
Margin trading itself is already gambling and margining on volatile markets like btc/usd is not even gambling, it is a suicide.
You can only make money if you are %100 percent sure that the prices are going to fall down and there is only one possibility for you to know that: You make the prices fall down.
You can only make money if you are %100 percent sure that the prices are going to fall down and there is only one possibility for you to know that: You make the prices fall down.
Of course shorting can be profitable. But with bitcoin? With this amount of volatility? I wouldn't. I'm surprised these exchanges even allow it.
Even if you are pro trader no one dares to short bitcoin simply because of the volatile nature ,the exchanges allow these sort of trades simply because they earn the commission for each trade and if you look at HitBTC and Bitfinex they started future trading of bitcoin unlimited 
,these exchanges are simply taking advantage of the situation .
if anyone has an experience in shorting?
do not forget to share the same information I?
thanks.
do not forget to share the same information I?
thanks.
shorting is very risky , increases stress thats why I left margin trading
Agreed, that's why I always admire traders who do such because they have such balls of steel since it's stressful and big market movements in a short span of time can cause them big money. You need to be always on the lookout if you are a margin trader because you need to constantly make money out of those tiny ripples that you see in the market.
shorting is very risky , increases stress thats why I left margin trading
Agreed, that's why I always admire traders who do such because they have such balls of steel since it's stressful and big market movements in a short span of time can cause them big money. You need to be always on the lookout if you are a margin trader because you need to constantly make money out of those tiny ripples that you see in the market.
Shorting is really a profitable way in earning money but it will be profitable if you know how it works and you have enough knowledge in using it. I do shorting in altcoins and it works for me because i don't short non popular coins but just popular coins like eth and xrp. But if you want really profitable then long term for bitcoin is the best.
Shorting does really works and could really give you decent profits if you do know how to execute it and you know on what you are doing.You are right we should always seek for famous coins which is price is volatile or does move because thats the best time for doing short tradings. 
Have any of you got benefit by shorting?please share your thrilling experiences.
Anything has the potential to be profitable.
Even gambling can be profitable. That's what most gamblers think of gambling - a quick and easy way to make a shit ton of money in a short period of time. Of course, that is possible. But not probable.
Same with shorting, it's a negative EV game actually. Because you are playing against other traders in the market, except as a shorter you have to pay a bit more than them to place orders, in the form of interest on your loan.
I wouldn't recommend shorting.
Shorting is really a profitable way in earning money but it will be profitable if you know how it works and you have enough knowledge in using it. I do shorting in altcoins and it works for me because i don't short non popular coins but just popular coins like eth and xrp. But if you want really profitable then long term for bitcoin is the best.
Investing <> guaranteed profits. Shorting <<>> guaranteed profits. Assuming profits (or loss) is a dangerous mindset to have.
I hold a short position from time to time, but use it as a hedge only. I never assume that short positions generate profits. As Bob Baerker points out, leveraged ETFs can really burn an investor.
I hold a short position from time to time, but use it as a hedge only. I never assume that short positions generate profits. As Bob Baerker points out, leveraged ETFs can really burn an investor.
Can you please tell us what is shorting first of all as I have never heard about that word before and I think you should elaborate your topic by putting some more information about shorting as it may be new to many people and would not be aware about it.
As said shorting is one way of getting profit , it is quite profitable if you got it right but will give you a huge lost if you are wrong. There are lots of professional trader that gone broke because of this strategy. Since we never know if the price will crash or not until it happen.It will be instantly dropped a lot. and with the shorting method just give you a small chance to get a profit.
No one is wanna paying on the hole.
I've lost a lot of my money caused by shorting and it gets wrong.
i am trying to understand margin trading, some one helpme to fully understand for instance if i set a short position on eth
at x price, if the price of eth rise over x am i loosing money? and if it goes down am in profit?
at x price, if the price of eth rise over x am i loosing money? and if it goes down am in profit?
As what others have said, shorting is too risky and only the experience of the trader do it. Even those who have deep knowledge of this sometimes lost as well. You can even lose 100% here. So unless if you are a very professional trader who has built up the needed experience through out the years of study to play this kind of game then short selling is for you otherwise, stick to short or long term investment to see you profits.
shorting is very risky , increases stress thats why I left margin trading
Profitable? I should say Yes and NO. It depends on your luck and as he said above, it is very risky. In addition that he is on margin trading, the pressure is high for you to gain and here the emotions will come in.
I am also doing short trading but on small amount only, like in Poloniex that the trading movement is very fast you could lose in an instant. But it is exciting also
shorting is very risky , increases stress thats why I left margin trading
Profitable? I should say Yes and NO. It depends on your luck and as he said above, it is very risky. In addition that he is on margin trading, the pressure is high for you to gain and here the emotions will come in.
I am also doing short trading but on small amount only, like in Poloniex that the trading movement is very fast you could lose in an instant. But it is exciting also
Have any of you got benefit by shorting?please share your thrilling experiences.
I think its profitable but it has high risk and too danger in terms of investing in short term tradings. The only traders doing this things are veterans and experts, however some of them are taking advantage of short terms trading and I don't know how they do that. 
Can you please tell us what is shorting first of all as I have never heard about that word before and I think you should elaborate your topic by putting some more information about shorting as it may be new to many people and would not be aware about it.
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Short selling is the sale of a security that is not owned by the seller, or that the seller has borrowed. Short selling is motivated by the belief that a security's price will decline, enabling it to be bought back at a lower price to make a profit.
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As said shorting is one way of getting profit , it is quite profitable if you got it right but will give you a huge lost if you are wrong. There are lots of professional trader that gone broke because of this strategy. Since we never know if the price will crash or not until it happen.
Of course shorting can be profitable. But with bitcoin? With this amount of volatility? I wouldn't. I'm surprised these exchanges even allow it.
Shorting = Risky, always, because Shorting always is invest or gambling and trust me, i tried both 2, and the result luckily not too bad for me, but i saw someone lost everything . So my advice, find something that you can sure on it then invest but only long-term, no short-term. Long is good 
Have any of you got benefit by shorting?please share your thrilling experiences.
No i have never shorted bitcoin and that is because i have learnt from the bad experiences of others. even the whales get caught out on this one. in January there was a short liquidated for $10 million, which would be absolutely gutting no matter how rich you are.
It can be very profitable but also very risky. Especially if you are shorting bitcoin, the market is very unpredictable and it could jump up and down without warning. You can get margin called in a matter of minutes so you always have to be on guard of your positions.
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