Topic: Someone is buying ... a lot more than in May (Read 3201 times)
I know for a fact that if I was a FIAT whale, this would be an exceptionally good time to enter the BTC game before it sky rockets again.
Yep it sadly looks that ATM we are. But we will probably head up soon. I hope so.
The objective inteligent thing to do was to buy a shit ton of cheap BTC if you are FIAT rich.
I wish I'd gotten in on that $310 action, wouldve turned right back around and sold for 480
I have buy order of 350 on bitstamp, too bad the price didn't go that low there.
I wish I'd gotten in on that $310 action, wouldve turned right back around and sold for 480
every seller has a buyer. When comparing dollar volume May 1-15 to Aug 1-15 $470 Million vs $910 Million..who bought the $440 Million difference and why? Yes .trading more volume is the reason but who is ending up with these coins from the sellers who do not re-buy?
http://www.quandl.com/BCHAIN/ETRVU-Bitcoin-Estimated-Transaction-Volume-USD
(click ..show data table at bottom)
2014-08-15 70,769,052
2014-08-14 71,895,364
2014-08-13 68,379,694
2014-08-12 61,158,740
2014-08-11 43,216,125
2014-08-10 32,787,195
2014-08-09 54,302,397
2014-08-08 45,449,194
2014-08-07 59,188,716
2014-08-06 67,991,855
2014-08-05 79,118,450
2014-08-04 62,191,353
2014-08-03 29,031,951
2014-08-02 43,348,752
2014-08-01 100,060,676
May 15 46,127,940
May 14 48,513,550
May13 36,980,698
May12 30,389,352
May11 21,490,294
May10 26,280,241
May9 36,496,136
May8 35,810,226
May7 48,283,519
May6 31,858,652
May5 27,165,713
May4 22,701,368
May3 30,993,631
May2 30,977,946
May1 34,892,425
I guess the ones that sold at 650 USD are buying now.
Someone sold a lot on btc-e all the way down to 310. Suggest people to hold off buying for at least a few weeks.
panic selling at his finest, doing this is beyond me, he just lose money
The selling is driving the decline though, not the buyer matching the transactions.
The sell order has to come first (in this case) otherwise the price would be rising. That said, since the seller is initiating the transaction the buyer could be the exchanges, companies like Coinbase, other intermediaries, or folks trying to establish hedge fund style investments in Bitcoin (i.e., the Winklevoss boys or other Silicon Valley partners).
Other thoughts?
The sell order has to come first (in this case) otherwise the price would be rising. That said, since the seller is initiating the transaction the buyer could be the exchanges, companies like Coinbase, other intermediaries, or folks trying to establish hedge fund style investments in Bitcoin (i.e., the Winklevoss boys or other Silicon Valley partners).
Other thoughts?
Ever thought they are the same person... willing to risk dumping half their coins to tank the market to increase their holdings of coins massively then pump.. pump pump it up.
Someone sold a lot on btc-e all the way down to 310. Suggest people to hold off buying for at least a few weeks.
The btc-e market recovered pretty quickly. Price is now almost in line with other exchanges.
The selling is driving the decline though, not the buyer matching the transactions.
The sell order has to come first (in this case) otherwise the price would be rising. That said, since the seller is initiating the transaction the buyer could be the exchanges, companies like Coinbase, other intermediaries, or folks trying to establish hedge fund style investments in Bitcoin (i.e., the Winklevoss boys or other Silicon Valley partners).
Other thoughts?
The sell order has to come first (in this case) otherwise the price would be rising. That said, since the seller is initiating the transaction the buyer could be the exchanges, companies like Coinbase, other intermediaries, or folks trying to establish hedge fund style investments in Bitcoin (i.e., the Winklevoss boys or other Silicon Valley partners).
Other thoughts?
Ever thought they are the same person... willing to risk dumping half their coins to tank the market to increase their holdings of coins massively then pump.. pump pump it up.
