Investing Strategies for Bitcoin

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Investing in Bitcoin can be a scary endeavor. Not everyone can be a major investor in Bitcoin but there is enough room for just about anyone to dip their toe. One of the best things you can do is to go into the process with a sound strategy.

While there is no 100% perfect strategy when it comes to investing in Bitcoin, there are a few simple things that can help you get things right. Follow these simple strategies and you will be in the best possible position to turn a profit and grow your portfolio over time.

Keep Up with Your Strategy

If you talk to a financial advisor about investing in anything – not just Bitcoin – they will tell you that there is no perfect way to invest. Having said that, the best thing that you can do as an investor is to stay consistent with your strategy and not waver the second that it doesn’t show positive results.

Though it may be difficult at times, staying consistent is the best thing that you can do as an investor. There will be lows with any investment strategy, but being consistent and staying the course will help ensure that you are still there when the highs happen. It will also prevent any rash decisions from being made that could wind up costing you dearly in the end.

Dollar-Cost Averaging

When it comes to investing in Bitcoin, one of the smartest moves to make is to use dollar-cost averaging. Keep up with the news, do your research, and keep a sound mind. But make sure that you use dollar-cost averaging to keep your position strong by investing a fixed amount of money rather than buying a single position at once.

Over time, the cost basis of your total investment will be the average price that you paid over a particular period of time rather than what the market price was at the time that you bought in. It is a simple but effective strategy that will help you do more with your money and avoid the massive rises and falls that Bitcoin is susceptible to.

Liquidity is Key

At the end of the day, an investment is also determined by its liquidity. The liquidity of an investment is the ease or difficulty of converting that asset into cash. Investing in Bitcoin is great because it is a far more liquid investment than most of the other altcoins that you are going to find out there.

The extreme volatility of Bitcoin is tough to face but knowing that you can get your money out at virtually any time is also critical. Though you want to avoid making rash, knee-jerk decisions, it does provide some sense of peace knowing that you could get your money without having to jump through many hoops.

Look into Tax-Loss Harvesting

Like other forms of investing, Bitcoin experiences major drops. The main silver lining of that is there is the opportunity to take advantage of something known as tax-loss harvesting. When you sell crypto at a loss, a taxable event is triggered and capital losses are locked in that can offset your capital gains. In the end, it reduces your overall tax burdens.

While it might be more ideal to just earn gain after gain, offsetting those tax burdens can be a good thing from time to time. It can be quite complicated to deploy this strategy, so talking to a financial advisor may be the best course of action. Investing in Bitcoin is far from black and white, so get a bit of help where possible.

Bernard - Side-Line Staff Chief editor

Bernard Van Isacker is the Chief Editor of Side-Line Magazine. With a career spanning more than two decades, Van Isacker has established himself as a respected figure in the darkwave scene.

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