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ZEC's 4-hour structure in this round is relatively clear. Previously, it formed a continuously converging triangle, with lows steadily rising, while the upper side was consistently suppressed around the 1250-1300 range.
Currently, the price has officially broken upward out of the triangle, simultaneously breaking through the key resistance zone of 1270-1310 from earlier, reaching a high near 1396. Structurally, this area has shifted from a previous resistance zone to a support zone.
Therefore, this position is not very suitable for chasing highs; instead, it is more inclined to wait for a pullback.
Around 1310, you can continue to place long orders.
My approach is:
Entry: 1285-1320 range, focusing on around 1310
First target: 1395-1420
Second target: near 1480
After a strong breakout above 1400, you can continue to watch for trend extension.
As long as the 4-hour level does not effectively fall back inside the previous breakout structure, the bullish structure remains intact.
From a macro perspective, I tend to treat it as a supporting factor rather than directly interpreting "rate hikes = positive." What truly matters is whether the market has started to trade as if the interest rate cycle is nearing its bottom and whether there is a marginal improvement in liquidity expectations going forward.
Rate hikes are actually positive because the long-term interest rate bottom has appeared. #ZEC#CLARITY bill voting blocked amid controversy
Procedural vote confirmed
Official record: 49 in favor, 50 against, 1 abstention
Did not reach the 60-vote threshold
The bill cannot proceed to formal review for now
This is not a final veto
Republicans can still reconsider
Some suggest discussing it again in the lame-duck session
But very little time remains in this session
Disagreements center on conflicts of interest, stablecoin rewards
State law enforcement authority and consumer protection
After the result, BTC briefly dropped below 75,000
Coinbase and Circle also fell
Regulatory expectation premium evaporated
Altcoins suffered more — boundaries unclear
Identity issues remain uncertain
So my judgment is
This is an expectation kill, not a permanent shutdown
True pricing depends on liquidity after the FOMC outcome
$BTC #CLARITY #regulationThe Federal Reserve's first rate hike in three years is not really about these 25 basis points, but rather that the familiar market logic of rate cuts may have already failed.
This time, the rate was raised to 3.75%—4.00%, with a unanimous 12-vote approval. Even more hawkish is the dot plot: 16 out of 18 officials expect at least one more rate hike this year. This indicates it’s not just a simple "correction," but a message to the market that as long as inflation cannot be suppressed, high interest rates will continue.
The market reaction was also very direct. The Dow closed down about 631 points, the S&P fell 0.45%, the 10-year US Treasury yield rose above 5%, and the dollar strengthened. What is truly suppressing risk assets now is no longer just the policy rate, but the risk-free yield being too high—when you can get nearly 5% just by holding US Treasuries passively, high-valuation stocks and some altcoins must deliver higher growth expectations to attract capital.
Interestingly, BTC is still hovering around $76,000 and has not followed the US stock market’s sharp drop. My understanding is that the 25 basis point hike has long been priced in by the market; what funds are really waiting for is when the next hike will land.
So in the short term, don’t just focus on "rate hike completion means all bad news is priced in." Next, we need to watch whether the dollar, US Treasury yields, and BTC can continue to maintain this divergence. Once the 10-year Treasury yield continues to climb and the dollar strengthens simultaneously, the crypto market’s current resilience may just mean the pressure has not fully transmitted yet. #美联储三年来首次加息25个基点 @OKX星球 Cherries turned red and plantains turned green, today the account has both gains and losses, all thanks to LAB holding the scene, BEAT just returned to the cost line, $ZEC is still taking hits. Overall, I still made nearly 1000U.
Position update:
$LAB: Entry price 0.06796, current price 0.05094, isolated 10X, floating profit 1043U, ROI 333%. This trade really performed well, steadily declining without much rebound, but I held on until now. Didn’t move during the previous downtrend, target first set at 0.05, will sell half when reached, keep the rest.
$BEAT: Entry price 0.0821, current price 0.08195, full position 10X, floating profit 6U, ROI 1.2%. Basically back to the cost line, was losing yesterday, slowly grinding back today, direction unchanged, continue holding waiting for 0.08.
$ZEC: Entry price 1067.65, current price 1136.40, full position 20X, floating loss 64U, ROI -121%. Still holding this one, the rebound is a bit strong, but position is very small, just observing for now, will wait for a pullback.
A few words: $LAB’s profit just covered $ZEC’s loss and still made a good gain, overall the account feels very comfortable today. Trading is like this, ups and downs, hold on if the direction is right
#美联储三年来首次加息25个基点
#美国加密税收与BTC储备法案获推进
#长端美债5%会成新常态吗？ The Nasdaq fell, but optical modules went crazy with gains.
LITE rose 9.59%, COHR rose 6.92%, MRVL rose 3.61%.
Many people's first reaction is: this doesn't make sense.
With the rate hike implemented, the index is under pressure, money should be flowing out.
But if you look at it from another angle, the money hasn't left, it's just moved to another place to wait.
The index drop is due to heavyweight stocks, while funds are taking advantage of the oversold situation to scoop up AI hardware.
To put it simply, this is not a broad rally, but a structural consolidation.
Personally, I'm skeptical.
Optical modules have surged strongly this time, but whether the trading volume can keep up is the key.
Anyone can rebound for a day, but making it a trend is the real skill.
I've chased such counter-trend rallies before, only to get buried the next day.
So this time, I choose to watch first, not rushing to act.
#美联储三年来首次加息25个基点
#AI发展焦虑升温，监管讨论升级 #OpenAI拟IPO前融资，估值目标达1.2万亿美元 $LITE $COHR Old man, grandpa, I'm begging you, can you please stop? $ZEC, don't keep rising. Even if you let me get back half my principal, I'd be willing to cut my losses!
Look at the current market, I really can't hold on anymore. ZEC is currently around 1363, up 9.35% in 24 hours, climbing from 800 all the way up, more than doubling. The long-short ratio is 76% to 24%, with bulls still charging in, retail short sellers getting liquidated wave after wave. My short position entry price was 974, now at 1363, down 119%, margin has been forced up from over 60 to 77, maintenance margin rate at 2153%, liquidation price 1788. If it rises another 400 points, I'll be completely liquidated.
What is driving this surge? After the launch of the Grayscale Zcash spot ETF, institutional funds have been continuously flowing in, combined with a cascade of short liquidations, forcibly pushing the price to this level. On September 16, ZEC short liquidations led the 24-hour contract liquidation volume across the entire network; shorts are the fuel for its rise.
