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Crypto Success: Bitcoin Trading & Investment Strategies podcast.
I’m Crypto Willy, and here’s your no-fluff, tech-forward briefing on Bitcoin trading and investment strategies from the past week.
Bitcoin spent the week chopping between the low $118k and $122k band after an overnight push ran into profit-taking, with analysts at Bitfinex warning that Tuesday’s U.S. CPI and later PPI could “make or break” momentum and even trigger a retrace toward $110k if risk-off hits, as reported by CoinDesk on August 11. James Van Straten at CoinDesk also flagged a CME weekend gap between $117,430 and $119,000—gap-fill mechanics are on every pro trader’s dashboard right now. The Cryptonomist added a caution note today, pointing to July U.S. inflation as the short-term volatility catalyst and noting pattern echoes between Bitcoin’s July monthly candle and prior macro risk windows.
On the bull case, sentiment remains greed-leaning. Changelly’s dashboard pegs the Fear & Greed Index around the high 60s/70, with BTC hovering near $119k and a near-term neutral-to-bullish bias into mid-August. Meanwhile, CoinCentral over the weekend floated the $150k narrative, citing Charles Edwards’ energy-value model implying fair value could sit roughly 45% higher than spot, and macro tailwinds like stronger institutional accumulation. It’s a stretch goal in a CPI week, but it frames the upside if data cooperate.
Strategy-wise, this is a trader’s market: range, mean-reversion, and event-driven breakouts. My playbook:
- Map the range: $122k resistance, $117k–$118k support, with a potential liquidity sweep toward $110k if CPI disappoints. Fade extremes until CPI resolves; pivot to momentum only on high-timeframe close above range and rising open interest with positive funding.
- Respect gaps: The CME gap narrative can magnetize price intraday. Don’t fight it; plan entries around gap fills with tight invalidation.
- Manage leverage: Keep position sizing light into CPI/PPI; use options collars if you’re hedging long-term spot.
For investors, the allocation question of 2025 is ETFs vs self-custody. OneKey’s industry explainer recaps that spot Bitcoin ETFs—launched in early 2024—pulled roughly $5B of inflows in January and continue to bridge TradFi to crypto, offering convenience and brokerage-account integration. But exchange failures and headline hacks revived self-custody demand. Translation: if you want simplicity and regulated rails, ETFs fit; if you prize sovereignty and on-chain utility, go self-custody with a hardened setup (hardware wallet, open-source firmware, multisig if size warrants). I personally like dollar-cost averaging core exposure, then using ETFs for tax-advantaged accounts and a cold wallet for discretionary stacking.
Rotation watch: CoinDesk noted ETH held above $4,200 while SOL, DOGE, and SUI slipped 3%–4%, signaling a cautious risk tone. Diamond Pigs’ August update showed diversified strategies beating Bitcoin-only this cycle, with Ethereum-led baskets outperforming—useful color if you’re balancing a BTC core with high-beta satellites. CoinCentral’s alt radar has ADA and DOGE regaining momentum, but size positions responsibly—beta cuts both ways when macro volatility hits.
Bottom line from Crypto Willy: let macro set the tempo this week, trade the range until it breaks, hedge tail risk, and keep your custody game tight. Thanks for tuning in—come back next week for more. This has been a Quiet Please production. For me, check out QuietPlease dot A I.
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I’m Crypto Willy, and here’s your no-fluff, tech-forward briefing on Bitcoin trading and investment strategies from the past week.
Bitcoin spent the week chopping between the low $118k and $122k band after an overnight push ran into profit-taking, with analysts at Bitfinex warning that Tuesday’s U.S. CPI and later PPI could “make or break” momentum and even trigger a retrace toward $110k if risk-off hits, as reported by CoinDesk on August 11. James Van Straten at CoinDesk also flagged a CME weekend gap between $117,430 and $119,000—gap-fill mechanics are on every pro trader’s dashboard right now. The Cryptonomist added a caution note today, pointing to July U.S. inflation as the short-term volatility catalyst and noting pattern echoes between Bitcoin’s July monthly candle and prior macro risk windows.
On the bull case, sentiment remains greed-leaning. Changelly’s dashboard pegs the Fear & Greed Index around the high 60s/70, with BTC hovering near $119k and a near-term neutral-to-bullish bias into mid-August. Meanwhile, CoinCentral over the weekend floated the $150k narrative, citing Charles Edwards’ energy-value model implying fair value could sit roughly 45% higher than spot, and macro tailwinds like stronger institutional accumulation. It’s a stretch goal in a CPI week, but it frames the upside if data cooperate.
