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Topic: Who made 150% of their investment in January ? (Read 1176 times)

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January 26, 2015, 08:03:20 AM
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You guys are driving me crazy on the numbers. It's kind of misleading. Theoretically I can only see about 58% return of investment.
hero member
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Bitcoin was down to 190 USD in January.

Bitcoin is up at 300 USD today.

So, who bought at 190 USD and selling at 300 USD to make 150% of their investment ?

Some guys were ranting Bitcoin is dead. Where are you ? Cheesy

More than people making profits, I think a lot of people took losses when the price was going down.
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50% gain is how it should be represented.
150% is misleading.  Smiley
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When you put money in a bank and it pays you 1%, in your head do you think "Great, I have made 101%" because you got your original cash back?


 Cheesy Ok, lol. If that is how you 'make' money, I wish you the best of luck with your investments  Cheesy


And according to that logic every $1 you keep in your pocket is making 100% every second Wink

The OP made mistake by using word 'made'. He would be correct if he said he now have 158% of invested amount.

We gonna be RICH!!!!!  Cheesy

Ok, I'll go now
legendary
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Hmm.. $190? No. It reached $150 last week. Well.. within a week.. it doubled it value to $300! I'm glad that I did not sold my coin.. However.. the sad thing is.. I did not bought new coin.. Sad .
legendary
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When you put money in a bank and it pays you 1%, in your head do you think "Great, I have made 101%" because you got your original cash back?


 Cheesy Ok, lol. If that is how you 'make' money, I wish you the best of luck with your investments  Cheesy


And according to that logic every $1 you keep in your pocket is making 100% every second Wink

The OP made mistake by using word 'made'. He would be correct if he said he now have 158% of invested amount.
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Bitcoin was down to 190 USD in January.

Bitcoin is up at 300 USD today.

So, who bought at 190 USD and selling at 300 USD to make 150% of their investment ?

Some guys were ranting Bitcoin is dead. Where are you ? Cheesy

me not

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When you put money in a bank and it pays you 1%, in your head do you think "Great, I have made 101%" because you got your original cash back??


 Cheesy Ok, lol. If that is how you 'make' money, I wish you the best of luck with your investments  Cheesy
legendary
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Check your math...  Roll Eyes

300*100/190 = 157.89%

Historically I am good at it Wink

What about yours ? Tongue

p.s. I said investment, NOT profit.

If you invested $190 and sold at $300.

300 - 190= 110

110/300 * 100 = ~58% <-- this is what you made on your investment
legendary
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"Who made 150% of their investment.."

Making 150% off an investment of $190 = doubling Original Investment (you get 100% of the original) + another 50% of the original investment, which /= $300 = $285


190 * x = 300

x = 1.58 (this isn't 158%, that would be 2.58)

This is 1.58 times, which is equivalent to 158%

Whichever way you try to slice it, you can't 'make' 158% from $190 and get $300.



Corrected math inside the quote.
hero member
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"Who made 150% of their investment.."

Making 150% of an investment of $190 = doubling (you get 100% of the original) + another 50% of the original investment, which /= $300


190 * x = 300

x = 1.58 (this isn't 158%, that would be 2.58)


Whichever way you try to slice it, you can't 'make' 158% of $190 and get $300.





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Why people bother with such small gains when they can be set for lifetime. Play in the meantime but don't forget to save a few dozen BTC for the time when bitcoin MCap is bigger than Apple's.
legendary
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Check your math...  Roll Eyes

300*100/190 = 157.89%

Historically I am good at it Wink

What about yours ? Tongue

p.s. I said investment, NOT profit.
hero member
Activity: 574
Merit: 500
Check your math...  Roll Eyes
legendary
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Merit: 1049
Bitcoin was down to 190 USD in January.

Bitcoin is up at 300 USD today.

So, who bought at 190 USD and selling at 300 USD to make 150% of their investment ?

Some guys were ranting Bitcoin is dead. Where are you ? Cheesy
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