Tag: BEAR MARKET
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Necessity – The Mother Of Invention
Will The Bear Market Defeat You? A lot of new investors underestimate the mental and emotional strength required to take part in financial markets. When optimism and valuation begin to diminish, many investors choose the path being suggested to them, rather than choosing to forge their way forward. A strong conviction, together with a stubborn…
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New Trading Strategy – Update #2
I Continue To Short Regular readers will be aware of a new trading strategy that I recently developed, which operates on 10X leverage. I began testing it exactly two weeks ago and have since then seen a relatively decent return. Fortunately, I was once again able to close all of my open positions this morning.…
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Effective Portfolio Construction & Risk Management – Your Saving Grace!
Foolishness Receives Little Sympathy It never ceases to amaze me how “investors” make terrible decisions and then proceed to blame everyone else when things go south. Sure, being collateral damage in a situation such as UST, Celsius, or FTX is unfortunate. However, it should never be fatal, and yet for so many, it was. I…
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Raising The Bar – Markets Collapse A Lot Faster Than They Rise
Long By Default I can almost guarantee you that more than 90% of Crypto enthusiasts only think in one direction when it comes to the market. Due to logical thought processes, market participants only envision profits being generated by the price of an asset appreciating in value. Even though this is accurate and true, it’s…
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Do More Of What Works
Time Is Limited Even though much of what is done in a bear market will only be realized much later on down the road, it is still possible to monitor and analyze your progress during these early stages. Where are you currently experiencing the most growth in terms of success (not necessarily price) and results?…
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Bitcoin – Update & Analysis
Tracking Performance Keeping track of analysis and its accuracy, or lack thereof is of vital importance when it comes to honing your efficiency as a trader. Simply consuming analysis and never returning to determine its accuracy is a fool’s errand. This is why there is so much garbage on Crypto Twitter. The underlying problem here…
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Keeping Your Eye On The Prize
Distractions Ever since Bitcoin dropped below $30K, many have been calling for the bottom. It was $25K, then $22K. This was followed by the “it will never drop below $20K” narrative. Then we had the crowd at $17.5K, adamantly claiming that it was basically “impossible” for BTC to drop below this level. Well, we have…
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Maintaining Consistency During The Downturns Is The “Secret Sauce”
The Tortious & The Hare Something that I have seen to be quite common, and even prevalent within the Crypto space, is the general desire to avoid “process”. Projects look to launch as quickly as possible, as investors seek out almost immediate gains. I guess it goes hand in hand with how society currently views…
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2022 – The Year Of Legendary & Powerful “Shorts”
The Beauty Of Hindsight Looking back in hindsight can be one of the most powerful and teachable moments for a trader or investor. However, decisions made in the present need to be accurate, in order for the future to validate them. This is obviously a lot easier said than done. Another important aspect to remember…
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Destroying The Bias
So Very Important When bear markets arrive, market participants generally tend to behave exactly as they did during the bull market. In other words, they continue to buy. The narrative changes somewhat, as now a “buy” is considered a bargain. However, it’s simply a case of the “dip keeps dipping”. I tried to communicate this…