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Want to sell my Bitcoin, but when?

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I bought about $7000 worth of Bitcoin and Ethereum in July as an experiment and learning process. Well, it is now worth about $21,000.

I had planned to buy and hold until July 2018 so any gains would be long-term, but the recent run-up has me worrying the bubble pop may come sooner. I can afford to lose the initial investment (I kind of expected to), but would rather not :D .

I have long-term capital losses that could offset $3000 of gains both in 2017 and 2018. I am in the highest marginal income tax bracket for short-term gains.

As I see it, I have a few options.

1. Sell it all in 2017. Incur $14,000 in gains and offset $3000.
2. Sell half in 2017, half in January 2018. Incur $14,000 gains and offset $6000.
3. Ride the rollercoaster until July 2018 and sell then.

Any soothsayers out there? What would you do in my situation?

Thanks,
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Where does bitcoin fit in your overall asset allocation?
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Sell enough to cover the $7K after-tax, and then let it ride :). Maybe decide on an exit.
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quantAndHold wrote: Fri Dec 01, 2017 6:12 pm Where does bitcoin fit in your overall asset allocation?
Play money. The initial investment was less than a biweekly paycheck. It's current value is about 0.5% of my net worth.
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If your Bitcoin were magically converted into cash today, would you use that cash to buy Bitcoin?

If not, the answer is to sell today.
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Nope I fully exited when the price hit $7k and wont go back now that it's in the secondary market (less miners more purchasers) and the sorry state of cryptocurrency encryption code or lack there of.

Don't even get me started on the wallet code, hopefully you have yours in a offline hard drive wallet.
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Someone magically drops 14,000 in your lap, BUT there's a catch! The catch is you have to pay a 44% tax (39.6%+3.8%+0.9%) if you want to keep most of it. Bird in hand is better than two in a bush. Pay the toll and exit right.
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Grt2bOutdoors wrote: Fri Dec 01, 2017 6:19 pm Someone magically drops 14,000 in your lap, BUT there's a catch! The catch is you have to pay a 44% tax (39.6%+3.8%+0.9%) if you want to keep most of it. Bird in hand is better than two in a bush. Pay the toll and exit right.
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I would sell it today unless you need to spend bitcoin for some reason. Similar to how I don't keep 21 grand in euros in a locked box.
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Since it’s play money I’d sell enough to recoup your initial investment and let the rest ride the roller coaster.
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Hodl!!!
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Post by am »

Let it all ride since the loss will not have consequences. Missing out on a significant gain may make you have regrets for a long time. Even though it may be a bubble, it may go on for years to come (or maybe not).
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In the OPs situation I would sell it all now. Of course I never would have bought it in the first place.

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Interesting. A young coworker of mine purchased $7k in Bitcoin in (I believe) 2014 and it is now worth close to $250k. As far as I know, he plans to let it ride.

Gambling does, on occasion, pay off.
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I'm risk adverse. I'd sell $7000 now to recoup my initial money. Now I'm even (and have my emotions under control). Then I'd simply start taking out any future gains on the remainder on a weekly basis. Once it dropped a predetermined amount (just for giggles and grins lets say I decided 10%) I'd sell the remainder. If it continues to go up, I win. If it starts to drop I cash out - and I win.
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i would suggest. selling some immediately to cover your 7k.. then in the new year... i'd sell more to get down to 7k in bitcoin.

at this point you would have covered your "experiment" and got that money back. Taken a profit.. And still retain the amount of bitcoin you where willing to do an experiment with.

Then periodically, i'd check in on that remaining bitcoin, and if appropriate (loaded word)... i'd continue to take profits to reduce my risk back towards that 7k figure i was willing to go to Las Vegas with.
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coalcracker wrote: Fri Dec 01, 2017 6:15 pm
quantAndHold wrote: Fri Dec 01, 2017 6:12 pm Where does bitcoin fit in your overall asset allocation?
Play money.
Depending on things we don't know, your "play" money may actually be causing more stress than fun.

Interesting concept. And may not apply to you at all, but I'm sure it applies to somebody somewhere. :happy

An idea - sell half now and pay the high tax and be happy you made money. Keep the other half and see if it makes it to long term cap gains. Then you'll know for sure which was the better decision that you got half the benefit of. Seems like a win-win to me.
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coalcracker wrote: Fri Dec 01, 2017 6:04 pmI had planned to buy and hold until July 2018 so any gains would be long-term...
If it were my experiment I'd stick to the original plan. Sell in July.
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coalcracker wrote: Fri Dec 01, 2017 6:04 pm I bought about $7000 worth of Bitcoin and Ethereum in July as an experiment and learning process. Well, it is now worth about $21,000.

