I have 100$ in bitshares in poloniex what do I do? do I have to change to another currency ? im new
if you want to exchange them into NOTEs then you will need to withdraw them into a bts wallet ..
I would recommend the following:
1) go to wallet.bitshares.org
2) create a new account name
3) register your account name on the blockchain via the faucet (IMORTANT STEP)
4) withdraw you funds from poloniex using the account name you just registered (maybe test with small amount first)
5) when you see you funds .. click the "exchange" buttom on the top and browse to the "BTS:NOTE" market (or vice versa)
6) sell your BTS for NOTE .. or the other way round .. by NOTE with BTS

like you do in other exchanges
after your order was matched (usually after 20-30 seconds) you will see NOTE in your wallet ..