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📊 Circle ($CRCL ) reports earnings tonight
⏰ Webcast before the U.S. market opens; around 9:00 p.m. Beijing time (not after market close)
📡 @circle will stream live on X / YouTube, with Allaire + the CFO

💰 Rough market consensus:
• Revenue: about $788–802M
• EPS: about $0.37–0.40
• Reserve income: about $656M (down from last quarter)
• “Other revenue” consensus jumps to about $141M (just about $34M last quarter) 👀

🐦 Twitter sentiment: wait-and-see, leaning cautious; no one-sided bull or bear consensus

The debate mostly boils down to three things:
1️⃣ Rate cuts eat into reserve interest income; can USDC make up for it through volume growth?
2️⃣ A revenue share of roughly 59¢ per $1 for channels like Coinbase makes headline revenue look good, but net profit may not
3️⃣ Are Arc / other revenue one-offs? RLDC quality is what matters

🗣️ Representative takes:
• @gigiz_eth: The key is whether volume growth can offset the decline in interest income
• @Kangzi_VC: Personally, I’m neutral; only a beat could send it above $80+
• Multiple posts from English-speaking accounts: Don’t focus only on revenue; watch distribution costs + reserve yield

📈 Closed at $75.22 yesterday (up about 4%)
⚡ Options imply volatility of about ±3% (some on social media are calling ±14%; treat that as noise)

🎯 Three things to watch tonight:
USDC size + reserve yield | Breakdown of other revenue | Whether full-year guidance is raised

Not investment advice. Let’s see how the results land when they’re out.

Selloff, then rebound after the election: Unclear if the uncertainty has cleared, but don’t mistake this for all the bad news being priced in

[Market]
U.S. stocks at the close on Election Day: Nasdaq +0.83%, S&P 500 +0.36%, Dow -0.38%; chips ended a three-day losing streak.
After Democrats’ wins in both chambers were confirmed, futures initially plunged: Nasdaq futures fell as much as about 2.4%, and S&P futures as much as about 1.4%. They then steadily recovered, with losses narrowing to around 0.5% and 0.4%, respectively.

[Why the rebound]
The initial reaction was “a blue wave means tighter regulation of AI and data centers”—especially after Texas flipped blue, prompting concerns that data center construction could be restricted. After the selloff, traders shifted to pricing in “a known outcome.” The event risk premium fell, driving a rebound. More precisely: the blue-wave narrative was sold, and sentiment bounced—not fundamentals turning bullish.

[Don’t mistake this for all the bad news being priced in]
· A divided government isn’t necessarily bad for stocks; historically, the S&P has risen in most six-month periods following midterm elections.
· But structural concerns remain: AI capital spending, data center regulation, crypto regulation, and increased investigative powers.
· This looks more like a short-term recovery, not “a blue wave turning bullish.” The real direction will depend on future policy and earnings.

Not investment advice. DYOR.
#中期选举 #美股 #市场情绪 #AI #DividedGovernment

Confirmed: Democrats take both chambers

CBS, NBC, AP, and NPR have all called it: Democrats will control both the House and Senate.

【House】
218 seats needed for a majority. Counting shows Democrats have won at least 219 seats (about +25). NBC previously projected they could ultimately reach 248–252.

【Senate】
51 seats needed for a majority. Democrats have about 53 seats (including independents, about +7).
Flipped: Texas, South Carolina, Ohio, North Carolina, Kansas, Iowa, Maine
Held: Georgia, New Hampshire
Michigan is also leaning Democratic

【What this means】
Starting in January, it will be a “divided government”: Trump will still be in the White House, but legislation and appointments in Congress will be blocked, and both chambers will launch investigations. The cost of living and the war with Iran are the main reasons voters turned against them this election.