I had planned to buy and hold until July 2018 so any gains would be long-term, but the recent run-up has me worrying the bubble pop may come sooner. I can afford to lose the initial investment (I kind of expected to), but would rather not :D .

I have long-term capital losses that could offset $3000 of gains both in 2017 and 2018. I am in the highest marginal income tax bracket for short-term gains.

As I see it, I have a few options.

1. Sell it all in 2017. Incur $14,000 in gains and offset $3000.
2. Sell half in 2017, half in January 2018. Incur $14,000 gains and offset $6000.
3. Ride the rollercoaster until July 2018 and sell then.

Any soothsayers out there? What would you do in my situation?

Thanks,
cc
Why not reverse dollar-cost average out of Bitcoin? Sell $4.5k this month, and an equal amount every following month until you are out of Bitcoin.
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coalcracker wrote: Fri Dec 01, 2017 6:04 pm As I see it, I have a few options.

1. Sell it all in 2017. Incur $14,000 in gains and offset $3000.
2. Sell half in 2017, half in January 2018. Incur $14,000 gains and offset $6000.
3. Ride the rollercoaster until July 2018 and sell then.
Something doesn't seem right here. I think you could sell it all today and use the entire $6k. I think the $3k limit each year is against ordinary income, not agains capital gains. However, I don't do any of this and could be wrong.
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If it were me I'd sell it all on January 1.
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I'd sell first thing tomorrow morning. Forget about tax planning, you tripled your investment in something which you (and everyone else who's bought them) know nothing about.
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I'm in nearly the exact same boat. I bought mine last March as basically a lottery ticket (using a tiny percentage of my portfolio that I was perfectly willing to risk). My thought being that I'd hate to have missed out on the "opportunity of a lifetime" when the entry point was fairly modest. What I hadn't counted on was all of this near term upside. I really had no exit strategy.

I now feel like I'm on "Let's make a deal". I can cash out now for a really nice gain or I can choose door #2.

I really like the idea of taking ongoing periodic withdrawals in order to hold the line at the original spend. Maybe I'll start that next week...or the week after. :wink:
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There isn't a great answer to these "When should I sell my bitcoin?" questions, or their sibling: "Is now a good time to buy bitcoin?" Per Boglehead philosophy:

-Pre-determine your desired asset allocation into bitcoin, and rebalance regularly to maintain that same allocation.
-Pre-answer specific questions like: "If my bitcoin increases 10X, how much will I sell?"

You don't have to chain yourself to your historical answers. However, at least you'll have an anchor point to reference, from before your critical thinking was clouded by your gains.
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coalcracker wrote: Fri Dec 01, 2017 6:04 pm I bought about $7000 worth of Bitcoin and Ethereum in July as an experiment and learning process. Well, it is now worth about $21,000.

I had planned to buy and hold until July 2018 so any gains would be long-term, but the recent run-up has me worrying the bubble pop may come sooner. I can afford to lose the initial investment (I kind of expected to), but would rather not :D .

I have long-term capital losses that could offset $3000 of gains both in 2017 and 2018. I am in the highest marginal income tax bracket for short-term gains.

As I see it, I have a few options.

1. Sell it all in 2017. Incur $14,000 in gains and offset $3000.
2. Sell half in 2017, half in January 2018. Incur $14,000 gains and offset $6000.
3. Ride the rollercoaster until July 2018 and sell then.

Any soothsayers out there? What would you do in my situation?

Thanks,
cc
Based on my own dot com experience (my employer's stock went way high, dropped in half, I did not sell, eventually sold for maybe 10% of peak).

I would sell half right now. You have not made money at the casino until you have taken some off the table.

The rest you can ride until July of next year.

Until you have taken some out you have not made any money on this. Half a pie is better than no pie (and the whole pie is not twice as happy as half a pie).

Oh yes, I am not US based, but I had tax reasons not to sell, too.
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coalcracker wrote: Fri Dec 01, 2017 6:04 pm I bought about $7000 worth of Bitcoin and Ethereum in July as an experiment and learning process. Well, it is now worth about $21,000.
...
coalcracker,

Don't forget that, depending on how you are holding your bitcoins, you may be entitled to one Bitcoin Cash and one Bitcoin Gold token for each BTC you own.
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I find it interesting that everyone holding bitcoins is valuing the bitcoins in terms of dollars and wondering how many dollars they will get when they sell. That in itself tells you a lot.

