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Hi guys,

Based on my technical analysis I had strong suspicion that bitshares was to rise or finish higher than the last 30 days so a month ago I went all in with my BTS shorting bitUSD @ 250 BTS/bitUSD. It since expired yesterday yet there are no transactions or anything showing me what happened. There is a bug in the GUI when I goto the cover tab and click cover, the expired column shows up but dissappears when I close the cover popup dialog box.

I understand that the market engine put up a buy for bitUSD at the call price for the amount that was owed. My questions are:

1) Why does it still need to hold my collateral still?
2) Why was there no tx showing the bitUSD buy? Leaves you wondering what happened.
3) Where is my BTS? I should have more than I started with.
4) There are $80k at the call price, in what order would my position be resolved? It may take months for this position to unwind correct?
5) Are there any plans to fix this with bitasset 3.0?

since its already expired, I can't cover anymore by reshorting, but im not even sure that is the right thing to do.

Thanks!

1) It will hold your collateral until the position is closed.  You can do this manually by purchasing bitUSD off the market to cover.
2)There likely hasn't been one yet.  The expired short has put a buy order at the feed to purchase bitUSD to cover the short.
3)Its still locked as collateral until you cover it with the required amount of bitUSD.  Its cheaper now to buy bitUSD so the collateral you get back will exceed what you have to pay to cover. You'll have a profit.
4)I don't know.  I assume in the order which they were placed??
5)This is how it is supposed to work, very similar to what you can expect in BTA2.0. Though I think you should be able to purchase bitUSD with your collateral to cover.  I'm not sure if this is going to be changed in the next update or not.

You can cover expired shorts? I don't get why my collateral needs to be locked up if im not short anymore. I end up taking on full risk after my short expires because i have to wait until someone buys at the feed (or buy more to cover expired short?)

I'm sure you can although I'm not sure of the process, I havn't been able to use my desktop client for a long time now, crashes everytime I enter the exchange, so I'd be guessing.  I assume in the COVER tab you can click on the order and cover if you have bitUSD available? just like you could if the order was still open, IDK.  Your collateral needs to be locked up because you *are still short.  Until you buy back the bitUSD.

You could neutralize your bitUSD short by going long bitCNY... I know its not a pure play, but it will reduce the exposure you have to bts until your bitUSD short is covered by the system.

I'm not sure why you suggest bitCNY.  Is it because of the more liquid market / closer peg?  You'd obviously still be at the mercy of CNY/USD  but that is fairly stable I guess.  The only way to truely neutralize your position is to purchase bitUSD equal to what you owe on your shorts and either wait for them to fill or figure out how to cover them.  I'll attempt to get my client working again and look around.


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You could neutralize your bitUSD short by going long bitCNY... I know its not a pure play, but it will reduce the exposure you have to bts until your bitUSD short is covered by the system.

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was it one big short  or more than one?

The collateral will released only if the order is covered in total...
I assume only a % of your short is covered from the system


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4) There are $80k at the call price, in what order would my position be resolved? It may take months for this position to unwind correct?
Maybe...  Except you get a loan of BTS, cover manually your order , and give the BTS back...
If BTS go higher you will be lucky you not covered early    8)

since its already expired, I can't cover anymore by reshorting, but im not even sure that is the right thing to do.

re-shorting means you need more BTS... if you have them but you are not confident the price goes higher ... you could buy with your BTS bitUSD with a premium an cover your position.... if not now maybe a bit later when the premium goes down due bitasset.v3...

How do you check what % was covered by the system?
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Hi guys,

Based on my technical analysis I had strong suspicion that bitshares was to rise or finish higher than the last 30 days so a month ago I went all in with my BTS shorting bitUSD @ 250 BTS/bitUSD. It since expired yesterday yet there are no transactions or anything showing me what happened. There is a bug in the GUI when I goto the cover tab and click cover, the expired column shows up but dissappears when I close the cover popup dialog box.

I understand that the market engine put up a buy for bitUSD at the call price for the amount that was owed. My questions are:

1) Why does it still need to hold my collateral still?
2) Why was there no tx showing the bitUSD buy? Leaves you wondering what happened.
3) Where is my BTS? I should have more than I started with.
4) There are $80k at the call price, in what order would my position be resolved? It may take months for this position to unwind correct?
5) Are there any plans to fix this with bitasset 3.0?

since its already expired, I can't cover anymore by reshorting, but im not even sure that is the right thing to do.

