Pick a bitcoin trading style and strategy

How to day trade bitcoin

Day trading bitcoin means that you’ll open and close a position within one single trading day – so you won’t have any bitcoin market exposure overnight. This means that you’ll avoid overnight funding charges on your position. This strategy could be for you if you’re looking to profit from bitcoin’s short-term price movements, and it can enable you to make the most of daily volatility in bitcoin’s price.

How to trend trade bitcoin

Trend trading means taking a position which matches the current trend. For example, if the market is in a bullish trend, you’d go long and if the trend was bearish, you’d go short. If this trend started to slow or reverse, you’d think about closing your position and opening a new one to match the emerging trend.

Bitcoin hedging strategy

Hedging bitcoin means mitigating your exposure to risk by taking an opposing position to one you already have open. You’d do this if you were concerned about the market moving against you. For example, if you owned some bitcoins but were concerned about a short-term drop in their value, you could open a short position on bitcoin with CFDs. If the market price of bitcoin falls, the gains on your short position would offset some or all of the losses on the coins you own.

HODL bitcoin strategy

The ‘HODL’ bitcoin strategy involves buying and holding bitcoin. Its name derives from a misspelling of ‘hold’ on a popular cryptocurrency forum, and it is now often said to stand for ‘hold on for dear life’. However, this phrase shouldn’t be taken too seriously – you should only buy and hold bitcoin if you’ve got a positive outlook on its long-term price. If your research or trading plan indicates that you should sell your positions to take profit or limit loss, you should – or you could set stop losses to close your positions automatically.

Trading bitcoin derivatives

Trading bitcoin derivatives with us means that instead of owning bitcoin outright, you’ll be speculating on its price with CFDs. As a result, you’ll be able to take a position on bitcoin’s price rising by ‘going long’ or falling by ‘going short’. Here are other benefits of trading bitcoin derivatives with us:

Buying bitcoin through an exchange

Buying bitcoin through an exchange is mainly for those who use a buy-and-hold bitcoin strategy. This is because buying through an exchange means that you’re taking direct ownership of bitcoin – with the expectation that its price will rise.

Crypto 10 Index

As well as trading bitcoin derivatives or buying coins directly from an exchange, you can trade Crypto 10 Index that gives you exposure to 10 major cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin in one single trade. This index speculates on these Cryptocurrencies and closely tracks or mirrors the underlying market price of them.

Set your stops and limits

Stops and limits are crucial risk management tools – and you have several to choose from when you trade with us:

Open and monitor your trade

To open a bitcoin trade, you’d buy if you thought that the price was going to rise or sell if you thought the price was going to fall. Once your trade is open, you’ll need to monitor the market to make sure that it’s moving in the way you anticipated.

Close your position to take a profit or cut a loss

You can close your position whenever you like to take a profit, or to cut a loss that has reached a level that makes you uncomfortable. Your profits will be paid directly into your trading account, while your losses will be deducted from your account balance.