On the flip side, I have not heard anyone with a lot of cash wondering how many bitcoins their cash is worth.
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Hold on as long as you like; but, sell before it tanks.

I'm a little unsure of the timing of those events so you're on your own. :happy
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coalcracker wrote: Fri Dec 01, 2017 6:04 pm I bought about $7000 worth of Bitcoin and Ethereum in July as an experiment and learning process. Well, it is now worth about $21,000.

I had planned to buy and hold until July 2018 so any gains would be long-term, but the recent run-up has me worrying the bubble pop may come sooner. I can afford to lose the initial investment (I kind of expected to), but would rather not :D .

I have long-term capital losses that could offset $3000 of gains both in 2017 and 2018. I am in the highest marginal income tax bracket for short-term gains.

As I see it, I have a few options.

1. Sell it all in 2017. Incur $14,000 in gains and offset $3000.
2. Sell half in 2017, half in January 2018. Incur $14,000 gains and offset $6000.
3. Ride the rollercoaster until July 2018 and sell then.

Any soothsayers out there? What would you do in my situation?

Thanks,
cc
Since your investment tripled, you are in the catbird seat. At this point, you should take action so that no matter what happens you will feel like a winner.

If you sell nothing and it crashes you will lose everything including your initial $7,000. :thumbsdown
If you sell everything and it continues up, you will be have 3x, but no more participation if it goes up 10x. :|
If you sell $7,000 and it crashes you will have no gain or loss. :thumbsdown
If you sell $14,000 you have locked in a 2x gain. and still have a chance for more gains. :thumbsup

I would not let taxes drive my decision.
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I would let it ride and continue adding to the investment with a set percentage of your income. Thats what I do. I took my original investment out long ago. Now, I wish I hadn't.
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coalcracker wrote: Fri Dec 01, 2017 6:15 pm
quantAndHold wrote: Fri Dec 01, 2017 6:12 pm Where does bitcoin fit in your overall asset allocation?
Play money. The initial investment was less than a biweekly paycheck. It's current value is about 0.5% of my net worth.
With those two points, my answer would be any time is a good time (or you can hold it to eternity!).
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Call_Me_Op wrote: Sun Dec 03, 2017 7:28 am Interesting. A young coworker of mine purchased $7k in Bitcoin in (I believe) 2014 and it is now worth close to $250k. As far as I know, he plans to let it ride.

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I'd sell ASAP. But then I'd never own it the first place.

It has had some incredible gains, but so do lottery tickets.

IMO it's more like gambling on getting into a pyramid scheme and getting back out before it collapses. You'd probably need a crystal ball to make even a wild guess about how it might do in the future either up or down. It has NO intrinsic value that can be used to evaluate it, so it all depends on what the next speculator will be willing to pay.

One day last week it dropped over 20% in 90 minutes. It has dropped as much as about 57% in a single day, and something like 75% in the worst 3 and 6 months periods. Not my kind of investment.

But not to worry. I seem to remember reading that John Bogle thinks it will level out at maybe $100 someday, but according to Portfolio Visualizer so far it has never lost more than about 83% of its value, and that took 5 months (From July to November 2011). That time it only took 1 year 7 months to recover.

The second worst drop was only about 79.8% (in 1 year 9 months from Dec 2013 to Aug 2015). Then it took 3 years 3 months to recover.

I suspect that if you had it in a pile of cash and set it on fire, you'd probably need to soak it in gasoline first and fan the flame to make sure it would lose as much as it has done by itself in a single day.

Here are some gee-whiz number showing the worst days. This is daily data from yahoo.

