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BitcoinStu | 3 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 Saylor uses leverage, is he gambling?  Just because you don't understand it doesn't mean it's not possible to apply leverage successfully.
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Nic | 3 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 To me, there's a difference between trading and using leverage. 

Many of us have mortgages that we could pay off, but choose to accumulate Bitcoin instead. That is using debt as an instrument to increase our BTC holding.

Trading on the other hand, I see as reading charts and attempting to time the market.
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BitcoinStu | 3 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 Borrowing money to purchasing bitcoin is using leverage, that's exactly right.  And what's the difference between that and taking a futures position using bitcoin as the equity?  No difference at all, it's all just leverage.

I pay less per year for a futures long than you do on that mortgage I bet.
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BitcoinStu | 3 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 I certainly do time the market.  As I've said previously I opened a futures long in Oct 2023 when price was $27,500.  I'll be dropping that leverage somewhere in the next 6 to 12 months.

At that point I'll probably sell some call options and wait.

Bitcoin's 4 year cycles are pretty clear and obvious.  It doesn't take a savant to understand those cycles and apply leverage at the right points in time.