Strategy-wise, this is a trader’s market: range, mean-reversion, and event-driven breakouts. My playbook:
- Map the range: $122k resistance, $117k–$118k support, with a potential liquidity sweep toward $110k if CPI disappoints. Fade extremes until CPI resolves; pivot to momentum only on high-timeframe close above range and rising open interest with positive funding.
- Respect gaps: The CME gap narrative can magnetize price intraday. Don’t fight it; plan entries around gap fills with tight invalidation.
- Manage leverage: Keep position sizing light into CPI/PPI; use options collars if you’re hedging long-term spot.
For investors, the allocation question of 2025 is ETFs vs self-custody. OneKey’s industry explainer recaps that spot Bitcoin ETFs—launched in early 2024—pulled roughly $5B of inflows in January and continue to bridge TradFi to crypto, offering convenience and brokerage-account integration. But exchange failures and headline hacks revived self-custody demand. Translation: if you want simplicity and regulated rails, ETFs fit; if you prize sovereignty and on-chain utility, go self-custody with a hardened setup (hardware wallet, open-source firmware, multisig if size warrants). I personally like dollar-cost averaging core exposure, then using ETFs for tax-advantaged accounts and a cold wallet for discretionary stacking.
Rotation watch: CoinDesk noted ETH held above $4,200 while SOL, DOGE, and SUI slipped 3%–4%, signaling a cautious risk tone. Diamond Pigs’ August update showed diversified strategies beating Bitcoin-only this cycle, with Ethereum-led baskets outperforming—useful color if you’re balancing a BTC core with high-beta satellites. CoinCentral’s alt radar has ADA and DOGE regaining momentum, but size positions responsibly—beta cuts both ways when macro volatility hits.
Bottom line from Crypto Willy: let macro set the tempo this week, trade the range until it breaks, hedge tail risk, and keep your custody game tight. Thanks for tuning in—come back next week for more. This has been a Quiet Please production. For me, check out QuietPlease dot A I.
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I’m Crypto Willy, and here’s your no-fluff, tech-forward briefing on Bitcoin trading and investment strategies from the past week.
Bitcoin spent the week chopping between the low $118k and $122k band after an overnight push ran into profit-taking, with analysts at Bitfinex warning that Tuesday’s U.S. CPI and later PPI could “make or break” momentum and even trigger a retrace toward $110k if risk-off hits, as reported by CoinDesk on August 11. James Van Straten at CoinDesk also flagged a CME weekend gap between $117,430 and $119,000—gap-fill mechanics are on every pro trader’s dashboard right now. The Cryptonomist added a caution note today, pointing to July U.S. inflation as the short-term volatility catalyst and noting pattern echoes between Bitcoin’s July monthly candle and prior macro risk windows.
On the bull case, sentiment remains greed-leaning. Changelly’s dashboard pegs the Fear & Greed Index around the high 60s/70, with BTC hovering near $119k and a near-term neutral-to-bullish bias into mid-August. Meanwhile, CoinCentral over the weekend floated the $150k narrative, citing Charles Edwards’ energy-value model implying fair value could sit roughly 45% higher than spot, and macro tailwinds like stronger institutional accumulation. It’s a stretch goal in a CPI week, but it frames the upside if data cooperate.
Strategy-wise, this is a trader’s market: range, mean-reversion, and event-driven breakouts. My playbook:
- Map the range: $122k resistance, $117k–$118k support, with a potential liquidity sweep toward $110k if CPI disappoints. Fade extremes until CPI resolves; pivot to momentum only on high-timeframe close above range and rising open interest with positive funding.
- Respect gaps: The CME gap narrative can magnetize price intraday. Don’t fight it; plan entries around gap fills with tight invalidation.
- Manage leverage: Keep position sizing light into CPI/PPI; use options collars if you’re hedging long-term spot.
For investors, the allocation question of 2025 is ETFs vs self-custody. OneKey’s industry explainer recaps that spot Bitcoin ETFs—launched in early 2024—pulled roughly $5B of inflows in January and continue to bridge TradFi to crypto, offering convenience and brokerage-account integration. But exchange failures and headline hacks revived self-custody demand. Translation: if you want simplicity and regulated rails, ETFs fit; if you prize sovereignty and on-chain utility, go self-custody with a hardened setup (hardware wallet, open-source firmware, multisig if size warrants). I personally like dollar-cost averaging core exposure, then using ETFs for tax-advantaged accounts and a cold wallet for discretionary stacking.
