new here, been reading a lot of tips & tricks and learning a lot from all you guys so thank you for that already!
About the upcoming Segwit2X BTC fork I was wondering what trading strategy you are considering. Given the past two forks of BCH and BTG, I assume:
1. The overpriced BTC goes immediately down after the fork and settles at near the 5k area (just an estimate).
2. The value from BTC flows mostly and directly to the altcoins.
As there is no way to accurately predict when block 494,784 is mined, there is a good chance some of us are sleeping (as I was during the BTG fork) while all this action takes place.
From logical perspective, I'd want to move my BTC to e.g. LTC/XRP/IOTA/.... almost instantly after the fork. Hereby I take my gains from BTC while also profiting from the increase in altcoin values. In a later stage, I will use the surplus from the alts so re-invest in BTC and end up with more than I have right now. However, as I will likely have most my BTC on my ledger and exchanges do not support consequential trade orders (e.g. (1) sell BTC, (2) buy XXX etc), this might prove difficult.
So.. What strategy will you be using?
I before changing or trading the coins obtained through forks I prefer to wait (risking) to understand their true value.
For example, many thought that bitcoin cash would not have long life and they sold it immediately but then the bitcoin cash also reached 1/5 of the value of the btc.
That's indeed the best way to do. I was one of the many who sold all the bitcoin cash immediatly after it was available to trade and sold everyhting at 300$. Buy waiting longer, the risk is higher as no one can predict what the future will bring for this forks. Had the segwit 2x hard fork happened back in November, than I don't think that the bitcoin cash price would be so high.
exactly, waiting a little more time you could sell it at a value of 10x higher.
to limit the risk it is possible to change 25% or 33% immediately, and hold the remaining part!