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legendary
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April 01, 2017, 02:15:24 PM
Price of Chilean farmland has just jumped 20%.

Chilean farmland shorts #AMINOREKT
sr. member
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April 01, 2017, 02:12:18 PM
Price of Chilean farmland has just jumped 20%.
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April 01, 2017, 01:59:11 PM
Fantastic Aminorex post.

He does raise the tone, doesn't he.  I am still digesting it.  Looks like I am light on physical PMs and Chilean farmland.

Better get Googling!

Please share what you learn!
legendary
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April 01, 2017, 01:47:34 PM
Fantastic Aminorex post.

He does raise the tone, doesn't he.  I am still digesting it.  Looks like I am light on physical PMs and Chilean farmland.

Better get Googling!
legendary
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April 01, 2017, 01:33:36 PM
By a process of elimination I recommend to my friends and family an allocation of 20% xmr, 30% precious metals and/or cultural artifacts, 20% agricultural real estate (Chile being the top of my list), 10% long equities, 10% East Asia/Pacific bonds, and 10% strategic shorts (sovereign bonds, financial equities esp.) for long term money.  

The BTC fork will imply substantial volatility, yes, but that will end soon enough.  Underlying global systemic instabilities, however, will persist, compound, indeed explode, with much greater impact, albeit on a longer time-scale.  I think speculation time is rapidly coming to a close.  It is time for young and old, rich and poor alike to batten down the hatches and shelter from the coming multi-generational storm.  Given the extreme dislocations of financial metrics from the norms of millennia past which now prevail, this one may be the single greatest world-historical financial event since the Industrial Revolution, or the Black Death. There will be winners and losers.

Great post.  Do you mean direct ownership of (Chilean) farmland or are there ETFs you like for that?

My father is almost ready to retire and I want him to take a lump sum because I don't trust the solvency of his pension system any more than the Dallas PD's.

Considering this allocation for him:

20% gold bullion
20% silver bullion

16% safe jurisdiction PM miners
24% riskier jurisdiction/high dividend PM miners/royalty streamers
10% high dividend energy

5% Bitcoin
3% Monero
2% Litecoin

I guess you'd say 50% long equities is too much exposure to market counterparties/failures?

BTW, welcome back!  Smiley
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April 01, 2017, 01:17:59 PM

Thank you for that.  It is usefully informative.  It would be even (and much) better with scale alignment.

To me it seems folly to analyze XMR denominated in BTC, although I was myself subject to this folly until recently.  The fundamentals are much more easily recognized using gold or any major fiat currency - I tend to use USD - as numeraire.

XMRUSD is pretty stable at $20, so in my (1% of XMR holdings) trading position, at present, I buy below 19 and sell above 21.  

You might recall that I anticipated recent levels on this approximate time scale last summer, by using Fisher's quantity theory, as calibrated by Alphabay volume estimators.  I have not done any further analysis yet, so I can't presently make any principled quantitative predictions.  As time permits and data allows I may do so soon.  My intuition is that $25 will become strong support by June.  The upside asymmetry is growing rapidly due to exogenous risk factors, but support levels should continue to be determined by economic use in dark net markets during the near future.  As they grow, so will XMR's utility value.

Meanwhile, some qualitative logic guides me, none of it new, and all of it supported by the evidence of the past few months, since my previous prediction:

1. Masternode (dash, pivx, crown) anonymity is (1) honeypot technology, and (2) a scheme for bleeding the economy to death by rents.  No such system can form a stable economy.  Any price runs are bubbles.  While shorting is supremely risky, and requires a strong and steady hand, I find it emotionally gratifying and financially lucrative.  I actually had a masternode for a while, but soon repented and sold it because I could not stomach making gains by deceit and oppression.  (I have made charitable donations in excess of those gains as a sop to my bruised conscience.)

2. Transparent blockchains expose their users to extortion and robbery.  Consequently they involve unwarranted risk, and can not persist in their moneyness.

3. App coins are generally a deceitful way to fund an Enterprise.  "Turing completeness" is ludicrous snake oil and there is still no compelling use for "gas", after years of waiting.  It is all dot-com hopium smoke.

4. I have long predicted the beginnings of the demise of the debt-based fiat currency system to become perceptible in 2017q4.  I will soon be proven either correct or incorrect, in the sense of being early, but even if my point-estimate proves over-eager, the underlying demographic deflationary implosion, resource exhaustion, systematic energy bleed, and exponential inflationary debt- (and inevitable supply-) explosion will reach a climax when the Boomer retirement peak arrives around 2024.  USD lost most of its value since 1971 (when Nixon broke the tie to gold).  It will lose an even larger proportion, and likely in fact ALL of it's value in excess of hard reserves times some yet-unmeasurable confidence*utility multiplier, on the 2024 time scale.  Crypto and hard assets are the place to be, and money is only beginning to realize this.  Those ahead of this curve will enjoy the fruits of their foresight during the next 7-10 years - if they can stay alive that long.

