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newbie
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December 16, 2016, 01:37:42 PM
#27
You can short sell Zcash because of the low liquidity, if allowed the price manipulation will be too strang and the whales will  be moving the price the way they want

Where can you do that?
hero member
Activity: 868
Merit: 500
November 29, 2016, 03:43:46 AM
#26
You can short sell Zcash because of the low liquidity, if allowed the price manipulation will be too strang and the whales will  be moving the price the way they want
newbie
Activity: 13
Merit: 0
November 24, 2016, 04:39:57 AM
#25
Depends on the parameter you prefer.Interest rates, options, leverage percentage?

For me the most important thing is safety, so I divide among different exchanges.Still Poloniex is my favorite...

yes. Poloniex is my favourite too. i do margin trading there. Its very smooth and without any problems.

The problem is that you cannot short sell the ZCash there.
sr. member
Activity: 294
Merit: 250
Minter
November 23, 2016, 03:32:28 PM
#24

Bitmex too actually
Bitmex is based in Hong Kong, China. I tend to be weary of Chinese exchanges and the rate at which they get hacked is a bit higher than exchanges in the West.
sr. member
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November 23, 2016, 02:16:57 PM
#23
Depends on the parameter you prefer.Interest rates, options, leverage percentage?

For me the most important thing is safety, so I divide among different exchanges.Still Poloniex is my favorite...

yes. Poloniex is my favourite too. i do margin trading there. Its very smooth and without any problems.
sr. member
Activity: 331
Merit: 250
November 22, 2016, 03:56:19 PM
#22
Depends on the parameter you prefer.Interest rates, options, leverage percentage?

For me the most important thing is safety, so I divide among different exchanges.Still Poloniex is my favorite...
sr. member
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November 22, 2016, 08:02:04 AM
#21
sr. member
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November 22, 2016, 03:28:48 AM
#20
only poloniex
hero member
Activity: 1470
Merit: 655
November 21, 2016, 10:28:10 AM
#19
these are dark days for altcoins, i opened up my exchange this morning and saw all the list was red percentages! everything is going down. and that is why i have unloaded all i had.

although times like this can be good times to make some profits from drops and the bounce backs but i don't recommend it because of the higher risk it has while dropping.

Not actually  a dark day  hence these  are  just  normal  things to  happen  on a certain time   but  as we all know that  it  doesn't  happen  anytime  and  most  of them  would surely  back  up its price. I do  observe that too  that  most of  coins  now are  on reds and  I suspect because of the sudden  price increase  of bitcoins. Back to topic, there are  lots  of  of good  altcoins which  you could actually  do make short  trades  like  ETH, XMR.

i think you didn't understand the last part of what i said. let me clarify it by saying i think even when prices are dropping you can still short trade altcoins and make profit but in a market like that it becomes more risky because prices are going down, and if you miss your sell spot on the bounce back you are screwed because the fall will continue and you will end up either bag holding or selling at a bigger loss.
legendary
Activity: 1344
Merit: 1000
November 21, 2016, 09:06:28 AM
#18
Short selling altcoins is very dangerous as a large pump will wipe you up in a blink of an eye. Many of the altcoins that are being offered in margin trading are not really profitable in my opinion. They move too slow and you would have to sit in your position before you have a chance of seeing profit. Poloniex is one of the best place to short as it has one of the best interface.
full member
Activity: 196
Merit: 100
November 21, 2016, 04:02:54 AM
#17
Hey guys,

I want to short-sell some alt coins.
Is there any place to do this?


Thanks!


Poloniex or Kraken.


And IMO it is not worth it 9/10 times. Markets are very young but sometimes an opportunity comes along that is too good to pass up on.
hero member
Activity: 896
Merit: 500
November 21, 2016, 02:50:59 AM
#16
I recommend to select poloniex and bittrex, best trading and trust websites as my favorite place to buy, sell and hold variety of bitcoin and altcoin.
legendary
Activity: 3976
Merit: 1421
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November 21, 2016, 01:51:12 AM
#15
Kraken is also a good option for shorting altcoins.  I personally do short sells only on Poloniex and Kraken and it's what I would advice newbies to use.  Kraken allows you to short ETC and REP which are not available for short selling at Poloniex.  The only think which I don't like with Kraken is the platform is hard to understand.  I hope they make it easier for the sake of their users.
hero member
Activity: 644
Merit: 500
November 20, 2016, 09:24:11 AM
#14
Hey guys,

I want to short-sell some alt coins.
Is there any place to do this?


Thanks!

if you want margin trading you can try
1 poloniex, support coin ethereum monero litecoin dogecoin DASH and more
2 bitfinex support litecoin etherum bitcoin
3 bitmex support bitcoin etherum
4 btcc support litecoin bitcoin
5 okcoin support bitcoin litecoin
6 huobi support bitcoin litecoin
sr. member
Activity: 251
Merit: 250
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November 20, 2016, 08:31:13 AM
#13
There are too many short positions on altcoins.If there is a turn on altcoin prices it will be a sharp strike.
Not many alcoins are in margin trading. Probably 10-15 max.
sr. member
Activity: 331
Merit: 250
November 20, 2016, 01:25:24 AM
#12
There are too many short positions on altcoins.If there is a turn on altcoin prices it will be a sharp strike.
hero member
Activity: 2926
Merit: 722
CoinPoker.com
November 17, 2016, 09:34:28 AM
#11
these are dark days for altcoins, i opened up my exchange this morning and saw all the list was red percentages! everything is going down. and that is why i have unloaded all i had.

although times like this can be good times to make some profits from drops and the bounce backs but i don't recommend it because of the higher risk it has while dropping.

Not actually  a dark day  hence these  are  just  normal  things to  happen  on a certain time   but  as we all know that  it  doesn't  happen  anytime  and  most  of them  would surely  back  up its price. I do  observe that too  that  most of  coins  now are  on reds and  I suspect because of the sudden  price increase  of bitcoins. Back to topic, there are  lots  of  of good  altcoins which  you could actually  do make short  trades  like  ETH, XMR.
hero member
Activity: 1470
Merit: 655
November 17, 2016, 08:39:41 AM
#10
these are dark days for altcoins, i opened up my exchange this morning and saw all the list was red percentages! everything is going down. and that is why i have unloaded all i had.

although times like this can be good times to make some profits from drops and the bounce backs but i don't recommend it because of the higher risk it has while dropping.
legendary
Activity: 1442
Merit: 1014
November 16, 2016, 12:20:54 PM
#9
Hey guys,

I want to short-sell some alt coins.
Is there any place to do this?


Thanks!

Sure there a few exchanges out there you can do so.
I'm using Poloniex and Bitmex for that.
On Bitfinex I think you can also short Ethereum.
There could be a few more out there.But bitmex and poloniex are very much known and mostly used by the trading community.So try your luck with these two I would say.
sr. member
Activity: 294
Merit: 250
Minter
November 16, 2016, 11:03:55 AM
#8
Poloniex will be a preferred option because they have margin trading where they borrow you a few alts to sell - but be careful, you do not sell at a loss.
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