My mindset is completely broken now. From 1112 in the morning to 1363 at night, it gives shorts no chance at all. Funding rates have turned negative, shorts are paying to hold positions, but the more they hold, the higher it goes.
Brothers, still the same advice: absolutely, absolutely do not short.
$BTC
$ETH #美联储三年来首次加息25个基点 $ETH Interest rate hike implemented, all negative factors out, what is the short-term trend outlook?
Interest rate hike implemented: Unanimously approved to raise rates by 25 basis points to 3.75%-4.00%, fully in line with over 90% of market expectations.
Dot plot leans hawkish: Among 18 officials, 16 expect at least one more rate hike this year, with the median rate for 2026 raised to 4.1%.
Market validation: Despite macro tightening signals, ETH surged against the trend to $2430, daily chart stabilized above the 2400 mark, confirming the logic of capital returning to the crypto market.
Why say the negative factors turning positive?
Expectations fully priced in: Rate hikes and hawkish signals were already digested in prior declines; removal of uncertainty is the biggest positive.
Healthy structure: Previous declines cleaned out a large number of high-leverage long positions; recent significant net inflows into ETH spot ETFs indicate thorough bottom chip rotation.
Subsequent operation strategy:
Target levels: First watch 2500, then look for a break above the previous high at 2614.
Long entry strategy: If it pulls back to the 2400-2380 range, enter long positions in batches, with stop loss below 2357.
Mindset: Don’t chase highs, hold steady and keep long positions. #美联储三年来首次加息25个基点 FOMC Post-Event Review: Rate Hike Implemented, Shorts Squeezed, Bitcoin Surges Then Pulls Back
In the first hour after the rate hike, about 117 million in liquidations occurred across the network, with an interesting structure: shorts liquidated 90.16 million, longs only 27.19 million, shorts accounting for nearly 77%. Bitcoin briefly rallied from 75,350 to above 76,000 before pulling back again, stuck near 76,000 without sustained upward momentum.
Clearly, this move is essentially a squeeze on leveraged shorts rather than a large influx of spot capital. Market interest in opening new positions actually dropped by about 1.5%. The decision was already priced in, and after the positive news was realized, buying momentum was insufficient.
This is also the Fed's first rate hike since 2023. The dot plot remains hawkish: 16 out of 18 members expect at least one more hike this year, with the median rate pointing to 4.25% by year-end. The market focus has shifted from whether to hike now to watching October for further tightening.
Looking back, the dip last night is now irrelevant. The real long-term pressure comes from the hawkish dot plot. The short-term market is just volatility after a short squeeze; don’t mistake this squeeze for a reversal signal.
Key points to watch:
1. Heavy resistance above 76,000 for Bitcoin; spot buying is weak, so rallies tend to pull back repeatedly;
2. The hawkish expectations in the dot plot are not fully priced in; October rate hike expectations will continue to suppress crypto asset valuations;
3. Short-term moves are driven by leveraged funds’ game, with extreme volatility; avoid heavy chasing of rallies. Interest rate hike of 25 basis points, all indices in the red, yet optical modules collectively partying.
LITE up 9.59%, COHR up 6.92%, MRVL up 3.61%.
This scene is all too familiar to me.
I used to chase this kind of “counter-trend surge” too. Seeing the index fall but sectors rise, my first reaction was that capital found a new direction, so I rushed in. But the next day’s open was the peak; they were rising due to oversold recovery, while I bought at the emotional top.
The lesson is simple: when the index is under pressure, the more hyped a single sector is, the more you need to ask— is it a trend start, or just a one-off?
WEEX Labs says structural divergence is more worth watching than index direction, and that’s true. But the key phrase is “oversold AI hardware”; oversold rebounds and trend reversals look exactly the same until they play out.
I guess this wave of optical modules won’t sustain volume and will have to rest within three days.
#美联储三年来首次加息25个基点 $LITE $COHR $XRP in 24 hours -0.04% versus BTC +0.89% — difference -0.93 p.p.
With a position of 75% within the daily range, the question is simple: is this real relative strength or is the movement already fading? What is currently affecting BTC may not be some news within the crypto market, but a damaged oil pipeline.
The East-West oil pipeline in Saudi Arabia plays a crucial role in bypassing the Strait of Hormuz and delivering crude oil to the Red Sea. After the attack, repairs could take several weeks. The issue is not just about how many barrels of oil are lost, but that the market has lost a backup route originally used to diversify risk.
When oil prices rise, transportation, chemical, power, and food costs spread along the supply chain; inflation rises again, making it harder for the Federal Reserve to ease; interest rates remain high, putting pressure on BTC, tech stocks, and other long-duration assets. A failure in an energy facility can ultimately transmit through inflation and interest rates into everyone's positions.
Therefore, I don't quite agree with the idea that "Middle East risks are only a matter for crude oil traders." When energy security starts to determine monetary policy, the oil barrel itself becomes a macro asset. What the market fears most is not a one-time spike, but the risk turning from temporary news into a sustained cost.
#中东能源风险推高油价 Everyone asks Pharaoh: the 10-year Treasury yield has reached 5%, and will this become commonplace in the future? Pharaoh bluntly said, '5% used to be a deadly ceiling, but now it's almost turning into a floor.' Why can't it be suppressed? All three forces are pushing it forward simultaneously. First, there's too much debt, but too few people are buying. US federal debt has surpassed $40 trillion, and the Treasury market has expanded from $4.5 trillion in 2007 to $32 trillion. The government wants to borrow money, tech giants also need to borrow money for AI, and the combined capital expenditure of the four companies in 2026 will be about $700 billion. The public sector and tech giants are competing for money in the same pool; investors aren't foolish enough to take on higher interest rates. Becent expanded its long-term bond buybacks, buying 5.187 billion yuan in a single transaction, which is 140 times less than the 739 billion yuan net financing demand in Q3—like using the Pea Shooter to defeat a tank. Second, the inflation soup is getting stronger and stronger. Brent crude once surged to $109.8, with core CPI in August up 0.3% month-on-month, the largest increase since April. If oil prices don't fall, inflation expectations will harden, and long-term yields will be supported. Third, real interest rates are rising, not inflation expectations. From the beginning of the year to September, the 10-year nominal yield rose 65 basis points, with real yield contributing 53 basis points, or 82%. The 10-year TIPS real yield has reached 2.60%, at the historical 99.8th percentile. This shows that what the market demands is not inflation compensation, but the real "borrowing cost." Will 5% become the new normal? Pharaoh gives you three judgments. In the short term, 5Similarly closing positive, ETH indeed crossed one more hurdle than BTC this morning. Summarizing them together as "rising together" somewhat understates this difference.
