Investment Strategies in Bitcoin. Slide deck on Investing and Trading Bitcoin. Introduction on Trading Bitcoin, recommendations on tools and sites as well as descriptions on fundamental and technical analysis.

1. Investment Strategies
in Bitcoin
Harry Yeh
Binary Financial
http://binaryfin.com
@harryyeh
info@binaryfin.com

2. Trading Bitcoin
• Trading 101
• Fundamental Analysis
• Technical Analysis and Charting
• References
• Q & A

3. Trading 101

4. Trading 101
• Where is the price going to be?
• Ways to Trade Bitcoin
• Terminology
• Trader Psychology

5. Where is the price going to
be?

6. Where is the price going to
be?
• Use a combination of fundamental analysis and
technical analysis
• Trend Following

7. Ways to Trade Bitcoin

8. Ways to Trade Bitcoin
• Money Making Methods
• On Exchange
• OTC (Over the Counter)
• Arbitrage
• Market Making

9. Money Making Methods
• "Buy Low - Sell High"
• Margin Trading “shorting” (Bitfinex)
• Futures trading (Huobi,BitMex) - Derivatives
• Options (In the works - CFTC LedgerX )

10. On Exchange

11. • OTC (Over the Counter)

12. Arbitrage
• “Simultaneous Buying and selling of the same
commodity or currency in one market and
selling on another”
• Buy OTC (over the counter) and sell on
Exchange

13. Market Making
• Providing Liquidity - essentially providing
“Limit” orders for both buy and sell
• Profit from the spread
• Usually Algo Trading or HFT Electronic Trading

14. Terminology

15. Terminology
• Bid / Offer / Buy / Long
• Ask / Sell / Short

16. Trader Psychology

17. Trader Psychology
• Cut Losses Quickly
• Let Profits Run
• Always have an exit strategy
• ATP = Always Take Profits
• ATB = Always Be Trading - 10,000 hrs to be
proficient - 40,000 to master

18. Trader Psychology
• DON’T PIG OUT!!!!

19. Fundamental Analysis

20. Fundamental Analysis
• What is Fundamental Analysis

21. What is Fundamental
Analysis
• Fundamental Analysis in Bitcoin is primarily
News Analysis and Macro events
• Bitcointalk, Reedit /r bitcoin
• Research Driven -

22. Technical Analysis and
Charting

23. Technical Analysis and
Charting
• What is Technical Analysis
• Tools
• Type of Charts and Data
• Technical Indicators
• Chart Patterns

24. What is Technical Analysis?

25. What is Technical Analysis?
• Study of Charts and Patterns to determine
where the price may go
• “Past performance gives a better indicator of
how something may perform”
• A “Self Fulfilling Prophecy” - used by Traders

26. Tools

27. Tools (Software)
• (RTBTC)
• Bitcoin Wisdom http://bitcoinwisdom.com
• BFXData.com
• cryptowat.ch
• Notifications
• Use Apps to Notify on Pricing

28. Zero block

29. Bitcoin Wisdom

30. cryptowat.ch

31. BFX Data

32. Tools (Hardware)
• Notifications
• Apple Watch

33. Tools (Hardware)
• Trader Workstation

34. Tools (Hardware)

35. Tools (Hardware)

36. Types of Charts and Data

37. Types of Charts and Data
• Bitcoin Price Chart
• Visual Depth Chart and Order Book
• Time and Sales

38. Bitcoin Price Chart

39. Visual Depth Chart and
Order Book

40. Time and Sales

41. Technical Indicators

42. Technical Indicators
• Candle Sticks
• Volume Indicator
• Exponential Moving Averages
• Stochastic (Momentum)
• RSI - Overbought / Oversold

43. Candle Sticks

44. Volume Indicator

45. Exponential Moving
Averages

46. Stochastic (Momentum)

47. RSI - Overbought / Oversold

48. Chart Patterns

49. Chart Patterns
• Parabolic
• Dead Cat Bounce
• Sideways Action
• BULL BEAR WHALE (rare)

50. Parabolic

51. Dead Cat Bounce

52. Sideways Action

53. BULL BEAR WHALE

54. References

55. References
• https://bitcoinwisdom.com/
• https://zeroblock.com/
• https://coindesk.com
• http://bfxdata.com

56. Books
• Trend Following - Michael Covel http://
amzn.to/1mAthZW
• Trading for a Living: Psychology, Trading
Tactics and Money Management http://
amzn.to/1uc2e0T

57. Binary Financial
• Hedge Fund
• Electronic Trading, Market Making
• Facilitate Large Block Trades with High Net
Worth Clients and Institutions
• Trusted Counter Party
• Investments

58. Contact
• http://linkedin.com/in/harryyeh
• info@binaryfin.com
• http://twitter.com/harryyeh
• http://twitter.com/binaryfin

59. Q & A

60. Thank You
The North American Bitcoin
Conference! (and Moe)