Not investment advice. DYOR.
#中期选举 #美股 #川普 #民主党 #DividedGovernment

Midterm election update: The House has flipped; the Senate is still a few seats away

【House: Democrats take control】
CBS and NBC have called the House for Democrats. NBC estimates they’ll finish with around 248–252 seats (218 needed for a majority), which could be one of their biggest advantages in nearly 20 years. Trump’s approval rating was about 38% in exit polls, with the cost of living and the war with Iran as the main issues. Starting January 3 next year, Democrats will control House committees and investigative powers.

【Senate: Still undecided】
A majority requires 51 seats. CBS’s latest projection has Democrats at about 49 and Republicans at 39; votes are still being counted.

Key seats Democrats have flipped:
· Texas: Talarico defeated Paxton (the first Democratic Senate win in the state since 1988)
· South Carolina: Annie Andrews defeated Darline Graham
· Ohio: Sherrod Brown staged a comeback
· North Carolina: Roy Cooper won the open seat
· Georgia’s Ossoff won reelection; New Hampshire’s Pappas held on

Still watching: Michigan is still tied; Kansas is leaning Democratic; Maine is extremely close.

【What it means】
The loss of the House is now confirmed. Trump’s legislative agenda will be blocked for the next two years, and investigations and subpoenas will ramp up. If the Senate flips too, appointments will be blocked. Some Republicans are describing tonight as a “bloodbath.” More results are expected to come in from tonight through tomorrow morning Eastern Time.

Not investment advice. DYOR.
#中期选举 #美股 #川普 #DemocraticParty

AMD Earnings Preview: The Numbers Will Probably Clear the Bar, but the Stock Depends on Guidance and MI450

The earnings call is scheduled for around 6 a.m. Beijing time on November 4. The options market is pricing in a move of about ±9% after earnings.

【Market Expectations】
· Q3 revenue of about $13.09 billion (+41% year over year), EPS of about $1.95
· Data center revenue of about $8.27 billion (up roughly 90% year over year)
· Q4 revenue forecast at about $16.3 billion; Jefferies is more optimistic, expecting $17 billion
· 2027 data center revenue consensus is about $70 billion, with optimistic firms forecasting $74–75 billion
· Over the past three quarters, actual revenue has generally exceeded guidance by 3%–7%

【Three Things That Will Determine the Stock’s Direction】
1️⃣ Whether MI450/Helios racks ramp up significantly as scheduled in Q4 (OpenAI, Meta, Microsoft, Oracle)
2️⃣ Whether Q4 guidance can come in clearly above $16.3 billion (Intel fell 25% in a single day last week after issuing weak guidance)
3️⃣ Gross margin: margins are lower early in the new GPU ramp, and memory prices are rising

【Views on X】
Bullish: The stock has fallen from its October high of $659 to around $467, a nearly 30% pullback. Bad news is already priced in, making this a good opportunity to buy the dip ahead of earnings; shares are up about 2.5% premarket
Bearish: Intel’s earnings shock, a weakening PC market, and a high valuation; Apple and Palantir both beat expectations but their shares fell—“beating expectations doesn’t mean the stock will rise”
Technical analysis: $470–480 is the long-term uptrend line; a break below it points to $440

【My Take】
Expectations have already been lowered. If guidance clears the bar and the MI450 ramp is confirmed, there could be substantial room for a rebound. But lukewarm guidance or declining gross margins could easily trigger more selling in the current mood. This is also the first major test of whether AI capital spending can translate into revenue, and it will directly affect Nvidia and the broader chip sector.

Not investment advice. DYOR.
#AMD #美股 #财报 #AI芯片 #NVDA

U.S. Premarket Brief: Chips Rebound, but Tech Hasn’t Fully Recovered

Nasdaq 100 futures/QQQ up about 0.2%–0.4%, Dow futures down about 0.5%–0.7%, and the S&P 500 near flat. Overall, it’s a mixed picture—not a broad-based rebound.