According to OKX spot data, for the 8–12 o'clock four-hour candle, ETH closed at 2435.76 USDT, already above the highest price from midnight to 4 AM of 2430; BTC closed at 76440.7, which surpassed the 4–8 AM high but has not yet closed above the 0–4 AM high of 76558.7.
The last hour also echoed this: from 11 to 12, ETH closed above the previous hour's high, while BTC did not. This difference remains across both observation scales, not just comparing a single percentage gain.
Therefore, I would give ETH's recovery a bit more credit here, but I wouldn't casually write that "a major rally has already started." Climbing onto the sofa cushion is indeed one step ahead of still being on the floor; there is still the backrest ahead, so no need to prematurely plant the summit flag.
2430 is a high point that has already occurred at midnight, not a magical switch. If subsequent candles close consecutively below it, ETH's lead should be discounted; if it stays above, then we can see if BTC follows suit. This comparison is about the completion of these candles, not ranking the two assets for the long term.
Data as of 12:56 PM Beijing time on September 17; the 12–13 hour candle and 12–16 four-hour candle have not yet closed.
For informational purposes only, not investment advice. Don't rush to read "the committee passed the reserve filing" as "the country officially hoarded coins."
On 9/16 Eastern Time, the House Financial Services Committee passed ARMA (H.R.8957, the "2026 U.S. Reserve Modernization Act") with a vote of 28:21. The core is to unify federally seized BTC into the Treasury Department's "Strategic Bitcoin Reserve" and mandate freezing it for at least 20 years without liquidation; it also establishes digital asset inventory and quarterly reserve certification. According to Arkham's data, the U.S. government holds about 324,500 BTC.
Key point: Committee passage ≠ legislation passed—it still needs approval from the full House and Senate. The 20-year freeze ≠ immediate new buying; it governs "how to manage already seized assets," not funding new purchases. CLARITY just hit a wall in the Senate, but this reserve line has taken a step forward in the House committee—don't confuse the two narratives.
Follow up on the full House scheduling and Senate procedures. Contracts can be referenced via OKX BTCUSDT perpetual; DYOR, this is not investment advice.Single Coin Capital Movement Ranking
$ONE price is relatively strong, with active transactions fairly balanced: in three sets of 5-minute statistics, sellers account for 50.7% and buyers 49.3%; the 15-minute K-line for this root rose by 1.43%; open interest decreased by 0.29%, open interest value changed by +1.26%, with quantity decreasing while value increased, indicating that valuation changes offset the contraction in quantity. The price shows an upward trend, and active transactions do not show a clear one-sided bias; the current strength is mainly reflected in the price performance.$ZEC Fierce short squeeze contest unfolds, with whale short positions deeply invaded losses
According to on-chain analyst Yujin's monitoring, the whale entity labeled as related to Garrett Jin opened a short position around $400 on ZEC, and as the token continued to surge, the short position continued to invade at a loss.
On September 17, the entity added 5,000 ZEC short positions near $1,252.5, currently holding a total of 37,760 ZEC short positions, with a nominal size of about $50.99 million, a cumulative book floating loss of about $25.85 million, and a position liquidation price near $2,631.
There is a market saying that "if big players don't liquidate their positions, ZEC will keep rising," which needs to be viewed objectively:
Floating losses on paper do not necessarily mean liquidation; whales can continue their positions by supplementing margin; However, liquidity in ZEC markets is relatively limited. Once the price approaches the liquidation line, passive short closing will trigger buying orders, potentially triggering a positive feedback market with short squeezes.
⚠️ Reminder: Leverage in small coins is extremely volatile. Whale positions can only serve as a reference for market sentiment and should not be used directly as a basis for market judgment. You should not simply use "liquidation" to predict price movements.
Do you think ZEC will continue to test its high levels or experience a pullback? Let's talk in the comments. #美联储三年来首次加息25个基点 $BTC $ETH #美国加密税收与BTC储备法案获推进 I said there would be a rebound on the night of the rate hike because the negative expectations of the rate hike have mostly been digested by the market, and Wash will definitely be dovish in his speech, and the dot plot won't look bad.
No surprises, all guessed correctly.
But this wave is still short-term, and you can only buy some tech stocks (crypto stocks were really terrible yesterday because their correlation with BTC is too high, and the impact of the failed clear bill is bigger than people think).
$MRVL Can it rise to 300+ this wave? A short-term gain of 30 points would be fine.
#美联储三年来首次加息25个基点 US stocks have earnings reports, crypto has ecosystems. $ZEC relying solely on narrative to hold ground is not that easy. Limited supply, halving—these mechanisms are useless; it's not like you can only buy whole coins. If the P/E ratio can't keep up and there's no ecosystem revenue, then it's pure bubble. When funds withdraw and the market lacks support, an avalanche will happen directly. PoW, ZEC mining rigs, current price recovers in 2-5 months. The current rise is a short squeeze, let's see who the short sellers can't hold out first.$BTC is permission. Without a higher-timeframe hold, $ETH duration and $DOGE/$ZEC beta are just borrowed volatility.
Trade expansion only after BTC accepts a level, not after one wick. Acceptance beats prediction.With so many negative factors, $BTC holding steady without falling—is it the bottom or just holding on?
The Federal Reserve raised interest rates, and the dot plot suggests more hikes within the year.
Warschaw's speech was hawkish, strengthening the dollar and US Treasury yields.
The CLARITY Act is facing obstacles, large outflows from ETFs, and Strategy has also started selling coins.
According to previous patterns, after this combination of blows, even if BTC doesn't crash, it should have reported near $70,000.
But this time, the lowest hit near $75,000, and funds quickly bought it back.
This indicates there is indeed support around $75,000, and the market was not completely unprepared for the rate hikes. A drop from $82,000 to $75,000, nearly a 9% pullback, has already priced in some of the negative news in advance.
But we can't rush to call a bull market yet.
After trading for a long time, what I care about more is not how scary the news is, but how the price moves after the news comes out. Negative news without a drop means bears can't push down for now; if the price doesn't recover after the negative news lands, it means bulls aren't that strong.
BTC now is simple: there are buyers below, but no chasers above.
Holding between $75,000 and $76,000, there is still a chance for short-term sideways recovery and a renewed challenge of $80,000 to $82,000.
Breaking above $82,000 means the negative news is basically exhausted; falling below $72,400 means the decline is just delayed.