By a process of elimination I recommend to my friends and family an allocation of 20% xmr, 30% precious metals and/or cultural artifacts, 20% agricultural real estate (Chile being the top of my list), 10% long equities, 10% East Asia/Pacific bonds, and 10% strategic shorts (sovereign bonds, financial equities esp.) for long term money.  

The BTC fork will imply substantial volatility, yes, but that will end soon enough.  Underlying global systemic instabilities, however, will persist, compound, indeed explode, with much greater impact, albeit on a longer time-scale.  I think speculation time is rapidly coming to a close.  It is time for young and old, rich and poor alike to batten down the hatches and shelter from the coming multi-generational storm.  Given the extreme dislocations of financial metrics from the norms of millennia past which now prevail, this one may be the single greatest world-historical financial event since the Industrial Revolution, or the Black Death. There will be winners and losers.




All the CRAP I've had to wade through to figure out a sane crypto allocation. And it was all worth it to read this post. Thank you, Sir!
legendary
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April 01, 2017, 12:57:33 PM
Fantastic Aminorex post.
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April 01, 2017, 11:44:15 AM


Thank you for that.  It is usefully informative.  It would be even (and much) better with scale alignment.

To me it seems folly to analyze XMR denominated in BTC, although I was myself subject to this folly until recently.  The fundamentals are much more easily recognized using gold or any major fiat currency - I tend to use USD - as numeraire.

XMRUSD is pretty stable at $20, so in my (1% of XMR holdings) trading position, at present, I buy below 19 and sell above 21.  

You might recall that I anticipated recent levels on this approximate time scale last summer, by using Fisher's quantity theory, as calibrated by Alphabay volume estimators.  I have not done any further analysis yet, so I can't presently make any principled quantitative predictions.  As time permits and data allows I may do so soon.  My intuition is that $25 will become strong support by June.  The upside asymmetry is growing rapidly due to exogenous risk factors, but support levels should continue to be determined by economic use in dark net markets during the near future.  As they grow, so will XMR's utility value.

Meanwhile, some qualitative logic guides me, none of it new, and all of it supported by the evidence of the past few months, since my previous prediction:

1. Masternode (dash, pivx, crown) anonymity is (1) honeypot technology, and (2) a scheme for bleeding the economy to death by rents.  No such system can form a stable economy.  Any price runs are bubbles.  While shorting is supremely risky, and requires a strong and steady hand, I find it emotionally gratifying and financially lucrative.  I actually had a masternode for a while, but soon repented and sold it because I could not stomach making gains by deceit and oppression.  (I have made charitable donations in excess of those gains as a sop to my bruised conscience.)

2. Transparent blockchains expose their users to extortion and robbery.  Consequently they involve unwarranted risk, and can not persist in their moneyness.

3. App coins are generally a deceitful way to fund an Enterprise.  "Turing completeness" is ludicrous snake oil and there is still no compelling use for "gas", after years of waiting.  It is all dot-com hopium smoke.

4. I have long predicted the beginnings of the demise of the debt-based fiat currency system to become perceptible in 2017q4.  I will soon be proven either correct or incorrect, in the sense of being early, but even if my point-estimate proves over-eager, the underlying demographic deflationary implosion, resource exhaustion, systematic energy bleed, and exponential inflationary debt- (and inevitable supply-) explosion will reach a climax when the Boomer retirement peak arrives around 2024.  USD lost most of its value since 1971 (when Nixon broke the tie to gold).  It will lose an even larger proportion, and likely in fact ALL of it's value in excess of hard reserves times some yet-unmeasurable confidence*utility multiplier, on the 2024 time scale.  Crypto and hard assets are the place to be, and money is only beginning to realize this.  Those ahead of this curve will enjoy the fruits of their foresight during the next 7-10 years - if they can stay alive that long.

By a process of elimination I recommend to my friends and family an allocation of 20% xmr, 30% precious metals and/or cultural artifacts, 20% agricultural real estate (Chile being the top of my list), 10% long equities, 10% East Asia/Pacific bonds, and 10% strategic shorts (sovereign bonds, financial equities esp.) for long term money.  

The BTC fork will imply substantial volatility, yes, but that will end soon enough.  Underlying global systemic instabilities, however, will persist, compound, indeed explode, with much greater impact, albeit on a longer time-scale.  I think speculation time is rapidly coming to a close.  It is time for young and old, rich and poor alike to batten down the hatches and shelter from the coming multi-generational storm.  Given the extreme dislocations of financial metrics from the norms of millennia past which now prevail, this one may be the single greatest world-historical financial event since the Industrial Revolution, or the Black Death. There will be winners and losers.




what is your long term (5year+) XMR target price?
legendary
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April 01, 2017, 11:04:34 AM
How can you not care about the graphics??

You know dude I am on a party where a bottle of champagne costs $2000 and the Imperial lounge sets you back $250k (if full = 4 people). My lounge is worth about $100k and I just do not care about graphics I hope you understand. I care about my kids and wish that is happening soon.
So you're very rich, and you like people to know that. Ok, good to know. Anything else?
donator
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April 01, 2017, 10:43:15 AM
How can you not care about the graphics??