【Gainers】
· Nvidia +1.3%–1.6% (ending its losing streak)
· AMD +2.3%–2.8% (reports earnings after tonight’s close)
· Micron up about 3%, Intel up about 3%, Marvell up about 2%
· Most storage, optical communications, and semiconductor stocks are up premarket

【Decliners】
· Apple down about 3%–4.5%: higher memory chip prices are weighing on gross margins
· Palantir down about 5%–8%: earnings beat expectations, but valuation concerns are prevailing

Background: The Nasdaq 100 fell about 1.4% yesterday, while the Philadelphia Semiconductor Index has fallen about 11.6% over three days. Today is midterm Election Day, and AMD and others report earnings after the close. Chips are seeing a technical rebound, while Apple and AI software stocks are still digesting negative news.

Not investment advice. DYOR.
#美股 #科技股 #NVDA #AMD #Midterm Elections

Twitter sentiment scan: Most people are panicking, but the voices calling to buy the dip are getting louder 👀

【The bearish side】
· Crypto Fear & Greed Index: 29~37 (Fear); CNN Fear & Greed Index: 23 (Extreme Fear)
· Bad news is piling up: Binance hacked for about $6.3 billion, $643 million in daily outflows from BTC ETFs, chip stocks down 11.6% in 3 days, and the Nasdaq 100 down more than 10% from its October high
· Santiment: Sentiment toward large-cap coins has been weakening for nearly 2 months
· Nearly all liquidations over the past 24 hours were long positions
· Some in Chinese-speaking crypto circles think this is a repricing, not an unfair sell-off—don't rush to buy the dip

【The flip side】
· BTC is holding up well: down only about 3% in a week, holding at 77~78K, and has stayed above the 50-week moving average (about 75.7K) for 7 consecutive weeks
· “If bad news doesn't push prices down much, that's good news” has become a highly engaging take
· Santiment sees this fear as a contrarian opportunity, while Tom Lee says U.S. stocks have bottomed
· The U.S. stock market is actually mixed: 9 of 11 sectors rose on Monday; tech and chip stocks dragged the indexes down

【My take】
Sentiment is bearish, but we're not at the point of despair yet. “Buy the dip when there's panic” has become a common refrain, so this isn't a pure extreme contrarian signal. A true bottom often comes when even the dip-buyers go quiet.
Near-term watchlist: BTC support at 73~76K, midterm election results, and Friday's nonfarm payrolls.

Not investment advice. DYOR.
#BTC #市场情绪 #美股 #MidtermElections

🇺🇸 What would Republicans losing both chambers mean for crypto and U.S. stocks?

In a nutshell: bearish for crypto, limited overall impact on U.S. stocks, but tech and AI stocks would come under pressure.

🪙 Crypto: Somewhat bearish, mainly due to expectations for regulatory legislation
• The CLARITY Act is likely to stall: The crypto market structure bill failed in the Senate in September, with 49 votes in favor and 50 against. The crypto industry spent about $176 million on this election, hoping to get a Congress that would pass it.
• TD Cowen lists a Democratic sweep as the “worst-case scenario” for Bitcoin and crypto markets, with crypto stocks like Coinbase and Circle likely to be hit hardest.
• More regulation and investigations are possible: Some believe Warren could become chair of the Senate Banking Committee, with a focus on investigating projects like World Liberty.
• An opposing view: Some argue that a divided Congress could mean less policy upheaval. In each of the past three cycles, BTC hit a short-term bottom 13 to 71 days after the midterm elections.

📈 U.S. stocks: Limited overall impact, tech stocks under pressure
• In every 12-month period following a midterm election since 1950, the S&P 500 has risen, gaining about 15% on average.
• BofA and Citi both consider a gridlocked Congress a relatively ideal outcome.
• The main risks are potential scrutiny of AI, data centers, big tech, and banks, with the Nasdaq and semiconductor stocks facing greater pressure.
• Prediction markets put the odds of Democrats winning both chambers at about 70%, so this is probably already priced in. The November 6 jobs report is more likely to move markets this week.