As for the middle ground, my most familiar strategy remains the same: either wait and watch without action or set up short-term swing trades with proper take-profit and stop-loss. #美联储三年来首次加息25个基点 Brothers, $ZEC has gone completely crazy. I can't even watch anymore; my hands are shaking just opening positions, it has no temper at all.
I shorted in at 868.79, and now it's directly pushed up to 1362, with a floating loss of 170%. My margin is less than 50U left. The liquidation price is 2223, so there's still some distance before a forced liquidation, but watching it stubbornly push up every day is more torturous than a direct liquidation. When the market falls, it rises; when the market fluctuates, it still rises; even when Ethereum drops over 8%, it keeps rising, completely defying gravity.
Why can ZEC rise to this extent?
First, the shorts have completely become fuel. The funding rate dropped to -0.04074%, ridiculously negative, with an explosion of short sellers. The order book is 12% buy vs. 88% sell, retail investors are all crazily shorting. But think about it, from 800 to 1362, how many rounds of short squeezes have there been? Do market makers easily let shorts profit? As long as shorts don't die, the rally won't stop; every surge is a short squeeze, pushing you to question your life.
Second, ZEC has developed a completely independent trend. Privacy narrative + Grayscale ETF + Ironwood upgrade, triple positive factors stacked, capital completely ignores the market's mood and is dedicated to going long on ZEC. Liquidity is all flowing into ZEC, the more it rises, the more people chase it.
Third, rate hike bearishness doesn't affect it. The Fed rate hike is a done deal, Bitcoin dropped to 76000, Ethereum dropped over 8%, but ZEC just doesn't fall. It has detached from the market and follows its own independent narrative; capital treats it as a safe haven.
What to do next?
Honestly, I really regret it now. I was too arrogant, thinking I could short at a high and catch a pullback, but it didn't even give a decent pullback. Now I can only hold on hard; as long as I don't get liquidated, I'll hold. But brothers, don't follow me—shorting ZEC now is just handing over your head. Ninety percent of shorts have already become fuel; going long with the trend is the only way to get a piece of the pie.
$BTC
$ETH
#美联储三年来首次加息25个基点 The fuller the expectation, the harder the fall. Just after the vote passed the deadline, the market skipped even the pleasantries and turned hostile immediately.
What was lost wasn’t just the votes, but the two full weeks of leveraged-fueled illusions. Ethical clauses were deleted repeatedly until only an empty shell remained, yet it still didn’t bring a green light. Capital was too lazy to listen to explanations and withdrew first out of respect: BTC dropped from 81200 to 76350, ETH dipped to 2418, and altcoins were cleared out one after another.
This script has been written before. Three days ago, an analysis pointed out that the bill’s chance of passing was slim, and if it failed, it might trigger this round of correction. Tonight, both events came true. This isn’t fortune-telling; it’s expectations pushed to the limit, turning into liquidation upon landing.
But procedural setbacks don’t mean the bill is dead. It can still be amended and reintroduced; Washington never lacks overtime. A colder line: at the moment of voting failure, senior military officials from the US, Israel, and the Gulf met secretly in Berlin, discussing Iran and the Strait of Hormuz. Regulatory windows are narrowing, geopolitical powder kegs remain, and neither side is offering concessions.
The market left traces. After being smashed at 76350, the price bounced back near 77200, indicating there are still hands catching in panic. Is the bad news fully priced in or only halfway? No one dares to write now.
If you’re holding on until late night for the results, leave a footprint in the comments.
$BTC $ETH $ZEC
#美联储三年来首次加息25个基点
#CLARITY法案投票受阻引争议
#交易之声：你的经验值得被听到 The first time I heard someone talk about $BTC was while waiting for a tire change at a repair shop.
The owner was smoking and said this thing could turn around.
I nodded on the surface, but went home and looked it up.
I stayed up half the night reading but still didn’t understand.
Later, I bought a little, not much.
After buying, I kept wanting to check it.
I checked while waiting in line for breakfast, and while waiting for the elevator.
When it went up, I thought my judgment was pretty good.
When it dropped, I told myself to just hold it as tuition fees.
One night I woke up, grabbed my phone, and looked until dawn.
The next day at work, I almost missed my stop.
After a while, I encountered $ETH, and the transfer fees stunned me.
It wasn’t losing money on the price, but each transaction cut a chunk off.
Someone in the group hyped $SOL, saying it was flying fast.
I followed with a small amount, and it was indeed fast.
So fast my palms were sweating.
At that time, my partner talked to me but I kept zoning out.
She asked if something was wrong, I said no.
Actually, I was thinking about those few lines.
Friends invited me to barbecue but I declined twice.
Later, they stopped inviting me.
I was also jealous seeing others show their profits.
When I really jumped in, I realized I was just the bag holder.
The people shouting buy signals won’t lose money for me.
It took me a long time to understand this truth.
Now I only play with spare money; losing it doesn’t affect my life.
No borrowing, no heavy positions, no staying up late watching the market.
Take profits when you have them; don’t always try to catch the top.
There’s a market every day, but if the principal is gone, there’s really nothing left to play.
Being able to sleep peacefully is better than any get-rich-quick story.
After all this, my biggest takeaway is not to get carried away #美国加密税收与BTC储备法案获推进
#长端美债5%会成新常态吗？
#CLARITY法案投票受阻引争议 ZEC current price is 1361.4, with no news driving the order book, purely looking at the capital structure. The area from 1380 to 1400 above is a previous dense trading zone, with trapped positions pressing down; two attempts to break through failed to hold, indicating spot buying can't sustain. Below, 1320 is the cost zone of this rally; breaking below here invalidates the bullish logic.
Just replaced a sound-activated light in corridor 3, flashing like this K-line.
On the four-hour level, volume continues to shrink, MACD is dulled at a high level, funding rate is still positive, retail bulls haven't been cleaned out. This structure will either consolidate sideways to grind off the premium or suddenly plunge to trigger stop losses. I don't bet on direction, only trade on the right side.
In terms of operation, place short orders between 1385 and 1395, defend at 1410, take profit first target at 1330, second target at 1295. If volume breaks through 1400 and the pullback holds, consider reversing to long with a target of 1450. At the current price of 1361, do not chase; wait for it to reach the edge of the range.
Keep contract leverage below 3x; the chance of a spike here is high, heavy positions are easily harvested both ways. I'll keep watching the monitor and act if there's movement.
