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trading bitcoin vs buying

While this has traditionally involved buying bitcoin through an exchange, hoping that its price will rise in time, cryptocurrency traders are increasingly using. Buying bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies has never been easier, but there's still Gemini: This U.S.-based crypto exchange trades bitcoin, ether, bitcoin cash. Buy BTC. Later sell the crypto for a gain or loss. These steps, however, depend on the exchange or trading platform you're using. Here are.

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For Professional Traders only

Experienced traders who meet the criteria can qualify for our Professional Trader account. You get broker-assisted dealing* and have a dedicated Client Relationship Manager. However, you will lose the following benefits:

Negative balance protection
Lower leverage limits

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Professional clients can incur losses that exceed deposits

Professional Client Status Details

You remain entitled to

We are not obliged to offer the following to Professional Clients but have elected to continue doing so:

Client money remains segregated from our funds and will be unaffected in the event of our insolvency.

Best Execution remains unchanged as we owe all our clients a duty of best execution.

The detail of Trade Confirmations remain unchanged and are sent by the end of the first business day following the execution of the trade, or earlier.

Key Information Documents remain available to you.

You lose the following

You will lose some FCA protections:

Margin and Leverage Limits remain unchanged despite the changes that ESMA introduce for retail clients.

Mandatory changes to product features which protect retail clients will not be mandatory for you. (e.g. negative balance protection and margin close out levels).

We will assume you have the relevant knowledge and experience levels to understand the risks in trading leveraged products.

We may use more sophisticated language when dealing with you as a Professional Client than we do with our retail clients.

Professional Trader criteria

To qualify as a Professional Client you need to meet two of these three criteria:

Trading volume: Made an average of 10 significantly sized transactions per quarter over the last four quarters

Portfolio: Have a financial instrument portfolio, including cash deposits, exceeding €500,000

Experience: Worked in a professional position in the financial sector requiring knowledge of trading leveraged products for at least 1+ year(s)

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Margin Rates

Min. Professional Margin Rates⁺
Major Indices	0.25%
Major FX	0.25%
Commodities	0.5%
Shares	3%
Crypto	5%

Margin Requirement Examples

Market	Trade Size	Opening price	Margin required for Professional Clients⁺
Germany 30	1 CFD	12,000	£27 (400:1)
GBP/USD	100 CFDs	1.4	£24.44 (400:1)
Barclays	1 CFD	210	£6.30 (33.3:1)
Bitcoin $	1 CFD	8,000	£279.27 (20:1)

Market	Trade Size	Opening price	Margin required for Professional Clients
Germany 30	£1 per point	12,000	£30 (400:1)
GBP/USD	£1 per point	1.4	£35 (400:1)
Barclays	£1 per point	210	£6.30 (33.3:1)
Bitcoin $	£1 per point	8,000	£400 (20:1)

Источник: https://www.cityindex.co.uk/trading-academy/crypto/buying-bitcoin-vs-bitcoin-trading/

Trading bitcoin vs buying