QUOTE(wengherng @ Dec 4 2017, 10:34 PM)
Yeah well, I suppose you're right, if the actual bitcoin price at the exchanges really crashed down to my average purchase price, many people would really jump from 14th floor.
But still, I wouldn't be happy to see my stash value go down.
Let's just hope that the exchanges are reasonable and smart about this.
the other factor is this
to go short, bears loan a lot of bitcoin on exchanges, like take up 70-80% of all bitcoin in the exchange.
this caused lending interest to spike, sometimes to the tune of 0.5% to 1% per day.
so they borrowed at high interest, dump then faster close it when it reaches their target levels. those very long red candles down 10-15% never lasts more than 4-5days simply cuz it's super expensive to maintain short position. imagine if they push down 30%, if never close by 30th day their daily interest would eat finish their gains.
with CME with the picture, they dunt have to borrow any bitcoins, they simply click sell and they sell their paper bitcoin d.
so without this running interest cuz it's not dictated by market lending supply/demand, they could sell n leave their position for a long time, as long as their contract is valid(let's say 1month contract).
that's how they could artificially surpress bitcoin prices cuz it's freaking paper bitcoin.
This post has been edited by AllnGap: Dec 4 2017, 11:07 PM