$ZEC
#美国加密税收与BTC储备法案获推进
@OKX星球 $BTC Glassnode threw out a line saying "breaking below the real market average," which is basically a death notice for the market.
Switching to the 4-hour chart, the 75,000 round number support broke as soon as it was tested, with five moving averages above acting like an iron net tightly covering it. The J value dropped to 37, RSI is stuck at 34, the indicators don’t yet show extreme oversold conditions, but the market hasn’t even put up a decent struggle, just softly sliding down. Do you know how long $BTC last consolidated in the 75000-77000 range? The answer is almost two weeks.
Historically, after such a long consolidation, there is often a big move. Either a breakout above 77000 pushing to 80000, or a drop below 75000 crashing to 73000. The key is not to chase after the breakout; wait for a pullback confirmation before entering.
I previously lost 200,000 U because I kept trading back and forth during consolidation, repeatedly hitting stop losses. Later I understood: trade the range during consolidation, wait for a pullback after breakout, don’t guess the direction prematurely. Currently at 76345, support at 75000, resistance at 77000. Long position near 75500 with 5000 U, stop loss at 75000, target 76800. Never hold a position without a stop loss.
History doesn’t simply repeat, but the rhythm is always similar. #Fed raises rates by 25 basis points for the first time in three years $BTC #I really admire the ZEC whale. With only 20 minutes left before the Federal Reserve's rate hike announcement, it surged explosively from 1086 to 1275, firmly holding at 1246, a nearly $200 rebound with shocking volume. This obvious play intention: pump shorts before the bad news lands, creating a "bad news is good news" illusion to lure buyers, then once the rate hike is announced, deliver a knockout punch.
Across the entire network, ZEC's counter-trend monster rally combined with Grayscale ETF expectations turned 90% of short sellers into fuel, funding rates turned negative, and retail short sellers were trampled repeatedly. But the strength is hollow, with dense trapped positions above, macro headwinds (Middle East oil prices pushing inflation, CLARITY Act vote blocked) weighing down, the counter-trend rally looks more like a trap for shorts and a pitfall for bulls. BTC struggles around the 75,000 mark, support at 75,000-75,500 is critical, FOMC night leaves very little margin for error, and the whole network's high leverage shakeout is brutal (previously 40x leverage lost 310,000 in 1 hour).
If holding losing short positions, don't stubbornly hold on; fighting against the trend risks being beaten by the "the more you short, the more it rises" curse. Trading is about survival, not holding or averaging down or fantasizing; wait for the rate hike to land and see the direction clearly, hold the base position for the long term, watch high leverage positions but move less. The bull market depends on trend, pullbacks depend on discipline, if it doesn't drop in the last 20 minutes, beware of a counterattack after the rate hike. Staying alive is the most important! The market just experienced a shock when the Fed raised interest rates by 25 basis points, bringing interest rates to 3.75%–4%. But what interests me more is not just the Fed's decision, but what the BOJ might do next 🇯🇵. September 18: The focus is on the Bank of Japan. If the BOJ continues to raise interest rates or signals more hawkish than expected: The yen strengthens ↑ → Yen borrowing costs rise → unattractive carry trade → Investors may narrow their risky positions. And crypto, especially altcoins, could take a marked hit$ZEC Why is it surging against the trend? An independent market that even the Fed's hawks can't suppress
In the early morning, the Fed took a hawkish stance, risk assets collectively plunged, but ZEC bucked the trend and surged. This is not a gift of loose liquidity, but a precise explosion of supply-side resonance and narrative resonance.
The debut of Grayscale's ZCSH spot ETF on the NYSE marks the starting gun of this rally. The first US privacy coin ETF has opened the compliance channel, DCG has invested real money, giving traditional institutions a ticket to entry. More importantly, ZEC's "optional privacy + audit-backed" design makes it a regulatory-friendly privacy asset—a watershed that sets it apart from private coins like Monero.
Privacy narratives are being repriced. The stronger AI on-chain tracking and financial surveillance become, the more rigid the demand for "censorship-resistant stored value." Funds are beginning to view ZEC as a privacy hedge beyond BTC, operating independently of the broader market risk trading logic.
The supply side is also tightening. After the 2024 halving, block rewards have sharply decreased, the proportion of shielded pools continues to rise, and a large amount of circulating tokens have been locked up. The NU7 upgrade passed through voting, ecosystem expectations are heating up, and supply-demand squeeze has quietly taken shape.
The futures market is now fueled by the fire. Earlier short sellers were crowded, and rallies triggered consecutive short bursts, causing leveraged funds to generate positive feedback and sharply amplify gains.
As for whether the $200 ZEC will come—when compliance channels, privacy demand, and supply contraction all strike together, prices are never the result of linear deduction. The market always grows amid doubts and accelerates through consensus. The only certainty is that $ZEC is forging its own path.What $BTC really needs to watch now might no longer be just the Federal Reserve.
The 25BP rate hike has already been implemented, and the market had basically anticipated it. Instead, after the Senate failed to advance the CLARITY Act, regulatory expectations suddenly weakened, and BTC directly dropped back to around 76,000. The Senate procedural vote ultimately failed 49-50.
The impact of this is actually quite direct:
Regulatory uncertainty ↑
→ Institutions become more cautious in allocation
→ Crypto-related stocks come under pressure
→ BTC risk appetite cools down accordingly
So if BTC continues to weaken, I won’t just focus on the explanation of a “hawkish Federal Reserve.”
Macroeconomic pressure is already on the table, and regulatory expectations have become a new variable.
For $BTC to firmly reclaim 80,000, besides the macro environment, whether regulatory sentiment can recover is also worth continued observation.
#BTC #Bitcoin #CryptoSeptember 17
Currently, the crypto market is entering a phase of differentiation: BTC stabilizing, ETH rotation, and ZEC boosting elasticity. Each asset class plays its role, forming a clear market rhythm.
After completing a pin insertion near a key support level, BTC quickly pulled back, with long-bear tug-of-war continuously digesting within a narrow range, which not only held the market fundamentals but also laid a solid foundation for subsequent rallying and preventing disorderly stampeding across the market. ETH, relying on short-term technical recovery, was the first mainstream asset to initiate elastic rotation, absorbing active funds spilling out from BTC and gradually opening up upward rebound potential.
