Ideal times for trading and sending Bitcoin

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eric_diamondFull Member
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#1Oct 22, 2017, 07:15 PM
Honestly, there isn't really a "best" time to trade or send Bitcoin. It all depends on your mindset and where you're located, especially since you need a solid network for trading or sending it. Now, talking about the best moments to send Bitcoin: it's usually when the network is clear and there's not much congestion in the mempool. This way, transactions get through quickly and the receiver gets their funds with no hassle. Weekends, especially Sundays and Saturdays, can be good too. Early mornings or late nights tend to be better because the market can swing wildly like Bitcoin jumping from $60k to $65k and then dropping to $56k in just one day. So, it's wise to avoid rushing. Take your time with transactions to prevent mistakes, like sending to the wrong wallet. As for when to trade, well, it’s not a walk in the park. The best time to trade is when you’re in the right frame of mind. Keep in mind that Bitcoin trading is super volatile, so it really comes down to market analysis and knowing when prices are likely to rise or fall. You can’t pinpoint the perfect moment to trade Bitcoin, but focusing on analysis can help you understand when the market shifts. Just work smarter, not harder. To wrap it up, Bitcoin is accepted all over the globe, allowing you to send and receive it pretty much anywhere, as long as you have an active wallet. Ideally, do your transactions with a solid network, preferably over the weekend, and trade smart.
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pixel2014Hero Member
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#2Oct 23, 2017, 12:24 AM
It is not when the network is stable but when the mempool is not congested. You can use these sites to know the fee rate that you will use: https://jochen-hoenicke.de/queue/#BTC,24h,weight or https://mempool.space/ About trading, it is very risky.
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maxbridgeFull Member
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#3Oct 24, 2017, 07:15 AM
I hope you are aware that Bitcoin market is not one of those regulating markets like the stocks and prediction markets which are being regulated? Perhaps Bitcoin or crypto trading market is a 24/7 market while traders are at their best preferred time to trade. The market is Decentralized and unregulated in the way that at any given time of the day and week you can process your transactions. Transaction fees on it own is what is determined by the network speed. The Bitcoin volatility also has no specific period of the week where the volatility is predictable. So don't give false informations. Sending Bitcoin to wrong addresses is at individuals risks.
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pixel2014Hero Member
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#4Oct 24, 2017, 09:26 AM
The transaction fee set is determined by individual that are making bitcoin transaction and not the network speed. You can use a very low transaction fee and wait for days before getting confirmed, but bitcoin transaction has been getting at or below 0.18 sat/vbtye faster like in less than a day or some hours or even in few minutes, depending on how congested the mempool is. I think you mean transaction fee to get transactions confirmed fast in some minutes or in the next block. That is determined by how less congested the mempool is.
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tom.satoshiFull Member
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#5Oct 24, 2017, 01:25 PM
Your answer cannot be generalized bros, it is not suitable for everyone because we are in different time zones. It's true, the best time to make BTC transaction is when the mempool is quiet, meaning there aren't many transactions in the queue. A few days ago, there was a surge in transactions in the mempool, which caused transaction fees to rise. This doesn't mean it's not a bad time to make BTC transactions, but if you input a fee lower than the normal fee, it will make your transaction take longer to confirm.
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bull_2019Senior Member
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#6Oct 24, 2017, 05:14 PM
The network is always good.. there’s no Bad Network   The congestion isn’t is inside the mempool, “the mempool can be congested” .. it’s understandable anyways but that doesn’t mean you can’t n send when the mempool is congested. It all depends on your transaction size, if you aren’t using so much input which always contributes you will be fine.. The congestion isn’t always that much  everytime, even if it does it will only be for some days/hours  and the fee will still be almost negligible. Except that we’ve experienced some crazy ones in the past But the best time to 'consolidate all those inputs’ that could create such issue  is when the mempool is less congested.
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lynx_rocketSenior Member
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#7Oct 24, 2017, 05:19 PM
Trading is risky, stop telling beginners to trade wisely, tell them the dangers of going into trading without having months of trading lectures, please, some beginners have quit because they started with trading and lost all their money. I have made Bitcoin transactions with 3G network few times before, it's not about slow internet connection or not, even a 2G network can make a Bitcoin transaction, the delays are the congestion that occurs on Bitcoin network at times. Mind you, Lightening Network is already there fixing that issue, for people who are merchants and accepting Bitcoin as means of payment I always recommend Lighting Network to them, if you can't wait, then this is the best option.
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QuantumYieldSenior Member
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#8Oct 24, 2017, 09:04 PM
Best time for sending your coins is when people are usually less active with on chain transactions like funding accounts on centralized exchanges four trading activities for example. They of course possibly have many reasons to move their coins but trading is one of purposes and usually on chain transaction fees are cheaper in weekends like Saturdays and Sundays, somewhat last to early hours of Mondays too. Best time for trading, it's hard to say as it depends on your favorite trading strategies. If you want most volatile time to trade, your favorite trading hours would be different than other traders who can trade with not considerable market volatility. Some topics including mine but I will have to update images which are broken by proxy now. Guide to check fees: Taker, maker, deposit, withdrawal, transaction fees.Bitcoin transaction fees (in sats/kb). Sunday, Saturday are best to move BTCGas_used and Gas limit (19/8/2020 - 19/9/2020) on ETH networkWhen is the best time to send Ethereum transactions?Ethereum: how to save even more on gas price with a weekly plan
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BasedGasHero Member
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#9Oct 25, 2017, 01:32 AM
I don't understand the need for this because the Bitcoin network has been the fastest for most part of the time in the last 6-8 months. So I doubt anyone will have difficulty sending their bitcoin due to network congestion. If you don't know, there used to be a time in 2018, and then recently with BRC20, the network is completely messed up, and fees went up like crazy. That is when people used the suggestion that on the weekend, you may find it a little cheaper, but now it is obsolete.