This is not investment advice.

📈 TQQQ has suffered sharp crashes every so often over the past two years. Are there trading opportunities?

Conclusion: There are opportunities if you follow a plan, but don’t buy every dip. 3x leverage can turn an ordinary Nasdaq pullback into a steep crash.

📊 A few major drawdowns over the past two years (price basis)
• 2024: about -37% at its deepest
• 2024.12–2025.4: about -58%; took about 8 months to recover its previous high
• 2025.10–2026.3: about -37%
• Currently about -32% from its 2026.6 high (about $59 vs. $87), and has been underwater for about 5 months
The worst historical drawdown was about -82% in 2021–2022; it took about 3 years to recover its previous high.

🛠️ A relatively rule-based approach
1. Buy the dip while the trend is intact: When QQQ is above its 200-day moving average, a -15% to -25% drop looks more like a swing-trading opportunity. Don’t stubbornly hold on if it falls below the long-term moving average or a liquidity crisis hits.
2. Scale in: Build positions in stages at -20%/-30%/-40%, and set a firm cap on your total position size.
3. Trade swings rather than holding indefinitely; set an invalidation point. Long-term, unhedged holding can be badly hurt by volatility decay.
4. Options can be used to cap your maximum loss.
5. Don’t use SQQQ as a long-term hedge; its decay is just as severe.

⚠️ A -32% drop isn’t small, but it’s not as extreme as -58% either. First figure out whether this is a routine tech pullback or the first leg of a crisis; position sizes should be smaller.

This is not investment advice.

🇺🇸 When will the U.S. midterm election results come in? (Beijing time)

🗳️ Voting: Polls are open today (November 3) in the U.S. Eastern Time Zone. Counting won’t start tonight Beijing time.

⏰ When results are expected (Beijing time)
• Tomorrow, around 7:00–8:00: The earliest polls close
• Tomorrow, around 8:00–10:00: Results start coming in from Georgia, North Carolina, Ohio, and other states
• Tomorrow, around 10:00–12:00: Key states including Pennsylvania, Michigan, and Texas
• Tomorrow, around 12:00–14:00: The last polls close in California, Washington, and Alaska

📊 About when will we know “who won”?
• House of Representatives: If the margin is large enough, media outlets may call it tomorrow night or in the early hours of the following day. A close race could drag on until Thursday or Friday.
• Senate: It takes longer. There are many key races, so we may have to wait a few more days; if there’s a runoff (for example, on December 1), it could take even longer. In 2022, control of the Senate wasn’t decided until the Saturday after Election Day.

📌 Media outlets’ “winner” calls are just projections. Official state certification takes anywhere from a few days to a few weeks.

In short: A lot of results will come in during the day and evening tomorrow Beijing time. We may know the House outcome fairly quickly, but the Senate could take a few more days.

🇺🇸 Americans vote in the midterm elections today. What do Twitter and prediction markets think?

📊 Prediction markets (November 2): The odds of Democrats winning the House are 95% on Polymarket and 94% on Kalshi; the odds of winning the Senate are 73% and 74%, respectively. The odds of winning both chambers are around 70%, up from less than 50% in early September.

🗳️ Polls: Democrats lead by about 8 points in the national congressional vote (RCP: 51.5% vs. 43.1%). CNN projects a 237–198 House and a 52–48 Senate.

⚠️ Wild cards: The tightest Senate races are in Iowa, Kansas, South Carolina, and Maine. In 2020, polls in swing states overstated Democratic support by about 5.6 points. If they’re off by the same amount this time, the odds of Democrats winning the Senate could fall from around 80% to about 40%.

💰 Crypto angle: Bets related to the midterm elections exceed $1.4 billion (about $1.1 billion on Kalshi and more than $340 million on Polymarket), while crypto-industry super PACs have spent about $176 million. A divided Congress is largely priced in, so employment data due later this week may have a bigger impact on BTC.

Not investment advice.