The start of high-elasticity products like ZEC with unusual movements is a clear signal of a rebound in market risk appetite. Whether the market can see a breakthrough in the future depends on the extent of the spread of existing funds from BTC to strong altcoins — only when funds stop concentrating in the top two coins and continue to spread toward strong altcoins with fundamental support can the market move from the current volatile recovery to a truly profitable structural rally. The sky-high myth of ZEC5941U hides the easiest data trap in the crypto circle
Many people see the historical highest price of 5941 USD in ZEC data and start to imagine: privacy coins were so strong back then, is there a chance to replicate that in the next bull market? But this high price is misunderstood by the vast majority.
This 5941.8U was born on the first day ZEC went live in 2016. When the project just launched, the circulating chips in the market were very few, liquidity was almost exhausted, and a few small orders instantly spiked the price to this level. This was an extremely isolated price, not a market consensus price formed by a large volume of chips trading, and almost no one could really sell at the 5941U price. The effective historical high point recognized by mainstream market platforms is about 3191U.
Looking back at the full cycle, ZEC has a cap of 21 million coins, with 16.873 million currently circulating. From the sky-high price at launch, it has been declining for a long time, dropping to a low of 15.96U in July 2024, with a huge drop over the long cycle.
This is a common problem for many traders: simply focusing on the historical highest price, mistaking the ancient pulse price as a future market target, fantasizing about replicating the past glory in a bull market. But they ignore that the chip structure, market capital size, and sector heat back then are completely different now.
When doing market analysis, you must learn to distinguish two types of prices: one is a consensus high point formed by sufficient turnover and large capital game; the other is a pulse isolated price that flashes briefly due to lack of liquidity. The latter can only be regarded as a market anecdote and must never be used as the core basis for bottom fishing or going long.
$BTC $ZEC The funding heat for $TRUMP is cooling down. About $480,000 was liquidated in 24 hours (long positions accounting for $420,000 of that), with 283 people liquidated. The market is labeled as "normal," but in reality, it reflects a decrease in leverage crowding and quiet position exits. The price plummeted from $3.68 to $1.97, with a 7000% gain shrinking to 2000%, and trading volume below 100 million. With incremental funds absent, the market is shifting from emotion-driven to stock game.
This aligns with the recent extreme environment of ZEC's wild surge and BTC struggling at the 75,000 mark: brutal high-leverage shakeouts (40x leverage losing 310,000 in 1 hour), the CLARITY法案投票受阻引争议 combined with Middle East oil prices pushing inflation, and very low macro tolerance at the FOMC night. Although the TRUMP narrative heat remains, the market is closely watching the bill's progress—passing it could reignite expectations, failure leaves no pricing anchor. With thinning liquidity, small amounts of capital can move prices, and without news, sudden pullbacks are common; low volume rebounds are easily distorted, and the cost zone of positions in the past month may not be stable.
As Liang Jingyao said, "The hotter the market, the slower you should be. Bulls make money on trends, pullbacks preserve profits with discipline." TRUMP is currently not a hard long or short target; it requires trading volume to return above 100 million and balanced long-short liquidations to see capital inflow. Trading is about surviving longer, not holding, not topping up, not fantasizing. Hold the base position for the long term, watch more and move less before the FOMC decision, survival is most important!
BTC ETH ZEC TRUMP #本周FOMC揭晓，加息能否落地？ #CLARITY法案投票受阻引争议 At 2 a.m., the rate hike was implemented, $ZEC surged to 1398, $NEAR kept swinging back and forth, some shorts and long positions were hit at both ends, and in half an hour, they were harvested three times.
Observers watching this scene immediately think the market is watching their small position. I tend to believe he gave away the rhythm himself.
The moment the rate hike was confirmed, the market didn't follow the textbook: it first flattened the bearish and turned bullish, then cut the long and turned short, both times just before the reverse started.
The problem isn't the direction, but that every move happens at the peak of emotion. $ZEC The linkage between the rally and $NEAR happens to be stuck in the gap when he is switching positions.
In this market, positions are killed by your own speed, not by news.
What do you think is the key you should really press during that half hour?
#美联储三年来首次加息25个基点 $ZEC $NEAR The Federal Reserve just raised interest rates, and Trump immediately called for cutting rates below 1%.
This time, the Fed raised rates by 25 basis points, pushing the federal funds rate range to 3.75%-4.00%. It's the first rate hike since 2023, and the Fed left the door open for further tightening after the meeting. But within hours, Trump publicly demanded rates be cut to "1% or lower," urging a quick reduction. Considering the current lower bound of 3.75%, that's at least a 275 basis point gap between the two.
The president can't set interest rates; ultimately, the FOMC has the final say. But the problem is that with the White House and the Fed openly clashing, market expectations for the rate path become even harder to stabilize. On one hand, inflation is being suppressed; on the other, calls for rate cuts are already being made. This 275 basis point gap will turn into swinging expectations. For $BTC, the real short-term impact isn't what Trump says, but what the Fed does next, and where the dollar and U.S. Treasury yields head.
With a 275 basis point divergence, rate expectations will only become more volatile. What BTC really needs to watch is when the market starts repricing the next rate hike or cut.
It was similar back in 2018-2019, when the president repeatedly pressured the Fed to cut rates, causing market expectations to jump around, but the actual direction was still determined by the FOMC's actions. Talk can stir emotions but can't change the path.
The White House and Fed fighting is noise in the short term and a source of expectation volatility in the long term. What determines BTC's direction is the actual interest rates.
Don't trade based on talk; watch the dollar, U.S. Treasury yields, and the Fed's actual path. BTC is watching if 75000 can hold, $ETH is watching 2400. Use proper stop losses, manage your positions well, and don't get dragged around by political noise.
#美联储三年来首次加息25个基点 【12 Hours After the 2 AM Rate Hike: The Market Has Passed, Please Return to Technical Analysis!】
It's been nearly 12 hours since the 2 AM rate decision. ETH plunged sharply from 2667 to 2356, then climbed back to 2428, with volatile spikes triggering both long and short stops.
People often ask: "Are indicators useful during major market moves?" Honestly: in extreme conditions, sentiment dominates and indicators are worthless. But now that the move is over and the market has entered a consolidation and recovery phase, technical indicators are finally effective again!
Looking at the charts (see attached):
1️⃣ Daily: EMA21 (2429) acts as the dividing line between bulls and bears, currently stuck in a tight range.
2️⃣ 4-hour: EMA144 (2413) provides strong support, MACD bearish momentum is fading.
3️⃣ 1-hour: MACD shows a bullish crossover below zero (DIF 2.22), KDJ is turning up, indicating short-term rebound and repair demand.
💡Conclusion: The frenzy has subsided; currently in a 2400-2450 consolidation and bottoming phase. Avoid chasing highs or panicking on dips.