Thanks!

1) It will hold your collateral until the position is closed.  You can do this manually by purchasing bitUSD off the market to cover.
2)There likely hasn't been one yet.  The expired short has put a buy order at the feed to purchase bitUSD to cover the short.
3)Its still locked as collateral until you cover it with the required amount of bitUSD.  Its cheaper now to buy bitUSD so the collateral you get back will exceed what you have to pay to cover. You'll have a profit.
4)I don't know.  I assume in the order which they were placed??
5)This is how it is supposed to work, very similar to what you can expect in BTA2.0. Though I think you should be able to purchase bitUSD with your collateral to cover.  I'm not sure if this is going to be changed in the next update or not.

You can cover expired shorts? I don't get why my collateral needs to be locked up if im not short anymore. I end up taking on full risk after my short expires because i have to wait until someone buys at the feed (or buy more to cover expired short?)
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Xeldal

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Hi guys,

Based on my technical analysis I had strong suspicion that bitshares was to rise or finish higher than the last 30 days so a month ago I went all in with my BTS shorting bitUSD @ 250 BTS/bitUSD. It since expired yesterday yet there are no transactions or anything showing me what happened. There is a bug in the GUI when I goto the cover tab and click cover, the expired column shows up but dissappears when I close the cover popup dialog box.

I understand that the market engine put up a buy for bitUSD at the call price for the amount that was owed. My questions are:

1) Why does it still need to hold my collateral still?
2) Why was there no tx showing the bitUSD buy? Leaves you wondering what happened.
3) Where is my BTS? I should have more than I started with.
4) There are $80k at the call price, in what order would my position be resolved? It may take months for this position to unwind correct?
5) Are there any plans to fix this with bitasset 3.0?

since its already expired, I can't cover anymore by reshorting, but im not even sure that is the right thing to do.

Thanks!

1) It will hold your collateral until the position is closed.  You can do this manually by purchasing bitUSD off the market to cover.
2)There likely hasn't been one yet.  The expired short has put a buy order at the feed to purchase bitUSD to cover the short.
3)Its still locked as collateral until you cover it with the required amount of bitUSD.  Its cheaper now to buy bitUSD so the collateral you get back will exceed what you have to pay to cover. You'll have a profit.
4)I don't know.  I assume in the order which they were placed??
5)This is how it is supposed to work, very similar to what you can expect in BTA2.0. Though I think you should be able to purchase bitUSD with your collateral to cover.  I'm not sure if this is going to be changed in the next update or not.

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was it one big short  or more than one?

The collateral will released only if the order is covered in total...
I assume only a % of your short is covered from the system


PS

4) There are $80k at the call price, in what order would my position be resolved? It may take months for this position to unwind correct?
Maybe...  Except you get a loan of BTS, cover manually your order , and give the BTS back...
If BTS go higher you will be lucky you not covered early    8)

since its already expired, I can't cover anymore by reshorting, but im not even sure that is the right thing to do.

re-shorting means you need more BTS... if you have them but you are not confident the price goes higher ... you could buy with your BTS bitUSD with a premium an cover your position.... if not now maybe a bit later when the premium goes down due bitasset.v3...
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Hi guys,

Based on my technical analysis I had strong suspicion that bitshares was to rise or finish higher than the last 30 days so a month ago I went all in with my BTS shorting bitUSD @ 250 BTS/bitUSD. It since expired yesterday yet there are no transactions or anything showing me what happened. There is a bug in the GUI when I goto the cover tab and click cover, the expired column shows up but dissappears when I close the cover popup dialog box.

I understand that the market engine put up a buy for bitUSD at the call price for the amount that was owed. My questions are:

1) Why does it still need to hold my collateral still?
2) Why was there no tx showing the bitUSD buy? Leaves you wondering what happened.
3) Where is my BTS? I should have more than I started with.
4) There are $80k at the call price, in what order would my position be resolved? It may take months for this position to unwind correct?
5) Are there any plans to fix this with bitasset 3.0?

since its already expired, I can't cover anymore by reshorting, but im not even sure that is the right thing to do.

Thanks!
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