You know dude I am on a party where a bottle of champagne costs $2000 and the Imperial lounge sets you back $250k (if full = 4 people). My lounge is worth about $100k and I just do not care about graphics I hope you understand. I care about my kids and wish that is happening soon.
legendary
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April 01, 2017, 10:37:33 AM
Hey guys,

Ready for some action?

Cheers,

MasterTrader777

NEM follower?  Quite a rare tag Smiley

Damn, I got 'Litecoin professional'  I hold zero LTC.  I was hoping for a more interesting one than that!  Had my fingers crossed for XMR fanboy Wink

At least you didn't get "Dash flunky".
legendary
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April 01, 2017, 10:15:13 AM
Hey guys,

Ready for some action?

Cheers,

MasterTrader777

NEM follower?  Quite a rare tag Smiley

Damn, I got 'Litecoin professional'  I hold zero LTC.  I was hoping for a more interesting one than that!  Had my fingers crossed for XMR fanboy Wink
legendary
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April 01, 2017, 10:13:15 AM
$100 difference between China and Gdax/Gemini now on Bitcoin:
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Bitstamp last: 1,077.70, vol: 9,066.7 | BTC-E last: 1,075.60, vol: 9,391.7 | Gemini last: 1,084.77, vol: 4,024.6 | GDAX price: 1,083.00 | Bitfinex last: 1,084.20, vol: 23,954.5 | BTCC last: 988.57, vol: 9,636.7 | Huobi last: 995.16, vol: 9,099.3 |

and most alts sagging for last few days. Does this look like BTC pump coming, another round of alt pumping, or flatlining for next week or three?

I kind of think flatlining along with BTC drifting below $1k on all exchanges.
legendary
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April 01, 2017, 10:12:47 AM
Hey guys,

Ready for some action?

Cheers,

MasterTrader777

NEM follower?  Quite a rare tag Smiley
legendary
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April 01, 2017, 09:08:01 AM
Hey guys,

Ready for some action?

Cheers,

MasterTrader777
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April 01, 2017, 08:59:01 AM
Welcome back once again, Aminorex... epic post, such a treat LOL


The BTC fork will imply substantial volatility, yes, but that will end soon enough...


Hmm but so the fork will happen (?) and "volatility end soon enough" yet you have no allocation of BTC in recommended percentages? Is that meant to imply that you believe the fork will just outright kill bitcoin, or at least destroy most of it's current $1K-per-unit store of value?

My crypto portfolio allocation is still tilted towards BTC (as long as HoneyBadger has apparently still been able to achieve ATH's recently, in spite of all the block-size arguments) but the ratio of XMR percentage has been gradually, organically, increasing over the last few months... getting closer to 50-50 even now, so maybe it's time for that to flip and go majority XMR?  So that would mean BTC is soon to be the "alt" position...??  Hmm...

P.S. {Edit} Ha!  My April Fool's tags I got are both "Monero Chief Scientist" AND "Bitcoin CEO"  LOL  Gotta make a screenshot of that for sure heheheh



 Grin

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April 01, 2017, 08:15:33 AM

You don't recommend any BTC allocation?

Apparently not, because his other recommendations add up to 100%.  See below:

By a process of elimination I recommend to my friends and family an allocation of 20% xmr, 30% precious metals and/or cultural artifacts, 20% agricultural real estate (Chile being the top of my list), 10% long equities, 10% East Asia/Pacific bonds, and 10% strategic shorts (sovereign bonds, financial equities esp.) for long term money. 
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April 01, 2017, 07:55:44 AM
It's nice to wake up to an Aminorex post in the Speculation thread!

So, do you feel the BTC fork is inevitable or will this somehow get resolved?  And how will both possible outcomes affect the price of Monero in USD terms?

Edit: I am working through a mis-timed short position on DArSH. I couldn't believe it was so high, then it went higher, and then higher still! Who in their right minds pays $115 for that scam coin? Looks like I may yet prevail!
legendary
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April 01, 2017, 02:57:27 AM

You might recall that I anticipated recent levels on this approximate time scale last summer, by using Fisher's quantity theory, as calibrated by Alphabay volume estimators.  I have not done any further analysis yet, so I can't presently make any principled quantitative predictions.  As time permits and data allows I may do so soon.  My intuition is that $25 will become strong support by June.  

The BTC fork will imply substantial volatility, yes, but that will end soon enough.  Underlying global systemic instabilities, however, will persist, compound, indeed explode, with much greater impact, albeit on a longer time-scale.  I think speculation time is rapidly coming to a close.  It is time for young and old, rich and poor alike to batten down the hatches and shelter from the coming multi-generational storm.  Given the extreme dislocations of financial metrics from the norms of millennia past which now prevail, this one may be the single greatest world-historical financial event since the Industrial Revolution, or the Black Death. There will be winners and losers.

Nice to read you again, learned a few things since your last post  Grin Smiley
legendary
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April 01, 2017, 01:22:03 AM
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1. Masternode (dash, pic, crown) anonymity is (1) honeypot technology, ...



Hah, Good to see you posting! Smiley

And a Decreed DEV as well. Lol

Not just here for April Fools right? Tongue
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