🔥:
Friends, during that early morning wave, did you escape the top or get trapped?
What do you think next: a push up to 2500 or a break below 2400?
Hope this helps everyone. Let's survive together in this market!$BTC — $ETH — $SOL : THREE ROLES, ONE PORTFOLIO
I don’t choose them because they rise together. Each solves a different problem.
$BTC — defense: resilience.
$ETH — infrastructure: ecosystem exposure.
$SOL — offense: speed and application growth.
$BTC provides the foundation. $ETH and $SOL expand exposure to blockchain innovation. Their allocations should reflect my risk tolerance.
#FedFirst25BpsHikeSince23 Rate hike implemented, this surge in $UNI is not baseless.
On the 1-hour chart: The SuperTrend (14,3) turned green immediately after the rate hike news, with the price surging from the low of 5.985 on 9/16 straight up to 6.790, a gain of +5.42%. The MA5 (6.740), MA10 (6.614), and MA20 (6.427) are aligned bullishly, and the MACD green bars are expanding in volume simultaneously. The capital is genuinely flowing in, not a fake pump.
Changes in the interest rate environment directly benefit the liquidity expectations of crypto assets, which is why this rebound is noticeably stronger than previous ones—not just an oversold bounce but supported by macroeconomic logic. However, the RSI (6) has already reached 72.75, and the KDJ's K value is 82, indicating clear short-term overbought conditions. The price has yet to firmly break above the previous high of 6.887, showing that sentiment has outpaced the fundamental digestion.
My judgment: The rate hike implementation is the trigger for this rally, and the direction is correct, but the current position is a sentiment peak, not the best point to chase more. Waiting for a pullback to 6.600-6.650 to confirm support without breaking down is a safer entry point. Chasing above 6.79 carries higher risk.
#美联储三年来首次加息25个基点 Sometimes the most interesting setups are hiding in assets the market has already written off. 🟢 $XCH — COMPLIANCE BET Down massively from its peak. The Chia ecosystem still has an infrastructure and enterprise narrative. The real question: can it survive long enough for that narrative to return? 🔵 $CFX — POLICY BET China/Hong Kong exposure keeps CFX on the radar. Infrastructure developments and changes to its token model could make it interesting if policy momentum improves. 🟠 $CORE — TURNARBrothers, two major events landed last night, and the market is more interesting than expected.
First, let's look at the overall market——
$BTC once dropped to 74,910 before the FOMC, hitting a new low since June, and $ETH also fell to 2,369. After the rate hike was announced, instead of falling, it rose; $BTC quickly bounced back to around 76,300, with a slight 0.7% increase in 24 hours. $ETH returned to 2,418.
The Federal Reserve unanimously approved a 25 basis point rate hike to 4.0%-4.25%, the first in over three years. But the market had already priced this in, with CME data showing a pre-meeting pricing probability exceeding 92%. The landing of the boot actually became a "sell the news" event.
In the past 24 hours, the entire network liquidated 335 million, with shorts liquidating 185 million and longs 150 million, over 90,000 people wiped out. The largest single liquidation was on Hyperliquid, where a BTC position lost 18.38 million dollars directly.
But there is one signal that concerns me——
The CoinGlass liquidation map shows that between 76,000 and 83,500, there is a piled-up short liquidation pressure of 4.79 billion dollars, which is 2.5 times the size of the long positions below. If BTC continues to rebound, forced short covering could trigger a chain reaction of liquidations.
Additionally, LSK has completely collapsed.
Last weekend it once surged to 2.37 dollars, nearly a 10x increase, but today it crashed directly to 0.5084, shrinking 78.5% from its peak. On-chain analysts detected 9.2 million LSK transferred out, with 2 million deposited to GSR's Binance address, suspected to be market makers offloading.#美联储三年来首次加息25个基点 The Fed actually raised rates last night by 25 basis points, bringing the rate to 3.75%-4%, the first time in over three years. The dot plot is even more aggressive, with most officials wanting to raise rates once more. Inflation is still around 3.7%, and energy prices and geopolitical conflicts are keeping it from falling; clearly, the Fed doesn't want to delay further.
For the crypto market, this is not just a simple bearish event. It's normal for liquidity expectations to tighten and risk assets to face short-term pressure, but the market has already priced in most of this. The real focus should be on the subsequent path; if there is another hike by year-end, the dollar and U.S. Treasury yields will push higher, and $BTC volatility will significantly increase.
This rate hike cycle might be longer than many expect. Don't be fully loaded; keep some bullets in reserve. $As everyone knows!
Once the Federal Reserve 💥 raises interest rates again,
it's hard to only raise once.
Last night, 25 basis points were implemented.
The interest rate rose to 3.75%—4%.
The dot plot places the median interest rate at 4.1% by the end of 2026,
meaning there is still room for one more rate hike this year.
If inflation doesn't come down,
high interest rates won't end easily.
Liquidity will continue to tighten.
Risk markets will sooner or later experience a waterfall decline.
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$ETH 60 short positions continue to be held.
Currently floating at a loss of 4015U.
Although it rebounded from 2356 on the four-hour chart,
the price is still below the MA20.
2465 is the first resistance.
2526 is the boundary between bulls and bears.
As long as it doesn't break back above,
this wave can only be considered an oversold rebound.
$ZEC Do not short recklessly at this position.
NU7 voting involved nearly 2.4 million ZEC.
99.9% support shortening the block time from 75 seconds to 25 seconds.
98.9% support retaining the halving mechanism.
This is exactly the short squeeze scenario favored by the market leader.
Completely different concept.
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$SNDK The company just extended a $1.5 billion revolving credit facility to 2031.
Funding flexibility has increased.
But the CEO plans to sell 33,838 shares.
The CFO plans to sell 3,000 shares.
There will be some short-term emotional pressure.
But the valuation is already not cheap.
In a rate hike environment, you can't chase the pump by the manipulative holders.
Instead, the market is re-pricing continuous rate hikes 💥
#美联储三年来首次加息25个基点
#美国加密税收与BTC储备法案获推进 What happened?
On September 15, the U.S. Senate failed to pass the procedural vote needed to advance the CLARITY Act, with 49 votes in favor and 50 against. The bill was originally intended to further clarify how digital assets are regulated by the SEC and CFTC. Why is this important?
This is not simply a "bill failed to pass." It means the unified regulatory framework that the U.S. crypto industry has been expecting is delayed again, and in the short term, the market may continue to face an environment where SEC and CFTC existing rules coexist with case-by-case enforcement. Reuters reported that after the news was announced, Bitcoin and some crypto-related assets declined.