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coin_sigmaLegendary
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#10Oct 25, 2017, 03:08 AM
Since they already gave you the best time to send about the best time to trade based on your analysis and strategy, most people trade only on weekdays because there isn't much volume on weekends, and most traders choose the time when the market is most volatile, which is usually the New York session. Don't trade during periods of low volatility because prices don't spike very much. And, as others have mentioned above, trading is risky. If you do not have a working strategy or market experience, you should start studying the market and practicing with paper money before trading live.
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mr_lynxFull Member
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#11Oct 25, 2017, 08:22 AM
What actually matter when sending bitcoin is network congestion, because when many people are sending bitcoin the network gets busy. But you can send bitcoin anytime, because the bitcoin network runs 24/7.  The only thing there is that transactions with higher fees get processed fast, while those with lower fees can take up to 1 hours or longer before they get processed. So, imo if your transaction is urgent, you can send anytime with a high fee so that your transaction can be broadcast and confirmed within a short period of time, but if your transaction is not urgent, just wait for lower congestion so that you can use a cheaper fee.
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humblefarmSenior Member
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#12Oct 25, 2017, 08:38 AM
This post reminds me of when the Bitcoin mempool was congested because of Ordinals and others. Transaction fees were so high that traders began to avoid Bitcoin and switch to altcoins for transactions. I make transactions when I need them but not during these attacks. I also consolidate my coins when the transaction fees are low. I have not really observed periods that could offer cheaper transaction fees. Maybe I might have to observe it.
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dan.whaleFull Member
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#13Oct 25, 2017, 01:18 PM
Weekend? You can send your coins at any time or day. There's isn't any specific time for BTC transaction. What we mostly look out for are congestion and right now there isn't any. Fees have been very low for some time. The last congestion that was experienced should be in 2024 can't recall exactly. That's valid, there's no refund when in crypto, once you send coins to a wrong address that would be the end of it. Your coins are lost. So when carrying out transactions, do it with due diligence. I'm not a trader but I can say this, the market is much volatile but quite understandable if you are patient. You won't always make the bag but it's possible to win. Just find time to study and learn.
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alex2014Full Member
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#14Oct 27, 2017, 04:02 AM
Let's talk about one thing in another, not mixing up this, because bitcoin is a digital currency and it memepool congestion could be one of the difficulties in doing transactions, although you can monitor how congested the network is before you initiate a transaction, at the moment bitcoin network is less congested and fees is low. Trading is another topic part that we need to touch on a bit, but what I can say is that you should not trade if you don't have enough trading experience.
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nick2013Senior Member
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#15Oct 27, 2017, 05:27 AM
Trading *actual*, spot Bitcoin is a bad idea because spot fees on exchanges are atrocious. Spot Bitcoin is for buying and holding. What you see day-traders trade is actually a derivative of bitcoin, futures. You can try it if you want but keep in mind you trade "thin air" - you can't just decide not to sell it and withdraw to your wallet.
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raven_sigmaFull Member
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#16Oct 27, 2017, 02:48 PM
Actually their's no best time to trade, or best time to send your bitcoin, what matters in bitcoin trading is your target, trading have a skill if you learn the skills of trading very well, you can trade at anytime and make profit or also lose, but some novice in trading may think that trading have a specific timing, whereas what's important in trading is a risk management.... Secondly, i will advice a trader to trade with what is easier for them to trade with, some people doesn't know how to trade with bitcoin and when they start with bitcoin they lose excessively..
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leo.wolfHero Member
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#17Oct 27, 2017, 04:28 PM
A lot of time there have been this misconception of using the bitcoin network at weekend when the fees are high but this wasn’t true in all aspects because every region has  a difference in time bitcoin network doesn’t have sessions like the other markets as such the best time remains when there is less congestion and not ideally base on time. When did congestion happen because the last time I experienced a network fee for bitcoin above $3 was early last year, I haven’t experienced such this year.
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bit_2016Senior Member
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#18Oct 27, 2017, 09:34 PM
Weekends? maybe for busy people who's got someone waiting for their transfers at the end of the week. But honestly, there's no defined time when it is best to trade or send it. Because it's a 24/7 network and anyone is free to send it whenever they can. The same goes for those who would like to buy it, they can buy it whenever they want it since the markets are also open 24/7.
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maxi_alphaFull Member
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#19Oct 27, 2017, 10:10 PM
You must have a suitable requirement to make Bitcoin transactions, in this you can use Bitcoin mempool. You will get huge savings by using mempool, you can check this mempool for every transaction. In this you will get huge savings. If I want to talk about trading, then of course it is very risky and is responsible for embezzling people's money. So you should definitely stay away from trading, and you should move forward with Bitcoin holding in the future. Because holding is more profitable than trading and the risk is much less
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boss_wizardSenior Member
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#20Oct 28, 2017, 01:00 AM
Anytime is the best time to send bitcoin when ordinal spam don't exist. Current average for transaction fee is 3.1 sats/vB it's already very cheap and since ordinal is kind of dying, expect the fee to be this cheap for a long time.
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