I've been paralyzed over the last week or more due to the lack of a USD/XMR pair.
Honestly, I don't want to buy XBT at $415 just to use it to buy XMR. It's stupid, I know, but I've been waiting for a dip to $390 or so to buy XBT, just so I can move it over to Polo to buy XMR.
What the hell is wrong with me? Shouldn't I just look at XBT as the medium through which I'd be buying XMR at $1.17? My $1000 still would buy me 855 XMR. I guess I have this notion of waiting to buy XBT at 390, then picking up XMR at .0027, thereby paying $1.05 per XMR. But that may not happen, right? RIGHT?
I mean, it doesn't REALLY matter if XBT goes up or down, I think, when considering this.
Somebody help me overcome my paralysis with some analysis. Please. My XMR holdings are also once again above-water, which is a mental change, as anytime I'd added in the last year, I was lowering my average. Now I'd be raising it.
There is a flaw in your reasoning. If the dollar price of XBT goes down, and the dollar price of XMR remains the same, the XBT price of XMR goes up.
So whatever dollar price of XBT, it won't get you more XMR.
Yeah, I know...it's not logical at all. I think what I WANT is for XBT to hit $385 so I can think that's a good buy. THEN I buy XMR with XBT that I bought at a decent price.
I un-paralyzed and bought 1 XBT worth (I think it was 361 XMR) to add to the stash. Might nibble at some more soon-ish. I just had to DO it.