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Why Do You Need a 100% Gain to Break Even After a 50% Loss?

In cryptocurrency trading, many people think that when an asset falls 50%, a 50% price rebound is enough to restore their original principal.

But this is a common mathematical misconception.

Losses and the gains needed to break even are not symmetrical. The greater the loss, the higher the return needed to restore your funds to their original level. That is why controlling drawdowns is more important than trying to make up for losses afterward.

First, why doesn't a 50% gain make up for a 50% loss?

Suppose you initially invest 1,0
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Gate Launchpool Round 386: Staking Details and ValueX (VLX) Overview

Gate has launched a new Launchpool round, offering users the opportunity to share a total prize pool of 454,546 VLX. The event runs from November 7 to November 21, 2026.

Here is a breakdown of the project and the mechanics of this Launchpool.

What is ValueX (VLX)?
ValueX is an EVM-compatible blockchain infrastructure built on Avalanche. It is designed specifically to support the Web3 carbon economy. The platform provides a dedicated ecosystem for the transparent measurement, reporting, and verification (MRV) of carbon cred
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How much capital should be allocated to a single trade? Why do some traders get the direction right, yet their accounts continue to lose money?

Many people study entry signals, technical indicators, and market forecasts, but overlook a more fundamental question: how much risk should each trade take on?

Even if the trade direction is judged correctly, the final result may still be unsatisfactory if the position is too large, the stop-loss distance is unreasonable, or trading costs are underestimated.

Today, we compare three common position-sizing methods.

I. Fixed position sizing: invest th
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US Nonfarm Payrolls Today: 65K Forecast vs 29K Previous - What It Means For BTC and Stocks

Today is the most important data day of the week.

US Non-Farm Payrolls and Unemployment Rate is scheduled for 6 November. The NFP is released today, Friday 6 Nov 2026, at 13:30 UTC: 08:30 in New York, 13:30 in London. Next release Friday, November 6, 2026, at 8:30 am ET with October data. US Employment Situation next recorded release Friday, 6 November 2026, 08:30 EST.

This is verified by Bureau of Labor Statistics. This is not an estimate. This is the official schedule.

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Every Bitcoin bear market has come with a new reason to panic
2011: -93% (hack fears)
2013-15: -87% (Mt. Gox collapse, China cut banks off from exchanges)
2017-18: -84% (altcoin bubble popped, regulators stepped in)
2021-22: -77% (Celsius, FTX, leverage blowups)
2025-26: -53% (exchange hacks, AI and quantum fears)
Different story every time. Same result: Bitcoin kept going.
The drawdowns have gotten smaller every cycle: 93, 87, 84, 77, 53. That’s what a maturing asset looks like.
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This time, it’s a Japanese company’s turn.
On November 5, Putin issued an order placing four of Japan Tobacco’s cigarette manufacturing companies in Russia under the temporary management of a Russian company. The next day, its stock hit the daily limit down, plunging 19.3% in a single day.
Japan Tobacco, known as JT, is Japan’s largest tobacco company. Seven Stars and Camel are among its brands.
Just the day before, its stock had hit a new high for the year.
But sell orders flooded in at the opening, and not a single trade went through all day. Only at the close were some shares matched at the
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#美股史诗级抛售 #Gate股票畅聊季 #每周来晒 The “Deleveraging” Moment in U.S. AI Stocks: A 1998 Replay Without Fed Rate Cuts to the Rescue!

This article analyzes the plunge in U.S. AI stocks and the wave of programmatic selling: at the market-structure level, leveraged ETFs and dealers’ negative Gamma triggered a mechanical selloff; at the valuation level, uncertainty over capex and returns created a rift; and at the macro level, the Fed was absent as a backstop through rate cuts. It examines whether the AI trade is replaying the 1998 LTCM crisis or heading toward a 2000-style bubble.

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Rebound range: around 2260--2280
Level: 2300
First target: 2220, second target: 2170

New jobs, the unemployment rate, and wages all came in above expectations. Combined with upward revisions to previous figures, this sharply raised rate hike expectations. U.S. Treasury yields climbed, weighing on risk assets.
Fortunately, the bearish news was priced in; U.S. tech stocks rebounded and panic eased.

2205 is short-term support. Conditions for a sustained sharp decline are not yet in place, and the market is mainly expected to fluctuate within a
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$ETH Currently at 2246.17, up 1.07% over 24H, with a range of 2210.17–2254.25. The 1H outlook is strong (RSI 68.68, price above the EMA20 at 2244.13); the 4H outlook is weak (RSI 16.64, price below the EMA20 at 2274.90), with a volume ratio of 0.03. Holding above the 2254.25 resistance could signal continuation, while a break below the 2210.17 support would weaken the short-term outlook. Review and confirm a sustained hold above 2254.25 and a reclaim of 2210.17; volume is only 0.03x, so a single break needs confirmation from participation, and failure to reclaim invalidates the setup. The dive
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It’s November 7, 2026. I started with 60U and have now grown it to 127U, trading fixed 0.01 lots with 1,000x leverage. Why have I only made this much? Because this strategy took nearly a month of all-night research to develop.

Although I’ve only been trading officially for two short days, this system is pretty sharp at capturing market movements. Its win rate is actually 85%, with a maximum drawdown of 24%. You can see for yourselves from the timestamps and entry and exit prices in my trade history. No holding losing positions, no oversized trades—just steady gains from a high win rate.

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#ETH At the current price of 2245, ETH remains highly correlated with BTC’s movements and is unlikely to make an independent move. Its volatility is also likely to be greater than Bitcoin’s. The first short-term resistance is near 2310, with a major resistance zone at 2360–2400. ETH will only have a chance to see a surge in volume and test this resistance if BTC holds above 78000. On the downside, short-term support is at 2200. If BTC breaks further below a key support level, ETH will likely follow and weaken faster, testing the support zone around 2150.

From a chart-structure perspective, th
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$HYPE Currently at 79.44, up 2.25% over 24H, with a range of 76.897–79.661. The 1H outlook is bullish (RSI 57.52; price above the EMA20 at 78.90); the 4H outlook is bearish (RSI 29.81; price below the EMA20 at 80.57), with a volume ratio of 0.13. Holding above the 79.661 resistance could signal continuation; a break below the 76.897 support would weaken the short-term outlook. Review whether price holds above 79.661 and reclaims 76.897. Volume is only 0.13x, so a single break beyond either level needs confirmation from participation; failure to reclaim would invalidate the setup. The divergenc
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