This path, winding along the mountainside, calls to me—further on, deeper in. 🏔️

Where Should You Set Your Stop-Loss? Find a Reasonable Level Step by Step—from Market Structure and Volatility to Position Risk

In the previous article, we discussed a question that confuses many traders: Why can the actual execution price still be worse than expected after a stop-loss is triggered?

But there is an even more fundamental question:

Where exactly should you set your stop-loss?

Some people habitually exit after a fixed 1% loss, some like to place their stop-loss below the most recent low, and others worry about getting stopped out by the market, so they keep widening the stop-

What Is Pairs Trading? How Can You Tell Whether Two Crypto Assets Are Suitable for a Pairs Trade, and How Can You Avoid Mistaking Superficial Correlation for a Stable Relationship?

In the cryptocurrency market, some assets often rise and fall together, but that doesn’t mean their price relationship is always stable. Pairs trading seeks to capitalize on relative price deviations between two assets by opening long and short positions simultaneously, reducing dependence on the overall market direction.

First, what is pairs trading?

Pairs trading is a common statistical arbitrage strategy. Trad

The better the backtest returns look, the more you should ask: do these results hold up in real markets?

A trading strategy has a high historical return, a decent win rate, and a maximum drawdown within an acceptable range.

You might think the only thing left is to deploy it in live trading.

But why do some strategies perform noticeably worse as soon as they enter real markets?

The problem may not be that the strategy is completely ineffective, but that the conditions it relies on in backtesting do not match those of real trading.

A backtest shows that under specific data, assumptions, an

A Chinese trader with “888” in his name first lost $7,356, then made $674k in 10 months.
Meet 0xheavy888.
In China, 888 is the luckiest number. But for a whole year, it seemed to do nothing for him—he kept losing, racking up $7,356 in losses.
Then he found his real edge: League of Legends Worlds, The International (TI), and major macro markets.
He focuses his trading between 11 a.m. and 11 p.m. Beijing time, with bets of up to $50k on a single match.
Biggest wins:
Worlds: Dplus KIA beat G2 at 34.1 cents, profit +$37,791
MicroStrategy did not sell Bitcoin at 91.6 cents, profit +$31,979
The Inte

11.6
We have fully entered the bottom-fishing moment!!!
Three months from now, when you look back at today's prices, you'll be glad you chose to get in!!!

BTC's daily and weekly charts have both reached support at EMA21 and the 25-period short-term cycle. How low could it go? At worst, only to the weekly MA200, around 73000. I've started bottom-fishing; the lower it goes, the more I buy!!!

Buy when nobody cares
Sell when everyone is talking about it
$BTC $ETH #美股史诗级抛售

🚨 JUST IN: 🇺🇸 Elizabeth Warren is expected to lead the powerful Senate Banking Committee after Democrats retake control of Congress.
The longtime crypto critic could have major influence over US crypto regulations, Wall Street oversight, and Trump’s crypto ventures.
A potential major headwind for the US crypto industry.
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$AKE From 0.0019 to 0.0045 in 24 hours, now at 0.0044, up 73%, with $266 million in trading volume—retail traders alone can't generate that kind of volume; someone must know something and be scrambling to accumulate. My trading logic is straightforward: tokens that surge and double on heavy volume, then consolidate at highs, have only two possible paths—either they consolidate and change hands before a second leg up, or this is the last respectable act before distribution. My approach is not to chase now; I’ll place bids at 0.0040–0.0041 to catch a pullback, with only 20% of my position alloca

#GateLaunchesPoSECProofOfSecurity
#Gate推出行业首个资金安全证明
Proof of Reserves Was Only Part of the Security Question. Now Comes Proof of Storage.

For years, one of the biggest questions users have asked centralized exchanges has been simple: are customer assets fully backed?

Proof of Reserves was an important step toward answering that question. But there is another issue that deserves just as much attention: even when an exchange holds enough assets, how are those assets actually stored, and what happens if its online wallets are compromised?

Gate's newly introduced Proof of Security framework,

When Everyone Uses Similar Strategies, Does the Original Trading Edge Still Exist?

There is a phenomenon worth watching out for in trading markets: when more and more people discover, discuss, and use a particular strategy, it may be becoming less effective.

An indicator may once have helped traders spot trends earlier, a trading pattern may once have captured short-term price discrepancies, and a set of rules may once have produced good results in a particular market environment.

But as more participants use similar signals, the market’s response may gradually change.

A trading strategy’s

What is a retest confirmation? Why can a price retesting a key level after a breakout sometimes provide a better entry reference, yet also fall back into its previous range?

In cryptocurrency trading, a price does not necessarily continue rising immediately after breaking through resistance. Sometimes it returns to the breakout level to test it. If the former resistance zone turns into support, this may provide a reference for trading with the trend. But a retest is no guarantee of success, and the price may still fall back into its previous trading range.

First, what is a retest confirmatio

𝗖𝗥𝗬𝗣𝗧𝗢 𝗕𝗟𝗘𝗘𝗗𝗦 𝗔𝗦 𝗥𝗜𝗦𝗞 𝗔𝗣𝗣𝗘𝗧𝗜𝗧𝗘 𝗙𝗔𝗗𝗘𝗦 🔻
The crypto market is under pressure as Bitcoin and Ethereum follow the broader risk-off move.

$BTC Around $76,200
$ETH Around $2,242

Bitcoin has dropped toward its lowest levels since September, while Ethereum has also suffered a sharp decline.

My approach is cautious:

- Avoid chasing falling prices.
- Watch important support zones.
- Wait for a confirmed recovery.
- Preserve capital during uncertainty.

Buying every dip is not a strategy. Sometimes staying on the sidelines is the smarter move.
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What Is Fibonacci Retracement? Why Do Traders Pay Attention to the 38.2%, 50%, and 61.8% Price Retracement Levels?

In crypto trading, prices often pull back after rising and may rebound after falling. Fibonacci retracement is a common technical analysis tool that traders use to identify potential support and resistance zones based on specific ratios. However, these ratios do not mark places where prices must reverse, nor do they guarantee profitable trades.

First, what is Fibonacci retracement?

It calculates different retracement levels between the start and end points of a significant pric

$BTC
My hedge short setup
And levels I'm interested in looking for longs:
Deviation/SFP of upper green line = long
0.5 fib - bounce or deviations = long... Least favorite, 0.5 Fibs usually bring chop
Deviation/SFP of lower green line = long
NOTE: SFP's can get SFP'd

⚖️ ELIZABETH WARREN EYES SENATE BANKING CHAIR!
The anti-crypto Senator could gain major influence over US financial and crypto regulations.
Tougher crypto oversight could be on the horizon.
A major concern for the crypto industry!

Over the past 24 hours, 235,397 traders were liquidated for a total of $1.24B!

What Is Breakout Trading? How Can You Tell Whether a Price Breakout of a Key Level Is Likely to Continue the Trend Rather Than Turn Into a False Breakout?

In the cryptocurrency market, when prices break above an important resistance level or fall below a key support level, they often attract the attention of many traders. Some choose to enter in the direction of the move, hoping to catch the start of a new trend; others suffer losses from chasing rallies and selling into drops during false breakouts. What really matters is not whether the price crosses a line, but whether the market provides

Gold rebounds sharply and pulls back, then continues to fall; the quantitative system captures the optimal entry point