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,,	BTC-USD	  --- worst to best daily gain/loss -----		
,,	Date	    Close   	previous % change
1	2/20/2014	$111.92	$261.53	-57.21%
2	2/24/2014	$174.00	$310.17	-43.90%
3	6/10/2011	$14.65	$23.95	-38.83%
4	7/21/2010	$0.05	$0.08	-36.25%
5	8/5/2011	$6.55	$9.80	-33.16%
6	8/18/2012	$8.00	$11.61	-31.09%
7	11/8/2010	$0.24	$0.34	-28.53%
8	4/9/2013	$165.00	$230.00	-28.26%
9	10/16/2011	$2.56	$3.56	-28.09%
10	11/14/2011	$2.22	$3.00	-26.00%
11	1/14/2015	$164.92	$221.29	-25.47%
12	12/18/2013	$540.98	$714.97	-24.34%
13	4/10/2013	$124.90	$165.00	-24.30%
14	12/6/2013	$845.02	$1,106.35	-23.62%
15	8/2/2011	$9.26	$12.05	-23.15%
16	9/8/2011	$5.03	$6.53	-22.97%
17	2/25/2014	$135.78	$174.00	-21.97%
18	4/12/2013	$93.00	$117.00	-20.51%
19	10/23/2011	$2.55	$3.17	-19.56%
20	2/16/2014	$299.80	$371.07	-19.21%
21	12/4/2010	$0.21	$0.25	-18.33%
22	3/27/2014	$460.45	$562.45	-18.13%
23	5/19/2011	$5.59	$6.81	-17.91%
24	1/13/2015	$221.29	$269.33	-17.84%
25	11/19/2013	$645.69	$785.43	-17.79%
26	12/7/2013	$697.02	$845.02	-17.51%
27	12/16/2013	$759.92	$919.88	-17.39%
28	6/9/2011	$23.95	$28.92	-17.19%
29	4/15/2013	$68.36	$82.39	-17.03%
30	11/16/2010	$0.22	$0.27	-16.85%
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But when? Yesterday. And get paid in cash.
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I would give my opinion but I am still trying to figure how to sell it!
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My wife almost talked me into getting a bitcoin about a year ago when it popped up on NPR and I was investigating it because it sounded cool. I am pretty sure I would've sold it after a 25 percent gain and called myself lucky. I'd be wacky if I had kept it.

We just talked about it a few minutes ago. I was like, "You know 'Fear of missing out''? I don't have that. I don't regret not buying it, because if I had kept it, I'd be watching the price nonstop. Where's the value in that?"

Something to be said for simplification. Good luck.
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brad.clarkston wrote: Fri Dec 01, 2017 6:18 pm Nope I fully exited when the price hit $7k and wont go back now that it's in the secondary market (less miners more purchasers) and the sorry state of cryptocurrency encryption code or lack there of.

Don't even get me started on the wallet code, hopefully you have yours in a offline hard drive wallet.
Happened to my son and his friend who mined in the early days (09, 10) when it was easy and quick with a slow machine to fill up the wallet. Then they lost the wallet (or password or whatever). Could have paid for college. Oh well.
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Honestly, if I were in your situation and the initial investment was 2% of my networth...I would either sell to get 7K back and ride it out to the end, or just ride it out to the end.

You're in a great position. :sharebeer
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Not a soothsayer, but, like you, I am holding a small position in crypto (BTC, ETH, LTC and BTG). Looking at it today and something in me is screaming "sell", but I don't think I can (lol..). I kind of feel like a member of the Titanic's band, but I kind of think I'll just ride it out a bit and see where it goes. I thought about taking the original investment off the table and leaving the gains, but, as you point out, it's not a lot of money in the grand scheme of things and if the upside is something ridiculous then I'll really be kicking myself for pulling the original out. Then again, if it goes to zero I'll really be kicking myself for not pulling it out. Thank goodness almost everything else is in index funds. :happy

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queso wrote: Wed Dec 06, 2017 6:55 am Not a soothsayer, but, like you, I am holding a small position in crypto (BTC, ETH, LTC and BTG). Looking at it today and something in me is screaming "sell", but I don't think I can (lol..). I kind of feel like a member of the Titanic's band, but I kind of think I'll just ride it out a bit and see where it goes. I thought about taking the original investment off the table and leaving the gains, but, as you point out, it's not a lot of money in the grand scheme of things and if the upside is something ridiculous then I'll really be kicking myself for pulling the original out. Then again, if it goes to zero I'll really be kicking myself for not pulling it out. Thank goodness almost everything else is in index funds. :happy

Good luck!
OP here.

I would kick myself more if I don't sell and it goes to zero than if I do sell and it continues to rise. I have convinced myself with the comments here that it's time to cash in and walk away. It was a worthwhile exercise for sure.