Rotation watch: CoinDesk noted ETH held above $4,200 while SOL, DOGE, and SUI slipped 3%–4%, signaling a cautious risk tone. Diamond Pigs’ August update showed diversified strategies beating Bitcoin-only this cycle, with Ethereum-led baskets outperforming—useful color if you’re balancing a BTC core with high-beta satellites. CoinCentral’s alt radar has ADA and DOGE regaining momentum, but size positions responsibly—beta cuts both ways when macro volatility hits.
Bottom line from Crypto Willy: let macro set the tempo this week, trade the range until it breaks, hedge tail risk, and keep your custody game tight. Thanks for tuning in—come back next week for more. This has been a Quiet Please production. For me, check out QuietPlease dot A I.
Get the best deals https://amzn.to/3ODvOta
I’m Crypto Willy, and here’s your no-fluff, tech-forward briefing on Bitcoin trading and investment strategies from the past week.
Bitcoin spent the week chopping between the low $118k and $122k band after an overnight push ran into profit-taking, with analysts at Bitfinex warning that Tuesday’s U.S. CPI and later PPI could “make or break” momentum and even trigger a retrace toward $110k if risk-off hits, as reported by CoinDesk on August 11. James Van Straten at CoinDesk also flagged a CME weekend gap between $117,430 and $119,000—gap-fill mechanics are on every pro trader’s dashboard right now. The Cryptonomist added a caution note today, pointing to July U.S. inflation as the short-term volatility catalyst and noting pattern echoes between Bitcoin’s July monthly candle and prior macro risk windows.
On the bull case, sentiment remains greed-leaning. Changelly’s dashboard pegs the Fear & Greed Index around the high 60s/70, with BTC hovering near $119k and a near-term neutral-to-bullish bias into mid-August. Meanwhile, CoinCentral over the weekend floated the $150k narrative, citing Charles Edwards’ energy-value model implying fair value could sit roughly 45% higher than spot, and macro tailwinds like stronger institutional accumulation. It’s a stretch goal in a CPI week, but it frames the upside if data cooperate.
Strategy-wise, this is a trader’s market: range, mean-reversion, and event-driven breakouts. My playbook:
- Map the range: $122k resistance, $117k–$118k support, with a potential liquidity sweep toward $110k if CPI disappoints. Fade extremes until CPI resolves; pivot to momentum only on high-timeframe close above range and rising open interest with positive funding.
- Respect gaps: The CME gap narrative can magnetize price intraday. Don’t fight it; plan entries around gap fills with tight invalidation.
- Manage leverage: Keep position sizing light into CPI/PPI; use options collars if you’re hedging long-term spot.
For investors, the allocation question of 2025 is ETFs vs self-custody. OneKey’s industry explainer recaps that spot Bitcoin ETFs—launched in early 2024—pulled roughly $5B of inflows in January and continue to bridge TradFi to crypto, offering convenience and brokerage-account integration. But exchange failures and headline hacks revived self-custody demand. Translation: if you want simplicity and regulated rails, ETFs fit; if you prize sovereignty and on-chain utility, go self-custody with a hardened setup (hardware wallet, open-source firmware, multisig if size warrants). I personally like dollar-cost averaging core exposure, then using ETFs for tax-advantaged accounts and a cold wallet for discretionary stacking.
Rotation watch: CoinDesk noted ETH held above $4,200 while SOL, DOGE, and SUI slipped 3%–4%, signaling a cautious risk tone. Diamond Pigs’ August update showed diversified strategies beating Bitcoin-only this cycle, with Ethereum-led baskets outperforming—useful color if you’re balancing a BTC core with high-beta satellites. CoinCentral’s alt radar has ADA and DOGE regaining momentum, but size positions responsibly—beta cuts both ways when macro volatility hits.
Bottom line from Crypto Willy: let macro set the tempo this week, trade the range until it breaks, hedge tail risk, and keep your custody game tight. Thanks for tuning in—come back next week for more. This has been a Quiet Please production. For me, check out QuietPlease dot A I.
Get the best deals https://amzn.to/3ODvOta