I missed a 12% move.

WTI fell from 101 to 89, down 6.4% in a day, with an intraday drop of as much as 7.85%. Brent fell 8.4%.

And four days ago, I closed out my entire 111-barrel short position to go in on an IPO.

If I’d still been holding, I’d be up more than 600 now. My account would be at 5,500, not 4,400.

I got the direction right. I sat through the unrealized loss at 108, resisted the temptation at 82, sat through the rebound to 106, and in the end, got off the ride four days before the finish line.

But I want to think through that “what if” a little more completely.

The trigger for this drop was a public statement by Trump. That information didn’t exist on October 29.

And what was in front of me on October 29? The Brent-WTI spread was 11 to 13, compared with 3 to 5 in a normal year. U.S. crude inventories had fallen for four straight weeks, and gasoline inventories in the Midwest were at record lows. Several Persian Gulf countries had been told to prepare for military action against Iran. Three bullish factors, one bearish.

If I’d made my decision based on the information available that day, I would’ve added to my short, not closed it.

So the “if I’d held on” scenario is essentially “if I could’ve known four days in advance what the news would be.” That’s not a scenario you can meaningfully review.

Still, there was one thing I did get wrong.

The cost of closing a directional position to pursue an arbitrage opportunity isn’t the commission. It’s the opportunity cost. At the time, I only counted the commission: ten to thirty-five dollars. I didn’t account for those four days.

Those four days happened to be the four days the market made its move.

Next time I’m in this situation, the right move isn’t “don’t close.” It’s “close only part of the position.” Trade 40 barrels for six BNB and keep holding the rest. That way, I don’t miss out on either side.

There’s a deeper realization, too.

Over the past two months, I actually got the direction right. What I got wrong was “not getting out at the right time.”

When I was up 1,378 at 82, I didn’t get out. This time, I got out before 89. Both times, I got the timing wrong and the direction right.

The difference: the first time, I couldn’t bring myself to get out; the second time, I got out too early. Same reason both times—no rules, just instinct.

Oil is at 89 now. Should I chase the short?

No. Shorting at 89 means making 9 bucks if it falls to 80, but losing 31 bucks if it rises to 120. The risk-reward ratio is 1 to 3.4—the worst I’ve seen in two months.

And it’s the midterm elections today. Anything could turn around. I got this move right, but it’s already over. I need to work out the risk-reward ratio again for the next one.

One last thing.

What hurts isn’t that I lost a thousand. It’s that “I could’ve made six hundred.”

But that “could’ve” requires me to have known four days ago what would happen today.

I didn’t miss an opportunity. I missed an opportunity that was impossible to catch.

But one thing is true: if I’d only closed half my position back then, I’d still have half of it on at 89 now.

That’s not a regret. It’s a lesson for next time.

What’s Twitter arguing about before and after Predict.fun ($PREDICT ) launches its token?

Project: A prediction market on BNB Chain, positioned as a Polymarket competitor. Backed by YZi Labs and Susquehanna Crypto, and integrated with Binance’s entry point. Total supply: 1 billion; around 16% unlocks at TGE. S1 airdrop: 7% (claim immediately and receive only 35%; lock for 12 months to receive 100%).

Pre-market pricing
Recently, pre-market prices have been around 1.3–1.7 U, implying an FDV of roughly $1.3–1.7 billion. Binance Wallet ran a Pre-TGE event; the official listing was postponed following a security incident, with no new date announced.

Two dominant takes on Twitter
1. Optimistic: Binance traffic plus the sector narrative have some people expecting the token to open at a $2–3 billion FDV.
2. Cautious (the more common view among analyses with higher engagement): The project generates real fee revenue, but much of it goes toward user incentives. There’s no clear sign of buybacks or burns, so revenue may not necessarily translate into token price appreciation. Compared with Opinion’s TVL, Predict looks weaker. A more reasonable subjective valuation range is in the hundreds of millions; a pre-market valuation above $1 billion already looks expensive.