But it is worth noting: the bill being stalled does not mean the institutionalization process in the U.S. has stopped. The SEC is still discussing a 24-hour trading system today, with traditional financial institutions like Robinhood, BlackRock, and NYSE participating.
What is truly worth watching is:
If legislation continues to slow down, will the market start to reprice "regulatory uncertainty"? #FedFirst25BpsHikeSince23 #CryptoTaxAndBTCReserve #LongYields5%NewNormal $BTC $ETH $SOL The US Senate stalled the CLARITY Act — but Congress didn’t stop moving on crypto.
A House committee just advanced a bill that could put government-held $BTC into a Strategic Bitcoin Reserve for at least 20 years.
Different story, same market.
Is Bitcoin regulation quietly shifting from “crypto rules” to national asset policy?$SOL SOL forcefully pulled back from 96.05 to 99.81, riding on the news of the Transaction V1 upgrade, creating a slight illusion of a market rebound.
Don't rush to get excited. On the 4-hour chart, the J value has already surged to 81.78, and the RSI has shot up to 62. Short-term sentiment is overheated, while the MA20 overhead is firmly pressing down at 99.64. The 100 integer level is like a welded iron gate; the main players don't even dare to touch it much. #美联储三年来首次加息25个基点 Brothers, the FOMC decision landed at midnight, raising rates by 25 basis points, pushing the rate to 3.75% to 4%, the first time in three years. But this rate hike is not the end, it’s the beginning.
Look at the dot plot and you’ll understand. Out of 18 officials, 16 expect at least one more hike this year, with the year-end median rate raised from 3.8% to 4.1%. The exact words from the Wash press conference were "Inflation is too high and has lasted too long," plus "I find it hard to describe the financial environment as restrictive." To translate, 25 basis points is just an appetizer; the tightening cycle has just begun. Trump shouted to cut to 1%, but Wash directly slapped that down with action.
BTC$BTC’s reaction is interesting. Within an hour after the decision was announced, it crashed, then quickly pulled back, almost filling the drop. Looks like the bad news is fully priced in, right? But don’t rush to shout. The real suspense is the next chapter the dot plot tells you, not whether this hike happened or not.
ETH$ETH’s volatility was even greater, swinging between 2370 and 2430, exposing its high Beta nature. ETH staking yields can’t beat US Treasuries, so institutions prioritize selling it, that logic hasn’t changed. But short-term holders dumped 33,100 BTC on exchanges within 24 hours, of which 23,200 were cut losses at a floating loss. Long-term holders didn’t move; selling pressure is concentrated among recent entrants.
Wash refused to provide forward guidance, not even sharing his own dot plot forecast. The market lost its policy anchor and can only watch the data from now on. @OKX星球 $BTC — $ETH — $SOL Three assets, three roles, are part of the same strategy. I don't hold all three just because I expect them to rise in price together. Each coin offers a different 🟠 value and functionality. $BTC — Defense: prioritizing sustainability and the ability to maintain value 🔵. $ETH — Infrastructure: the gateway to the blockchain ecosystem and decentralized applications. 🟣 $SOL — Growth: the speed, scalability, and development of new applications. BTC forms the foundation, while ETH and SOL further expand the scope$ZEC At this point, regretting it is just shorting it, 18,000 U lost again! The position chart starkly shows the dire situation: 5x full position short with an unrealized loss of 18,474 U (return rate -75.56%), opened at 1147.66, mark price 1321.11, peaked at 1398. He self-mockingly said, "100,000 RMB at 5x, 50x means 1 million lost," exclaiming the 400% rise is heading towards 2000, but as mentioned earlier, this ZEC surge is basically a gray ETF fund combined with short squeeze liquidation stampede, 90% of short sellers became fuel, the more they short, the higher it goes.
Recalling days of blood and tears: some forgot to set stop-loss and got trapped at high levels, 40x leverage lost 310,000 in 1 hour, ZEC went from 800 to 1250 holding firm, funding rate turned negative paying to short and hold. Now with FOMC night plus CLARITY bill blockage, Middle East oil prices pushing inflation, BTC struggling at 75,000 level, 75,000 support is critical, macro tolerance is extremely low. This "hard bone" fighting against the trend will surely suffer heavy damage, longs still strong at 69% vs 31% shorts.
Trading is not about who buys faster but who survives longer, bull markets make money on trends, pullbacks protect profits with discipline. Stop shorting, it’s losing. Don’t hold, don’t add, don’t fantasize, wait for a pullback to low levels to go long with the trend, hold base positions for the long term, use high leverage to watch more and move less, decide after it lands, survival is most important!
BTC ETH $ZEC #本周FOMC揭晓，加息能否落地？ #CLARITY法案投票受阻引争议 $SNDK 2x long SanDisk ETF just launched, but the main player is lying flat at 1536 pretending to be dead. I can hear the scheming all the way from Mars.
It slid down from 1806 to 1507, with five moving averages twisted into a dead knot around 1536, and the SAR coldly watching from above 1568. The J value is 46, RSI is stuck in the middle zone between 39 and 44. No violent shakeout, just a dull knife cutting a little flesh from you every day. Just been staring blankly at the market for a while. Still haven't digested the fact that Bitcoin rose instead of falling after the rate hike. Then I looked at ETH and SOL, and got even more annoyed.
Let's start with ETH, at 2430, it followed Bitcoin all day with no independent movement. When the market rallies, it rises a bit with it; when the market falls, it drops faster than anyone else. The funding rate is still positive, longs are still paying shorts, which means the market hasn't given up at all. You think it can just take off from here? Dream on. I placed a short order above 2450 with a stop loss at 2500. If it dares to surge, I dare to short.
Now look at SOL, this one is a bit interesting. The news of the V1 upgrade activation forcibly pulled it from 96 to 99.38, almost touching 100. But if you look at the candlestick, the upper shadow is very long, the 100 mark seems welded shut, every time it tries to break through it gets pushed back. I placed some short orders near 100, stop loss at 102, target first at 96.
To be clear, the whole market now is just a technical rebound after the rate hike bad news has been fully priced in, not a trend reversal. The dot plot shows 16 officials still want to raise rates by year-end, and Powell is still talking about high inflation. In this environment, who gave you the courage to chase longs?
I'm just holding these few short positions, not chasing the rise or bottom fishing, waiting for it to exhaust itself. Still holding ZEC over there, independent movement, not playing with the market. #美联储三年来首次加息25个基点