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Originally Posted by
monsterj
I don't understand your thesis. What type of exposure are you talking about in terms of financial risk? If I have $100 in the SPY, how much will I make if bitcoin doubles? How much if it crumbles to $1k?
Sure most companies have looked into bitcoin, my trading firm has as well, but we stopped when we couldn't get rid of execution risk. So, we aren't trading it, and neither are most other major Chicago and NYC market makers, the volumes are low and the execution risk is very real.
Interesting post about the reality.
I have often wondered about the gambling processors in this regard.
They will quote you a fiat to BTC exchange at time of deposit. Then they give you sometimes 5-20 minutes to make the transaction.
That's a lot of time and exposure on their side. How do they underwrite that? I guess it says they are popping the gambling site pretty good on the processing fee.
If you open up a chart and decide not to execute during a rising market there is no foul. You get three failed attempts in my experience. You don't even have to wait for the offer to expire. Just get another quote and don't execute the first.
There was a recent run up where I played this game. It's a small win but satisfying.