Risks
Points farming during the incentive period; actual trading activity after TGE is unknown. Binance can provide traffic, but can also withdraw it. Listing delays and selling pressure at launch.

In a nutshell
Strong narrative and strong resources, but the pre-market valuation already prices in the full story. If you can sell, taking some profits first is safer than betting on “another double.”

The above is only a summary of public discussion and does not constitute investment advice.

For the past few days, people have been telling me my position is too risky. Liquidation price: 310. A 57% drop and it’s all gone. This isn’t investing; it’s gambling.

I agree with every point they made. I even did the math based on what they said: cut it down to 100 contracts, push the liquidation price to 111, and I’d be safe.

But there was one thing I never told them: this account makes up just 5% of my net worth.

I told them today.

Their immediate reply was: “I take back everything I said before, because I thought you were betting your entire net worth.”

I understand why they took it back. Because risk isn’t just a percentage; it’s “how much of your total wealth.”

The same 1.75x position is a gamble with your life when it’s your entire net worth, but a risk-budgeted bet when it’s just 5%.

The math makes it clear. This account has a little over 4,000, with exposure of around 7,000—8.8% of my net worth. If it goes to zero, I lose 5%. If it reaches 1,500, I make 11.7%.

The odds are 2.3 to 1, and the worst-case outcome is “down 5%,” not “wiped out.”

This isn’t a dramatic “I accept my fate.” It’s a normal bet.

But then they said something I think matters more than all the analysis that came before.

They said: “What you should be worried about now isn’t going to zero. It’s the habit.”

If this 5% goes to zero, my net worth is down 5%. No big deal. But if this 5% gets me into the habit of thinking “it’s okay to gamble with a small account,” next time I’ll do the same thing with 20%. Five 5% bets add up to 25%.

The most dangerous thing about mental accounting isn’t “this money doesn’t matter.” It’s “because it doesn’t matter, I don’t need to be disciplined.”

And discipline applies everywhere.

So I’m planning to put this 5% to a different use.

Not a casino, but a training ground.

A casino cares only about the outcome; a training ground cares only about the process. In a casino, you win and think you’re brilliant. On a training ground, you win and ask whether you followed the right process. Going to zero in a casino is a disaster; going to zero on a training ground is a complete set of experimental data.

Same account, same position, two different uses—and they produce completely different things.

Practicing with 5% costs ten times less than practicing with 50%. But that only works if I’m practicing, not gambling.

One last thing to remind myself: this account is 5% of my net worth. Its purpose is to test my system, not prove my judgment is right.

Because the moment it becomes a tool to “prove how brilliant I am,” 5% will turn into 50%. And then going to zero won’t mean just -5%.

Someone told me my liquidation price of 310 was too close—I’d be wiped out after a 57% drop.

I argued back: BNB has already fallen 50% from its high this cycle, so the odds of another 50% drop are very low. And even a black swan like the Binance hack a few days ago only knocked it down 10 points.

He conceded that I was half right.

Let’s start with the half he got right. Coin-margined longs have this feature: when the price rises, you earn coins, and the coins themselves appreciate too, so your liquidation price keeps moving down on its own.

I’m at 711 now, with a liquidation price of 310.
At 900, my liquidation price would be 288.
At 1,200, it would be 267.
At 1,500, it would be 256.

So as long as the bull market comes first, 310 won’t be hit. He agrees with me on that.

But he said my two arguments don’t hold up.

The first: “It’s already fallen 50%, so it won’t fall another 50%.” In May 2021, BNB was at 690. By July, it was down to 230—a 67% drop. Then it climbed back to 670 in November, a 191% gain. In June 2022, it fell again, to 183—a 73% drop.

Two steep drops in a row, with a doubling in between. Price has no idea where you came from.

