I've been lurking for a while now so I would like to share something constructive into my dealings with bitcoin.
I've worked in the world of finance for a number of years and have taken an interest in automated trading systems. In the Bitcoin world there is huge opportunity as the markets are not very efficient. Over the last year, I have developed and successfully run a number of automated trading bots on various brokers.
Here is a screenshot of one of my arbitrage bots:
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There are plenty of trading opportunities within Bitcoin, whatever your investment style. One thing I would recommend, is managing your risk from a broker perspective. In the banking industry, we call this counterparty risk. The biggest threat to your profitability is your broker being hacked / shutting down / running off with your money. As we all unfortunately know, this happens frequently in the Bitcoin world.
In the style of reddit's AMA where visitors can post questions. Go ahead and ask me anything and I will do my best to answer.
This thread was inspired by Goomboo and the sharing of his trading activities.