Thanks,
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coalcracker wrote: Wed Dec 06, 2017 7:41 am
queso wrote: Wed Dec 06, 2017 6:55 am Not a soothsayer, but, like you, I am holding a small position in crypto (BTC, ETH, LTC and BTG). Looking at it today and something in me is screaming "sell", but I don't think I can (lol..). I kind of feel like a member of the Titanic's band, but I kind of think I'll just ride it out a bit and see where it goes. I thought about taking the original investment off the table and leaving the gains, but, as you point out, it's not a lot of money in the grand scheme of things and if the upside is something ridiculous then I'll really be kicking myself for pulling the original out. Then again, if it goes to zero I'll really be kicking myself for not pulling it out. Thank goodness almost everything else is in index funds. :happy

Good luck!
OP here.

I would kick myself more if I don't sell and it goes to zero than if I do sell and it continues to rise. I have convinced myself with the comments here that it's time to cash in and walk away. It was a worthwhile exercise for sure.

Thanks,
cc
Darn you... I had just made up my mind too. :wink:
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coalcracker wrote: Wed Dec 06, 2017 7:41 am
queso wrote: Wed Dec 06, 2017 6:55 am Not a soothsayer, but, like you, I am holding a small position in crypto (BTC, ETH, LTC and BTG). Looking at it today and something in me is screaming "sell", but I don't think I can (lol..). I kind of feel like a member of the Titanic's band, but I kind of think I'll just ride it out a bit and see where it goes. I thought about taking the original investment off the table and leaving the gains, but, as you point out, it's not a lot of money in the grand scheme of things and if the upside is something ridiculous then I'll really be kicking myself for pulling the original out. Then again, if it goes to zero I'll really be kicking myself for not pulling it out. Thank goodness almost everything else is in index funds. :happy

Good luck!
OP here.

I would kick myself more if I don't sell and it goes to zero than if I do sell and it continues to rise. I have convinced myself with the comments here that it's time to cash in and walk away. It was a worthwhile exercise for sure.

Thanks,
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I bought some btc yesterday. Glad to be the next sucker to support your exit! Thank you for your post as a reminder that having a strategy ahead of time makes the sell decisions easier. FWIW my btc is 0.3% of my "investments".
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Re: Want to sell my Bitcoin, but when?

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David Jay wrote: Tue Dec 05, 2017 5:50 pm
Call_Me_Op wrote: Sun Dec 03, 2017 7:28 am Interesting. A young coworker of mine purchased $7k in Bitcoin in (I believe) 2014 and it is now worth close to $250k. As far as I know, he plans to let it ride.

Gambling does, on occasion, pay off.
A reminder that it hasn't paid off yet...
It has for some - those who have sold recently.
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This kind of thing can be a lot of fun. My guess is it is near the end of a bubble cycle since suddenly everyone I know is talking about it and thinking about "investing". It is amazing watching people do the mental gymnastics to justify getting in. In my experience, once you get that last big push from all the copycats who hear about it on the morning news it is usually the best time to bail.
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“Should I sell this gimmick and guarantee a ridiculous return on investment or should I be greedy and risk losing once the inevitable bubble bursts?”

Tough decision
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Re: Want to sell my Bitcoin, but when?

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coalcracker wrote: Fri Dec 01, 2017 6:04 pm 2. Sell half in 2017, half in January 2018. Incur $14,000 gains and offset $6000.
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Re: Want to sell my Bitcoin, but when?

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RRAAYY3 wrote: Wed Dec 06, 2017 8:10 am “Should I sell this gimmick and guarantee a ridiculous return on investment or should I be greedy and risk losing once the inevitable bubble bursts?”

Tough decision
lol...yeah, when you put it like that.. I think I'll give it a few days and see what the CBOE futures do to the price. I may move some off my Trezor and into an online wallet/exchange so I can be ready to pull the plug.
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Sell a chunk soon. The coming Bitcoin Futures at CME will allow people/pros to much more easily go short. That will start happening.
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Remember the stock CMGI? You don't have gains and actual $$ until you sell. I don't know what the future holds but with large gains and a questionable future, don't ride this into the ground. FWIW, I would be selling large junks of it. I learned from my past mistakes. Good luck.
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Re: Want to sell my Bitcoin, but when?

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coalcracker wrote: Fri Dec 01, 2017 6:04 pm I bought about $7000 worth of Bitcoin and Ethereum in July as an experiment and learning process. Well, it is now worth about $21,000.

It's been like a week, what is with now $30,000? :mrgreen:
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