The second: “A black swan only knocks it down 10 points.” This time, funds were stolen but could be reimbursed, so the market reaction was mild. But during another exchange crisis, BNB fell from 300 to 183 during the FTX collapse—a 39% drop—and it bled lower for a month. It wasn’t a single sharp plunge.

Financial losses can be reimbursed. A collapse in trust can’t.

So he reframed the question I’d asked.

It’s not “Will it fall 57%?” It’s “Could it fall 57% before it reaches 900?”

What I’m really betting on isn’t that BNB will reach 1,500. It’s that BNB will reach 1,500 before it falls to 310.

The first is a view on direction; the second is about timing. And timing is the one thing I can’t predict.

So I’ve decided to change one rule: no price-based stop-loss—use a time-based stop-loss instead.

If it gets above 900 before February 2027, I’ll keep holding. If it doesn’t, I’ll cut my position in half.
If it falls below 500 at any point, I’ll cut my position in half—without waiting for 310.

A price-based stop-loss would shake me out. A time-based one won’t. It doesn’t change my conviction; it just ensures that if I’m wrong, I’ll still get another chance.

For the past three days, I’ve been making excuses to increase my leverage.

The day Binance was hacked, BNB fell from 740 to 675. My stop-loss was at 670, so it missed me by $5. My first reaction was to buy more— it had dropped, so it was cheaper.

Then I actually did buy more. I went from 3 BNB to 3.7, with a liquidation price of 289.

Then I told myself: I’m bullish on next year’s new cycle. This is a low-leverage, long-term position.

I worked it out today: 1.62x. That’s not low leverage; it’s medium leverage that just sounds low.

What really brought me to my senses was a little arithmetic.

Suppose BNB goes 750 → 289 → 1500.

With 6 BNB in spot, you end up with 9000. Add 3.7 BNB in futures, and you get liquidated at 289, ending up with 0.

The cost of being wiped out isn’t just losing 100%. It’s losing 100% and missing the rally from 289 to 1500. And that stretch from the bottom is often the most explosive part of a bull market.

There’s another idea I had that I’ve since talked myself out of.

Originally, I thought I’d cut back to 1.5 BNB, with a liquidation price of 151. I figured that would make me safe.

But 1.5 BNB in futures is worse than spot. Because 151 is still a price that could be reached, while spot simply has no liquidation price. With the same risk budget, spot is safer than a small futures position.

There’s an unavoidable chain of logic here.

If you want to hold long term, you can’t set a stop-loss, because a 60% drawdown in the middle of a bull market would stop you out.
If you can’t set a stop-loss, your position has to be small enough to survive a 60% drop without being wiped out.

Those two things go together. So “large position + tighter stop-loss” is essentially a short-term trade, not a long-term investment.

After running the numbers, a sensible setup is 5 BNB in spot as a base, plus 1 BNB in leveraged futures, for total exposure of 1.17x and a liquidation price of 111.

BNB has never reached 111 in its history. Its deepest drops were 67% in 2021 and 73% in 2022.

The people who suffer most in a bull market aren’t those who bought at a high price; they’re the ones who get liquidated and then watch everyone else make money.

And it only takes one 60% drawdown to get liquidated. That’s happened twice in the past five years.

Last night, I came within $5 of being stopped out.

BNB fell from 740 to 675. My stop-loss was at 670.

It started when the Binance exchange was attacked. They say $4–5 billion was lost, and Circle and Tether froze most of the stablecoins. The day before, I’d just closed my oil position and switched into BNB to participate in a token launch, making over 100 U. Overnight, I gave it all back.

Looking back, there are three things worth remembering.

First, my stop-loss saved me by luck, not skill. If it had fallen to 665, my stop at 670 would have cost me 222; if I hadn’t widened my stop from 700 to 670 yesterday, I’d have lost only 132. If it had fallen a little further, 700 would actually have been better. So it’s not “I made the right adjustment”; it’s “I happened to be $5 away.”

