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14714221 No.14714221 [Reply] [Original]

Is shorting degenerate gambling?

>> No.14714235

Not if you have solid reasons to believe the asset will depreciate.

>> No.14714237

it's the only way to make money from crypto in longterm

>> No.14714250

>>14714221
If there is a bear market then no. But permabears get fucked hard in the long term.

>> No.14714251

>>14714221
I go both long and short

>> No.14714319

>>14714235
how can somebody possibly predict the price of bitcoin?
inb4 TA
That clearly doesn't work for crypto

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>>14714250
This

>>14714235
This

>>14714251
This

In general I use shorting as a form of capital preservation during bear markets. I manage the risk, set tight stops, don’t use more than 5x leverage. It’s an important part of my overall portfolio

Now I am shorting the 13k resistance heavily for example pix related

>> No.14714374

>>14714221
It's the only way to make buy high sell low profitable.