Avoid This Noob Error!

in #bittrex7 years ago

The whole point of having accounts on different crypto exchanges is to a) spread your risk, as most exchanges aren't yet regulated, and b) have access to a broad spread of currencies, as not all coins are listed on all exchanges.

I was delighted the other day when www.binance.com reopened their doors after their New Year rush, and I was able to sign up. I'm a bit short on BTC at the moment, so I then went into my Bittrex account and... wait for it.... transferred the entire remaining BTC balance out of Bittrex and into Binance.

That was great, in that it allowed me to load up on some ZEC.

Later the same day, though, I was looking at the ADA charts on Bittrex, wondering about an entry point, when the full force of my foolish folly struck home. Taking my BTC balance to zero on Bittrex means that I now can't buy anything on Bittrex!! Doh!! So now I need to either liquidate something else on Bittrex, to create some liquid BTC, or move some in from elsewhere, or buy fresh.

It's not a disaster, and certainly fixable. However, just be aware (of the blindingly obvious) - it's not enough to have multiple exchange accounts. You also need to keep them properly funded.

Expect to thrive...

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I tend to use a couple of "mule" currencies to move between the exchanges, you'll get slaughtered on fees with BTC/ ETH etc. Neo is excellent if you can use that as it has no fees on any of the exchanges, Ethereum classic is also good to quickly move value between exchanges.. what you doing buying Zcash??

That's great info, @stingr4y - thank you!

ZCash is on my little Post-It note at the moment - Go Long on Any Break Above 0.05! I jumped a little early because fills are SO fast on Binance! But I'm happy to hodl, as ever...

Get storm! That'll explode soon. I want to buy some while its cheap today but I havnent got the cash until tomorrow..

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