Second, I’ve been holding a speculative asset with the mindset of a long-term allocation. 1.3x leverage, participating in token launches, holding long-term—it all sounds pretty safe. But BNB can fall 8.8% in one night, and one unexpected event can wipe out the entire stop-loss buffer. An allocated asset should have annualized volatility of 20–30%, not 10% in a single day.

Third, my first reaction last night was to add to my position. The reasoning was: “It’s fallen, so it’s cheaper.”

That’s the same move as “it’s gone up, so I’ll add more” with oil in September—just in the opposite direction. Adding when it’s up is averaging in; adding when it’s down is also averaging in. The only difference is how it feels.

Later, I rewrote my reasoning: withdrawals are operating normally, full compensation, stablecoins have been frozen, and the price rebounded from 675 to 704. These are pieces of information, not the price. But one number is still missing: exactly how much was lost, and how much was frozen. $4 billion and $1.5 billion imply two very different BNBs.

There’s another point people rarely mention: Binance uses its profits each quarter to buy back and burn BNB. Compensation of $4–5 billion would wipe out the equivalent of four to ten quarters of buybacks. That’s not sentiment; it’s valuation.

So I’ve decided to wait. Wait for the official figures on the losses and the proportion frozen, and wait for the price to hold above 720.

Paying 2% more for a definite answer is worth it. All the money I’ve lost over the past two months came from acting too soon, before things were settled.

Price is now 704, stop-loss at 670, 3 BNB, 0.51x.

Do nothing.

I closed my crude oil short today.

Not because of a stop-loss, but to participate in a new-token launch. I needed 6 BNB, and my position was tying up all my margin, so I had to close it first. After closing, I bought BNB. Two hours later, I’d made a little profit.

Then I just sat there, wondering whether to reopen the position.

I actually knew the answer. I was hesitating because of inertia. I’d been in that position for the past two months. I didn’t move when I was down 745, and I didn’t move when I was up 1378. Now I was suddenly out of the market, and I was itching to trade.

In the end, I didn’t reopen it.

But I have to be honest: if crude oil crashes tomorrow, I’ll feel awful.

I’ve already worked out what that would feel like. Based on the position I was originally planning to open, if oil falls by $6, I’ll have missed out on $128. Not $700, not $1,000—$128.

What will really cost me money isn’t that $128. It’s seeing a crash tomorrow and thinking, “I called it, I need to get in right now,” then chasing it at 96 without setting a stop-loss, because “I’m definitely right this time.”

I lost 998 over these past two months. 798 in floating losses, 200 in costs. Not a single cent of that came from missing out. It all came from “not getting out when I should have” and “not setting a stop-loss when I should have.”

So if it drops tomorrow, I’ll remind myself of this first: all I missed out on was 128; chasing the trade could cost me 1300.

The price is at 101.4 now. The U.S. midterm elections are in 5 days. I’m not doing anything for those 5 days.

Crude oil fell 1.3% today. 111 barrels are worth $143.

The Houthis were still attacking Saudi oil fields that same day. Diplomacy eased while the battlefield escalated, and after hedging, the price still fell this much.

If it drops to 80, I make 2,200; if it rises to 140, I lose 4,400. This bit of “good news” accounts for 6.5% of the total return.

What matters more is the Brent–WTI spread: $11 to $13, versus $3 to $5 in a normal year. If that number doesn’t come down, the short position doesn’t hold up.

The October plan had three parts: no price stop-loss, reduce the position, and set trigger orders. I only did the first. I took the freedom of “no stop-loss” and kept the risk of a full position.

Today I placed two orders: a stop at 120.9 (mark price, market, reduce-only) and a limit take-profit at 92.7 for 34.5 barrels.

It finally clicked: use a limit order to take profit, and a market order for a stop-loss. For take-profit, you want the price; for a stop-loss, you need to “get out even if the price blows past it.” I used market orders for everything before—no wonder the fills were always worse than what I saw.

It’s at 101 now, 8% away from the first level.

The cl I made 😂