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The buying, selling or exchanging of Bitcoins or other cryptocurrencies for other currencies or commodities.

Cryptocurrencies can be traded for other cryptocurrencies and fiat currencies. These trade typically happen on exchanges or in OTC trades.

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What is the superscript number in Bitcoinica prices?

Since Bitcoinica has been released I've been reading a bit about Forex. But i don't know what the superscript number refers to in the price quotes on the front page. How is this number calculated and what does it indicate? Or are they just simply…
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Ways to monitoring BTC trading profit and loss?

Does anyone have recommendations when it comes to monitoring BTC trading profit and loss? I find it confusing when taking into account the transaction fee the exchanges impose (ie- GDAX). I use Coinigy for charts and entering orders.
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Trading software

I googled some time, but didn't find anything - is it possible to add btc market into software like meta trader? Or is there any (free) analysis software for that? I just found info about some software (bitcointrader), which used to exist, but that…
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What's the best way for someone in Israel to move money in and out of Mt. Gox and/or Tradehill?

There is an Israeli bitcoin exchange (BitCoil), but it has been closed some time before and it doesn't currently support limit orders. I want to understand what's the best way, without using BitCoil, to move dollars in and out of Mt. Gox and/or…
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What's the point of trading BTC if you're limited in the things you can buy

If you're trying to make a profit by trading BTC... fine, I get it. What other reasons are there to trade BTC?
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Are there immediate plans to make Bitcoin more accessible to Forex traders?

Most people trading in foreign currencies are not technical, and will not learn how to operate the "technical jungle" that is Bitcoin. Are there any known plans to expose Bitcoin to Forex while staying in their comfort zone - e.g. any existing…
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How do you leverage your bitcoins?

I was previously putting my bitcoins into btcjam, but as there are no longer any secured loans I was thinking about moving my bitcoins into something else that will generate some profit over time while keeping the bitcoins in circulation.…
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How Does One Make Money from Bitcoin Trading?

Now, this is my disclaimer: I'm very, very inexperienced with trading and general concepts of finance. The way I understand it, the only way to make money from bitcoin is either to mine them yourself, or to trade them. Now, the way I see to make…
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What is the "Maintenance" amount referring to on the bitcoin exchange Bitcoinica?

I have tried out Bitcoinica, and although it is complicated i like it a lot! What confused me is the "Maintenance" amount shown in the Account overview. It looks like it is not explained on the website. If it is the fee, it is quite steep, i must…
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Proximity to exchanges and pricing

I have read that numerous high frequency trading firms build datacenters near equity exchanges to minimize the milliseconds necessary to get quotes and execute trades. In the case of buying and selling Bitcoin, is my broker's proximity to an…
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Is there a bitcoin robot?

Is there a bitcoin robot that can automatically trade bitcoin for USD? I see that bitcoin rates fluctuate every day and has different rates at different exchanges, and it could be easily traded like other currencies. So, is there a bitcoin robot,…
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What happened to Bitoption.org?

BitOption was one of the first sites that traded Bitcoin Options. I was going to put it up as an answer to this question, but then noticed that I'm getting a 502 Bad Gateway error. Does anybody know what happened to them?
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Is bitcoin the only entrance to buying other coins?

I am totally newbie and looking into buying some other coins such as Megacoin and Quark with my bank account. After some research, I found that the only way to buy those coins seems to be buying them with Bitcoin. Are there ways for me to directly…
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Exchange with Puts and calls?

Is there a bitcoin trading exchange that supports puts and calls? Thanks!
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Available ways to buy Bitcoin using leverage

I have seen several exchanges that currently offer the ability to take BTC long positions with leverage. BTC.sx - leverage directly from the BTC.sx, 0.85% / day Bitfinex - leverage from other account holders, rates vary, but ~ 0.15-0.20% / day over…
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