$XAU Please choose your direction

A green futures candle is not the same as real demand.
Futures can climb because traders add leverage. Spot climbs when people actually buy the coin. On a chart they look alike. Under stress, they behave very differently.
That is why I separate two questions:
Who is pushing the price: spot buyers or leveraged traders?
How crowded is the trade? Extreme funding is a warning sign, not a signal.
What would change my view? Spot volume rising on a pullback would make me more comfortable. A rally with falling spot volume would make me more cautious.
Which do you trust more when they disagree, spot or

#USCPISoon
One hour before the CPI data release (12:30 UTC), the market is in a state of complete uncertainty. Here is a brief, to-the-point overview of the current situation on the BTC/USDT 1-hour chart and the action plan.
Detailed chart analysis (1H)
1. Price and range: BTC is trading at 83,360 USDT, down 0.28% over the past 24 hours. The price is trapped in a narrow range between the 24-hour low (82,927) and high (84,103).
2. Bollinger Bands (BOLL 20,2): The bands are narrowing (UB: 83,717, MB: 83,384, LB: 83,050). The price is exactly on the middle band. This is a classic sign of volatil

$BTC SPOT DEMAND IS DROPPING INTO CPI.

$RSS3 keeps buying and buying, then withdraw it to a wallet and check again in four years. Leaving it on an exchange makes me keep checking it and affects my mood. Putting it in a wallet means it won’t affect my mood. With so many institutions involved, what is there to be afraid of? 🧶

BTC in a mini range at the moment..
Bouncing from the monthly support of $80.5k

2 Year Yields EXPLODING on CPI print
I keep telling you hikes why do you keep doubting?

I thought she was a gorgeous beauty
But as soon as I clicked in, I backed out
Compensate me for my jerking-off interest😭

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Core CPI is the real danger—the headline number may look scary, but don’t be alarmed

The CPI data will be released tomorrow, and many people are worried that the headline number will surge to 3.7%. But I want to point out something that many may overlook—this time, the rise in headline CPI is mainly being driven by energy prices, not a deterioration in underlying inflation.

Barclays’ forecasts are clear: the energy component rose 5.05% month-over-month in September, with gasoline prices surging 9.23% month-over-month and 34.8% year-over-year, while heating oil rose as much as 38.8% year-ov

Poor daily low cleared away, lets go fo the poor weekly high into SP

CPI
Data is out
Bearish news hits

The early session rebounded all the way to 70, the intraday high at the entry level! The market fluctuated downward all the way, with the evening CPI crashing it to 4085; 85 points closed at a further drop! $XAUT

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Pre-market analysis of U.S. stocks: a tale of two extremes, with storage stocks pulling back again while computing-power giants remain resilient against the trend.
As of now, the U.S. stock pre-market session is showing typical sector divergence, with storage stocks coming under renewed selling pressure while AI computing power remains in positive territory. Capital is rotating within the technology sector.
From the market action, storage remains at the core of the pullback. SK hynix is down nearly 3% amid heavy selling, $SNDK has also plunged, and Micron is holding up slightly better. The th

$LUNC is holding the HTF horizontal support and the rising trendline.
Price is ~0.000049. VWAP is leaning bullish. Long while that floor holds. Next is a bounce off the zone.
A daily close under the trendline and support kills it.