8.13. XAU Gold + SNDK SanDisk Market Analysis
XAU Gold Market Overview
The 4-hour bullish trend for gold continues. After surging to touch the upper Bollinger Band, the price pulled back slightly while remaining firmly above the middle Bollinger Band overall. The bullish structure remains intact.
Core strategy: Prioritize buying on pullbacks to support; try small short positions in the upper-band resistance zone to trade a pullback, and do not take heavy positions at high levels to call a top.
XAU Long/Short Trading Plan
✅Long positions
1. Small-position long at lower levels: Buy at 4394‑4402

$BB wicked down to 0.0112 ten minutes ago and has now bounced back to 0.0115, but it’s down 10% over 24 hours. Do you think this is a dip-buying opportunity? Check the funding rate first—it has been negative for 6 consecutive hours, meaning shorts are paying to hold their positions. Catching a falling knife at a time like this is no different from testing the blade with your face.
Today, the Fear & Greed Index plunged from yesterday’s 68 straight to 29, right on the edge of the fear zone. Even more strikingly, $BB ’s futures open interest surged 12% over the past 4 hours while the price fell

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$ETH From yesterday’s early-session analysis through the close,
the 55-point drop was completely within expectations.
Yesterday, we said selling pressure above was heavy, and that any rebound would be an opportunity to open short positions.
While many people were still guessing the top, we had already captured the confirmed decline.
Trading doesn’t require watching the market constantly,
only doing the right thing at key levels.#我的七夕交易分享

Today's battle plan:
Same data as yesterday; today's direction: 1900, targeting 1930-1940. 1860, targeting 1850-1840.
Yesterday's battle report: Bought at 1908, sold too hastily, and overjudged one of the cycles.
Today's observation: 1870-1880.
“Stay true to your role; the virtuous win people over.”——“Stay in your lane.Virtue gathers people. ”

$DOS Has fallen this hard and people are still talking about buying the dip? Let me be blunt: with $30 million in 24-hour trading volume, yet the price plunging 18%, this is not panic selling at all—it’s smart money unloading. To those shouting “golden opportunity,” take a look: it took just one day to crash from 0.3700 to 0.2864. Catching a falling knife in this downtrend is no different from trying to brake with your face.
The data doesn’t lie. The 24-hour price range is nearly 30%, turnover is frighteningly high, yet the price closed near the bottom of the range. Whales are exchanging real

$BTC Yesterday morning, I called for setting up a position around 64,400 and managing the order,
and the market sold off 1,100 points as expected.
What looked like complicated volatility had actually already been laid out in yesterday’s analysis.
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Why did it fall despite the “data coming in as expected”?
① The shoe has dropped = the good news is fully priced in. CPI provided no new direction. Funds that had bet on an accelerated pace of rate cuts and positioned early took profits as soon as the data was released. For assets that have already risen sharply, coming in as expected is a “reason to sell.”
② Gold pauses, crypto weakens, stocks remain steady. After gold surged to a two-month high, it took a breather once the shoe dropped; crypto was already weak, and an in-line CPI could not save it; U.S. stocks remain the most stable under th

BREAKING: Bank of Korea makes its first gold-related investment in 13 years in Q2. If sustained, it could signal a shift toward bullion exposure among Asian central banks. $XAU ?

JUST IN: Metaplanet confirms no BTC sales; 5,014 BTC moved between custodial addresses in 24h as routine custody ops. Holdings unchanged at 43,000 BTC. On-chain visibility keeps the transfers auditable. $BTC

8.13 SOL Strategy
Short on a rebound to 76.0–76.6, stop-loss at 77.4, targets 75.0/74.5
After spiking to 77.33 on the hourly chart, it fell all the way to 74.57; this is just a minor recovery midway through the decline.
The Bollinger Bands are pressing downward throughout, with the price stuck below the middle band. Short-term bears are in control, and trapped positions are concentrated at 76–76.6, where selling pressure will be heavy on a rebound.
Don’t chase longs; wait for a rebound to the resistance zone before opening shorts. Abandon the short setup if it moves above 77.4. Take partial pr

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After Yan Chi called Dogecoin yesterday, it first rose to 0.72; after adding to the position on this morning’s wick, it remains up 2% in unrealized profit!!!!

$ETH USDT is looking interesting around 1,880.
ETH is holding the 1,870 support after the recent drop. Buyers are trying to build some strength here, but the 1,895.65 level is still in the way.
If ETH breaks 1,895.65 and holds above it, I’d watch 1,921.18 and then 1,938.20.
For now, 1,870 is the main level to watch. If ETH stays above it, buyers still have a chance to push higher. A break below 1,870 would make this setup weaker.
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Setting sail again
Leading trades with 3,000u
I won't add any more funds; I will control the position size
I won't hold losing positions and will control stop-losses; in the end, losses always come from holding losing positions
All stop-loss losses can be won back

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