Someone sold a lot on btc-e all the way down to 310. Suggest people to hold off buying for at least a few weeks.
with stocks the saying is that the bigboys, aka market makers can cause temporary spikes and dips in price. I think that's whats going on here. I haven't look at overall buy/sell orders but my feeling is that the market makers flooded the market with sell orders to drive down the price to levels they could "stock up" on bitcoins. You have enough capital and you can pretty much control the price of any coin in the short term.
If Govt has a lot of BTC, they can cause volatility and keep people out.
Volatility will keep another group of people in. Speculator and trader.
Speculators and traders... not sure if that is good for the btc economy.
One of the requirement for currency is stability. Speculators and traders will cause volatility, which is not good for btc economy.
If Govt has a lot of BTC, they can cause volatility and keep people out.
Volatility will keep another group of people in. Speculator and trader.
Speculators and traders... not sure if that is good for the btc economy.
If Govt has a lot of BTC, they can cause volatility and keep people out.
The thing with bitcoin is you can't artificially make more of it. So if you try to manipulate it, you will eventually run out of bitcoin.
Don't forget it is August so a lot of people around the world are on vacation. Like the Wall St saying goes, "Sell in May and go away".
Wait until fall.... by the end of the year the Bitcoin price is going to be much higher!
Wait until fall.... by the end of the year the Bitcoin price is going to be much higher!
If Govt has a lot of BTC, they can cause volatility and keep people out.
Volatility will keep another group of people in. Speculator and trader.
If Govt has a lot of BTC, they can cause volatility and keep people out.
For every buyer, there is a seller. So saying there is a lot of buying doesn't really mean much since there is a somewhat equal side of seller.
What matters is the volume relative to price movement. The reason the OP's observation is a good one is that a comparison is being made between the volume when price rose in May vs. the recent volume during which the price has retraced most of that rally. If everything were perfectly the same and balanced, then the volume on the decline should equal the volume on the rally. So looking at the difference can give you some insight on general sentiment. The fact that recent volume has been much larger suggests that more people are willing to buy. If there weren't, then the price would have dropped a lot more than it has. This bodes well for price once the selling subsides.This, of course, is just looking at the technicals. Fundamentals can step in and trump those at any time.
I think you guys are willing to believe any sentence as fact as long as it supports your belief that the price of BTC going to the moon.
Why does the difference in trading volume from May vs. Aug matter? And if it does matter how does it indicate there is a small group of large buyers?
Trading volume can't tell you (in any way from the data you've presented) who initiated the transaction - groups of people saying "I gotta sell these bitcoins!" or groups of people saying "I gotta buy me some bitcoins!". The only way we know that there are more sellers than buyers (or vice versa) is the movement of the price.
As for how the trading volume increased from May to Aug, it could be genuine increases in use (like among new users) or it could be that more people are worried about the future of Bitcoin (so they're selling and there are people picking up those coins at lower and lower prices), or it could be that Bitcoin holders are buying goods from retailers and retailers are cashing out...it's probably a combination of these things.
The one fact about trading that you should all keep in mind when thinking about how the market is moving is that: The price dictates who started the trade/transaction, if the price is going down there are more sellers than buyers and if the price is going up there are more buyers than sellers.
The time periods you mention are both periods where the price went down, no?
Let me know if I'm missing something.
Why does the difference in trading volume from May vs. Aug matter? And if it does matter how does it indicate there is a small group of large buyers?
Trading volume can't tell you (in any way from the data you've presented) who initiated the transaction - groups of people saying "I gotta sell these bitcoins!" or groups of people saying "I gotta buy me some bitcoins!". The only way we know that there are more sellers than buyers (or vice versa) is the movement of the price.
As for how the trading volume increased from May to Aug, it could be genuine increases in use (like among new users) or it could be that more people are worried about the future of Bitcoin (so they're selling and there are people picking up those coins at lower and lower prices), or it could be that Bitcoin holders are buying goods from retailers and retailers are cashing out...it's probably a combination of these things.
The one fact about trading that you should all keep in mind when thinking about how the market is moving is that: The price dictates who started the trade/transaction, if the price is going down there are more sellers than buyers and if the price is going up there are more buyers than sellers.
The time periods you mention are both periods where the price went down, no?
Let me know if I'm missing something.
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